There aren’t any other villas classified as “value” villas in DVC. However, BWV Standard view villas, especially studios, are also some of the cheapest in the DVC world - so they too tend to book up by owners before 7 months. OKW studios are also low-cost compared to other resorts.
This. Even with home booking priority I have a difficult time booking them as the value rooms are constantly walked. I own AKV to ensure I can at least get a full week at AKV Jambo House standard which isn’t always the case during December and also for the possibility of club/value rooms but I have more than enough points to ensure I’m not dependent on those value rooms ever. For me, that was worth the difference in dues between SSR and AKV. We’re more fans of the all in one building resorts.
Low odds of a poor view in a value room and you can always ask desk to move you, good chance of a pen savannah view or pool view.
Yeahhh that’s prob the one thing I didn’t agree with from his statement. This was from my value room.
Most of the time yes but if a cold front comes in it may get too cold.
Most don’t have a poor view, the reason why they’re value is because they’re slightly smaller than standard studios but personally I can’t tell the difference.
There are 8 savannah, 8 pool and 2 parking lot. So, only a 11% chance of parking lot.
This was what made us go with AKV. For the roll of the dice to get two trips out of the same amount of points. Plus we like animals…
Coldest I have been at Disney was our first DVC trip in early Dec 2009. If I remember right they had to cancel Christmas filming those days. Downpour and cold during the first 3 days of our trip.
Our coldest trip was November week before Thanksgiving. It was a fluke. And yes the firsr weeks of December are perfect!
What about Christmas?
Wow! that is definitely a better value for renting out your points! Although we now have plenty of points, I tend to keep using them for our own trips, or to take family and friends on trips in larger accommodations. There is a nonmonetary value to that too, I suppose.
Ha! As @WelcomeHome and others have said, BLT standard rooms are hard to get if you don't own BLT. And the 1br and larger have an extra full bath *and* BLT is getting a refurb next year. So BLT has a lot going for it. We'd stayed in the garden wing before DVC and rented points at BLT before buying there (resale). At the time, it was the best value in the MK area - CCV and Poly 1 were just coming on for direct sales, and VGF 1 was still in some direct sales and its resale contracts were selling for 30-40% more than BLT resale. BRV was less, but you had boats and buses, and a 2042 end date.
We've experienced temps between the 40s to the 70s. The pools are heated, so my hard core children would sometimes go to the pool if the temps got in the 70s. We've also had days in the 40s and rain - that is not so fun.
We prefer Jambo - seems roomier, which is hysterical when we always stay in the value villas. Personally think the value 1br at Jambo has the best kitchen.
