We recently bought into DVC, but already had a trip booked for February, including 5 day dated tickets. We are trying to decide if we want to upgrade to the annual pass before/during our trip in Feb or to wait until our next trip. We don't have another planned yet as it will be a few weeks before final closing, then a few more weeks until we get we get access to our DVC points/account. That puts us around the time of our trip so we are debating what to do. I'll explain our situation, then you tell me what you guys would do!
We are coming into a lot of points. September is our use year. Total of 660 points per year, but some of them have been stripped for 2023/24. Between 2023 and 2024 we will have around 680 points to use for the first 1.5 years or so after closing and our February trip. So we will definitely be back soon-ish, but not sure exactly when. Could be summer, might wait until just before Halloween or next Christmas in early December. We have a young niece and a bunch of friends with young kiddos, and we are ready for kids of our own, which is why we bought in. Having passes would make it easier to zip down with any of them if they wanted to go themselves or even book with us using our points.
But our points are all resale, though planning on adding enough direct later to get the benefits, be able to book at future resorts, and get access to the sorcerer pass. Could be soon after our Feb trip depending on incentives, etc. Thinking maybe Poly tower (I know it looks like it will be the same association already), or even Riviera or Aulani. Maybe even a 50 point add on for Disneyland Hotel as we have family in the LA area. Our home resorts are BWV, BLT, and AKV so we already have great coverage.
Upgrading our tickets now for the two of us would cost us around $1,400 more than our current tickets. Waiting for our next trip after possible sorcerers pass access would be $2,000. It would cost us $600 more but would start our annual pass months later, possibly even 6 or 9 months later giving us access for longer, at the cost of our flexibility to book the rest of this year whenever we wanted if we just bought in now. Thoughts?
We are coming into a lot of points. September is our use year. Total of 660 points per year, but some of them have been stripped for 2023/24. Between 2023 and 2024 we will have around 680 points to use for the first 1.5 years or so after closing and our February trip. So we will definitely be back soon-ish, but not sure exactly when. Could be summer, might wait until just before Halloween or next Christmas in early December. We have a young niece and a bunch of friends with young kiddos, and we are ready for kids of our own, which is why we bought in. Having passes would make it easier to zip down with any of them if they wanted to go themselves or even book with us using our points.
But our points are all resale, though planning on adding enough direct later to get the benefits, be able to book at future resorts, and get access to the sorcerer pass. Could be soon after our Feb trip depending on incentives, etc. Thinking maybe Poly tower (I know it looks like it will be the same association already), or even Riviera or Aulani. Maybe even a 50 point add on for Disneyland Hotel as we have family in the LA area. Our home resorts are BWV, BLT, and AKV so we already have great coverage.
Upgrading our tickets now for the two of us would cost us around $1,400 more than our current tickets. Waiting for our next trip after possible sorcerers pass access would be $2,000. It would cost us $600 more but would start our annual pass months later, possibly even 6 or 9 months later giving us access for longer, at the cost of our flexibility to book the rest of this year whenever we wanted if we just bought in now. Thoughts?
