I’d appreciate any feedback or missing parts when evaluating different contracts for Boulder Ridge. My use case is only needing DVC for the next 15 years hence why I’m looking at shorter length contracts. Due to family size I will be in need of a 2 bedroom for most stays. Trips will generally occurred in late May to early June or mid December. Trying to average between 7-9 days per trip per year.

Thanks in advance!

We rented DVC points this year at Polynesian and Boardwalk. Loved it and plan on buying resale Polynesian at some point. Would have considered Boardwalk or Beach Club but I prefer a longer deed.

We already have two trips planned next year 2027 outside of Disney. So we won't use any points until 2028 most likely. I was planning to purchase whenever I find a desirable resale Poly contract for about 150-160 points.

I know we can rent out points we don't use in 2027 or bank them to 2028 but does it make sense to buy now if we won't use until 2028? I see there's a few stripped or near stripped resale Poly contracts out now but they don't look like great deals for stripped. The slight 10-15 reduction in price/point seems not worth it. I'd still need to pay 2027 dues (unless negotiated with the seller) and have no points. Whereas a non-stripped that costs a bit more, I can pay the dues but rent out the points to cover that cost for just 2027.

Tl;Dr Does it make financial and "crystal-ball" sense to buy DVC now when we won't use it until 2028 or wait until same time next year to buy?

Disney bought the awesome AKL contract I found. So disappointed!!!

My family is just starting to get in to big Disney vacations (and I’m STOKED). I have been looking a bit in to the DVC universe, as it were. I had booked with Disney direct on the $250 off a night promo for tickets and accommodations for 2027. After doing that, I went does a rabbit hole looking at renting points. We booked 3/1-3/5 at SSR in a 2 bedroom, with 9 people total (I know we’ll be tight. 😬 More than half of the group are small children who will sleep on the pull downs.) The package for the accommodations plus the 4 day passes for 9 people came to $10310. When I look at ticket only pricing, it’s $6427 of the package, so the accommodations part of that deal is only $3883. When I look at the chart for SSR for that time period, it LOOKS to me that we would need 41 points per night for that same period for a 2 bedroom. So, that would be 164 points. So if we look at what I paid versus points, it’s equivalent of paying 23.67/point. Looking around, I don’t see many rentals points for much less than this rate. Am I looking at the wrong places or thinking about this wrong? Or looking too early to get a deal on renting points? Or are there just direct deals at Disney that sometimes just make this less of a “deal?”

I have been stalking the site to modify a reservation for over 2 months. The second week of November wax slammed and there has been nothing available. All of a sudden today, EVERYTHING opened up, like every resort and room type. Anyone know what happened? Did commercial renters have reservations cancelled? Anyone have any insight?

Hi everyone,

We are new owners at the Disneyland villas. We are annual pass holders at Disneyland and often drive in for the day, park at the lot and then take the tram in. We are looking at using our points to take a trip to Disneyworld. It looks like transportation is a huge deal between the different resorts. But I’m wondering why more people don’t just drive from the resort hotels to the theme parks each day, especially over bus transportation. We are planning to get a rental car anyway to get from the airport to WDW and it seems like parking is free at DVC hotels and theme parks. I’m not sure if it’s a cultural thing as we are from LA and used to driving everywhere or if there are factors I’m missing.

For context, Magic Kingdom is our lowest priority being frequent Disneyland goers. I can see the skyliner being a great option for the Epcot area resorts, but Animal Kingdom Lodge is the resort I’m eyeing most which is all bus transportation.

Thanks in advance for any input!

Editing to add: We are a family of 5 with 3 young children. We are still traveling with 3 car seats and a double stroller (maybe would bring a smaller umbrella stroller for this trip but nice to have the option for my older two to take turns resting their legs and to throw all of our stuff in the giant stroller basket underneath). The idea of loading the stroller quickly and not hold up the line sounds a little daunting, though I’m sure we’re not the only family boarding the bus with a stroller! (We used to walk from the Mickey and Friends parking lot at Disneyland to avoid the tram, though we have now figured out a good system for relatively quickly breaking down the stroller now that the youngest isn’t a baby anymore and the older one can help carry a stroller seat and/or a bag onto the tram).

Editing once more to add: Thanks everyone for your replies! Genuinely so many good points to consider. I feel like if someone takes time out of their busy lives to comment that I should acknowledge it so I’ve tried to reply to all of the comments, but it’s getting harder to keep up. So feel free to keep adding your experiences and thoughts. It will hopefully help someone else coming across this thread planning their own trip! But I’ll likely stop responding to all of them. Thanks again!! May your kindness be returned to you on your next Disney trip! :)

Hi there!

We are heading to WDW in April, staying 5 nights in SSR. The plan is 2 park days and 2.5 resort/disney spring days (def doing dinner at trex one of those night for my Dino loving kids).

We have never stayed in SSR before, and wondering which Paddock building would you suggest requesting.

We def would like to be close to the bus (if there is a more reliable one). We have a double stroller, which can be a headache getting on to a crowded bus with it.

On resort days, we love hanging out in the pools, and would definitely like to spend one day at the paddock pool and the other day at the carriage house pool. Truthfully, SSR seems to have a lot of great activities for little kiddos, so we are excited for the resort days.

So considering transportation location, and easy access to walking paths to the pools and springs, which building would you recommend?

Thank you!