Finally got to stay here!! First time. So so so nice. Everything except our view. Don't ever stay in studio #1221. LOL. But everything was gorgeous and I loved every second of it. Can't wait to stay again.
Yes it does have the 18% tip However we have found we get much better service vs. the DDP Also it's not required to give the TIW at the beginning of the meal.. We normally give it around the time we finish our meal before the check comes.Kitty thanks for the info......18% tip holy crap I don't like auto tipping cause then u have better chance of crap service
Yes it does have the 18% tip However we have found we get much better service vs. the DDP Also it's not required to give the TIW at the beginning of the meal.. We normally give it around the time we finish our meal before the check comes. They would have no way of knowing before that.. Also we normally tip around that much anyways
We started using it a couple of years ago when my oldest became a "Disney adult". It ends up working out in our favor over the DDP. Since we generally tip 20% it is nice to have it included at 18%. We save a little there too. We factored the cost of the card into everything as well. Since we visit 3-4 times per year we get our monies worth out of it. We do tend to price things out well in advance just to see if the DDP would be the better option and it hasn't worked out that way yet. However, each family is different. It's nice to have the options.Also when you use the TIW you are automatically charged 18% gratuity regardless of the size of your party.
I don't see how you save money with that card though. You have to pay $100 for the card and they automatically charge 18% gratuity regardless of the size of your party. Quick serve restaurants are not on their list of places where they are accepted either. I rather pay out of pocket and show my AP or DVC card for a discount. Which we would do this go around if my DD didn't want to do a lot of character meals!
Bear with this newbie! We are considering a future VGF buy. I've started the process of learning what I can about this big DVC world and boy is it confusing. Hubby's fave is BCV, mine is VGF. If we did BCV we'd probably do a resale buy. I guess with VGF we can't do that. Someone said it may be advantageous cost wise to buy elsewhere at a cheaper home resort, but transfer?/book at VGF. Can you explain how that works? And if that is true? I guess it makes sense VGF would be highest cost wise, no surprises there. But for a choice like this, we want the resort we love. No sense buying into something we aren't in love with since its costly no matter what. Thank for any help you can offer!
With your wish to stay at either BCV or VGF I probably would not lean towards purchasing SSR and counting on switching to either of those 2 at 7 months. It can be done depending on the time of year you prefer to go and depending on the room size and flexibility that you have in booking but you should at least be ok in staying at the resort you own in case you can't switch or you probably won't be very happy. But you also need to be able to book in the 7 to 11 month home resort priority window in order for it to even matter where you own.
What you might want to do is a smaller contract at BCV and at VGF and use banking or borrowing to rotate your stays. If going that way I'd say buy the BCV resale and then do the VGF as an add on direct. DVC will be able to match the Use year you get resale easily but it can be more difficult to go the other way and wait for a BCV to come up for sale resale of the size and UY to match what you already have.
Hi Scarlett. Let me try and get you started. Where you own allows you to book that home resort at 11 months from your planned stay. Only owners can book that far away. Everyone else has to wait until 7 months out. The big question with VGF is going to be availability at 7 months after it has sold out (75% so far). Some will say rooms will be available, some will say no way. Somewhere in the middle will probably where it will shake out. I figure if you don't own there you will almost certainly be unable to book more then a night or two during most of the year. If you travel in January or Feburary you will get more. We bought there because of this and because we do not plan on ever staying anywhere else. Hope this helps a little. Lots of threads on this and a heck of a lot more informed people then I am.Bear with this newbie!
We are considering a future VGF buy. I've started the process of learning what I can about this big DVC world and boy is it confusing. Hubby's fave is BCV, mine is VGF. If we did BCV we'd probably do a resale buy. I guess with VGF we can't do that.
Someone said it may be advantageous cost wise to buy elsewhere at a cheaper home resort, but transfer?/book at VGF. Can you explain how that works? And if that is true?
I guess it makes sense VGF would be highest cost wise, no surprises there. But for a choice like this, we want the resort we love. No sense buying into something we aren't in love with since its costly no matter what.
Thank for any help you can offer!