Bucketfoot
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Mar 10, 2009
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- 284
+1!Check back with us after you've been a member for 15 or 20 years. If you're still regularly paying for 3 meals per day and rope dropping theme parks, you're probably in the minority.
I see most of the comments seem to be from families with kids and needing to save time and money. I think I get it. We're just in a different place. We're buying DVC because we want to be able to visit more frequently. When we were younger and dating, we'd come multiple times a year. After getting married, buying a house and having a baby, and then later starting a business, we had no time or money to vacation so trips were reduced to every 5 to 7 years at the most and then, only maybe. Our son is grown and the business can run for a few weeks without us so we can now get away from time to time and we really need to make sure we do for our marriage and mental health. We love Disney (we were married at the Poly), so we are buying DVC to make sure we prioritize taking these trips. We've never been rope droppers, we take our park days slow, often go later in the day / early evening and take in the sites more than rushing around trying to get on rides. This will be our escape from our stressful lives so there is no way either of us wants to be cooking at Disney. Who knows, maybe we'll change our mind in the future, but right now, I want someone else to do the cooking.I'm with you though which is one of the several reasons I would never buy into DVC.
With that said why are you purchasing?
Another member in the minority. Purchased DVC in 2007, so 17 years ago. We no longer rope drop, but we also don’t cook in the villa. We eat out every meal while at Disney. Plenty of healthier options and we can split a meal if not wanting to eat a lot.Check back with us after you've been a member for 15 or 20 years. If you're still regularly paying for 3 meals per day and rope dropping theme parks, you're probably in the minority.
Not really, but that's part of it. My biggest takeaway is that you're trying to paint everyone with the same brush, and it's just not accurate. My kids are adults and I could certainly afford to pay for every meal. But the idea of sitting in a disney restaurant 21 times over the course of a week....no thanks. I'm careful about what I eat...even on vacation. And buying a few things for the kitchen gives me better control over my diet. Even if what I do is technically called "cooking", it's not exactly preparing Thanksgiving dinner. I can cut up a salad. Or throw a couple chicken breasts on the stove.I see most of the comments seem to be from families with kids and needing to save time and money. I think I get it.