Was planning on starting and finishing the process by the end of next to give myself room with the 10 day cancellation.
I've called Quality Assurance in the past and the reps said I had 30+ days to sign because they know some members need a notary. Pretty easy to drag your feet if need be.
Knowing what I know now, I'd forgo the one year of points and just put them all in the same use year. It just makes it so much easier to combine for the GVs and also makes it so you have all of your points available at once. For example if you have 10 points left in one use year and another 10 in the other you can't combine those for a stay without a transfer, assuming they even line up. I do enjoy playing with my points but it does make for more headaches. Also if there were a BWV room that magically was still available at 7 months, you'd be able to modify and rebook it under the same reservation with your VGF points instead and have one long continuous stay as opposed to booking one of the nights under one UY and the rest with the BWV and then going to the front desk to merge once you arrive at BWV. This also means that since it's not one long continuous stay, you have to wake up multiple times to book all of your dining reservations unless you book a cash stay and then cancel it 60 days out. There are whole bunch of minor inconveniences that aren't that bad by themselves but it does get a little annoying. In the end of course it's up to you and best of luck with whatever you decide!I think this my dilemma, am I being pigish wanting 2022 pts to sell back for MB and deal with 2 UY's for MANY years, or do I just do MB on the 2023 pts and keep it simple for myself. At 7 months i can combine pts, but am i getting BWV rooms at 7 months? If i keep my 150 BWV pts for BWV, is 150 enough to enjoy a stay at VGF knowing the heavy pt chart. My god i hate my brain!
They will charge your card immediately for a deposit even if you're sitting on the docs (they don't wait on the first charge until you've signed, it's the same day as drafting the docs).
This is our exact same strategy as we placed our deposit today at the VDH.
I straight up told QA I was waiting until 9/12, she said no problem and even noted my contract to stop the reminder emails. Nice gesture but I’m still getting the emails
Your guide will be more than happy to sell with the incentives again. Just talking to him/her about and having a trip or cruise planned for this year will qualify you for welcome home (I'm sure he/she would be happy to score another sale).
I don't think CCV qualifies for the incentives. Just VGF, RIV and AUL
When I talked to my guide a couple of months ago, I thought that he said the "Welcome Home" incentive was a one time thing, but I assume you could get Magical Beginnings again if you bought at least the minimum number of points. But I haven't tried buying any more points after I added some VGF earlier this summer with all these incentives.
I bought VDH in May (no Welcome Home) and June with WH, then VGF late July with all the incentives including "Welcome Home" and am about to add 200 points at DRR. My guide is writing up the contract now to include WH. Now you can add on without worry!
Thanks for the replies. Just spoke to our guide - he confirmed what a few have said. Magical Beginnings is only for resorts in active sales - doesn't count for sold out resorts (unfortunately).
You’re on a roll! I’ve actually priced VDH way too many times for comfort lolI bought VDH in May (no Welcome Home) and June with WH, then VGF late July with all the incentives including "Welcome Home" and am about to add 200 points at DRR. My guide is writing up the contract now to include WH. Now you can add on without worry!
My guide confirmed this as well. He said once per member for Welcome Home. It didn't matter if it was deeded differently, already closed, or even a completely different resort. I inquired about two separate 150 point VGF sales since that works out to less money than a 300 point sale. He said Quality Assurance would flag it and not allow it.
You guys may all be right...I may have conflated direct purchases since we made WAY TOO MANY in 2023! I just looked back at my spreadsheet and see that we did not get WH on either of our two VDH purchases. Only VGF contract had it and DRR is not yet completed and has not gone through QA.
No need for a blood test right?
It could be special with the cruise! DLH does not have Welcome Home listed on it's DVC Explorer page so VGF would have been your first opportunity: https://dvcexplorer.com/fin/m/VillasAtDisneyland_Member_DeveloperCredit.pdf
On paper it says the rebate check could take up to four weeks after closing, but people have been reporting receiving it much sooner than that.I apologize if this has already been asked, but I don't have time to read through 31 pages of this thread and searching wasn't much help...
For anyone who's received the MB credit / rebate, what's the timeline? I know it says a check will come "after closing" but how long after closing?
And I guess additional question - if you're making split payments (down payment - 30 days - 60 days), does it not close until after that final 60 day payment? Such that you wouldn't get the MB credit / rebate for maybe 4-5 months after you place your down payment?
Hope I'm being clear as mud
Every single visit we split stay for this reason.
