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See the map of Kidani showing elevator locations, and location of bus station and pool in post #4 in this thread www.disboards.com/threads/kidani-map-with-elevators-marked.3558443/#lg=_xfUid-1-1629905447&slide=0. The garage is on the first floor under the building (lobby is on 2d floor). As...

Safest course, providing the highest chance of getting what you want, is to do as you suggest and book now 6 nights with SSR points. And if your stay is Sunday to Sunday leave open the the last night (Saturday) because weekend nights (Fri and Sat) usually last longer than weekdays...

All the savannas have giraffes except Pembe savanna at Kidani.

Be aware there is bus that runs continuously day and evening between the front entrances of Kidani and Jambo. As noted for walking it depends on where your room is. The Kidani building end to end is near 2/3 mile long. Front entrance Kidani to front entrance Jambo is close 1/2 mile, but if you...

AKV still has the Mr. Coffee like drip machines. It will not get the change to the combo Keurig and Mr. coffee like machines until, like other resorts that got them in the last four years, its rooms are refurbished, which is supposed to occur in 2025.

^Adding to the above: for November time, standard view and boardwalk view studios (and 2BRs since all are lock-offs and thus disappear due to studio reservations) usually book full within moments after 8 a.m. eastern at 11-months out for any arrival date in November.

Personal View is that BWV boardwalk view rooms provide the best view of all resorts at WDW, looking out over the lake at YC/BC, Spaceship Earth in the distance, watching the activity on the boardwalk and lake, seeing the upper level Epcot fireworks at night, and from a balcony, the upper level...

DVC high demand times do not generally correlate with Disney hotel high demand times, although Christmas is a high one for both. Easter weeks in April are a very high Disney hotel demand time but more or less average for DVC and non-Easter weeks in April are among the lowest DVC demand times of...

Actually, the second week of Dec is not a "semi" busy time. It is the third highest DVC demand week of the year at WDW (highest is the first week of Dec, second highest is Christmas week). April, other than Easter weeks, is one of the lowest DVC demand times of the year, and even Easter weeks...

I think you mean you have reserved SSR, 3 studios, and intend to change to OKW at 7-months out. MS will modify each reservation one at a time, and thus, likely, they will not be holding rooms for ones not yet modified until you complete the change for one. You could ask to see if they will do...

Just adding, I have had value 2BRs -- all are lock-offs-- (not the accessible unit) twice (different rooms) and both times the room had the island in the middle of the kitchen. Not necessarily an advantage because it does not leave much space left to move around in the kitchen area.

Cancelling after your banking window has passed. For a Sep 2024 trip reserved with Oct 2023 use year points, you have the risk that something may happen to require you to cancel the trip. If, for example, you have to cancel in July 2024, the current use year points coming out of the reservation...

Replying separately to each point raised: 1 and 2. Yes 3. Estimate given above that it can take two months is accurate. You have to go through ROFR and Disney can take up to 30 days to respond to that, you then need to do a closing, and, after that, you have to wait some time for DVC to...

As long as it is a loan done via a mortgage secured by a real property timeshare ownership interest, which is what one has typically gotten when one has purchased through Disney a partial real property interest in a condominium and gotten a loan as part of the process. There can be other types...

There is no limit to the number of "homes" for which you can deduct property taxes. The potential limit to deductions only for primary residence and a second home applies to mortgage interest, not property taxes. See, e.g...

All points that come out of a reservation when cancelled 31 or more days from date of arrival, go back into your account the exact same way they went into the reservation -- current use year points go back into their applicable use year, and banked or borrowed points remain banked or borrowed...

Again, those Florida state taxes are not income taxes but sales taxes and transient taxes applicable to the any rental (a tax on renting hotel rooms, timeshares, etc.,e.g., every rental of a hotel room by Disney at WDW has those taxes payable as part of the rental). And one needs to be filed...

As far income taxes go, the tax returns you need to file are federal and state of residence. For such taxes, if you want to deduct expenses for the rental, you need to file with the federal taxes a Schedule E. You can deduct from the rental income the proportion of annual operation/maintenance...

CCV at seven months out for early December will be very difficult to get. First week of December is actually the highest DVC demand week of the year at WDW (Christmas week comes in only as second) and it can be difficult to get any studios anywhere at 7-months out -- even SSR has sometimes had...

Do you mean, for example, that you have walked a reservation to the end of November, and then contacted MS and it allowed you to move that into early Dec using the same points that are in that Nov reservation, meaning MS effectively lets you bank the points during the last week of the use year...