I'm in a similar situation as to resort consideration, although we started with a small BWV contract and are deciding where to add on. We're ok with studios for right now - and will be staying in them the next few trips due to low # of points owned - but the plan was always to buy more once we took a few trips as members.
I'm considering the same 3 resorts. BLT for location, SSR for location (we like the dining options as DS quite a bit), and AKV for the ability to book value rooms and stretch points, especially if we want to bring another family or let the boys take a friend when they're older. I've been leaning SSR, but keep wavering because there isn't currently an 11 mo advantage with any booking category there that we would regularly use. The difference in MFs isn't enough to dent our budget, so that isn't really a factor. AKV seems like such a unique place to stay that I definitely want to try it, but I don't know if I want to commit to repeated stays somewhere with such limited (even if awesome) nearby dining options.
Can you rent points and try a resort or two? Instead of reading and obsessing, we're using our BWV contract to try a few places out before committing more $$. If we don't love any of them, we'll just get more at BWV
I'm considering the same 3 resorts. BLT for location, SSR for location (we like the dining options as DS quite a bit), and AKV for the ability to book value rooms and stretch points, especially if we want to bring another family or let the boys take a friend when they're older. I've been leaning SSR, but keep wavering because there isn't currently an 11 mo advantage with any booking category there that we would regularly use. The difference in MFs isn't enough to dent our budget, so that isn't really a factor. AKV seems like such a unique place to stay that I definitely want to try it, but I don't know if I want to commit to repeated stays somewhere with such limited (even if awesome) nearby dining options.
Can you rent points and try a resort or two? Instead of reading and obsessing, we're using our BWV contract to try a few places out before committing more $$. If we don't love any of them, we'll just get more at BWV