re: Disney Vacation Club?

We bought in, in 97 before it was real popular or at least real expensive, I think our points were about $52 each - we go every year our home resort is Old Key West - we have a large family (18 or so), we bought 800pts (split between 5 of us). It is paid off, so for the next 33yrs (points good for 50yrs) our accomodations are $1000/yr home resort fee, we reserve a grand villa and a 2bdrm each year, 2brm is about $600/night and the grand villa is about $800/night - we go for 6-8 nights per year so it definitely paid off for us. We like the larger villas as they have a full kitchen and laundry, we usually drive. We will go get groceries, eat breakfast at the resort, take snacks/water to park, come back to the resort for lunch, and head back to a park later in the afternoon to stay out of the heat of the day. Our biggest expense are park tickets, as park hoppers seem to be getting more expensive each year.