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Originally Posted by littlestar
There would have probably been more Marriotts showing up for next summer around 11 to 8 months out. Most Marriott owners can deposit 12 months out and then there's a Marriott hold in II for Marriott to Marriott exchanges so I usually see some Marriott inventory in II showing up with my non Marriott at around 11 months and then more of it shows up as time goes by.
Another nice resort in Orlando is Sheraton Vistana Villages - they are putting in a new pirate ship pool with interactive water features for the kids. The Disney resorts used to be the only place in Orlando with fun themed pools and slides, but not anymore. Marriott has a resort in Orlando called Harbour Lake and the themed pools with slides are wonderful for kids.
Parkway International is supposed to be nice. It gets good reviews.
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Something that's become apparent is that the OP is exchanging Westgate Branson Woods. There are two issues that I can see right now and that's the fact it's a Westgate resort and it's Branson. Branson is a very well developed (over developed) vaction destination which also happens to be mainly a drive to vacation, limiting the demand as it's a two hour drive from major airports or an expensive flight for most into Springfield.
What is not known is what week Westgate assigned for deposit. If it's a spring, fall or winter week, then it will be a rather weak trader. Especially if the OP has the summer family vacation months listed for exchange dates. I also don't know the size of the unit. Is the OP attempting to trade up in size?
So we could have a few variable's that are working against us here. Is it a low demand week that's been deposited? Are we attempting to trade up in size? Are we attempting to trade into a higher demand time from a lower demand time? Even though Orlando is typically an easy exchange, all of these things working against the OP could limit what she can see available. One thing I am pretty certain of at this time is Disney during the summer months was likely an unrealistic expectation anyway. Those that own Disney don't typically own it to exchange. That's a high dollar, high value, high MF resort to use for exchanges. Since summer months are high season for families and, since Orlando thrives on the family trade my bet is there wouldn't be a lot of Disney weeks deposited for exchange anyway. A week must be deposited for it to be available for exchange. If Disney owners buy to use rather than exchange, availablity would most likely have been very limited and I have serious doubts that Westgate Branson Woods would have the power to pull a Disney week during peak family vacation season.
