First time at Grand Desert

[Shawn p Johansen]

@DaveNW Actually I had forgot about Zion! We were talking about getting a rental for a day or 2 so that would be perfect! Thanks for the note about thin walls, my wife and I are debating the "owner update" If they offered a big enough incentive I might (more $$ for the trip!). I would set a 90 minute timer on my phone (or what ever it was offered at) and at the timer be done. But I am not sure it will be worth it from everything I have read.

 

[ResaleExpert]

We made a direct developer purchase of Grandview once .. owned it for about 24 hours and then rescinded and bought Jockey Club direct from developer instead. Buying direct was not the smartest thing we've ever done but the Jockey Club is right next to Bellagio overlooking the fountain. Beautiful fountain view and with all the other resorts lit up in the background it's riveting. We have a week every other year there and keep meaning to sell it to get rid of those maintenance fees but then the year for staying rolls around and we can't resist going again. I could stare out the window all day and night. My wife loves the proximity to the slots .. its connected to the Cosmopolitan newly built next door.

Bob

Hope you did not pay too much more than the current resale price of $1.00
That’s why TUG2 helps explain there is never enough ‘extra’ value (if any) to ever buy direct from any developer.

 

[Shawn p Johansen]

We had a great stay! Thank to everyone for the great Ideas! We were not even close to doing all of them, so have them on the list for next time! Now its off to plan the next trip!

 

[DaveNV]

We had a great stay! Thank to everyone for the great Ideas! We were not even close to doing all of them, so have them on the list for next time! Now its off to plan the next trip!

Nice! Did you make it to Zion? How did the Update go? And how thin were the walls for you? (When we stayed there, I'd guess there were twenty people in the room next to us. Screaming, loud music, banging and crashing around. It was awful. After about two hours of waiting for the herd of elephants to quiet down, I called the desk and asked to be moved to a quieter room. It worked. We lost the better view we had, but we had a much quieter experience.)

 

[Shawn p Johansen]

Sadly we did not make it to Zion, the day we had planned to go my wife was feeling sick that morning. Our room was very peaceful, there was something going on across the hall the first 2 days/nights, but once we closed the doors it was silent. We were on floor 3 of tower 1.

We are talking about going to the Desert Blue next time but I am not sure I see the value of spending 2x the points..

 

[DaveNV]

Sadly we did not make it to Zion, the day we had planned to go my wife was feeling sick that morning. Our room was very peaceful, there was something going on across the hall the first 2 days/nights, but once we closed the doors it was silent. We were on floor 3 of tower 1.

We are talking about going to the Desert Blue next time but I am not sure I see the value of spending 2x the points..

Grand Desert is a nice place. It sounds like you had a good time. No need to spend more than you did to stay elsewhere.

Dave