The owner's priority period is 8 - 12 mos. out and you are guaranteed your deeded view if it is available. Most of us call the second the office opens at 12 mos. out, because your time stamp determines your priority for the best view. In your case, that would probably be OF - top floor. The closer you get to 8 mos., of course, the more reservations have already been made, and the less likely you are to get a good view. For instance, the first picture on this page is the OF view from the first floor of Bldg B -
WKORV FF B OF
I guarantee your renters would NOT be happy here! As you can see, the second picture, which is from a good ocean view location, actually has a prettier view.
When you make your Resv., Starwood will confirm your deeded view, but they won't confirm anything else until check in and they claim not to reserve the rooms until the day before.
This is what happens - you buy a TS and your helpful sales person tells you that you can recoup your cost by renting for big bucks, then the trusting owner actually tries to rent their unit for that amount. You might get 6K for OF week 51 or 52, but I don't think you will see more than that on a regular basis.
