Orlando Getaways

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

Just curious . . . this question goes back years . . . can Orlando owners search/see/get Orlando Getaways now?

[chriskre Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close chriskre]

Is this a trick question?

Of course you can buy getaways.

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

Back in the day, we could not get any Orlando Getaways, and we could not exchange into some Orlando area resorts because we only owned in Orlando.

Someone active on internet timeshare forums got the Regional Block for Orlando changed some time ago, but, initially, only for Orlando owners who also owned elsewhere, which we did, as of 1992. Then, what they blamed on a computer glitch undid that, so no one could, again.

So, can those who only own in Orlando, get Orlando Getaways now?

Current wording of Regional Block:

5. Some Members may be restricted from exchanging into resorts located within the same geographical area as the Home Resort accommodations that are being deposited or relinquished. There are currently such restrictions in Aruba; Barbados; Cancún, Mexico; Cyprus; Dominican Republic; Door County, Wisconsin; Eastern British Columbia; Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge, Tennessee; Grand Bahama Island; Grand Cayman Island; Guatemala; Hawaii (the Big Island); Maui, Hawaii; Kauai, Hawaii; Hilton Head, South Carolina; Lake Tahoe, California; Las Vegas, Nevada; Madeira, Portugal; Malta; Marco Island, Florida; Mazatlán, Mexico; Naples, Florida; Okaloosa and Walton County, Florida; Kissimmee/Orlando, Florida; Palm Desert, California; Palm Springs, California; Phuket, Thailand; Puerto Vallarta, Mexico; Riviera Nayarit, Mexico; St. Maarten; Stateline, Nevada; Summit County, Colorado; Virginia Beach, Virginia; and Williamsburg, Virginia. This restriction, however, does not apply to Members requesting an exchange to Member Resorts under common ownership or management with the Home Resort. Additional geographic areas may be restricted in the future. Members affected by any future restrictions will be advised via II’s regular publications.

The Regional Block is to prevent people from using lesser resorts to trade into better resorts in their home area.