RCI Exchange Opportunity (aka Torture) of the Day

[lawren2 Malibu Beach Barbie & A Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close lawren2]

Vancouver in July anyone?

Aviawest in Vancouver (#6178)
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868 Hamilton St.
Vancouver, BC V6B 6A2
Canada
604/681-4211

1 BR 4 (4) Partial Sunday, June 07, 2009 Sunday, June 14, 2009
1 BR 4 (4) Partial Friday, June 12, 2009 Friday, June 19, 2009
Studio 3 (2) Partial Sunday, June 21, 2009 Sunday, June 28, 2009
1 BR 4 (4) Partial Sunday, June 21, 2009 Sunday, June 28, 2009
1 BR 4 (4) Partial Friday, June 26, 2009 Friday, July 03, 2009
1 BR 4 (4) Partial Sunday, July 12, 2009 Sunday, July 19, 2009

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I thought this one was pretty special this morning.

Shell Vacations Club at Waikiki Marina Resort at the Ilikai (#7775)
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1775 Ala Moana Blvd., Suite 212
Honolulu, HI 96815
USA
808/955-7644
www.shellvacationsclub.com


Studio 4 (2) Full Friday, December 25, 2009 Friday, January 01, 2010

[lawren2 Malibu Beach Barbie & A Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close lawren2]

Well I guess we are all just loving the new search engine. Even when you see something available it might not be there...

Every once in a while I give in and book something for myself. Monterey in July proved too hard to resist, especially since I grabbed it for 27.5k points. This is how to play the game!


I left some nice August weeks for you guys!

Pine Acres Lodge (#0455)
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1150 Jewell Ave.
Pacific Grove, CA 93950
USA
831/372-6651
Pine Acres Lodge





Units that meet your criteria Total Units Available: 4
Unit Type Max Occup
(Privacy) Kitchen Check-In Date Check-Out Date
Studio 2 (2) Partial Sunday, August 16, 2009 Sunday, August 23, 2009
Studio 2 (2) Partial Sunday, August 23, 2009 Sunday, August 30, 2009
1 BR 4 (2) Full Sunday, April 25, 2010 Sunday, May 02, 2010
1 BR 4 (2) Full Sunday, July 04, 2010 Sunday, July 11, 2010

[Glitter Brunello Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Glitter Brunello]

Well, Lawren, I toyed with joining you, but the other July 4th week showing up appears to be a phantom -- am wondering if it still shows them in inventory while they are "on hold" as opposed to confirmed by another member?

Anyhooo, how do you think the weather will be there at the end of September?

And yes, I was able to hold it without a credit card!! I shouldn't be booking anything that far out, but am enjoying the idea of going...

[lawren2 Malibu Beach Barbie & A Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close lawren2]

Well, Lawren, I toyed with joining you, but the other July 4th week showing up appears to be a phantom -- am wondering if it still shows them in inventory while they are "on hold" as opposed to confirmed by another member?

Anyhooo, how do you think the weather will be there at the end of September?

And yes, I was able to hold it without a credit card!! I shouldn't be booking anything that far out, but am enjoying the idea of going...

They still hit you up for a credit card when you hold with points. I found that out at 3AM when I switched it off the week I originally grabbed it with. Worked out a lot cheaper for me. At least enough that I thought it was worth running the chance of losing it between releasing and catching.

Interesting thought. That a week on hold would still show as a phantom availability.

Personally I'd much rather go in September, I think it would be warmer but I'm still dealing with school and sports schedules. So I took the July week and am a happy camper.

[lawren2 Malibu Beach Barbie & A Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close lawren2]

Oh the pain and the agony! I don't want to wish years away but having to live on a school schedule is killer when you see something like this:

Allen House Club (#0794)
London, , England

RCI Points Range: 83,500
Available Unit Size: 1 - 1
Check-in Date Range: 9/26/09

and there were so many others this morning. Talk about turkey and all the trimmings! ah, someday.

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I Gioielli del Doge (#3577)
Venice, (VE), Italy

RCI Points Range: 45,000
Available Unit Size: S - S
Check-in Date Range: 9/21/09

This has been sitting available for 2 days that I know of. Someone please take it. and when you do, take the really nice bridge week that is sitting posted in ex-ops too because they are both killing me.

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Wyndham Vacation Resorts at Glacier Canyon (#A212) 2 available units
Lake Delton
WI, 53940 USA



map resort Available Unit Size
1 BR (4 max)


Check-In Date Range
07/17/2009 - 07/24/2009

Fairfield Inn at Glacier Canyon, which will be located in the new Glacier Canyon section of Wilderness Resort, promises you an unforgettable family experience. You’ll stay at a brand new property that assures you the same impressive list of amenities Wilderness Hotel & Golf Resort guests enjoy — including five water parks within walking distance.

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Wyndham Vacation Resorts at Glacier Canyon (#A212) 2 available units
Lake Delton
WI, 53940 USA



map resort Available Unit Size
1 BR (4 max)


Check-In Date Range
07/17/2009 - 07/24/2009

Fairfield Inn at Glacier Canyon, which will be located in the new Glacier Canyon section of Wilderness Resort, promises you an unforgettable family experience. You’ll stay at a brand new property that assures you the same impressive list of amenities Wilderness Hotel & Golf Resort guests enjoy — including five water parks within walking distance.

Oooooouuuuuuu, that's a good one you found.

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Primetime summer week at Smuggs!

Smugglers' Notch Resort (#0300) 1 available unit
Smugglers' Notch
VT, 05464 USA



map resort Available Unit Size
1 BR (5 max)


Check-In Date
07/25/2010

Should be Aspen highlands, Moutain Laurels or Sycamores unit.

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Wyndham Vacation Resorts at Glacier Canyon (#A212) 2 available units
Lake Delton
WI, 53940 USA



map resort Available Unit Size
1 BR (4 max)


Check-In Date Range
07/17/2009 - 07/24/2009

Fairfield Inn at Glacier Canyon, which will be located in the new Glacier Canyon section of Wilderness Resort, promises you an unforgettable family experience. You’ll stay at a brand new property that assures you the same impressive list of amenities Wilderness Hotel & Golf Resort guests enjoy — including five water parks within walking distance.

I'm sure it will be nice if there's actually a Lake Delton there. There's a good chance what you will get is a scenic view of mudflats and dieing vegetation as lake refilling commences.

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Word is refilling will start very soon, and should be complete by May:
The Associated Press: Refill of vanished Wis. lake about to begin

[lawren2 Malibu Beach Barbie & A Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close lawren2]

Well if this wasn't like pulling teeth today ...had to search weeks from the points side to get any results but I did find some doozies!

Here is my favorite today, I have only seen a 2BDRM summer week here a handful of times in all of my searching. available in RCI weeks:

Island Park Village Resort (#0027)
4153 N. Big Springs Road
Island Park
ID 83429
USA Phone: 208/558-7502
Island Park Village Resort - Welcome to your idyllic sportsman's paradise


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Select Unit Select Unit Type Privacy/Max
Occupancy Kitchen Check-in
Date Check-out
Date RCI Points Value
1 Bedroom 4/4 Full 08/15/2009 08/22/2009 32,000
2 Bedrooms 6/6 Full 08/01/2009 08/08/2009 45,500

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Wyndham Vacation Resorts at Glacier Canyon (#A212) 2 available units
Lake Delton
WI, 53940 USA



map resort Available Unit Size
1 BR (4 max)


Check-In Date Range
07/17/2009 - 07/24/2009

Fairfield Inn at Glacier Canyon, which will be located in the new Glacier Canyon section of Wilderness Resort, promises you an unforgettable family experience. You’ll stay at a brand new property that assures you the same impressive list of amenities Wilderness Hotel & Golf Resort guests enjoy — including five water parks within walking distance.

I'm sure it will be nice if there's actually a Lake Delton there. There's a good chance what you will get is a scenic view of mudflats and dieing vegetation as lake refilling commences.

I don't know that anyone at Glacier would look at Lake Delton. There's a giant water park for the youngsters.

Did they ever fix the breach and fill the lake back up?

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There will be Water in Lake Delton by Summer

I don't know that anyone at Glacier would look at Lake Delton. There's a giant water park for the youngsters.

Did they ever fix the breach and fill the lake back up?

They are filling the lake right now.

Walt

Lake Delton - It grew eerily quiet below the dam Wednesday morning, not far from where Lake Delton disappeared through a chasm six months ago.

As the last of three gates on the newly renovated dam closed, the quiet sound of water spilling through ebbed and then stopped. The stillness was the first step in filling the lake, which lost most of its liquid in a catastrophic breach last summer.

"You can hear the sound is changing - no more running water," said Meg Galloway, chief of dams and floodplains for the Department of Natural Resources, as she stood on the snowy slope overlooking the dam shortly after it closed at 10:15 a.m.

With traffic once again traversing Highway A next to the dam, the next item on the agenda to bring Lake Delton back to life is letting the lake fill back up.

"Things have gone surprisingly well," Galloway said. "It's atypical for this type of project to move so quickly."

What took a little over an hour to disappear will take much longer to reappear.

Even though most of the lake disappeared on the morning of June 9, a small stream of water has flowed continuously through one part of the lake. That's where the carp have been hanging out.

Because water flows from Mirror Lake through Dell Creek and into Lake Delton before eventually flowing over the dam and down into the Wisconsin River, the water level on Mirror Lake was recently lowered.

It could take a week before Mirror Lake fills back up and sends more water to Lake Delton, said Paul Werner, senior engineering specialist.

The lower water level is allowing the DNR to eradicate carp - a non-native species - before more water flows into Lake Delton and dilutes the poison so other species will not be affected.

On Wednesday, DNR employees powered an airboat over part of the lake bed where water had pooled to dispense a poison that will eradicate the hundreds of carp that remain.

The plan was to inject the poison in four spots on the lake after workers powered the airboat in circles to open holes in the ice.

Carp eradication is the first step in restoring the lake to its status as a good fishing spot, said Andy Morton, the DNR's Lower Wisconsin Watershed Basin supervisor.

The poisoned carp carcasses will drop to the bottom of the lake.

Officials are working on a plan to stock the lake with largemouth bass, bluegill, walleye, crappie and forage fish.

Water will be allowed in Lake Delton until the lake is about half full, the level engineers want throughout the winter.

Then, in the spring, the dam will close again so the lake can fill up in time for anglers, boaters and the skiers at Tommy Bartlett's show.




Lake Delton's lifeblood restored - JSOnline

If you want to see Lake Delton without water from the Rhapsody on Lake Delton, go to this thread and see my pictures on post #22.



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