Originally posted by sgtpet
But they have devastated our economic situation (which was already weak)
I just have to say, I think this is extremely alarmist thinking. Our economic situation is nowhere NEAR devistated. If you want to use dramatic words like "devistated" think about the Great Depression. Even the recession we had in the 70's/80's was worse. It may seem worse now because we are coming off of record economic highs. This comment is not meant to sound snide or obnoxious, but I just think that a little perspective sometimes goes a long way.
I think these kinds of "self fulfilling prophecies" will in the long run do as much harm to our economy as those terrorist attacks did. Interestingly enough I just received an email from a family friend on a similar subject and the one thing that stood out to me was the line "god helps those who help themselves." The economy is not going to get better by giving in to that kind of thinking.
I think I would still buy in if we were in the same situation that we were in when we bought in originally. At the time we owned a house, had a reasonable amount of disposable income and took regular disney vacations. We were the dvc "poster children." Right now I'm in grad school, living in an apartment, trying to save up for a move and a house after I graduate... but I'm sure glad that we bought into DVC when we did, because I really need the vacation more than ever working 70-100 hour weeks.
The one thing I MIGHT do given the current situation is to hang tight for a little while and see if there are some better programs offered for buy ins... the price of DVC has skyrocketed because they haven't been able to build the units fast enough. I expect with a slowdown there might be more incentive to buy so I'd probably try to get a better deal.
Maybe I'm a hopeless optimist, but the way I see it, if the economy really DOES become "devistated" I won't spend the time until that happens worrying about it... but rather I'll be spending that time enjoying myself, enjoying my life, working hard, playing hard and making every day count. That includes my regular disney vacations. While we can afford it, we will go to disney. If we can't afford it, I suspect we will have bigger problems than what happens to our vacations.
Lisa