Never stayed myself, but the hotel is absolutely gorgeous and certainly nicer than any of the off-sites I've stayed at! The main benefits that I see for staying there are the early magic hours, which might be helpful at DCA with Cars land, and the closeness to DCA itself. If you're planning on spending more of your vacation at DL, I'd think it's not as useful. Also, if you have a big family (so you'd need more than one hotel room elsewhere) or little ones who need to nap in a hotel room, DVC may be better for you.
We tried renting points once for what was predicted to be a not very busy time of year, but couldn't get any availability. There's only something like 100 possible rooms, assuming the 2-bedroom villas are being used as a studio and a one-bedroom.
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Lauren
WDW: 12/06 -- 09/08 Disneyland: 11/13 -- 05/14 -- 09/14 -- 03/15 -- 09/15 -- 02/16
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