Cdn780azncpl wrote:How do I find groups that goto desire? I've been reading posts where people mention certain groups.
I'm amazed that anyone plans a vacation like this TWO YEARS in advance. (Of course, at my age, I don't even buy green bananas.) I guess it gives you lots of "anticipation time".
I think you can be assured that no group plans two years in advance. More than likely, they start planning 2019 after their 2018 event. But many book the same dates year-after-year-after-year (Ynots, Swingset, SDC all come to mind), so if you browse this board you can likely see who is/was there this Sept of your week of travel, and if there was an organized group, contact them to see if they're planning 2018 and 2019 dates. The only difference we've experienced if we overlapped with a group is that there might be a higher % of guests in the Lifestyle during group events. Since you express interest in "testing the water" that could be more of an advantage than disadvantage.
Considering your ages, you might look into August trip dates as the resort promotes a "younger crowd" theme for at least part of August. Although we were there the first week of this past August and I don't recall a significant difference in age demographics.