One of the challenges for first time timeshare buyers is to find unbiased information about purchasing timeshares.  Timeshare owners may not be totally unbiased but they can be another useful source of information.
According to Timesharing Today, timeshare owners enjoy their timeshare vacations so much that 68% of them own more than one week.  The article goes on to state that most of those buyers of second and third weeks buy timeshare resales.
The lesson for first time buyers is, do not pay retail. When you purchase directly from the developer, in most cases, the cost of sales and marketing is over 40% of the purchase price.  Buy timeshare resales and save.