Is DVC over building??

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August 6, 2017 at 6:34 pm #43018

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Has anyone else noted the massive expansion of the DVC over the last few years and what is on the table for the future? It just seems that not only are they expanding at a very rapid rate the cost per point is skyrocketing as well. We would love to buy additional points at one of the new resorts but not at the rates they are asking. So glad we bought in 12 years ago when rates were much more reasonable…ºoº

August 6, 2017 at 6:46 pm #43021

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I’m glad we bought in 9 years ago! When it comes to DVC, Disney is practicing good business quite well, I think. Of course, good business means to the owner’s advantage, not the consumer’s advantage. So I think they’ve found that there is A LOT of demand out there for DVC points, so they have to keep building more DVC rooms to keep selling those points. As for the price, best business practice will tell you that fair price is whatever the market will bear. So they can keep upping the price per point and if demand doesn’t shrink too much, they’re making good business. But yeah, so glad none of our contracts cost over $100/point!

August 7, 2017 at 7:18 am #43059

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I’m not a DVC member, but I really wish that Disney would build new MODERATE resorts, as that is more in our price range

August 7, 2017 at 8:18 am #43066

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So…

This is a bit of a hot topic on my end. I have a whole love/hate thing going on with the concept of DVC. If you had mentioned DVC to me 5 years ago, I would be 100% anti-DVC. Then I was warming up to the idea, especially since I feel like Disney is forcing our hand (okay, so maybe it was more waving the white flag, than warming-up).

So, I guess my take is this-
Like everything else Disney, the price will continue to rise until the bubble bursts. It is obnoxious the cost per-point that Disney wants, and I would not buy a full trip amount from them. Ever. I would, will, and still do consider purchase through secondary market.

Though the increase of variety is great, I hate that DVC is being injected into non-DVC resorts. Keep DVC at DVC, keep cash at cash. If Disney wishes to provide the option to allow members to use points toward regular rooms at non-DVC resorts, fine, give points a trade-in value for cash rooms. If Disney wishes to expand on DVC, build more DVC resorts. By DVC encroaching on regular resorts, it now cuts available rooms at already difficult to attain resorts, and drives up cash prices higher than they already are.

Expansion should hopefully increase availability. It should hopefully drop resale prices on older resorts. It should help with ability to book at other established DVC resorts.

More DVC owners, however, will tax the system more. With a higher owner-to- non-DVC ratio, what is the future of perks such as the DVC lounge? And how will this impact registration for special events such as MNSSHP or runDisney races?

August 17, 2017 at 10:07 am #44730

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I think it’s good business strategy, and I’m not saying that just because I’m a member. My only fear is that resort stays will become too exclusive, making it too expensive for the majority of their guests. I could make the same argument for non-DVC resorts as well, looking ahead to the Star Wars hotel. I have a feeling that experience will be out of most people’s price range, including mine.
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