A New DVC Membership???

[Minnie*Mouse]

This is the craziest thing I have ever heard, but I thought I would share with all of you. A friend of ours just returned from Disney and bought into a 'new' Disney Vacation Club. He claims it's a special they are running for the 20-year anniversary of DVC. Here's what he said:

- he bought 160 points but he is guaranteed that the price to buy additional points WILL NOT increase for the next 10 years should he need to purchase additional points
- his dues are $600 per year and will remain at that price for the next 10 years even if he buys additional points within that time
- he bought the last week of Nov and first week of Dec but doesn't have to stay during that time, if he changes weeks he may only book 3 months out
- expires in 54 years

LOL, this is hysterical. Maybe he was hallucinating...I have no idea. We have been members for 6 years and know DVC very well, but when he came up with this story at the 4th of July party yesterday it was pretty funny! He's the type of person that no matter what he's always right! I finally told him I think he was scammed! WOW

M*M :)

[1000th happy haunt]

I would love to know where he got his information.

[DBBN]

He might very well have purchased something but it certainly wasn't DVC.

[MissD]

I would love to know where he got his information.

Me, too.

How did he take it when you gave him the real facts?

[Figment2]

For one thing, DVC hasn't been around for 20 years. It just celebrated its 10th anniversary a couple of years ago.

Cyn

[*elaine*]

This is the craziest thing I have ever heard, but I thought I would share with all of you. A friend of ours just returned from Disney and bought into a 'new' Disney Vacation Club. He claims it's a special they are running for the 20-year anniversary of DVC. Here's what he said:

- he bought the last week of Nov and first week of Dec but doesn't have to stay during that time, if he changes weeks he may only book 3 months out



How can you buy two weeks in DVC? Points, yes, specific weeks, no.

[mikesmom]

So what was he drinking at that party? Must have been good! :rotfl2:

[lizziepooh]

Yikes! How much money did he pay for whatever this is that he bought? Did he say who the check was payable to? Let us know if you find out anymore details. I am curious now.

[jekjones1558]

Maybe he got this info at Bonnet Creek??

[Granny]

This has just enough reference to "real" information that it makes me think that your friend did a DVC tour and took no notes, but is remembering things the way he wants to.- he bought 160 points but he is guaranteed that the price to buy additional points WILL NOT increase for the next 10 years should he need to purchase additional pointsThis might have been the part where they told him that the number of points to stay at a DVC resort will not increase overall???



- his dues are $600 per year and will remain at that price for the next 10 years even if he buys additional points within that time He might have been told that dues haven't gone up much historically??


- he bought the last week of Nov and first week of Dec but doesn't have to stay during that time, if he changes weeks he may only book 3 months out Are you sure he went to WDW??? :confused3



- expires in 54 years Well, SSR expires in 2054. So there might have been a 54 in there somewhere!



I'm hoping that your friend either has a terrible memory or that he didn't even go to a DVC tour but instead went to another timeshare. Even then, what he says makes absolutely no sense.


He's the type of person that no matter what he's always right! Amazing how some people's self-perception can stray so far from reality. :)

[cobbler]

Wow, if I could be guaranteed that I could buy points at any time in the next 10 years and maintain the same price it is today, I would be all over that like white on rice!!!

Good story!

[sajetto]

If DVC told me that I would be locked into the same price for the next 10 years I would buy 1,000 points! There is no way this could have happend, I just can't believe that this is DVC your friend is talking about. :faint:

[paults]

anything more about this sale?

[byoung]

He might very well have purchased something but it certainly wasn't DVC.
Im agree with you don't get weeks with DVC.

[Minnie*Mouse]

Nothing more from this 'special' DVC membership. I'm sure I'll hear more about it soon. I'll most likely see him at a b-day party this weekend. He just kept on insisting that it is all completely different now and this is the new DVC special they are running to commemorate the '20-year' anniversary. He even said they saw the model at SSR AND then at OKW. They don't have a model at OKW!

So stubborn...my husband and I finally looked at eachother and said, 'wow, that's awful' that you have to pick weeks! We loved the fact that DVC offers so much flexibility.

Oh, well I'm sure he'll come to realize the real truth soon if that's what he bought. I got a thank you letter from DVC because they used our name, but I'll only believe it when I get the reward from the referral.

M*M :)

[Lasrnw]

Don't laugh but we were told when we purchased that any additional points would be at the same rate that we paid at our original purchase....we certainly did the appropriate research and found that not to be the case before we purchased. When I went back to our guide and questioned the information I was told that I must have misunderstood....frankly when it comes to money I never misunderstand....

[lovinthemouse]

That is one of those things that make you go HMMMMM!:confused3 . Very interesting. We have only been members for a year and none of the info that he received was what I received. Thanks for the laugh!!:rotfl:

[MissD]

I read somewhere recently that the original Vistana resort recently had a 20th anniversary, and I believe their leases expire in 2060 (54 years).

I wonder if he's got his timeshare/ membership facts confused?

[MissD]

I read somewhere recently that the original Vistana resort recently had a 20th anniversary, and I believe their leases expire in 2060 (54 years).

I wonder if he's got his timeshare/ membership facts confused?

One more thing, the newest phase of the Sheraton Vistana Villages is called Key West....hmmm.

[rinkwide]

Maybe he's crazy...

...or maybe you're all just jealous that he's a better negotiator than you are.

[MissD]

Maybe he's crazy...

...or maybe you're all just jealous that he's a better negotiator than you are.

or a little bit of both........

[*elaine*]

Maybe he's crazy...

...or maybe you're all just jealous that he's a better negotiator than you are.

:rotfl2: :lmao:

[SuzanneSLO]

- he bought 160 points ...
- he bought the last week of Nov and first week of Dec but doesn't have to stay during that time ...,
M*M :)

It looks like if you buy at a 2BR at Sheraton Vistana Key West for 2 weeks in late Nov/early Dec, you would acquire 162,000 StarOption points that you can use to book nights or weeks at other Starwood Vacation Ownership properties.

With the similarities posted by others -- 20th Anniversary & 54 years of ownership --it really is starting to look like your friend bought at Vistana.

-- Suzanne

[Minnie*Mouse]

Yes, it really does. He said that he saw the model rooms at Saratoga AND Old Key West??? There are no longer sales offices w/model rooms at OKW! UNLESS...he is talking about the Vistana resort???

Hummm...makes you wonder doesn't it?

He also said there were tons of 20-year anniversary stuff posted all over the resorts with a counter of how many people had already bought into this special??? I dunno...I do know that aside from the Disney parks he also visited Sea World and Universal Studios.

Ok enough of this 'hummmmm', I'm calling my guide--he'll tell me.

Stay tuned...M*M :confused3

[Granny]

Keep us posted...this one is interesting! :)

Maybe you can tell your friend that you're really impressed with the deal he got and maybe he can show you some of the sales literature he surely brought home with him? Time for some detective work...I don't see how your Guide will be able to help you much in figuring out this one!

[I Love DVC]

He claims it's a special they are running for the 20-year anniversary of DVC.
Ummmm...isn't it the 15th anniversary of DVC? I think your friend got scammed. :rotfl: Wait, sorry :guilty:

[paults]

bumping

like they say on the old laugh-in showVEERY INTERESTING :rotfl2:

[owtrbnks]

I would have believed the story if he'd mentioned about the free lifetime passes, like we all got here at the big house! :lmao:

[canwegosoon]

He has to be pulling your leg ;)

[dvc at last !]

Very interesting story. I do not think it is DVC.

[paults]

bumping for an answer

[castleri]

Maybe he went to both the preview at SSR which explains why the OP got a thank you from Disney and then to Vistana and bought there. Since they have a "Key West" - Maybe he thought they were the same thing.

[erikthewise]

Hmm...
Just last month a friend was telling me about a new business opportunity in Orlando. He was very quiet about the details, but it seemed to involve timeshares.

He asked to borrow a DVC shirt, and one of my old CM badge holders. I was happy to oblige. Then just as he was leaving, he said something a little strange: "You know those timeshare booths they have all over the parks? Is there always somebody in them, or are they sometimes empty?" I had to admit I wasn't sure.

Haven't seen him in a while.

[Granny]

Haven't seen him in a while.
He's probably visiting his off shore account in the Bahamas. :rotfl2:

[rkdahl]

This thread reminds me of the guy who posted a cruise review recently. He trashed the ship, the crew, the people and the cruise line in great detail. Worst vacation he ever had. So he posted this review under the Sun Princess from Princess Cruise line section of the reviews explaining all this. After things didn't make sense (cabin numbers, decks, ports, etc) people finally figured out he was on the Norwegian cruise line on the Norwegian Sun ship. :rotfl2: Wrong ship, wrong cruise line. He posted all this in a cruisecritic.com review.

Sounds almost like this story where the guy swears he bought into DVC but most likely was somewhere else! It amazes me people can be so off base and still talking so 'big'! :confused3

[wisbucky]

WOW! If your friend actually bought a timeshare for a different resort and was left to believe that it is DVC that is sad. He will be in for a rude awakening. I certainly hope that he wasn’t scammed into believing that it was a DVC timeshare or even related to DVC.

Keep us posted as to any information you find out!

I do know there was some timeshare place when DH and I were there in March that was advertising as a Disney World Resort location and discussed passes for Disney world. But unfortunately I don’t remember the name.

[paults]

OK still no answer on this buy-in. So I guess could have been a prank post.

I hope not but we have no answers as to what happened :goodvibes

[3DisneyKids]

This is a riot...however, if he actually bought at Vistana (and add me to the list of folks who think this is what he did...)...OMG...how can you make this big of a purchase and not KNOW WHERE IT IS??? :rotfl2:

It's like saying "Hey, look at my brand new Lincoln Navigator that I just bought....isn't it awesome??" And then jumping into a Honda Civic... (no offense to civic owners....we have one, too :) ) It's just....how can you not know??

:confused3

[byoung]

He no buy DVC.

[keishashadow]

I'm a big DVC fan but, having stayed in the Cascades section of the Sheraton Vistana recently; must admit the room was beautiful & amenitites great - quite pricey too.

Of course, it was off-site & didn't have the famous Disney CM service level but, overall we'd return in a flash if we got the same rate (less than $100 for 4 nights & no TS presentation).

IMO, if he indeed visited the actual site, he should have realized that it was not a DVC property...not too difficult to figure that one out.

I was just talking to one of the parents @ my son's tennis lessons. They were bragging to the others as to their Disney timeshare. When I volunteered that we were DVC, they blankly said they didn't know what that was. Turns out, their TS is in Kissimmee but, to them - it's Disney.

Some people don't care or just don't "get it".

[dianeschlicht]

Is the OP pulling our leg? Since the OP hasn't returned, we'll never know. Maybe just trolling for funny discussion.

[prez65]

Is the OP pulling our leg? Since the OP hasn't returned, we'll never know. Maybe just trolling for funny discussion.

OK I think I know what happened to the OP...She saw her friend at that B-day party he was going to be at.. and found out that her friend purchased another timeshare by mistake.... thinking it was DVC....She started laughing so hard and has not stopped.... till this day she is still having a laughing fit so bad... that she can not even type a reply...cause she cant see the computer screen through the tears in her eyes.. :rotfl2:

[paults]

Minnie*Mouse


where are you :rotfl2:

:joker:

[hmerritt]

We took our tour on Friday and were told that the price per point now was protected if we choose to buy additional points at a later date- so the $93 incentive would be what we paid later as well. We were told we had to buy a minimum of 25 which would be a cash purchase, and at 50 it could be financed.

Heather

[MissD]

We took our tour on Friday and were told that the price per point now was protected if we choose to buy additional points at a later date- so the $93 incentive would be what we paid later as well. We were told we had to buy a minimum of 25 which would be a cash purchase, and at 50 it could be financed.

Heather

It just doesn't make sense that the price per point is frozen forever-even if it is an add-on. :confused3
I'm sure we're not the only ones who have paid higher prices per point on our add-ons over the years.

Of course, I'd love to know which guide is offering this option, since I'd love to be able to do my next add-on at the last price per point we paid, or better yet, the first price per point we paid 8 years ago.

[laceemouse]

I think he bought at another resort. Lots of people don't know the difference. To them, anywhere in Orlando is "at Disney." Many of my family members don't understand the whole off-site versus on-site thing.

[paults]

Minnie*Mouse

what's up with this " SPECIAL DVC MEMBERSHIP" you been telling us about?

Won't the owner of it tell you anything?

To me I think your pulling our leg :lmao: because you won't reply.

Anyway have a nice day :goodvibes

[vonderbar]

::MinnieMo This story made me LOL! Talk about a "Mouse-Tale". Like any good story, I have to know how it ends. Please let me posted.

Thanks,
J

[Boston5602]

Where I work had been asking me about my vacation plans for this year , told them about DVC . Little bit O' time goes by and someone from another dept comes by and ask me if I bought at DVC , he says him too. He bought VWL first year . BUT This isn't where he tells me he bought he tells me he bought at Fort Wilderness vacation club. When I ask him if its VWL he says nope its FWvc. He also says he loves that he can choose any week he wants , I say I love that you don't even have to go for a week but long weekends too. He says " You can??? I thought you had to go sat - sat . UUGGHHHH HOW can you buy something and not know what your getting!!!!!!!


At the time I was to aggravated to correct him , I will find him out shortly and teach him about DVC


:badpc:

[paults]

please don't do what minnie mouse did and forget us. let us know what he did buy :lmao:

[Boston5602]

My co-worker bought at Villa's at Wilderness Lodge , at least this is where I figures it out to be. I'm just hoping his wife handles all the DVC details otherwise I have no idea how he made it this far with it

[TEITUP60]

What Was This Guy Drinking?

[dpuck1998]

:teeth: alright, whos up for filling Minnies PM box?? :rolleyes1

[paults]

:rotfl2: THAT'S IT, I'VE HAD IT :rotfl2:

I'm just going to have to call mickey and tell him that minnie mouse has been badand is just leading us on :lmao:

[MissD]

:rotfl2: THAT'S IT, I'VE HAD IT :rotfl2:

I'm just going to have to call mickey and tell him that minnie mouse has been badand is just leading us on :lmao:

:rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

[dpuck1998]

So whats so funny about putting up something like this? Just to give us something to type about?

Ohh well...I'm sending Minnie some more PMs....whos with me :thumbsup2

[paults]

This is the craziest thing I have ever heard, but I thought I would share with all of you. A friend of ours just returned from Disney and bought into a 'new' Disney Vacation Club. He claims it's a special they are running for the 20-year anniversary of DVC. Here's what he said:

- he bought 160 points but he is guaranteed that the price to buy additional points WILL NOT increase for the next 10 years should he need to purchase additional points
- his dues are $600 per year and will remain at that price for the next 10 years even if he buys additional points within that time
- he bought the last week of Nov and first week of Dec but doesn't have to stay during that time, if he changes weeks he may only book 3 months out
- expires in 54 years

LOL, this is hysterical. Maybe he was hallucinating...I have no idea. We have been members for 6 years and know DVC very well, but when he came up with this story at the 4th of July party yesterday it was pretty funny! He's the type of person that no matter what he's always right! I finally told him I think he was scammed! WOW

M*M :)

I for one would like to thank MINNIE MOUSE for just having to share this with us. (red line above) :lmao: SINCE SHE DID NOT RESPECT US ENOUGH TO FINISH THE STORY :goodvibes

its been to long getting NO answer. If for some reason you can't answer maybe due to sickness or other I am very sorry :grouphug:

but this did keep some of us busy for awhile.

I can only think of one reason you won't answer us. THE DEAL YOUR FRIENDS GOT LOOK SO GOOD TO YOU THAT YOU DECIDED TO BUY SOME OF THOSE PTS YOURSELF :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

ANYWAY ENJOY YOUR NEW RESORT PTS :love:

PS: I did tell MICKEY and he is really ticked. He said he's going to tell his GOOFY friend.

[dvc at last !]

Sure had everyone going crazy ..............

[dpuck1998]

I say we finish this story on our own. Best ending wins a free all expense paid trip to DW. Minnie will be paying if you can get a hold of her.

So after chatting with her co-worker again, Minnie discovers he didn't actually buy DVC points. He was one of the first winners of the new Disney promotion "Year of a Million Dreams" and he was able to purchase a time share at the Castle. He can use his points just like DVC, but he can only stay in the castle.

When I wake up I'll come up with something more exciting :thumbsup2

[castleri]

Minnie last posted on the creative community thread on 7/31/06 - maybe that gives us a hint.... :confused3

[Muushka]

Dang! I opened this thread thinking there was an answer.


Oh Minnie. You done us wrong!! :badpc:

[Muushka]

Duplicate post. Dang computer! :badpc:

[Rence]

If you look through Minnie's posts you will see that she is a long time poster but has some long gaps between posts - so it would seem she is a periodic visitor to the disboards as opposed to a regular visitor.

She also makes reference to a DCL cruise this August but I didn't see specific dates. Perhaps that is why she hasn't been around.

[paults]

If she is cruising then at least she will have a lot of reading to do when she gets back :rotfl2:

[LSchrow]

:rotfl2:


geez, this thread is like the old DIS days ~
a bit of info, and LOTS more silliness & fun, with everyone chiming in.

ty, minnie-wherever-you-are, you done good :cloud9:

[dpuck1998]

who likes pie?

[mwehttam]

who likes pie?

Mmmmmmm...pie.

[Muushka]

:rotfl2:


geez, this thread is like the old DIS days ~
a bit of info, and LOTS more silliness & fun, with everyone chiming in.

ty, minnie-wherever-you-are, you done good :cloud9:

Remember Hanname? :sunny:

[greenban]

Remember Hanname? :sunny:

I'd like to point out some coincidences.

First I agree with Muushka.

Hanname starts with the letter eitch (H)

So did the originator, the late Hurricane Patty's name start with an H.

Finally, Hassan, a former MS-Guide also starts with an H!

Also, if you spell Rinkwide sideways, it too starts with an H!

Seems all the fun around here starts with H!

-Tony

I'm still missing those MIGs. Rest In Peace HP! Hanname!

[LSchrow]

Remember Hanname? :sunny:

ONO!! don't wake the sleeping giant........

:rotfl2:


unless, of course, minnie's friend's name is hanname, in which case we should just all crash their next stay at the "new unnamed DVC resort" & eat pie.


yum, pie :lovestruc

[Caskbill]

This thread has run it's course and no longer meets DVC posting requirements.