YourEveryDayAdam
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jan 12, 2009
I know a lot of people are speculating, but i see absolutely no reason why any future enhancements to Disney's resort perks would not be equally shared with DVC guests.
Every single perk that an onsite guest receives we also receive. In fact, we often even receive an extra on top of that.
Examples:
We can make free use of DME.
We can take full advantage of EMH.
We can take full advantage on the on-site transportation.
We receive free parking everywhere on Disney (while staying at our resort).
We can partake in charging privileges and resort package delivery.
We even have the extra perk of being able to book the dining plan without having to buy park tickets as well.
These are all things that Disney can discontinue for DVC members (with maybe the exception of package delivery and on-site transportation). And Disney even made a special exception to the dining plan requirements for the DDP.
I see no reason why this trend would not continue. That is the the sum of the entire sales pitch for DVC: "As a DVC guest, you are treated just like any other on-site guest and receive all of those perks." If that were to change for NextGen/xPass, then they would lose that bullet point.
I speculate that a big source of DVC presentations is for people who are already staying onsite at the Disney resorts. They might take interest in DVC because it's a less expensive way to stay on site. If they excluded DVC from NextGen/xPass, the sales presentations would go like this: "So, as a DVC member you would get most of the on-site benefits!" "What about xPass? That is very convenient!" "I'm sorry, that isn't available to DVC members."
Now I don't doubt that there might be kinks in the system for DVC members simply because we are a special minority. Things like the 180+10 dining window and the ability to buy the DDP seem to slip through the cracks for us, but I don't think any of them are intentional, and they do seem to get fixed eventually. I don't think that it's because they specifically made any decision to exclude DVC members.
Every single perk that an onsite guest receives we also receive. In fact, we often even receive an extra on top of that.
Examples:
We can make free use of DME.
We can take full advantage of EMH.
We can take full advantage on the on-site transportation.
We receive free parking everywhere on Disney (while staying at our resort).
We can partake in charging privileges and resort package delivery.
We even have the extra perk of being able to book the dining plan without having to buy park tickets as well.
These are all things that Disney can discontinue for DVC members (with maybe the exception of package delivery and on-site transportation). And Disney even made a special exception to the dining plan requirements for the DDP.
I see no reason why this trend would not continue. That is the the sum of the entire sales pitch for DVC: "As a DVC guest, you are treated just like any other on-site guest and receive all of those perks." If that were to change for NextGen/xPass, then they would lose that bullet point.
I speculate that a big source of DVC presentations is for people who are already staying onsite at the Disney resorts. They might take interest in DVC because it's a less expensive way to stay on site. If they excluded DVC from NextGen/xPass, the sales presentations would go like this: "So, as a DVC member you would get most of the on-site benefits!" "What about xPass? That is very convenient!" "I'm sorry, that isn't available to DVC members."
Now I don't doubt that there might be kinks in the system for DVC members simply because we are a special minority. Things like the 180+10 dining window and the ability to buy the DDP seem to slip through the cracks for us, but I don't think any of them are intentional, and they do seem to get fixed eventually. I don't think that it's because they specifically made any decision to exclude DVC members.