Huh. Anyone know the history of how often they underestimate? I'm curious how this works for people who buy from disney direct. Are they also on the hook for the prior year since they probably got those points in their current year for use?
There were a few years when the fees were overestimated and actually resulted in a decrease in maintenance fees the following year. Underestimates have been more common, but rarely have amounted to more than a few $ based on recollection.
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DVC Resource Center has a lot of historical information including the annual fees since 1991 but here is the list thru 2012 (the years bolded are when some resorts annual fees went down due to property taxes):
Year OKW VB(s) VB HH - BWV VWL -BCV SSR AKV -BLT VGC AHV(s) AHV
2013 5.34 5.79 7.40 6.02 5.84 5.79 5.64 4.81 5.67 4.50 4.58 4.70 6.25
2012 5.20 5.58 7.12 5.93 5.62 5.61 5.50 4.73 5.44 4.22 4.33 4.48 5.96
2011 4.98 5.31 6.78 5.68 5.46 5.34 5.28 4.51 5.01 3.89 4.07 4.31 5.73
2010 4.87 5.18 6.61 5.57 5.36 5.20 5.15 4.46 4.95 3.78 3.94
2009 4.73 4.97 6.41 5.36 5.21 5.04 5.00 4.34 4.85 3.67 3.82
2008 4.56 4.71 6.04 5.16 5.04 4.87 4.80 4.21 4.71
2007 4.40 4.39 5.63 4.98 4.85 4.73 4.63 4.12 4.62
2006 4.24 4.12 5.27 4.34 4.69 4.61 4.48 3.98
2005 3.86 3.84 4.87 3.86 4.41 4.35 4.27 3.83
2004 3.68 3.67 4.67 3.70 4.25 4.22 4.18 3.80
2003 3.49 3.37 4.37 3.69 4.11 4.05 3.97
2002 3.22 3.33 4.17 3.49 3.92 3.80 3.77
2001 3.13 2.70 3.98 3.32
3.83 3.63
2000 3.16 2.87 4.07 3.25
3.94 3.62
1999 3.16 2.82 3.99
3.18 4.02
1998 3.17
2.76 ---- 3.20 3.94
1997 3.14 2.90 ---- 3.16 3.84
1996 2.99 2.82 ---- 3.16 3.70
1995 2.84 2.76
1994 2.70
1993 2.63
1992 2.56
1991 2.51