Grumpy by Birth
Happy by choice
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I'm happy with my Riviera purchase because we love staying there, but there is a small part of me that feels a bit perturbed because of the major selling point that "You'll need to own direct points to stay at any future resorts." And then they build a completely new tower and categorize it as an expansion of the existing resort (meaning that I could have stayed there with my second-class resale points and not needed direct points to stay in the new tower).I own at RIV and love it but I won’t lie that the idea of missing out on the next and newest projects was a persuasive sales tactic on why we decided to buy originally.
I use my Riviera points exclusively at Riviera since I've got plenty of resale points to stay in other locations, which is one of the reasons I'm not too unhappy with Poly tower being in the same association, because I can use my cheaper resale points to book there (I was going to have to wait until 7 months anyway to use my direct Riviera points for the Poly tower). But I'm sure there are more than a few people who feel like the marketing tactic of resale restrictions was deceptive since the tower was built in the future but not restricted.
When I bought at Riviera, the Poly tower hadn't even been announced, but what about people who bought direct after Poly tower was announced who incorrectly interpreted that it was a new resort and they would need direct points to stay there? I know... they should have "known better" but since Disney was keeping their cards close to the vest and not saying until the last minute that it was part of the existing resort/association, it's not hard to see how a new buyer would assume that the brand new tower being built was one of those new resorts Disney was referring to when telling them they could only use direct points at any future resorts.