2013 Point Charts are now Online!

[Ryansdad0727]

Just got the e-mail that 2013 point charts are ready. I have not even looked at it yet.

 

[mac_tlc]

Here is what the e-mail says:

2013 Vacation Point Charts now available online

Disney Vacation Club® is pleased to announce that 2013 Vacation Point Charts are now available online to help spark your imagination as you dream up next year's vacations.

As you plan your travels, please note that Disney Vacation Club has adjusted the 2013 Vacation Point Charts for Bay Lake Tower at Disney's Contemporary Resort and Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa.

The adjustments to the Bay Lake Tower chart stem from a scheduled reassignment of 10 rooms from Theme Park View to Standard View effective Jan. 1, 2013. This shift is based on Member and Guest feedback, and is designed to better reflect the rooms' views. At Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa, the Vacation Points required for Treehouse Villas are increasing based on high Member demand.

Increases and decreases within these two Resorts' charts keep the total number of Vacation Points for each Resort unchanged.

Printed charts will appear in a supplement to the annual Vacation Planner Reservation Tools book, scheduled to begin mailing early this spring. In the meantime, you may view the charts online at DVCMember.com. Simply click on the "View Vacation Points Charts" link in the "Plan My Vacation" section of the website.

Also remember that the new Disney Vacation Club Resort online booking tool is scheduled to debut on DVCMember.com on Jan. 19, further enhancing the magic of Membership!

 

[mickeyplanner]

We are waiting to hear if Disney will accept our offer on a resale BLT. If all goes well, we want to book for January 2013. Where can I find the 2013 point chart is it only available for members to see? If that is the case, will someone share with me the points for January 2013 at BLT for studios and 1bedrooms?
Thank you.

 

[luckyman_apd]

We are waiting to hear if Disney will accept our offer on a resale BLT. If all goes well, we want to book for January 2013. Where can I find the 2013 point chart is it only available for members to see? If that is the case, will someone share with me the points for January 2013 at BLT for studios and 1bedrooms?
Thank you.

Me too. We are waiting for our BLT purchase to go through. Our next trip is planned for Nov 2012, so this won't affect us right away, and we plan on banking 2013, but it would be nice to see how this is going to affect us.
Only BLT and SSR had points reassigned? That sounds like good news.

 

[shortypots]

see next post

 

[shortypots]

General formatting Sun-thurs/Fri+Sat/ Weekly
Jan studios -
Standard view 14/16/102
Lake - 17/19/123
Theme - 19/23/141

Jan 1 bds-
Standard - 26/32/194
Lake- 31/36/227
Themepark - 37/44/273

 

[mac_tlc]

Using the format of PP, Sun-Thurs / Fri+Sat ,

Standard View Studios:
Adventure Season: 14/16
Choice Season : 15/17
Dream Season : 17/19
Magic Season: 19/22
Premier Season : 25/29

Standard View 1-bedroom:
Adventure Season: 26/32
Choice Season : 28/35
Dream Season : 34/40
Magic Season: 36/44
Premier Season : 47/56

Standard View 2-bedroom:
Adventure Season: 37/44
Choice Season : 39/45
Dream Season : 43/51
Magic Season: 36/44
Premier Season : 64/77

 

[Caren]

Here is what the e-mail says:

2013 Vacation Point Charts now available online

Disney Vacation Club® is pleased to announce that 2013 Vacation Point Charts are now available online to help spark your imagination as you dream up next year's vacations.

As you plan your travels, please note that Disney Vacation Club has adjusted the 2013 Vacation Point Charts for Bay Lake Tower at Disney's Contemporary Resort and Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa.

The adjustments to the Bay Lake Tower chart stem from a scheduled reassignment of 10 rooms from Theme Park View to Standard View effective Jan. 1, 2013. This shift is based on Member and Guest feedback, and is designed to better reflect the rooms' views. At Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa, the Vacation Points required for Treehouse Villas are increasing based on high Member demand.

Increases and decreases within these two Resorts' charts keep the total number of Vacation Points for each Resort unchanged.

Printed charts will appear in a supplement to the annual Vacation Planner Reservation Tools book, scheduled to begin mailing early this spring. In the meantime, you may view the charts online at DVCMember.com. Simply click on the "View Vacation Points Charts" link in the "Plan My Vacation" section of the website.

Also remember that the new Disney Vacation Club Resort online booking tool is scheduled to debut on DVCMember.com on Jan. 19, further enhancing the magic of Membership!

I'm betting the room we were in last year was one that got moved from theme park to standard. After all those points we spent, we got a view of the Contemporary and the underside of the monorail. Our next trip is lake view.

 

[mac_tlc]

Using the format of PP, Sun-Thurs / Fri+Sat ,

Theme Park View Studios:
Adventure Season: 19/23
Choice Season : 21/23
Dream Season : 24/37
Magic Season: 25/29
Premier Season : 33/38

Theme Park View 1-bedroom:
Adventure Season: 37/44
Choice Season : 39/46
Dream Season : 47/53
Magic Season: 49/59
Premier Season : 63/75

Theme Park View 2-bedroom:
Adventure Season: 50/59
Choice Season : 53/61
Dream Season : 58/70
Magic Season: 64/76
Premier Season : 86/98

 

[mac_tlc]

better yet, try this:

http://advc.disney.go.com/media/dvc...intsChart_DisneyVacationClub_BayLakeTower.pdf

 

[nolanboys]

so excited to get the email, but when I went to log on so I could start planning my 2013 trip, the page is "currently unavailable" I will try again soon, but why send out the email when the page is down? Frustrated!

 

[Muhlenberg]

so excited to get the email, but when I went to log on so I could start planning my 2013 trip, the page is "currently unavailable" I will try again soon, but why send out the email when the page is down? Frustrated!

Try signing out and signing back in. It "appears" to go down sometimes, when in fact it doesn't like that you've been on another part of the Disney website, such as restaurants, etc.

 

[dumbo_buddy]

grr! if disney is going to release the point charts, perhaps they shouldn't let the site crash or be unavailable when members want to see exactly by how much the treehouses are going up!

we are staying in the treehouses for the second time in may. dh and i always said how it was the best value but now i don't know since i can't see how much it increased. wah. i guess we'll just have to...ehem...BRANCH out to other resorts!

 

[nolanboys]

Try signing out and signing back in. It "appears" to go down sometimes, when in fact it doesn't like that you've been on another part of the Disney website, such as restaurants, etc.

Thank you! That was the problem. I had entered the sweepstakes earlier, so I had to log off the disney site first. Not to happy with the THV increase. Oh well, at least we got to enjoy them once.

 

[Thumper4me]

I am a Boardwalk Villa owner and the 2013 point charts are the same as the 2012 point charts except for the fluctuation of Easter weeks.

 

[dianeschlicht]

Dang, they changed the point charts for Aulani for the last week of February. We were going to go then so we could take advantage of the lower points, but now it looks like I'll have to change my dates for my Big Island condo so I can get the cheaper Aulani points.

 

[luckyman_apd]

Here are the changes to BLT to analyze. Thanks mac_tlc for posting the link for 2013 for me.

My first question was "why did everything go up with nothing coming down?". But 10 rooms switching from TP view to SV is quite a lot of points over the year. It looks as though 2 BR in Premier season got the biggest hit. Makes sense as that is an extremely popular time.

Studio's
Weekend TP ADVENTURE up a point
Weekday ALL views CHOICE up a point
Weekend LV DREAM up a point
Weekday TP DREAM up a point
NO CHANGES IN MAGIC OR PREMIER SEASONS

1 Bedroom
Weekday LV ADVENTURE up a point
NO CHANGES Choice season
Weekday SV DREAM up a point
Weekday TP DREAM up a point
Weekend LV DREAM up a point
Weekday LV MAGIC up a point
Weekend TP MAGIC up a point
NO CHANGES IN PREMIER SEASON

2 Bedroom
Weekend TP ADVENTURE up a point
Weekday SV CHOICE up a point
Weekday TP CHOICE up a point
Weekend TP CHOICE up a point
Weekend LV DREAM up a point
Weekday TP DREAM up a point
Weekend TP DREAM up a point
Weekend SV MAGIC up a point
Weekend LV MAGIC up a point
Weekday TP MAGIC up a point
Weekend TP MAGIC up a point
Weekday SV PREMIER up a point
Weekend SV PREMIER up 3 points
Weekday LV PREMIER up a point
Weekend LV PREMIER up 2 points
Weekday TP PREMIER up 2 points

NO CHANGES TO GV

 

[Inkmahm]

grr! if disney is going to release the point charts, perhaps they shouldn't let the site crash or be unavailable when members want to see exactly by how much the treehouses are going up!

we are staying in the treehouses for the second time in may. dh and i always said how it was the best value but now i don't know since i can't see how much it increased. wah. i guess we'll just have to...ehem...BRANCH out to other resorts!

I am staying in the treehouses for the first time in March due to a family member request. I'm glad we're doing it this year instead of 2013! Our 4 nights in the THV would be 30 points more in 2013. F and Sa increase from 50 to 58 and Su and M increase from 43 to 50. I don't think I'll be staying there in the future when they are so much higher than a normal 2 bedroom.

 

[mrsfascinating]

whew I was afraid of them uping the points at the boardwalk during food and wine as it was rumored. Thank goodness not all change is bad. I think making more rooms at bay lake into standard view is a benefit. I think some lakeviews could be made into standard as well -when you have to hang out over your balcony to see water is it really a lakeview?

 

[520500]

Here are the changes to BLT to analyze. Thanks mac_tlc for posting the link for 2013 for me.

My first question was "why did everything go up with nothing coming down?".

NO CHANGES TO GV

My question exactly. Isn't there supposed to be a negative offset somewhere?