The difference with VGF was that everything declared in the 2 101 Resort Villa units of VGF2 was a completely different room type than existed in VGF1, so it’s just tacked on to the old one in an extra column.
Oh yes, that’s why it’s two different booking categories, right? So the tower and the longhouses should also be two different booking categories.
I remember before Poly Villas were announced, he published a plan that included a tower where the one being constructed is, plus another new building where Pago Pago is. Tokelau and Moorea were as is. I can’t imagine Disney was happy about it, especially when they scaled it back. I think it’s still online because when the new tower was announced, I searched for it. The tower on the original plan was more square.
I love to have fun with rumors and gossip as much as the next person. Although there were probably mistakes in the way I explained it, I do understand the spirit of the law, and I draw the line at other people’s MNPI. Concrete strategic expansion plans, verified by an internal source, are nothing other than MNPI
I’m sure they were pissed.
So the new poly tower will have the best of both worlds?
Seems like. There’s been some decent arguments in other threads as to why a direct RIV purchase can make more sense over a direct Poly purchase. But if you don’t actually need any direct points and if you can wait a few months/year buy resale when it normalizes again. If you don’t really like RIV much more than Poly, and/or don’t care to have a long expiry Epcot resort, it really makes the most sense to buy poly. Though I still think you may as well wait until the resale prices come down and buy resale then, would make the purchase even sweeter to get it at a much better price than direct.
that’s the only reason we’re feeling a bit impatient and want to buy direct…we’ll see what starting prices and incentives look like before we commit to that though. I think we also still want another 100-150pts at RIV but I’m one of the hopeless ones that thinks there might be flash sale before it sells out, kind of like they did for VGF2 so I can make do with our current points for a while longer. As always though, YMMV.
I cannot currently imagine buying points at a resale restricted resort (at least not before they replace BCV and BWV with restricted resorts) so I’m not trying to push Riviera— but I don’t think the analysis between RIV and PVB is so clear cut— we have to see what they price PVB2 at versus what RIV sells for today— I do think resale restrictions are a drag on resale pricing — but if direct pricing is more than $20-30 higher for PVB, I’m not confident that you it’s resale will maintain that spread over RIV in another 15-25 years… especially given the difference in expiration dates.
Seems like. There’s been some decent arguments in other threads as to why a direct RIV purchase can make more sense over a direct Poly purchase. But if you don’t actually need any direct points and if you can wait a few months/year buy resale when it normalizes again. If you don’t really like RIV much more than Poly, and/or don’t care to have a long expiry Epcot resort, it really makes the most sense to buy poly. Though I still think you may as well wait until the resale prices come down and buy resale then, would make the purchase even sweeter to get it at a much better price than direct.
RIV is my favorite resort, Poly a close second but Poly is the collective family favorite resort and we’ve cleaned out all our points there through to 2026
That’s what I’m afraid of, the riviera incentives decreasing next go around….
Bingo
It has hurt availability. Deluxe Studios are much, much harder to get than before BPK came into the fold.
And that’s what makes me want to wait for the new poly tower, I like the location of Riviera but I don’t want to be stuck if I have to sell…..
I couldn’t get a VGF deluxe studio for a day I wanted in May 2025 at the 11 month mark on the actual day booking opened because I waited until the evening to book.
guess ya gotta jump on at 8 am . I ended up taking a longhouse because those were wide open and I have a Poly contract. I’ll see if I can modify it in the future to a tower room.
now let’s see some concept art on the rooms 
