$95 fee?

[breick]

When does go into effect? Any talk of changing the amount or doing away with it? What was the rationale for it? (short version, please) Thanks.

 

[wdw1972]

Pretty sure it went into effect 1/1/08 (date the reservation was made - not the date of stay). The reason - simply because they can. I imagine they want us to use our points primarily for dvc, and that's clearly the best use of them from our standpoint anyway.

 

[CDNmouse]

The extra charges stuff went into effect right away (January 1st), the DVC bonus such as free interest .... umm sometime soon.

Funny how that works.

Gary

 

[Dean]

When does go into effect? Any talk of changing the amount or doing away with it? What was the rationale for it? (short version, please) Thanks.

It's a money thing to have those that use the service pay for it.

 

[capecoddisneyfamily]

I was told you have the month of Jan. with no fee. We booked friends into the camp site last week and did not get charged.

 

[surfer_ed]

Sorry to be dumb but what $95 fee?

Ed

 

[Dean]

Sorry to be dumb but what $95 fee?

Ed

DVC has traditionally charged a fee to use points for cruises, Conceirge Collection, and for II exchanges. In the past the Disney Collection didn't have a fee, just high points costs. Last year they raised some of the fees from $75 to $95. This year all fees become $95 plus the Disney Collection other than DL now has a fee with it, further reducing the value.

 

[~Brandy~]

DVC has traditionally charged a fee to use points for cruises, Conceirge Collection, and for II exchanges. In the past the Disney Collection didn't have a fee, just high points costs. Last year they raised some of the fees from $75 to $95. This year all fees become $95 plus the Disney Collection other than DL now has a fee with it, further reducing the value.

So am I understanding correctly that there are no fees to book on points at DL resorts?

 

[DbleTheFun]

I was told you have the month of Jan. with no fee. We booked friends into the camp site last week and did not get charged.

We booked DCL last week (Had bonus points to burn) and were charged the $95 fee, so I dont believe they are waving the fee for the month of January.

 

[chalee94]

So am I understanding correctly that there are no fees to book on points at DL resorts?

as of right now, there are no fees at DL. (this probably will change when the GCV opens.

 

[Dean]

So am I understanding correctly that there are no fees to book on points at DL resorts?

I too think it's temporary and that GC will not be available at all to exchange to once DVC opens there.

 

[capecoddisneyfamily]

We booked DCL last week (Had bonus points to burn) and were charged the $95 fee, so I dont believe they are waving the fee for the month of January.

We did not get charged and was told by MS that we have until 1/31 before getting charged.

 

[DbleTheFun]

If that's the case MS will be recieving a call tomorrow morning asking for my $95 to be refunded!!!!

Thanks for the heads up!

 

[Chuck S]

If that's the case MS will be recieving a call tomorrow morning asking for my $95 to be refunded!!!!

Thanks for the heads up!

I think capecodfamily may be referring to the $95 fee for booking DISNEY WORLD resorts may be waived until February, as it is a completely new charge for those resorts. Since cruise trades have been charging this fee for quite some time, it probably isn't waived for cruises.

 

[capecoddisneyfamily]

I think capecodfamily may be referring to the $95 fee for booking DISNEY WORLD resorts may be waived until February, as it is a completely new charge for those resorts. Since cruise trades have been charging this fee for quite some time, it probably isn't waived for cruises.

Chuck you are correct we booked FW camp site for friends