All About Fixed Weeks (RIV/CCV/AUL/VGF/POLY/TOWER/VHD/FWC Charts)

[PolyRob]

Do you guys think it's even worth asking before another declaration is made?

Yes - per my earlier point my original guide told me no FW duo studios were available at RIV, but a different guide told me she was wrong. I know it must be time consuming for them but a sale’s a sale.

I don't think it would hurt at all!

I also think you could rewrite the contract to a FW if one popped up after you already agreed to the points if you're contract is still open.

 

[BWV Dreamin]

Not surprising but they're out of studios for FW 48/49/50 for Poly Tower currently, I wonder if more will be added with more declarations

Week 49 has not been available since the early weeks of PIT sales. I seriously doubt that once these weeks have been sold out, they will become available. FW sales are at the sole discretion of DVC. Just because they can, doesn’t mean they will.

 

[intamin]

Week 49 has not been available since the early weeks of PIT sales. I seriously doubt that once these weeks have been sold out, they will become available. FW sales are at the sole discretion of DVC. Just because they can, doesn’t mean they will.

Yeahhh like I said it would've been nice but it's not a necessity for me because truthfully if I really wanted that week, I have no problem walking it for 8 months since I have an April use year. I like being on the DVC website anyways and it gives me something to do LOL. I'm not willing to forego a years worth of points in the hopes of waiting for a FW to come up. If anything I may just buy anywhere between 150-200 in one contract.

 

[Flash_Sloth]

Week 49 has not been available since the early weeks of PIT sales. I seriously doubt that once these weeks have been sold out, they will become available. FW sales are at the sole discretion of DVC. Just because they can, doesn’t mean they will.

I'm making up numbers here, but if 20% of a property has been declared into inventory, I don't think that they can sell the theoretical max of 30% of a room/view type for one FW. If they did, all other owners would be blocked from booking that room/view during that FW until more inventory is declared. Perhaps CFW is a good example? But as you said, yes, FW sales are at DVC's discretion.

And because intamin was asking about FW48/49/50 possibilities, just a couple of cautions:
FW50 could begin as early as Dec 9 check-in, but could begin as late as Dec 16 check-in / Dec 23 check-out (2029, 2035, 2046). If you're on a DVC Sorcerer AP, you'll hit some blockout dates some years.
FW48 frequently begins the Sunday after Thanksgiving which is a very busy travel day. If flying, expect airfare to be a little more expensive and airports to be crowded.

I understand wanting to buy soon so you don't lose a year's worth of points. Have you decided on PIT? I don't know what the current FW48/49/50 status is at RIV if that's an option you'd consider.

 

[intamin]

I'm making up numbers here, but if 20% of a property has been declared into inventory, I don't think that they can sell the theoretical max of 30% of a room/view type for one FW. If they did, all other owners would be blocked from booking that room/view during that FW until more inventory is declared. Perhaps CFW is a good example? But as you said, yes, FW sales are at DVC's discretion.

And because intamin was asking about FW48/49/50 possibilities, just a couple of cautions:
FW50 could begin as early as Dec 9 check-in, but could begin as late as Dec 16 check-in / Dec 23 check-out (2029, 2035, 2046). If you're on a DVC Sorcerer AP, you'll hit some blockout dates some years.
FW48 frequently begins the Sunday after Thanksgiving which is a very busy travel day. If flying, expect airfare to be a little more expensive and airports to be crowded.

I understand wanting to buy soon so you don't lose a year's worth of points. Have you decided on PIT? I don't know what the current FW48/49/50 status is at RIV if that's an option you'd consider.

Lols I already own a week 50 at RIV hence why I was looking for week 49. Unfortunately I already have enough RIV points for my family anyways and if I were to add more it'll probably be a small RIV resale add on. As things are though I haven't even used my week 50 FW the past couple years. It really isn't a necessity but it would've been a nice to have. Living here in Orlando I can now see why people love early December the weather is quite nice and the crowds are low. I originally picked week 50 knowing that could sometimes be blocked by sorcerer passes because I like that it was more likely my kids would be out of school by then. The problem I do have with FWs is they run from Sunday-Sunday when I would much prefer a Saturday-Saturday week to recover for a day before going back to work so again, not sure how regularly we'd actually use it and why if push comes to shove, I'm picking the extra UY of points over the possibility of a FW.

 

[ShaneDJ]

FW50 could begin as early as Dec 9 check-in, but could begin as late as Dec 16 check-in / Dec 23 check-out (2029, 2035, 2046).

If you're on a DVC Sorcerer AP, you'll hit some blockout dates some years.

FW48 frequently begins the Sunday after Thanksgiving which is a very busy travel day. If flying, expect airfare to be a little more expensive and airports to be crowded.

Those sound like good reasons why FW49 is the "best" of the FW 48/49/50 options?

 

[Mikey15]

Those sound like good reasons why FW49 is the "best" of the FW 48/49/50 options?

I’m “here right now” this week and the first week of December (when it falls right) has been lovely. The hangover from Thanksgiving, with kids mostly back to school makes it wonderfully “dead” for Disney, while the weather hits a nice balance.

I’m expecting next week to feel noticeably different again.

 

[Flash_Sloth]

I’m “here right now” this week and the first week of December (when it falls right) has been lovely. The hangover from Thanksgiving, with kids mostly back to school makes it wonderfully “dead” for Disney, while the weather hits a nice balance.

I’m expecting next week to feel noticeably different again.

I'll be there in a few days for my FW49, but yes, if you can handle the post-Thanksgiving Sunday for travel, FW48 is probably a lovely week to be in WDW too.

 

[juliebee]

Lols I already own a week 50 at RIV hence why I was looking for week 49. Unfortunately I already have enough RIV points for my family anyways and if I were to add more it'll probably be a small RIV resale add on. As things are though I haven't even used my week 50 FW the past couple years. It really isn't a necessity but it would've been a nice to have. Living here in Orlando I can now see why people love early December the weather is quite nice and the crowds are low. I originally picked week 50 knowing that could sometimes be blocked by sorcerer passes because I like that it was more likely my kids would be out of school by then. The problem I do have with FWs is they run from Sunday-Sunday when I would much prefer a Saturday-Saturday week to recover for a day before going back to work so again, not sure how regularly we'd actually use it and why if push comes to shove, I'm picking the extra UY of points over the possibility of a FW.

Rather than purchase straight points, maybe another fixed week instead? A lot of May has similar fixed week costs as the week 48 or 49. With your April use year, a May fixed week is nice.

 

[Mikey15]

I'll be there in a few days for my FW49, but yes, if you can handle the post-Thanksgiving Sunday for travel, FW48 is probably a lovely week to be in WDW too.

FW49 will definitely fall well a lot of the time! I think FW49 ‘26, the 6th-13th, is early enough in the month to be good.

‘27, the 5th-12th, even better!

‘28, with the first Sunday of the year being Jan 2nd, and then Leap Day in February, puts FW49 at the 3rd-10th! That’s excellent.

It’s only the 9th-16th in ‘29 that’s getting too close to Christmas crowds in my book.

 

[Hubalorian]

“Be aware allowing your FW to be booked may mean you will not be able to bank the point difference between normal booking points and FW points.”

Okay, trying to understand that statement. If I opt out my favorite week, do those non bankable points get used first before my bankable points? How does this affect the booking process?

 

[Sandisw]

“Be aware allowing your FW to be booked may mean you will not be able to bank the point difference between normal booking points and FW points.”

Okay, trying to understand that statement. If I opt out my favorite week, do those non bankable points get used first before my bankable points? How does this affect the booking process?

My understanding of this is that if the week goes down on the points chart for regular booking, you won’t get points back to bank if you opt into the FW booking

If you cancel the FW, then all go back under normal rules. The following year, though, you won’t be able to use banked points for the FW booking.

 

[Hubalorian]

My understanding of this is that if the week goes down on the points chart for regular booking, you won’t get points back to bank if you opt into the FW booking

If you cancel the FW, then all go back under normal rules. The following year, though, you won’t be able to use banked points for the FW booking.

I am making sure I understand this correctly, let’s say it’s 200 points to book whatever room. It goes down to 180, I cancel my reservation, I lose those 20 points? Or are those points not eligible to bank? Sorry, I am having a hard time wrapping my head around how this works.

 

[PolyRob]

I am making sure I understand this correctly, let’s say it’s 200 points to book whatever room. It goes down to 180, I cancel my reservation, I lose those 20 points? Or are those points not eligible to bank? Sorry, I am having a hard time wrapping my head around how this works.

No, if it goes down from 200 to 180 and you keep your FW booked there is nothing to bank. The entire contract is used on the reservation. 20 points are forfeited.

If you cancel the FW you have 200 points to play with. You can bank all 200 or use some and bank the remaining.

 

[Hubalorian]

No, if it goes down from 200 to 180 and you keep your FW booked there is nothing to bank. The entire contract is used on the reservation. 20 points are forfeited.

If you cancel the FW you have 200 points to play with. You can bank all 200 or use some and bank the remaining.

Thanks PolyRob I understand now!

 

[PolyRob]

“Be aware allowing your FW to be booked may mean you will not be able to bank the point difference between normal booking points and FW points.”

Okay, trying to understand that statement. If I opt out my favorite week, do those non bankable points get used first before my bankable points? How does this affect the booking process?

I don't think this original quote is referring to a change in the cost to book. It's referring to the 10% overage in points you need to purchase to guarantee the FW. You do not get those points to play with if you keep the FW booked. Say the week costs 150 points to book on the chart when you purchase. You have to purchase 165 points as a FW. If you keep your FW annually you cannot bank the difference (165 - 150 = 15 points). If you cancel before it's booked you get all 165 points to use. You can try to book the same exact week at 150 points and bank the remaining 15 points. This only works if it's a low demand week or actually costs the same or less points. If the amount of points needed increases (like week 39 which is popular here) then it's not worth it.

 

[Brian Noble]

I think it is simpler than that. When you cancel a booked FW, it happens (or, at least it used to happen) as two different transactions. First, canceling the week that was booked, and returning the "normal" number of points. Then, a (manual?) process that added (or in rare cases subtracted) the "missing" (or, "extra") points into (from) your account. At one point, the mechanism they were using to handle the added points tagged them in such a way as to make them unbankable. I suspect that this is because they were using the point-transfer mechanism to do the back-end accounting, but don't quote me on that.

As far as I know, this has been fixed, but I could be wrong about that. I guess I might find out in a few months!

 

[Tatebeck]

I think it is simpler than that. When you cancel a booked FW, it happens (or, at least it used to happen) as two different transactions. First, canceling the week that was booked, and returning the "normal" number of points. Then, a (manual?) process that added (or in rare cases subtracted) the "missing" (or, "extra") points into (from) your account. At one point, the mechanism they were using to handle the added points tagged them in such a way as to make them unbankable. I suspect that this is because they were using the point-transfer mechanism to do the back-end accounting, but don't quote me on that.

As far as I know, this has been fixed, but I could be wrong about that. I guess I might find out in a few months!

This is my understanding as well. The cancel process gave/gives back the number of points from the point chart, not the number of points from your contract, then they had to add back in the rest of the points manually, which showed up as a transferred contract, when transferred points didn't use to be bankable (but they are now).

I believe it is fixed now, both because transferred points are bankable now, but also because they (maybe?) seem to be moving the points from the transferred contract back into your actual contract.

Here is a screenshot from the activity of my week 39 FW in 2026 that I recently cancelled. All the points are in the regular contract and none are left in the temp "transferred" contract



ETA in my case the week 39 was cheaper than normal booking, so that may make a difference. The temp contract had 5 points added to it as "member gift" and then it was used to book the week it appears, then those points taken back when cancelled. So interesting!

 

[Flash_Sloth]

If you cancel your FW, manually book it, and have a few extra points after the manual reservation, please remember this. Your FW reservation will only use current year points, which is the full allotment of points on that FW contract for that year. It will never use banked or borrowed points.

So the next year if you want to use your FW, you also need a different plan for how to use those extra points you saved and maybe banked from canceling the previous year's FW.

 

[WeIcomeHome]

Crazy timing.. I just canceled my FW today over the phone and currently have extra points noted on my dashboard. FW costs me 114 but in 2026 the week is 119 to book. Instead of transferring the 114 that came out of my 2026 points，119 was added back. I expect this will eventually be corrected but still appears to require manual adjustment after the cancelation.