Yeah, I do understand well how the system works. But allow me to give an example... I would argue that the club level villas at Animal Kingdom-Jambo are possibly the most sought-after villas in the entire DVC system. There are only five studios and five 1BRs, and those go almost completely exactly at 11 months; however, you can always see some trailing availability at the end of the 11-month mark. Plus, you can look at the calendar throughout the year see scattered availability of a day or two here and there (from canceled trips, changed plans, etc). And as another example, there are only two grand villas at the Grand Californian (two grand villas total of any view type), and you can see at least some availability in the 7-11 month booking period.
Not sure of Aulani,,but at Poly and the GF there could only be a max of 35% of the weeks per room as a GW.
Oh, thank you that is a good point. So as I suspected, the guaranteed weeks are not the complete answer to the mystery...
I believe the SV GV was allowed to sell 1 GW per week, total of 52 possible. Likely far fewer sold - I'd bet on 2 having been sold, honestly, and I bet we all know which 2 I mean.
You are correct. I have done the same stalking like you, and it is nothing like even AKV value/club, BWV standard, etc. There is not even a date at 11 months + 7 days available. I wondered if last time we were there they were using the SV GV's for CM/character things. It is sketchy. DVC may be using their own points to block it off entirely. (I hope, as if they weren't using their own points, it would be super sketchy and unfair for Aulani owners such as us who may want to book it.)
My bet is that this is the answer. It does seem a bit disingenuous to me, to include these villas on the point charts, but then never make them available for booking... Although there is likely a legal requirement to have them there, as they are actually still a part of the condominium association. And they may decide to allow these to be open for booking one day.
I doubt that the entire resort has been declared yet (but not sure). In any case, it wouldn't really matter. There is a "reciprocal use" agreement in place, whereby any of the DVC villas can be used to fill a reservation, regardless of whether or not the physical unit has actually been declared to the association.
The whole resort is absolutely not declared. This is a good analysis:
I thought the DVC sales office was on floor 3 just off the lobby in the Waianae tower building.
As I said in my earlier post - whether or not a specific unit has been declared to the the association makes no difference on whether or not a specific unit can be used to fill a DVC reservation. All of the units in the DVC system are subject to a reciprocal use agreement, meaning any unit can be reserved by any member (subject to home resort booking priority, etc.).
