Crescent Lake….It’s funny, wife and I were discussing this week how it feels like there are two different Disney bubbles: ‘Buena vista drive’ from AKL to Disney Springs, and MK area.
Love spending time in both! (PS we own Poly and Riv and love it)
BVD inclusive of that too, of course!
You don’t feel that Yacht Club, Beach Club, Boardwalk, and Swan/Dolphin are its own unique bubble?
Sure it is. Not the same scale and history to be comparable to MK area though. Hence, to me, there’s two major bubbles: all the awesomeness that’s roughly east to west along BVD, and MK/Bay Lake.
Co-signed
Or do RIV direct and Poly resale
The thing with RIV is that, since the restrictions, you need to know that you're going to love it for life. If so, then I agree: RIV direct and Poly resale.Or do RIV direct and Poly resale
My confession not in the confessions thread - I'm 50/50 on points but I'm starting to be over resale. I did direct/resale/resale/direct, and I just...I don't want restrictions on resorts. I don't want 4 months from offer to points. I just wanna get my points and use them where I want...team direct from this point on!Or do RIV direct and Poly resale
For me, some of this is due to the lack of truly good deals on resale right now. Three years ago I got SSR for $68. Two years ago I got OKW-E for $70. And last year I got AUL for $78. I, too, am looking at some direct points right now. But if deals like the above were still around, I'd be buying resale.
Could not agree more!!!
To be honest, you don't, really.
I would just amend that to say, if you agree with #3, #1 and #2 are excellent selling points for Poly. If you don’t agree with #3, I would not go with Poly simply because #1 and #2 are true.
Are RIV dues slightly higher because of the shared Skyliner upkeep? Does Poly not contribute to monorail?
I don’t know the monorail question, but before the addition of the island tower, if you look at the trend of Poly dues vs. RIV dues, Poly was likely on track to exceed RIV dues based on average annual increases. The addition of the island tower brought dues down quite a bit. Who knows what the future holds. As I said in my prior post, the fact they are currently lower is a selling point if you love Poly, but if you don’t, I wouldn’t let it drive your decision making.
The choice here--for the poster--was between RIV and Poly. My comment wasn't about how lovely RIV is. (There are many plusses--best cafe, best quick service, one of the three best signature restaurants on property, skyliner, etc.). It was only about the drop in resale value. Compared to Poly, if you had to--or wanted to flip this--it's a pretty steep loss. There have been a couple non-stripped RIV contracts in recent months with asking prices under $100, where as Poly tends to hold value a lot better. It's all due to restrictions, IMO, not desirability of the resort.
Are they really? Poly seems so spread out with multiple buildings with lots of trees and tropicals everywhere, and RIV with what I thought was a smaller footprint and relatively little landscaping.
But maybe it's down to the cash side differentiating.
