Blue Card decision for Poly, Copper Creek, or VDH?

[airjay75]

I do think it's always smart to try and straddle the end of an incentive period whether that is doing your tour in the 7-days leading up to the end of an incentive period or delaying your closing until after the next incentive period starts. The former being the slightly more guaranteed way to do it since you'll still be within your 10-day rescission period, but the latter being something that we understand DVD has also accommodated even though they don't technically have to.

 

[Makai]

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Your chances of the next round being better are pretty slim I think. Incentives right now are good.

My guide also believes these are very strong incentives, and unlikely to get better than this!

 

[Makai]

I do think it's always smart to try and straddle the end of an incentive period whether that is doing your tour in the 7-days leading up to the end of an incentive period or delaying your closing until after the next incentive period starts. The former being the slightly more guaranteed way to do it since you'll still be within your 10-day rescission period, but the latter being something that we understand DVD has also accommodated even though they don't technically have to.

Grateful that my guide has been straight with me about all of this, and is delaying my close as long as possible so I can still see new incentives, while also getting my Blue Card benefits for my trip this week.

 

[airjay75]

Grateful that my guide has been straight with me about all of this, and is delaying my close as long as possible so I can still see new incentives, while also getting my Blue Card benefits for my trip this week.

Sounds like a pretty good guide!

 

[Brian Noble]

My guide also believes these are very strong incentives, and unlikely to get better than this!

Your Guide's job is to sell timeshare points. Today.

 

[airjay75]

Your Guide's job is to sell timeshare points. Today.

Of course, also very true!

 

[Makai]

Your Guide's job is to sell timeshare points. Today.

My previous Poly guide had given me the “you only have 7 days to lock this incentive in” speech, even after he knew how much research I had done before my tour. When I mentioned wanting to wait on locking in until the next incentive cycle was within the 10 days, he said I couldn’t do that. He had also given me incorrect information on resale contracts that I knew was wrong, but he was either uninformed or pushing the sale. Then my CCV tour guide was even worse. The whole experience led me to buying resale first.

I switched to this experienced guide who came highly recommended, and he’s been the opposite. I have been the one very eager to move faster than I should, and he is reminding me of why I don’t sign yet.

 

[tx911]

I think this is the thing, though. Disneyland is a different beast. The hotels on Harbor are right there. Several are closer to the Esplanade than the Disneyland Hotel, and they are between 1/3 to 1/2 the price.

And yet.

If you think the Only Disney Will Do crowd is passionate in Floida, the California crowd puts them to shame. It's not a lot of people, but it doesn't have to be---they only have three hotels they have to fill. Just 2,400 rooms. Disney World? 37,000.

I sometimes say that DVC is a niche product. It is of interest only to people who (a) expect to go to a Disney parks destination at least once every two years and (b) are comfortable paying several hundreds of dollars a night for what amounts to a fairly standard hotel room as the entry point. In Anaheim, it is a niche product inside a niche product.

And, that's fine! It works for the people it works for, and that's all it needs to do.

"Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts."

Some things just can't be put onto a spreadsheet!

 

[DoubleBaconBLT]

I think this is the thing, though. Disneyland is a different beast. The hotels on Harbor are right there. Several are closer to the Esplanade than the Disneyland Hotel, and they are between 1/3 to 1/2 the price.

And yet.

If you think the Only Disney Will Do crowd is passionate in Floida, the California crowd puts them to shame. It's not a lot of people, but it doesn't have to be---they only have three hotels they have to fill. Just 2,400 rooms. Disney World? 37,000.

I sometimes say that DVC is a niche product. It is of interest only to people who (a) expect to go to a Disney parks destination at least once every two years and (b) are comfortable paying several hundreds of dollars a night for what amounts to a fairly standard hotel room as the entry point. In Anaheim, it is a niche product inside a niche product.

And, that's fine! It works for the people it works for, and that's all it needs to do.

Thanks for this explanation. Once again, you're able to make sense of things better than my spreadsheets do.

 

[Girlstar30]

The annual dues were one of my big concerns going into a VDH contract. I am splitting up my contract if I end up needing the resale off ramp. I had to decide if the extra in dues was worth being an owner at VDH, and the answer is YES. With what I am saving at buy in cost vs Poly, it’s a wash over the next 10 years. The other factors are not an issue for me. I did the math on my past cash stays with the biggest discount off rack rate, and with VDH I still came out ahead.

The TOT is a use tax that I would be paying at any hotel on Harbor Blvd, and isn’t it a higher tax percentage than VDH to stay offsite? I visit Disneyland once a year to once every two years as a popular spot to reunite with family as a California native, and rarely stay offsite. Being in the Disney bubble is a must for me. The 11 month priority is more valuable at VDH than at Poly and CCV since there are many WDW hotels I can choose between with my resale points. Only two options in California, and I prefer the theming of VDH to VGC (with the exception of Christmas). I pay cash for the Disneyland hotels before staying at the motels on Harbor Blvd (Westin would be the exception).

The resale price is closer to the incentive pricing right now than the others, so it makes the most sense for my Blue Card points. No idea what the future resale will be with Disneyland Forward, but we LOVE the Disneyland Hotel. I will not buy VDH resale because I want these points to give me access to the other restricted resorts at WDW.

I seriously love vdh and I am so happy with my purchase there.

I love the colors, the way the room smells, the cast members, the Disney characters, the pools, the food, ive explored more of dtd than before, I love the monorail straight to the lounge, I just love the way I feel when im there.

No regrets purchasing, buy where you love, that's where you'll be staying, that's what its all about️

im so greatful for my 11 month priority, I booked every holiday this year, I cant wait to spend the holidays with my family at the Disneyland hotel, it will be the first time for many of them in a Disney hotel, let alone a villa, and I love to be the one that can share that with them!

I know your family is in Cali like mine too, I am so excited for you!

 

[Makai]

I seriously love vdh and I am so happy with my purchase there.

I love the colors, the way the room smells, the cast members, the Disney characters, the pools, the food, ive explored more of dtd than before, I love the monorail straight to the lounge, I just love the way I feel when im there.

No regrets purchasing, buy where you love, that's where you'll be staying, that's what its all about️

im so greatful for my 11 month priority, I booked every holiday this year, I cant wait to spend the holidays with my family at the Disneyland hotel, it will be the first time for many of them in a Disney hotel, let alone a villa, and I love to be the one that can share that with them!

I know your family is in Cali like mine too, I am so excited for you!

Yes to all of this! I am so excited to have the ability of hosting my California friends and family, who would normally be staying offsite, and will not pay cash rate to stay in a Disney resort normally.

 

[atthebeachclub]

M

My guide also believes these are very strong incentives, and unlikely to get better than this!

They border on very nearly as good as Welcome Home Weeks for VDH. Probably won’t improve in spring!

 

[Girlstar30]

They border on very nearly as good as Welcome Home Weeks for VDH. Probably won’t improve in spring!

Im very interested in the next incentive period cuz im a straddler on that one, I agree with you I will be shocked if its better! I dont think they want people to think that theyre annually pricing increases are all smoke and mirrors and should be waited on!