Brian, would the dues be potentially cheaper if you own other than at BC. I know when it was fairfield they charged the underlying fixed week maint fee that varied by resort.
Much as with DVC, each resort has its own operating, maintenance, and reserves budget, set by the resort's local HOA (home owners assn). Some resorts that were built in phases have more than one HOA. The HOAs of the sold-out resorts are generally owner-controlled. The HOAs of resorts that are still in active sales usully have a significant Wyndham presence on the Board. In addition to these per-resort fees, there is a "VOA" (the Vacation owners assn) that administers the points program layered on top of individual resort ownerships.
But the fees usually don't work out to be much different from one resort to another---some locations have higher labor costs, ocean-front resorts tend to have more significant maintenance issues, etc.
And isn't it true that other than the base week of your ownership, there is no home booking priority for owning a given resort in Wyndham (other than the HI group possibly).
There are two kinds of ownerships in the Wyndham points system. Older resorts tended to be sold as deeded fixed or floating weeks, and those weeks were then assigned to the VOA in return for an annual points allocation. Newer resorts (and all of those currently in active sales, AFAIK) are sold as an Undivided Interest in a collection of resort units/buildings, much as DVC is. Though, unlike DVC, these are perpetually owned once purchased, and not leased. An owner of a converted fixed week has only home resort priority for his or her owned week. An owner of a converted float has only the rights that the original float had. An owner at a UDI resort, however, has advance booking priority for any time at that resort, up to their annual points allocation, much as you would with DVC. There are some complications, and a few other advance-priority schemes, but they are less common. Essentially, the Wyndham system has evolved organically over time, starting from a fixed-week system.
That said, there are very few times/places that really require it, and its getting better with time. For example, Myrtle Beach used to be impossible to get for Summer without home priority, but they've built a huge new resort that has really relieved the pressure. It's not cheap in terms of points, but it is there. The same thing is likely to happen in DC when National Harbor opens.
(As an aside: the converted fixed weeks are usually the source of the outliers in fees per point, on both the high and low ends. Each owner pays the same fees per owned week, but peak-season weeks are worth many more points than low-season weeks. Likewise, larger units and lockouts tend to only be a little more expensive in fees, but generate a lot more points. UDI owners pay fees proportional to points owned.)
Of course owning non Orlando would give one the potential to trading to DVC as well.
Where you own has no bearing on your trade power, for good or ill. Wyndham does not allow you to reserve and deposit a week---even your own underlying week if it was assigned to the VOA. You either get a "generic" bookeeping entry that is averaged across all similar size/season Wyndham deposits (Wyndham and RCI settle these up monthly) or if you request a "visible" week, you will get something more or less at random from all the weeks Wyndham deposits.
But, the deposits Wyndham chooses tend to be things that are not in high demand by the owners. For example, Wyndham almost never deposits holiday weeks at any but the oldest and most out-of-favor resorts. They are also deposited "late"---at about 8 months prior to use. These facts together mean that the chances you get a prime trader are essentially zero.
DVC offers something in the combination of their beautiful themes, kid-friendly recreation, points flexibility and transportation services that is rarely found elsewhere in timesharing. DVCers make the easiest reservations and get the most value from their DVC points by staying with them at DVC resorts.
