Can Disney end Vero Beach subsidy?

MickeyLovestheU

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I just read this and wonder with the new timeshare law in Florida allowing for amendments to contracts, can Disney end the subsidy? If so will it affect point value and or maintenance fees in the future. Any thoughts?

5. Developer Guarantee for Owners Who Purchased On or After 1/1/96 – DVD has agreed to guarantee to each Purchaser and Owner that they will only be required to pay an assessment for operating expenses of $6.1600 per Vacation Point through December 31, 2015, exclusive of ad valorem taxes which are billed separately. In consideration of this guarantee and pursuant to Florida law, DVD will be excused from the payment of its share of the expenses which otherwise would have been assessed against its unsold Ownership Interests during the term of the guarantee. As a consequence of this exemption, during the term of this guarantee, existing Owners and current Purchasers will not be specially assessed with regard to Common Expenses, except as hereinafter provided, if Common Expenses exceed the guarantee per Vacation Point amount and DVD will pay any difference between actual expenses and assessments collected from all Owners and income from other sources. Amounts expended for any insurance coverage required by law or the Condominium Documents to be maintained by the Association and depreciation expense related to real property shall be excluded from the calculation of the Developer obligation except that for real property used for the production of fees, revenue or other income depreciation expense shall be excluded only to the extent they exceed the net income from the production of such fees, revenue or other income. DVD will pay such expenses as needed to meet expenses as they are incurred. However, any expenses incurred during the guarantee period resulting from a natural disaster or an act of God, which are not covered by insurance proceeds from the insurance maintained by the Association, will be assessed against all Owners owning Ownership Interests on the date of such natural disaster or act of God, or their successors or assigns, including DVD as to its unsold Ownership Interest, provided that during any period of time DVD controls the Association pursuant to Section 718.301, Florida Statutes, the Association maintains all insurance coverages required by Section 721.165, Florida Statutes. DVD reserves the right, but is under no obligation, to extend and/or increase the amount of this guarantee for one (1) or more periods of one (1) year each after the expiration of this guarantee period on December 31, 2015, as permitted by Florida law.

6. Developer Subsidy for Owners Who Purchased Prior to 1/1/96 - The Vero Beach Resort was structured as a phased condominium and no additional phases are intended to be added to the condominium. Only 175 Vacation Homes have actually been made part of the Condominium. In an effort to afford Owners who purchased prior to 1/1/96 with a fair and equitable assessment, DVD has committed to Owners who purchased prior to 1/1/96 that the net annual assessment for condominium common expenses imposed upon such Owner shall be based upon the assumption that 266 Vacation Homes have actually been added to the condominium. This is accomplished through a developer contributed subsidy, which for the year January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015, will be $1.5496 per Vacation Point for Owners who purchased prior to 1/1/96. The amount of the developer contributed subsidy as set forth in this Annual Operating Budget is an estimated amount only. The actual amount will be equal to the amount necessary to pay the difference between the actual Operating Budget determined on a per Vacation Point basis based upon 175 Vacation Homes and the estimated Operating Budget determined on a per Vacation Point basis based upon 266 Vacation Homes. The obligation of DVD to commit to pay this subsidy during the subsidy period is a matter of private contract between DVD and Owners who purchased prior to 1/1/96. DVD does not offer this subsidy to Owners who purchase on or after 1/1/96.
 
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And what under the amendments to the timeshare statutes makes you think Disney can just end the subsidy? I can find nothing in the amendments that even arguably relates to the subsidy issue. (Note, the amendments make some changes to the exisiting timeshare statutes but for the most part, the existing timeshare statutes will still be there and still be the same).

The statement you are seeing is just the same one from every year. The first paragraph shows Disney's exercise of an option it has annually under the timeshare laws as the developer and part owner of units at the resort. Disney has the option annually of either (a) paying dues for what it owns on the same schedule as members, in which case if the dues announced at the beginning year are not enough to cover expenses during the year, it can make special assessments during the year payable by the members to cover any excess, or alternatively (b) guarantee that the members will not have special assessments, in which case DVD does not have to pay any dues on the points it owns, but instead has to cover any expenses that exceed dues collected from members. The ultimate impact of choice (b) is that Disney likely does not have to shell any of its own money for operatung expenses until possibly toward the end of the year when it becomes clear how much actual expenses may exceed dues collected. Since the year DVC began, Disney has chosen option (b) every year. (Note, there are exceptions to the guarantee option; if there is a major disaster for which rebuilding of the resort is needed, there could still be a special assessment and neither the option nor the guarantee applies to property taxes.)

The second paragraph states the requirements of the subsidy, and then points out the subsidy could actually turn out to be higher than anticipated for the year if the expenses do in fact exceed the total dues collected.
 
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Where did you get this from? I can't tell if this is the entirety of the original agreement, or if this is just an annual incarnation of the document.
 
It's the annual incarnation. I am trying to do my due diligence before purchasing a contract at Vero. We love the resort and would be staying there first over WDW. I just thought the year to year language is strange at the end of section five about the guarantees, preceding the subsidies in section 6.
 

It's the annual incarnation. I am trying to do my due diligence before purchasing a contract at Vero. We love the resort and would be staying there first over WDW. I just thought the year to year language is strange at the end of section five about the guarantees, preceding the subsidies in section 6.
As per section 6, it's a contractual obligation between DVD and the individual owner. They can't unilaterally change the terms of the contract.
 
It's in the proposed budget / proposed annual dues letter we get every year near the end of the year. Believe it's voted on every year.
 



















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