Central has availability but MS does not?

[riaesq]

Sorry if this is a dumb question but I have never rented points before. I would like to do just that on the 25th-28th of November. Apparently the DVC club (MS? I assume that stands for Member Services?) has no availability anywhere in the World.... but just for the heck of it I called Central last night and they had plenty of everything. How can this be? Are they unsold units? And if I have a courtesy hold on one can that somehow be transferred to a member so I can do it on points? TIA!

 

[Chuck S]

CRO attains DVC ressie availability through several channels. It is not uncommon to have cash availability but no point availability.

1) Disney/DVC retains some ownership (somewhere around 4%) for use as "maintenance rooms" as needed. If no major maintenance is scheduled, the rooms can be rented out though CRO.

2) DVC members who trade their points for cruises, Disneyland, or other locations. DVC turns those points over to CRO to offset the cost of the trade.

3) Any room not reserved by DVC members on points are turned over to CRO for rental at 60 days out.

Occasionally, the 60 day points can be "recalled" by Member Services if needed. The other points (those owned by Disney and those used for trades) are removed from DVC inventory and can not be turned back over to DVC.

Also, in the case of resorts under construction (like SSR), any rooms completed but not yet declared part of DVC inventory (ie points have not been sold yet in that particular unit) are available to CRO for cash ressies.

But to answer the second part of your question...no, you can not make a cash ressie with CRO and turn that ressie into a point ressie for DVC.

 

[riaesq]

Thanks for your quick and clearly explained response.

Here's hoping for a "recall" and some pixie dust...

 

[Chuck S]

I wouldn't get my hopes up, as those dates have probably been wait listed for a few months. IMO it is unlikely that any of the current CRO cash availability is from the 60 day non-point reservation type inventory, but probably all from maintenance and trades. But you never know, maybe someone will cancel a ressie at just the right time, and you'll be able to snag it.

 

[Deb & Bill]

If you are not a member, you would have to get a member to waitlist for those days for you at any resort. Not too many members will waitlist for a non-member because it can tie up their points until it might be too late to do anything about them.