CFW at 7 months

[DonkeyHoTay]

That will just make the huge commercial renters an even bigger problem than they are now. Absolutely a horrible idea. No redeeming qualities whatsoever.

It would sell points - that's the redeeming quality for DVC, and it would give non-owners (which is most people when it comes to CFW) the redeeming quality of better booking windows. I don't care about commercial renters... and neither does DVC considering their half-hearted overtures to address renting overall - but that's for another thread.

 

[Patmcpsu]

Off topic, but here is my chance to bring up my idea again that DVC offer perks for people that accumulate minimum numbers of points, as an incentive to buy more points. They could reduce the booking window down from 11 months for non owners once certain thresholds (e.g. own more than some arbitrary number of points) are met, subject to owners having at least one month advantage over any non owners.

As it stands, there are three DVC membership levels (MMB, DVC-Y, DVC-N) and I think things are complicated enough as it is (both for the customers and the staff).

An extra point tier would increase it to *five* levels (MMB with higher point tier, higher point tier, MMB, DVC-Y, DVC-N). My head is already spinning.

That being said, Disney loves taking people's money... but they would need to streamline what the convoluted system would consist of. This would involve simplifying the perks and using technology to make things easier to follow.