CFW Sales Tracking - includes all proofed county deeds through 9/29/25 (plus county deeds not proofed for 9/30/25)

[cigarboo]

Just want to point out while the golf carts are a fun aspect of staying here, they are very much not free.

I understand the golf carts are not free, just as the dogs are not free. But the opportunity to have both is a benefit in itself. So the dog fee and cart fee is just part of the expense, no different than park tickets and dining.

So you replace your house every 25 years ?

my track record has been moving less than every 25 years, but yes the house(s) still stands even if I don't own it. My point is that I am not in the belief that the cabins are built as solid as say the Contemporary, seeing that the Contemporary is still standing/thriving, but all the old cabins are gone. They could have "refurbished" but somehow it made more sense to replace them.

 

[Carouselofplanning]

I understand the golf carts are not free, just as the dogs are not free. But the opportunity to have both is a benefit in itself. So the dog fee and cart fee is just part of the expense, no different than park tickets and dining.


my track record has been moving less than every 25 years, but yes the house(s) still stands even if I don't own it. My point is that I am not in the belief that the cabins are built as solid as say the Contemporary, seeing that the Contemporary is still standing/thriving, but all the old cabins are gone. They could have "refurbished" but somehow it made more sense to replace them.

Nope. Not the same as park tickets and dining. This is a resort specific cost and a hefty one at that.

 

[cigarboo]

Nope. Not the same as park tickets and dining. This is a resort specific cost and a hefty one at that.

But it is a choice. Specific to this resort that I have the opportunity to choose to bring a pet and rent a golf cart. If the treehouses offered golf cart and was dog friendly, I probably would have been the owner off SSR points. Incidentally, I forgot to book a golf cart during our 2 night stay during Labor Day weekend. Ooops, no cart for me as they were sold out the entire weekend. We still had a wonderful time. Walked to the settlement. Took the internal bus at leisure. Drove to Epcot.

 

[Mouseforward]

I understand the golf carts are not free, just as the dogs are not free. But the opportunity to have both is a benefit in itself. So the dog fee and cart fee is just part of the expense, no different than park tickets and dining.


my track record has been moving less than every 25 years, but yes the house(s) still stands even if I don't own it. My point is that I am not in the belief that the cabins are built as solid as say the Contemporary, seeing that the Contemporary is still standing/thriving, but all the old cabins are gone. They could have "refurbished" but somehow it made more sense to replace them.

The old cabins were trailers, the new ones are built in a warehouse, offsite piece by piece and then assembled on site. The new one should last the same as a standard house in Florida.

 

[tidefan]

I understand the golf carts are not free, just as the dogs are not free. But the opportunity to have both is a benefit in itself. So the dog fee and cart fee is just part of the expense, no different than park tickets and dining.

I suspect, that part of the "niche" that people are referring to (and, I admit, I am probably in that group) with CFW may be more geographic than anything. I suspect that a large number of cash CFW visitors are those within driving distance that come to the Fort for a few days of fun.

Similarly, I think that if you are within driving distance of WDW (say, any of the Southeastern US), the calculus is much different. First, CFW has the unique advantage that if you are driving, you can pull up basically to the front door of your unit. Other than the SSR treehouses, no other accommodation offers that. I suppose SSR and OKW (and to a degree, AKV-Kidani) are "close" parking, but not right at the door. Also, if you can drive, then, quite honestly, you probably could care less about the transportation options, other than to MK, because you can just drive there, and for MK, there is boat transportation.

I also think that with the golf carts, if you are going to the Fort often, and you are within driving distance, you are probably considering purchasing your own golf cart. It would only take 3-4 weeks of renting to get into the territory of just having your own. I know that this is something we are considering...

 

[Patmcpsu]

Nope. Not the same as park tickets and dining. This is a resort specific cost and a hefty one at that.

I assumed the golf carts were a nominal fee, but ooph, each night it's $70-94 (plus tax). That's probably what the Stop-n-Rob charges for a room.

 

[Brian Noble]

Nothing at Disney is "nominal".

 

[pzw90]

Looks like the first resale contract showed up on the county site on 9/23. Looks like a 50 pointer at $160 p/p. Anyone see anything earlier?

 

[maui22]

NOTE: mid-August 2025 I lost the Excel data I gathered from the beginning. Going to take significant time (if I decide to) to re-enter all that data.
For now, I'm going to try to take new data in a SQL database and manually combine it with what I had previously.

This is based on manually gathered data from deeds on the county comptroller website.

Includes all proofed county deeds through 8/31/25.

So far, I have seen a spread of up to 93 days between a CFW "Palm Tree" date and the county recorded date. (PVB data has up to 142 days).
These delays are likely people delaying their initial deposit and then spreading the 3 monthly payments out.

Month/Year	County Recorded Deeds	Points based on Recorded Date	Deeds based on Palm Tree	Points based on Palm Tree Date
2/24	69	7159	136	15351
3/24	94	12276	69	9662
4/24	49	6902	40	5695
5/24	31	3940	25	3680
6/24	35	5351	28	4310
7/24	42	6560	39	6340
8/24	22	3400	37	5445
9/24	43	6445	46	6835
10/24	37	5560	30	5060
11/24	21	3325	16	2300
12/24	37	5985	47	7995
1/25	62	10140	67	10570
2/25	57	8680	55	7920
3/25	46	7065	40	6481
4/25	37	5840	22	2976
5/25	31	4367	39	5475
6/25	30	3950	35	5251
7/25	48	7011	70	9995
8/25	88	13,890	38	6505
Totals	791	127,486	791	127,486

• February 2024
• March 2024
• May 2024
• June 2024
• July 2024
• August 2024
• September 2024
• October 2024
• November 2024
• December 2024
• January 2025
• February 2025
• March 2025
• April 2025
• May 2025 (milestone reached 100,000 points on 5/15/25)
• June 2025
• July 2025
• August 2025 (best month so far)

Breakdown by UY...Only reflected through 7/31/25 (working on SQL query to be able to retrieve this).

UY	Deeds	Points
FEB	122	16,926
MAR	58	7,791
APR	92	13,317
JUN	119	17,316
AUG	116	15,927
SEP	72	11,402
OCT	76	11,546
DEC	136	19,731

FW (1 week 50 FW added in August 2025 county data)

FW#	Unit Type	# Deeds
16	Cabin	1
17	Cabin	1
26	Cabin	1
27	Cabin	1
40	Cabin	1
43	Cabin	9
44	Cabin	2
47	Cabin	1
48	Cabin	1
49	Cabin	2
50	Cabin	2
52	Cabin	1

Edited 9/4/2025

Quoting my original post so everyone can see how the overall resort looked after August 2025 data. (Original post will be updated to reflect September 2025 data).

 

[maui22]

September 2025 data....

Includes all County deeds proofed through 9/29/25 and non-proofed 9/30/25 data. I will update data if county finds they made any mistakes

Date	County Deeds	County Points	Palm Tree Deeds	Palm Tree Points
9/1/25			3	300
9/2/25	10	1600	2	400
9/3/25	2	350	1	100
9/4/25	7	1110	2	300
9/5/25			3	450
9/6/25			1	150
9/7/25			2	350
9/8/25	7	1250	3	350
9/9/25	1	250	3	450
9/10/25			1	150
9/11/25	4	650	3	900
9/12/25	4	610	2	300
9/13/25			2	300
9/14/25
9/15/25	3	550	2	400
9/16/25	7	800	1	150
9/17/25	5	700
9/18/25
9/19/25	5	600
9/20/25
9/21/25
9/22/25	10	1450
9/23/25
9/24/25	5	1250
9/25/25	4	600
9/26/25	5	900
9/27/25
9/28/25
9/29/25	4	700
9/30/25	2	300
Totals	85	13,670	31	5050

Edited 9/4/25

 

[muppets3d]

I guess it'll take at least a month or so to see if the increased incentive for September really moved the needle for this resort since many people delay closing by stretching out payments etc.