Contemporary

[kev kendall]

Has it happened? I've noticed that on some people's signatures that the have a really cool picture of the Contemporary "add-on" with a logo for Contemporary Villas a DVC resort?

Has it happened? I can't find any reference on the DVC website!???

 

[Pootle]

No it hasn't happened - yet! This has been one of the strongest rumours around the US DVC boards for quite a while now. Some eagle-eyed Diser found an architect's drawing on the web; hence the 'cool' picture. It very quickly disappeared from the architect's site, but too late, the image had been captured

DVC does seem to be in expansion mode (west coast and Hawaii plans as well as the two currently selling in Florida) and this seems to have fanned the flames again. In the past Disney has had plans for other things which have got no further than the drawing board - Eagle Pines resort for instance - so it's by no means certain, but who knows?

 

[paulh]

seems to be dvc`s worst kept secret
Paulh

 

[paulrae]

I wonder what the building work going on to the left of the Hotel is then?

 

[BONZO]

Some comments copied from main DVC forum

Florida timeshare law says you can't sell until 70% completion (or something close to that %...I may be off on the exact #) is achieved.

AKV was able to sell quickly because 70% of the construction on the Jambo units had been complete for about 5 years....because they were remodels of existing lodge rooms that were built out already.

CRV wouldn't be able to sell units until 70% of the building for those units is complete....and that's a LONG way from bare ground. I think the speculation is, it will sell well.

Disney wants to sell AKV and SSR units in the interim. They KNOW announcing CRV will likely make some people wait to purchase there, canabilizing sales for the existing WDW resorts (AKV, SSR, and even "new" OKW). So there's some logic behind not announcing what it is.

In addition, you can look at it from the flip side: IF it were only a hotel expansion...what POSSIBLE reason would Disney have for delaying the announcment that that is what's going on. I mean, it's obvious they're building SOMETHING so why NOT tell people what it is? Unless there is some reasoning behind it.

 

[UKDEB]

The devil inside me really hopes all the rumours turn out to be wrong . Even if the extension had initially been planned as a DVC resort, who's to say those plans couldn't change?

 

[wilma-bride]

The devil inside me really hopes all the rumours turn out to be wrong .

Stop it now Mrs I've got Gary's redundancy money burning a hole in my pocket, just waiting for that announcement

 

[Halo]

I suspect the reason Disney has been buying land in Spain will be for a DVC resort there too - akin to the Hawaiian (wow is that difficult to spell!) one they are in the process of launching. Watch this space.

 

[mark&sue]

Spain would be a dream come true for us. Where abouts in Spain are they buying? Actually I think I heard this one a while back and it was near the costa del sol wasn't it?



Susan

 

[CustardTart]

Sue, I think it was just down the coast from Estepona - Manilva or somewhere like that. We've owned a few weeks timeshare in that area for years and love it there...