Dilemma: RR Direct vs Resale - RESOLVED! Added On Direct

[CarolMN]

@Castillo Mom - Congratulations! Have fun planning.

 

[lvt]

Best wishes for some future fun.

 

[sethschroeder]

Happy it worked out.

That seller probably will be kicking themselves.

 

[zakdavid]

Good morning everyone! Well, morning if you're on the west coast like me. As you can see by the update, I'm now a proud owner at RR. Got up early and spoke to a guide and also discovered that I was eligible for an additional discount due to my daughter-in-law being a cast member. I also ended up with a 175 point contract instead of the 160 I had planned on.

Now to re-plan my point usage for next year!

Mazal Tov!

 

[Sandisw]

Congratulations!

 

[BigDaddy1211]

I know you've changed your mind, this is a more general reply for others considering Riviera resale.
Riviera resale is not part of Disney Vacation Club. You're only buying one standalone resort and you'll be able to book only Riviera. So buy it only if you want to stay there every time for the next 50 years. The only alternative is RCI: Riviera is expensive for Maintenance fees and to buy in, so it's not a good value to use it for RCI, there are much cheaper timeshares for that.

I don’t really understand this post. Are you saying that resale Riviera points can’t be used at other resorts? I understood it to be the other way around. Resale purchased after a certain date can’t be used at Riviera (unless they are Riviera points). What am I missing?

 

[striker1064]

I don’t really understand this post. Are you saying that resale Riviera points can’t be used at other resorts? I understood it to be the other way around. Resale purchased after a certain date can’t be used at Riviera (unless they are Riviera points). What am I missing?

It's both - Riviera points purchased resale can only be used at Riviera and no other resorts. Likewise, any resale points purchased now at any other resort can only be used for the first 14 resorts, and cannot be used at Riviera or any future resort (these are any resale resale points purchased after January 19, 2019).

 

[The Jackal]

Congratulations on purchase. RIV is a beautiful resort. Hope you enjoy it for the next 50 years.

 

[3 DD love princesses]

For the most part,yes. That’s why I didn’t have an issue buying resale. However, since the margin between this particular contract vs direct is narrower than I first realized, the flexibility to use my points elsewhere if I needed to is an added bonus.

Then I would do direct. If you did resale you can oblt stay at Rivera.
ETA just caught up. Congratulations

 

[Castillo Mom]

Thanks again everyone for the advice and congratulations! I’m absolutely over the moon with excitement. It was my goal to add on at RR from the beginning, but I didn’t know it would happen this soon. Its also supposed to be my final purchase. I have three sons, so the plan was to be able to will a contract to each, and now I can. Who knows what the future holds and whether addonitis will randomly set in, but I think I’m done for now. As a single mom, I’m grateful to have the means to share this with my kids and it’s what my husband would’ve wanted for them as a Disney lover himself. It was that first and only trip to WDW in which we were able to experience the Magic with him before he passed that has led us to where we are now, and why Disney is so special to us.

 

[Spark65]

Congrats from another RIV owner!

 

[UrsulaWantsYourSoul]

Congrats! A nice trio of properties to own at! Will be a nice memory for your sons for many years to come. Welcome Home, Riviera neighbor!

 

[Castillo Mom]

Congrats from another RIV owner!

Thank you!

 

[Castillo Mom]

Congrats! A nice trio of properties to own at! Will be a nice memory for your sons for many years to come. Welcome Home, Riviera neighbor!

Thank you so much!

 

[AnnaS]

Congratulations!!!

 

[Disneygal22]

good choice!!