Direct Perks VS Resale Perks - NEEDS LOTS OF DETAILS PLEASE!

[Brett Wyman]

Want DVC pins?

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[skippytx]

GREAT INFO!
I'm not a DVC member (yet) - but this is my silly prediction - Disney will keep giving members more benefits in coming years (since the resale restrictions and resale member perks have changed so much in past 5 years or so). I predict park ticket discounts will be seen soon, and more direct member appreciation... that's my prediction - member perks will get better in hopes to steer people towards direct and away from resale.

To be honest, yes you buy DVC for economical reasons (so much savings over life of contract), but you also buy it for the magic... the blue card, the 'welcome home' greetings, the purple lights, etc... my gut keeps telling me buy direct over resale for that extra magic that you *might* lose with resale.

Don't take this the wrong way, but I think you may have gotten a little high off the pixie dust. You shouldn't buy into DVC for any of the membership perks. It's a timeshare system at it's core. If the core timeshare system works for you, then yeah it might make sense for you. Yes, I've saved a little money over the last 2 years on hard ticket events and purchasing 2 AP's. Never once has my light turned purple, or someone at the gate said welcome home. I've never been there during a moonlight magic event. I didn't buy for any of that, but I'll concede the perks are nice. If they all went away tomorrow though I wouldn't care.

In no future scenario do i see perks getting better for DVC members. The AP discount might be good *this year*, but I guarantee it goes up next year. 2 years ago DVC members could get a Plat Plus pass for like 549 dollars. I believe I paid 589 for my AP last year. Now we're all excited to pay only 699 for the Gold AP and it's such a deal, we're saving 420 dollars when in fact the pass has gone up over 150 dollars in 2 years. The mouse is good at distracting people while digging deeper into the wallet and leaving them smiling at the end of everything.

If you feel the possibility of losing out on the perks is worth several thousand dollars, there's nothing wrong with that, go ahead and buy direct. Nothing about a WDW vacation makes financial sense, it's a pure luxury purchase no matter what kind of mental gymnastics the folks here try to justify things with. Everyone spends their money on something.

 

[Brett Wyman]

Never once has my light turned purple, or someone at the gate said welcome home.

Last year I was staying at the Swan for work, and eating dinner at Jiko with a coworker. They scanned my MB, we are AP, and said "welcome home" at the AKL gates.

 

[skippytx]

Last year I was staying at the Swan for work, and eating dinner at Jiko with a coworker. They scanned my MB, we are AP, and said "welcome home" at the AKL gates.

It works for my wife when she scans her MB, but it's never worked for me. I'm not sure if it's because I have a 45th anniversary Tiki Room MB that has special effects, or what, but it's not really a big deal to me. Castmembers get a kick out of the tiki birds playing when I scan in MK though.

 

[Brett Wyman]

It works for my wife when she scans her MB, but it's never worked for me. I'm not sure if it's because I have a 45th anniversary Tiki Room MB that has special effects, or what, but it's not really a big deal to me. Castmembers get a kick out of the tiki birds playing when I scan in MK though.

Well I didn't own DVC then. Barely do now. Just closed but no site access yet.

 

[DianeW]

I still get the purple light when I tap the turnstile with my Magic Band, even though I bought resale.

Best perk from resale? I saved just over $15,000 on my contract. Disney will never, ever, give me $15,000 worth of perks. Also, I get the same discounts as direct DVC purchasers with my annual pass, so no problem there. I am treated exactly the same by Member Services and cast members....no second tier membership in their minds. All in all, I am completely happy with my resale purchase, and I will purchase more resale points through the Timeshare Store (as I did the first time) in January.

Good luck with your decision!

 

[ScubaCat]

what does blue light mean?

Do NOT stare into the blue light. Look away!!

 

[_auroraborealis_]

Do NOT stare into the blue light. Look away!!

Kmart is gone, no more Blue Light Specials. Only zombies.

 

[montreid]

what does blue light mean?

Count yourself lucky that you've never experienced it -- like Disney jail

--actually it's just an alert to the Cast Member for attention/problem with the scan -- we're so used to blue since my son uses his DAS.

 

[The Jackal]

I have gotten the purple light once, my daughter once in 6 trips. My wife gets it the most usually 2-4 times in a week long stay. Not sure why she gets it the most. But if your looking for the purple light consistently you’ll be disappointed.

 

[Bing Showei]

I have gotten the purple light once, my daughter once in 6 trips. My wife gets it the most usually 2-4 times in a week long stay. Not sure why she gets it the most. But if your looking for the purple light consistently you’ll be disappointed.

It’s based on how much Disney-Magic you have inside your heart. You and your daughter just aren’t believing hard enough.

I’d wager your wife doesn’t frequent these boards as often as you do.

I rest my case.

 

[crisi]

I don't think I've ever gotten the purple light. A lot of members who are entitled to blue DVC member cards can't get member services to send them out. Perks change, they are applied unevenly, and they aren't contractual. Assume that they will all disappear tomorrow - because they could and there wouldn't be a darn thing we could do about it. One night you valet park for free, and the next morning you are paying $15 to get your car out of valet. Over the years, sometimes discounts have been decent, sometimes they've been really disappointing - lunch only for restaurants off the beaten path. As someone who plans two years out, things that are time limited are especially frustrating - oh good, a ticket discount for a period when we have no intention of traveling to WDW - we love Cirque, and they used to regularly give a Cirque discount - that would never overlap with any of our planned vacations.

Don't buy for some special membership to some special Disney club where you get extra pixie dust - DVC is a wonderful way for you to discover that "membership in the Disney club" is in Disney's eyes "suckers Disney can suck more money out of" and the pixie dust is cheap dollar store glitter. Go in wide eyed and innocent, and that dollar store glitter gets in your eyes and hurts like hell. Buy because the core contract - room nights in DVC resorts subject to availability - is something that works for you.

 

[mustinjourney]

It works for my wife when she scans her MB, but it's never worked for me. I'm not sure if it's because I have a 45th anniversary Tiki Room MB that has special effects, or what, but it's not really a big deal to me. Castmembers get a kick out of the tiki birds playing when I scan in MK though.

my wife's doesn't turn colors either. Curious to know if you or your wife have the online DVC account? I've heard rumours that it only lights up for the person that is directly associated with the online DVC site.