Disneyland Hotel Room Declarations

[peder]

What's the latest on how many rooms have been declared at VDH? I had seen a story on DVC News that only a single 1-bedroom unit had been declared at launch, and I haven't seen any follow-ups on new declarations: https://dvcnews.com/other-resorts/v...llas-initially-available-for-dvc-reservations

I'm assuming there's still just the 1 dedicated 1-bedroom unit available to be booked with points?

 

[ehh]

What's the latest on how many rooms have been declared at VDH? I had seen a story on DVC News that only a single 1-bedroom unit had been declared at launch, and I haven't seen any follow-ups on new declarations: https://dvcnews.com/other-resorts/v...llas-initially-available-for-dvc-reservations

I'm assuming there's still just the 1 dedicated 1-bedroom unit available to be booked with points?

There's only one dedicated 1BR in the entire resort. The other 18 1BR all come from 2BRLO.

As for declarations, I think there's two answers to this.

1. Actual declared units, paperwork filed and all. I don't have an update here. Getting a copy of the documents requires mailing a check to the county clerk-recorder. There's no way to view them online at this time.
2. Max bookable inventory, which includes forecasted future declarations.
   • For this, at least nine 1BR are bookable at 11+ months out.

 

[peder]

@ehh where are you getting the max bookable inventory number?

 

[NVDISFamily]

For this, at least nine 1BR are bookable at 11+ months out.

Does this mean that they have allocated a lot more inventory to owners? I also see 9 rooms with two more also on the accessible types.

 

[ehh]

Does this mean that they have allocated a lot more inventory to owners? I also see 9 rooms with two more also on the accessible types.

Pretty much. Looks like ~50% of rooms across categories are in bookable inventory at the 11+ month mark. Only about 25% of the resort is currently sold.

So either they're expecting a jump in sales velocity this year, or they're just over-declaring relative for sales forecasts for other reasons. I'm going with the latter.

 

[peder]

Lots of folks borrowing points on their VDH contracts? Maybe they need to have more inventory available otherwise owners wouldn't be able to find any rooms? Last thing you'd want are a bunch of new-to-DVC owners coming in completely unable to book a room there.

It's not like Disney World, where you have lots of other resorts where someone could book. On the West Coast, you're selling to West Coasters who probably want to stay on the West Coast, and they'd be pretty mad if there was 0 availability immediately after they purchase.

 

[AstroBlasters]

When I was kicking the tires on VDH my guide told me that she would check the non-DVC inventory first and pull from that for our first stay.

 

[ehh]

Lots of folks borrowing points on their VDH contracts? Maybe they need to have more inventory available otherwise owners wouldn't be able to find any rooms? Last thing you'd want are a bunch of new-to-DVC owners coming in completely unable to book a room there.

Maybe some borrowing, but I think a good chunk of inventory is also making it to 7 months for other owners to book. Studios especially are making it to 7m. I suspect this is an intentional tactic to get more DVC owners from other resorts to try (and like) VDH.

Definitely agree there's also a desire to avoid the 'hard to book' reputation while it's actively being sold. But it's probably just one factor on a list and I don't know how much it alone influences their declaration/inventory decisions. Their current playbook is to over-declare and they're also doing it at RIV and PVB2 (and also did it at VGF2).