Disney's Long Term DVC Strategy

[byurick]

Really curious to see how LSL plays out on these boards between the constant posts about restrictions being bad while also being excited about a shiny new resort with a lazy river. I bet a lot of people here will secretly buy it and not admit they did

 

[haletiki]

You bought it cheaper, but you also bought a less flexible product, as it lost some "functionality" in the resale as the restrictions came into force. Good for you, if this is the only thing you want (which appears to be the case for you). Not so good, if someone would have liked flexibility at a lower price.

Cuts both ways right?

Those who want flexibility at a lower price have choices to make in regards to where they buy if they buy resale. You still have the option of getting one of the O14 resorts on resale for instance. If the prices are still not low enough then maybe the product isn't for them or they need to have some discussions about what they are able to give up to get the product they want.

For my wife and I, resale was always going to be the play if we ever took the plunge simply because there is no way we could afford direct. So, we made our peace with it and we know there will be things that we will miss out on because of that. The goal like @Brian Noble said

The name of the game is taking affordable vacations, and this is helping me do that.

 

[Brian Noble]

I was never against restrictions, and we have always been at war with Eastasia.

(In other words, I once believed I would never buy from the developer, and I would never buy RIV. Yet, here I am.)

 

[byurick]

..... we have always been at war with Eastasia.

Which bus driver told you that? Name names!

 

[Brian Noble]

I don't remember much of 1984, but I definitely remember that passage where the orator switched enemy states mid-speech.

 

[Mirabell Rose]

While a couple of the new resorts don’t currently allow you to book them with resale points, there is no guarantee this will be the case in the future. Just like the poor value of points conversion for cruises and the exchange hotel option, Disney could institute the same sort of exchange rate for resale points. For that matter they could have the rate be different for each resale resort depending on how much availability they want at a particular DVC resort for cash guests, and how well they are filling the restricted resort. No need for a trust for the older resorts under such a model.

 

[tx911]

I'm wonder whether they would ever move to incentivize direct purchases by implementing tiered perks based on total number of direct points owned. These would obviously have to have teeth to be effective. I'd wager that something like free annual passes at a certain direct ownership level might move people to purchase more direct points above and beyond the 150. However, I personally hope they don't ever go this route!