When I get to WDW this October I want to go on a DVC merchandise shopping spree --- do all 4 resorts offer merchandise or does one specific one have more merchandise than another??
Not too sure about BCV - I'll be there on Sept. 1st so I'll find out then! But, BWV, OKW, and VWL all have gift shops -- actually the gift shop is not in the villas at Wilderness Lodge but in the Lodge itself. I seem to remember that OKW and BWV had the most DVC merchandise. Wilderness Lodge has a great gift shop but, from what I remember from my last visit which was just this past May, there really isn't too many DVC items. Also, Hilton Head's gift shop has some nice DVC merchandise.
There is a gift shop at the Beach Club that should have BCV merchandise by September or October. Since BCV opened a couple months early, they don't have any BCV specific items yet. I didn't notice if there was any DVC merchandise there or not when we were there on July 1st.
I also have not seen the DVC merchandise available at BCV yet, but all the other WDW DVC resorts have about the same amount of DVC merchandise available---unfortunately not a lot and what they do have is significantly higher in price than another comparable Disney item that does not have the DVC logo. Like you can get very nice jackets and golf shirts that are embroided with a disney character and the words WDW etc for much less then the same jacket but instead embroided with the DVC logo and the words DVC member.
It's been my observation that the type and amount of merchandise available at each resort varies. I usually visit each one every trip. OKW typically has mainly OKW stuff, which I'm not interested in. The main thing you can count on is a steep price tag. A "members only" style white jacket comes to mind.
Does anyone know if they sell a DVC Logo sticker for your car? (like the one AAA mails out to members). I love the license plate that DVC sends out but I have no place to put it in my truck.
here is a photo of the one I had made. I got two of these and two that have VWL instead of the DVC for $20 TOTAL (with shipping). I feel $5 a sticker for a custom made sticker is not too bad, they are very high quality and still look good on the car after several months.
I got the Medium size which could hold up to 5 letters in the middle, so with three they are probably wider to fill the space more. not sure if this is what the diffrerence is, just a thought.
The BCV gift shop did have a DVC 't' shirt in early July. Not very exciting, but think it has Beach Club Villas printed on front and DVC emblem on back.