Do free upgrades of your room (aka Disney "magic") ever happen with DVC rooms?

[Dean]

The argument of "you are renting a cheap room, therefore you are worthless for us to sell to because you are probably broke" is a quick way for companies to go out of business, and Disney isn't that stupid.

I can't speak for how Disney screen's potential buyers but I do have an idea for how other companies including Bluegreen, Wyndham, Starwood and Marriott do this. I realize there is a difference since all of those other companies actively recruit people to tour, often give them bribes to do so and are willing to tour people repeatedly over time. As I've said before, I feel Disney is missing out on a golden opportunity by not setting up an active recruitment process when people check in to DVC resorts. I know people like the low key approach but I maintain it's possible to do both, Marriott and Westin do, BG and Wyndham not so much (far more aggressive). Generally they require both spouse's to tour for those Married and require a certain minimum income, somewhere between $45K & $75K depending on the company. They also look at whether they bought resale or retail for those who are already owners. The point is they do put an effort to discern those that could buy and those that can't and they keep files on them accordingly.

I also maintain that for most timeshares, it's considered counterproductive to offer upgrades. As a rule, they'll let better views go empty rather than upgrading an owner to better than they own or something that's more points. There are exceptions of course. The reasoning is they don't want people to underbuy hoping for an upgrade but to buy the more expensive view or more points.

 

[Disneyaunt4]

Just happened to us for the first time this past Sept. Had a 2 bedroom at Kidani rented got there and they gave us a Grand Villa