DUES Info! - All resorts dues have been released

[Genie+]

I’m not sure about BLT. The refurb extended to July 2026. The original goal was Sept 2025. Have all the rooms been completed?

 

[davidhr]

That’s a good way to cushion the blow!

Just hope it never becomes true. In 5 years CFW would have $20pp dues

A 10% is unsustainable. A few years of that and most of us will be selling before we get to the point where we have to pay someone to get the contract.

The 10% is more for me to budget as I hate having to take more money than I had put aside for things like this.

 

[Judique]

A 10% is unsustainable. A few years of that and most of us will be selling before we get to the point where we have to pay someone to get the contract.

The 10% is more for me to budget as I hate having to take more money than I had put aside for things like this.

That's why so many of us work diligently to get enough Disney gift cards to pay dues. It keeps the Wolf from the door for another year. It's just that it's not always easy to find about $5000 worth of discounted cards and it's also not easy to keep up with them.

The cost is static but it 'seems as if' paying with mouse money makes it less real.

 

[Memorymakerfor4]

Trying to catch up on this thread. Can someone remind me what SAP+ means?

 

[Add-On-Itis]

Trying to catch up on this thread. Can someone remind me what SAP+ means?

Sleep around Point +

The + is where you wouldn't mind staying at.

generally SSR is SAP

CCV / BLT is SAP+

 

[airjay75]

Trying to catch up on this thread. Can someone remind me what SAP+ means?

SAP = points for use exclusively or primarily outside of the homes resort
SAP+ = points that will often be used outside of the home resort, but for which there is a desirable/advantageous reason to own at that resort as well

Classic examples of pure SAP would be OKW or SSR - don't need home resort priority there for most rooms, most of the time.
SAP+ examples might be CCV/BLT/VGF/PVB - pretty cheap dues, but there are also rooms there for which home resort priority can be pretty important and desirable.

Most wouldn't put VGC/VDH/BWV/BCV in a SAP+ category because those points typically make the most sense to use exclusively at their home resort.

Of course, it is also somewhat subjective to the individual whether they view something as SAP+

 

[Memorymakerfor4]

Thanks - I felt like I should remember that but the coffee hadn't quite hit bottom yet!

 

[mort1331]

Some use AUL as SAP+ as well

 

[Brian Noble]

Not looking to make any huge analysis statements that we all don't all intuitively already know, but those towers and proximity to the parks have a lower cost profile. I knew OKW transportation would be higher but not that much higher.

Some (but not all) of the difference is explained by the fact that OKW has more rooms---761 keys at OKW vs 468 at BLT. There are more people to move at OKW. But this is a good example data point that light rail is more efficient than busing! For example, you only need to pay one operator for an entire monorail train's worth of people.

I’m not sure about BLT. The refurb extended to July 2026.

That's the schedule for the Contemporary in total. The BLT refurbishment was Sept '24 -> Sept '25, and the rooms are now complete. So available room-nights in calendar 2025 will have been quite a bit lower than it will be in calendar 2026.

https://dvcnews.com/dvc-program-men...tion-club-refurbishment-schedule-through-2026

 

[intamin]

Some use AUL as SAP+ as well

After the rest of the dues were announced the AUL increase doesn't seem so bad..

 

[Memorymakerfor4]

Some use AUL as SAP+ as well

If I had a SAP+ resort, this would be it!

 

[VGCgroupie]

Some use AUL as SAP+ as well

Me

 

[foodiddiedoo]

Since I own all my 630 points I super hope 2027 dues aren't increased as astronomically. I felt a bit sick when I saw the new price thinking they wouldn't pop above 8.50