RIV is great! We love it! I have a dreadful fear of heights but I ride the skyline for my kids. I just have my eyes closed the whole time...and there might be some prayer involved lol
The do not have to accept it if you leave it to them after you pass. Let them make the decision.
I know I'm being anecdotal here, but our family trips started in 2009, and the first couple years we did POP for in the $80's. My parents tried to go in our "old week" this year and it was over $200. Dues haven't done that, I think it is safe to say it's not "lock-step" but there likely is a sort of give and take balance, as cost of upkeep is certainly a factor. But something like employee wage costs would hit hotel side more than DVC side due to housekeeping alone.
Even buying in 20 years after you, my math isn't far off from yours. Over the life of a contract, spending $150/point is still around $3/year, and many are getting resales closer to $100/pt... worst case at 20 years left that's only $5/pt/year. So worst case is something like $15/pt, stay in a 25 point room for $375 when the comparable rack rate would be double that. There's a lot of factors there, but I sent my brother to the poly for under $200/night "our cost" and it was less than a value would have cost him.
Yeah the prices for Pop specifically went crazy the year the Skyliner opened and the year after. Something like a 35% increase over 2 years.
I could be wrong, as I’m not a law guy. Also, it may vary by state.
How do they know what kind of financial responsibility it comes with? And if they don’t want it even if the estate provides for dues, they’d still have the headache of having to sell it. Again, this would be a curse.
The economy was not that great right then with the whole housing collapse and all... In that moment DVC sounded like a horrible deal, then hotel rates shot up and here we are... POP used to basically be priced within a few dollars of all-stars back then.
25 year BWV member. A 2 BR Boardwalk View is our room of choice. I’ve generally had to walk these reservations the past several years (never had to before). Very difficult to get unless you do so. Competition is fierce!Sorry to say it, but a 2BR lock off (the only option at BWV), no matter the view, is very difficult unless you have BWV points and are a fast/lucky clicker at 8am EST on the 11-month mark. There's just not a lot of inventory and the studios are in high demand by owners because they are relatively cheap.
1BRs are the easiest to snag at BWV. You can occasionally get a Boardwalk view at the 7-month mark for a few nights (like, right now, it looks like there is actually a week of availability starting on exactly the 7 month mark, but it'll be gone by next week for sure). Pool/Garden view is much more likely to be available within the 7-month window. I've never had a problem getting a 1BR, P/G view at or reasonably close to the 7-month mark, outside of the few high demand weeks.
This goes without surprise, though, as BWV is definitively the best Disney resort per every expert, ever(and no, I don't own there).
Enjoy your trip next fall!
Confession: in any other part of my life, I would be livid to be woken up by drunks after 1:00 am. But BWV has been our happy place for 25 years, especially the Boardwalk view , and the late night revelry doesn’t bother me at all. Go figure!
I’ve only been pulled over twice in my life for exceeding the speed limit. The last time was several years ago and when the officer walked up to my car, he said “is that magnet because you’re a Disney Vacation Club member?
This is the best
I paid someone who inherited a DVC contract in an estate $12,000. They didnt want it so Im sure that the hassle of selling was well worth the 12k.
Did you do this out of the goodness of your own heart?
What I’m saying is DVC is relatively easy to sell. I bought the contract for $12,000. So the person that inherited an unwanted DVC contract realized about $11,000 for the sale.
