DVC ANNUAL PASSES

[wiltonken]

Has anyone heard if DVC is going to offer the Special DVC Annual pass discount that was offered the last 2 years?

 

[CarolMN]

There has been no info on that so far, just speculation by some posters. Probably based on wishful thinking. I know I am wishing for a special offer.

 

[spiceycat]

with the person who got them for us gone - really doubt it -

 

[freediverdude]

It would be interesting to see what their numbers were after offering the $399 PAP, whether it increased guest spending among DVC guests, or if they thought they made more money on the deal.

 

[ludari]

I would suggest that you email DVC member services to request DVC annual pass discount or anything else you feel is important to you. All you need to do is long onto your DVC account and towards the bottom of the page there is a link to contact member services. I doesn't hurt to try and you never know of we all do this they might in fact offer the DVC annual pass discount.

 

[disneynutz]

I would suggest that you email DVC member services to request DVC annual pass discount or anything else you feel is important to you. All you need to do is long onto your DVC account and towards the bottom of the page there is a link to contact member services. I doesn't hurt to try and you never know of we all do this they might in fact offer the DVC annual pass discount.

Member services deals with reservations and bookings, a request of this type may go nowhere. You have a better chance of being heard by emailing DVC member satisfaction.

dvcmembersatisfactionteam@disneyvacationclub.com

Bill

 

[DebbieB]

It would be interesting to see what their numbers were after offering the $399 PAP, whether it increased guest spending among DVC guests, or if they thought they made more money on the deal.

Everyone remembers the $399 deal from 2012, in 2014 it was $485. With an annual pass around $525 now, that is probably what the promo PAP would be.

 

[chrisaman]

with the person who got them for us gone - really doubt it -

Who was that?

 

[tjkraz]

with the person who got them for us gone - really doubt it -

If you're referring to Claire Bilby, her tenure with DVC ended in January 2013.

The last Premium Annual Pass special was offered more than a year later in February 2014. And there was a $199 4-park ticket offer in September '14.

It would be interesting to see what their numbers were after offering the $399 PAP, whether it increased guest spending among DVC guests, or if they thought they made more money on the deal.

Guest spending is only part of the equation, and to DVC it's essentially irrelevant. DVC typically sees value in these offers because they encourage repeat trips. When DVC owners take more trips, they run out of points. Ideally (for DVC) that leads to add-on point purchases.

It's highly unlikely that Parks & Resorts made up the price difference in the form of additional turkey leg and t-shirt sales. But DVC almost certainly subsidized a portion of the discount, paying P&R some amount for each discounted PAP sold. So it's more a question of whether or not the ticket offers have a positive impact on DVC sales.

With Poly just beginning its sales push, I wouldn't expect DVC to mount an expensive promotion to try and drum up sales. But if the resort under-performs over an extended period (as some believe is already the case), ticket incentives are one method they could use to try and increase sales.