DVC Chit Chat Thread

[VGCgroupie]

This is probably the right way to live, but many of them are also uncomfortable for me.

Still waiting to come across a V-neck spirit jersey. That would sell me finally.

 

[princesscinderella]

Still waiting to come across a V-neck spirit jersey. That would sell me finally.

As an 80s kid the solution is to take some scissors to it and voila- V neck

 

[PolyRob]

I am not prepared for the sticker shock of taking our entire family next summer.

I understand, but I am sure the memories will be PRICELESS

 

[Flash_Sloth]

At first this seems a little "big brother is watching," but I always thought Disney should have a loyalty program like traditional hotels. I honestly wouldn't mind it for both Uni and Disney. I think it would be beneficial to me personally based on what I would purchase.

The reality is that they are already tracking it.

Yes they are, and it might be scary if we knew everything they were gathering. Sometimes when they send me a post-trip survey, one of the questions they ask is if they can merge your survey responses with all the tracking/stalking they did of you during your vacation?

One survey, one of the questions caught me a little off guard. "We saw that you visited The Contemporary. Why? Uhh, I was at MK, and I was just passing through to catch a bus to WWoS to pickup my runDisney bib."

Where's that meme of Roz always watching?

 

[IsDVCForMe?]

We are def being tracked. Right before our last trip, I saw someone say as soon as they got to their resort’s gate they got their room assignment. What do you know? As soon as we got to our resort’s gate, we got our room assignment. Disney knows what they’re doing. That’s an example that really doesn’t have relevance to the conversation, but Disney isn’t the only company that tracks us. Surprisingly, most do.

 

[PolyRob]

Yes they are, and it might be scary if we knew everything they were gathering. Sometimes when they send me a post-trip survey, one of the questions they ask is if they can merge your survey responses with all the tracking/stalking they did of you during your vacation?

One survey, one of the questions caught me a little off guard. "We saw that you visited The Contemporary. Why? Uhh, I was at MK, and I was just passing through to catch a bus to WWoS to pickup my runDisney bib."

Where's that meme of Roz always watching?

Yes! That's super creepy. Your band must have pinged something.

Who here unplugs "Hey Disney!" when checking-in to their studio or villa?

 

[PolyRob]

We are def being tracked. Right before our last trip, I saw someone say as soon as they got to their resort’s gate they got their room assignment. What do you know? As soon as we got to our resort’s gate, we got our room assignment. Disney knows what they’re doing. That’s an example that really doesn’t have relevance to the conversation, but Disney isn’t the only company that tracks us. Surprisingly, most do.

Back when DME existed the TVs on the bus instantly changed the second you passed the exit gate on property. It was all info about MCO and what to expect. Not creepy at all

 

[cellomom]

Who here unplugs "Hey Disney!" when checking-in to their studio or villa?

we do
Unplugged and out of sight

 

[PolyRob]

we do
Unplugged and out of sight

I don't trust that mute button for a second!

 

[princesscinderella]

We are def being tracked. Right before our last trip, I saw someone say as soon as they got to their resort’s gate they got their room assignment. What do you know? As soon as we got to our resort’s gate, we got our room assignment. Disney knows what they’re doing. That’s an example that really doesn’t have relevance to the conversation, but Disney isn’t the only company that tracks us. Surprisingly, most do.

We love this new way of checking in. Once we realized that driving to our resort and letting the guard know that we were there for check-in it would register we were there and waiting for our room, our rooms have mostly been assigned earlier than 4:00PM. If you go straight to a park, it doesn't ding the bell you have arrived, so we park at our resort and take Disney transportation to the park while we wait for our room to be ready. We have had our room ready before noon a few times with this new method as we don't typically make special requests, so I think they prioritize assigning rooms as to your arrival time on property.

 

[pzw90]

I don't trust that mute button for a second!

You think there isn’t a backup battery?

 

[tx911]

As an 80s kid the solution is to take some scissors to it and voila- V neck

Couple more and you've got your very own spirit tank top!

 

[PolyRob]

You think there isn’t a backup battery?

I guess it needs to go on the balcony

 

[AstroBlasters]

I wonder if they would advertise that or just do it behind the scenes. I could see it rubbing a lot of people the wrong way.

There is no benefit to doing it behind the scenes. The benefit to Universal is to encourage people who have the capacity to spend more at their parks/resorts/City Walk to do so.

It probably would just be a “rewards” program like most stores have.

In someways Disney does this now with discounted gift cards and Disney Rewards Points with their credit cards…. just in a “flat” tier structure and now a “graduated” tier structure.

Yes they are, and it might be scary if we knew everything they were gathering. Sometimes when they send me a post-trip survey, one of the questions they ask is if they can merge your survey responses with all the tracking/stalking they did of you during your vacation?

One survey, one of the questions caught me a little off guard. "We saw that you visited The Contemporary. Why? Uhh, I was at MK, and I was just passing through to catch a bus to WWoS to pickup my runDisney bib."

Where's that meme of Roz always watching?

My oldest child told me many years ago that “Privacy is an illusion”.