DVC Direct July 2025 Sales Data

[CarolynFH]

The longer someone waits until it is closer to their UY, they also pay lower prorated dues.

Dues are assessed and paid on a calendar year basis. If buying direct, the buyer will pay the same amount of dues, prorated from date they sign the purchase papers, regardless of UY.

Paying or reimbursing dues based on UY of points being purchased is something that’s negotiated when buying resale but is irrelevant when buying direct.

 

[mrjack5]

2755 pts at 2042 resorts 10,056 at other legacy resorts and only 7000 at CFW, they have to know that there's something wrong with their approach with CFW right?

Or they know something we don’t.

I think the "rumor" is CFW MIGHT be part of the "lakeshore lodge" association so points will be able to be used between the two properties.(Similar to Poly OG and Poly Tower)

Reason this rumor started is because CFW is the first DVC property to use a "trust" and the proximity of lakeshore lodge to CFW.

Again this is all speculation/rumor so take it with a grain of salt.

Previous discussions of same issue.

Thread 'Reflections and Cabins at Fort Wilderness?'

May 8, 2024

Do we think Reflections could actually be another phase of the Cabins at Fort Wilderness?

Disney Requests 5-Year Extension for ‘Reflections’ DVC Hotel Permit Following COVID-19 “Delay”

• PolyRob
• Replies: 21
• Forum: Purchasing DVC

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[DVCsloth]

I think the "rumor" is CFW MIGHT be part of the "lakeshore lodge" association so points will be able to be used between the two properties.(Similar to Poly OG and Poly Tower)

Reason this rumor started is because CFW is the first DVC property to use a "trust" and the proximity of lakeshore lodge to CFW.

Again this is all speculation/rumor so take it with a grain of salt.

Previous discussions of same issue.

Thread 'Reflections and Cabins at Fort Wilderness?'

May 8, 2024

Do we think Reflections could actually be another phase of the Cabins at Fort Wilderness?

Disney Requests 5-Year Extension for ‘Reflections’ DVC Hotel Permit Following COVID-19 “Delay”

• PolyRob
• Replies: 21
• Forum: Purchasing DVC

• 

I think it would be a good move for Disney to combine CFW and LL into the same association.

 

[BrownThunder]

I think the "rumor" is CFW MIGHT be part of the "lakeshore lodge" association so points will be able to be used between the two properties.(Similar to Poly OG and Poly Tower)

Reason this rumor started is because CFW is the first DVC property to use a "trust" and the proximity of lakeshore lodge to CFW.

Again this is all speculation/rumor so take it with a grain of salt.

Previous discussions of same issue.

Thread 'Reflections and Cabins at Fort Wilderness?'

May 8, 2024

Do we think Reflections could actually be another phase of the Cabins at Fort Wilderness?

Disney Requests 5-Year Extension for ‘Reflections’ DVC Hotel Permit Following COVID-19 “Delay”

• PolyRob
• Replies: 21
• Forum: Purchasing DVC

• 

Awesome if true.

 

[DoubleBaconBLT]

Dues are assessed and paid on a calendar year basis. If buying direct, the buyer will pay the same amount of dues, prorated from date they sign the purchase papers, regardless of UY.

Paying or reimbursing dues based on UY of points being purchased is something that’s negotiated when buying resale but is irrelevant when buying direct.

Sure, but if you buy a Dec UY direct contract in January, you're paying 11 months of dues until you receive your next allotment of points. If you buy that same Dec UY direct contract in November, you receive the exact same number of total points, but pay 10 months less in dues. It makes little sense to buy a direct contract right after your UY, and makes much more sense to buy direct right before your UY. You get the prior year's points to either "emergency bank" if they will allow it, or to sell back via Magical Beginnings. You get your next set of points soon. You pay less in total dues on the contract vs buying right after your UY.

 

[CarolynFH]

Sure, but if you buy a Dec UY direct contract in January, you're paying 11 months of dues until you receive your next allotment of points. If you buy that same Dec UY direct contract in November, you receive the exact same number of total points, but pay 10 months less in dues. It makes little sense to buy a direct contract right after your UY, and makes much more sense to buy direct right before your UY. You get the prior year's points to either "emergency bank" if they will allow it, or to sell back via Magical Beginnings. You get your next set of points soon. You pay less in total dues on the contract vs buying right after your UY.

I must disagree, because to me dues being assessed on calendar year basis means they are completely separate from UY.

If you bought a December UY in January 2025, you got 2024 points. You could bank them if you wanted, without asking for "emergency permission," you could sell them back via MB, or (gasp) you have 11 months to use them in 2025 to stay at a DVC resort without banking them! And you paid 12 months of dues - for calendar year 2025. You're not "paying 11 months of dues until you get your next allotment of points" - you're getting a year's worth of points right then.

If you waited until November 2025 to buy those December UY points, you got 2024 points, but you only have 1 month to use them for a resort reservation, and only if you ask for and are granted emergency banking (which is actually routinely granted for direct purchases). And you only paid 1 month of dues, for the remaining part of calendar year 2025.

Are you saying that if in January someone decides they want to buy into DVC, and they decide a December UY is best for them, they should wait until November to make that purchase?

 

[Brian Noble]

Maybe? Depends on when they can start using the points. The reasons to wait to later in the UY: pay lower dues, more time to save towards/earn interest on the purchase price. The reasons to buy earlier: prices generally only go up, have use of points earlier.

For example, I bough late in my '24 UY, and I already had my '25 UY DVC stays covered through timeshare exchnages. So, I didn't "need" the points for anything in particular anytime soon. I ended up selling my 24UY points back, and was able to bank most of my 25UY points into 26.

I did sneak in an unexpected trip during my 25UY, because why not? But that was gravy.