DVC Direct Price Increase Coming February 2026

[Sandisw]

Deleted some posts discussing an active contract for sale.

 

[PolyRob]

Come join us! There are at least dozens of us here!

There may be a job change in my near future... if that happens I will have some more discretionary funds to play with

 

[ClaraOswald]

Maybe. I know I bought VDH before the last increase so even with incentives seeming higher I still paid less.

I'm sure I asked before and forgot...how much were your VDH points when you bought?

I've been having some VDH FOMO so I get it

I have this off and on. I wonder when VDH will sell out. And how much the price will increase each year between now and then.

 

[VGCgroupie]

I'm sure I asked before and forgot...how much were your VDH points when you bought?



I have this off and on. I wonder when VDH will sell out. And how much the price will increase each year between now and then.

I was at 57,100 for 300 points before magical beginnings.

 

[longboard55]

I bought VDH first round for existing owners and paid around $185 for 150 points. I really do not see how they can charge that much for Aulani. The big issue on VDH and Aulani is they make more by selling rooms as hotels so they are in no hurry to sell out. Still best investment ever, we love our points.

 

[ClaraOswald]

I was at 57,100 for 300 points before magical beginnings.

Nice! Looks like 300 now would be $61,200 before MB.

 

[juliebee]

The price change for VDH is just $3/pt, and the incentives could be better after Feb 10. If you were purchasing VDH, do you make the agreement around Feb 8th and just hold signing until Feb 11th to see what is better?

 

[AstroBlasters]

The price change for VDH is just $3/pt, and the incentives could be better after Feb 10. If you were purchasing VDH, do you make the agreement around Feb 8th and just hold signing until Feb 11th to see what is better?

I haven’t ever seen the incentives get better in the Spring…. have you?

 

[juliebee]

I haven’t ever seen the incentives get better in the Spring…. have you?

I haven't been watching/analyzing direct pricing long enough to know

 

[VGCgroupie]

The price change for VDH is just $3/pt, and the incentives could be better after Feb 10. If you were purchasing VDH, do you make the agreement around Feb 8th and just hold signing until Feb 11th to see what is better?

You don’t have to hold off on signing. You can still change to the new incentives even if you have signed. But no harm in not signing either.

 

[DisneyFanSea]

I've been having some VDH FOMO so I get it

I have VDH and I still have VDH (addonitis) FOMO

 

[Patmcpsu]

I’m feeling some pressure at RIV too, knowing they once it sells out that’s a massive game changer for RIV points. That’s what made me add on my last 100 at RIV!

I'm trying to understand how this would be a game changer. Is it just a matter of no new points entering the system? Anything specific about resale restrictions? I pictured the sellout not being any seismic shift, just the beginning of RIV points slowly sifting from direct to resale, with RIV availability becoming worse-and-worse over the years.

 

[tx911]

I'm trying to understand how this would be a game changer. Is it just a matter of no new points entering the system? Anything specific about resale restrictions? I pictured the sellout not being any seismic shift, just the beginning of RIV points slowly sifting from direct to resale, with RIV availability becoming worse-and-worse over the years.

I just meant that once Riv is sold out, the only readily available Riv points for purchase will be restricted.

 

[walt34]

I just meant that once Riv is sold out, the only readily available Riv points for purchase will be restricted.

With the large difference between direct and resale prices for RIV, I'd be very surprised if they stop selling direct. It's the main advantage they get from the resale restrictions. It will be interesting to see what price they'll be charging. It might be lower than other sold out resorts.

 

[tx911]

With the large difference between direct and resale prices for RIV, I'd be very surprised if they stop selling direct. It's the main advantage they get from the resale restrictions. It will be interesting to see what price they'll be charging. It might be lower than other sold out resorts.

To the extent they can I’m sure they will. But the availability will be low and they will be very expensive!

 

[walt34]

To the extent they can I’m sure they will. But the availability will be low and they will be very expensive!

They can easily ROFR 50% of all RIV resale transactions. They won't have availability to require promotion (until they eventually decide to tear down another Caribbean Beach village) but given the size of RIV and the nature of the restrictions, I believe availability will be ok and I'd be surprised if prices end up quite that high.

 

[airjay75]

It will be interesting to see what happens with RIV, both direct and resale, as it sells out. I would bet they will move the "sold out" pricing initially to $250+. CCV is currently at $255, VGF at $265, and those are the last two resorts to go into "sold out" status. I'd bet somewhere around there (or whatever the new prices are in February). If they have enough direct points, they may occasionally offer sales, and that could be part of the longer-term strategy with restricted resorts - buy cheap resale through ROFR and resell direct.

But, I still think the core business model of DVC (or any timeshare) is to sell newly built, actively selling resorts. Part of how you do that is to say, wow, look at the deal you can get on this new resort! And, you better get it before it sells out because look at what the prices will be after that! And, even if you offer periodic "flash sales" on sold out resorts (see, e.g., current CCV sale), the incentives are not going to be anything like what you get on the actively selling resorts. And, some people will still pay that premium because they want those direct points (such as, potentially myself! haha).

RIV will also be the first restricted resort with abundant resale inventory to go into sold out status. I think there is an argument that RIV resale pricing could slightly increase or at least stabilize at somewhere around $120 or $125 per point. The way you look at resale RIV is going to be slightly different if your only choice is direct at $265/point or resale at $125/point. Today, if you by enough RIV points, you can get that direct price down to the $180s - sure, resale is cheeper, but given the restrictions on resale, easy to see why people will pay that premium if they want RIV points for the long term.

So, @tx911, if you want more direct RIV points, act now!

 

[muppets3d]

I don't expect RIV to ever actually "sell out" like VGC has with a wait list for direct points. Eventually they'll sell out and raise the price and end most promotions like all past resorts, but I just don't see RIV being in that kind of demand. WDW isn't like DLR - there are plenty of resorts and they have room to keep building more.

 

[airjay75]

They can easily ROFR 50% of all RIV resale transactions.

They could, but will they? We just don't know yet. And, if they start ROFR'ing 50% of all RIV resale points, that could push the price per point higher too. And, although all of us on these boards pay a lot of attention to the resale market, I think it still represents a very small percentage of all points. Still, the resale restrictions clearly keep prices depressed, and give Disney more options on how they want to approach things going forward. Time will tell.

I don't expect RIV to ever actually "sell out" like VGC has with a wait list for direct points.

Agreed. Hard to see that being the case with any WDW resort. Of course, that doesn't mean they will offer "flash sales" on direct RIV points (or, if they do, how often). Probably just going to depend on the inventory of points they have and perceived demand. It will be interesting to see how it plays out.

 

[jcolvin5]

It will be interesting to see what happens with RIV, both direct and resale, as it sells out. I would bet they will move the "sold out" pricing initially to $250+. CCV is currently at $255, VGF at $265, and those are the last two resorts to go into "sold out" status. I'd bet somewhere around there (or whatever the new prices are in February). If they have enough direct points, they may occasionally offer sales, and that could be part of the longer-term strategy with restricted resorts - buy cheap resale through ROFR and resell direct.

But, I still think the core business model of DVC (or any timeshare) is to sell newly built, actively selling resorts. Part of how you do that is to say, wow, look at the deal you can get on this new resort! And, you better get it before it sells out because look at what the prices will be after that! And, even if you offer periodic "flash sales" on sold out resorts (see, e.g., current CCV sale), the incentives are not going to be anything like what you get on the actively selling resorts. And, some people will still pay that premium because they want those direct points (such as, potentially myself! haha).

RIV will also be the first restricted resort with abundant resale inventory to go into sold out status. I think there is an argument that RIV resale pricing could slightly increase or at least stabilize at somewhere around $120 or $125 per point. The way you look at resale RIV is going to be slightly different if your only choice is direct at $265/point or resale at $125/point. Today, if you by enough RIV points, you can get that direct price down to the $180s - sure, resale is cheeper, but given the restrictions on resale, easy to see why people will pay that premium if they want RIV points for the long term.

So, @tx911, if you want more direct RIV points, act now!

This lines up pretty closely with how we’re thinking about RIV right now as existing owners.

RIV feels very likely to follow the CCV / VGF playbook once it’s declared sold out. A $250+ sticker price wouldn’t surprise me at all, especially if that number conveniently anchors the “see what you missed by not buying while it was actively selling” narrative Disney likes to reinforce. Even if incentives pop up occasionally, I’d expect them to be modest and opportunistic rather than anything resembling the current direct-buy economics while it’s still in sales mode.

I also agree that the real engine of the DVC business is, and always has been, new inventory. That’s where the strongest incentives live, and where Disney can most effectively contrast “today’s deal” with tomorrow’s prices. Sold-out resorts serve more as price anchors and occasional pressure valves via ROFR buybacks and limited resales, not as true value plays.

Where RIV is genuinely different is the combination of restricted resale + deep resale inventory heading into sell-out. That’s new territory. I think you’re right that resale pricing likely stabilizes or even ticks up modestly once the alternative becomes $260+ direct. A $120–125 resale price looks very different when the direct option is that far out of reach, especially for buyers who already have blue card access and just want long-term RIV usage.

For us, that’s exactly why adding more direct RIV before sell-out still makes sense. The effective price with incentives today (just below $30K for 150 pts w/retired military discount) is dramatically lower than the post–sell-out world is likely to offer, and the long-term value proposition changes once Riviera becomes “one of those resorts you wish you’d bought when you could.” At that point, the premium for direct points becomes psychological as much as financial - and Disney knows that.

So yes, I think your framework is right: resale RIV may firm up, direct RIV will almost certainly reprice higher, and people will still pay that premium because they want those points specifically, for the long haul (2070!!). Some of us may even be raising our hands alongside you when that happens.