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That's assuming the room is occupied 365 days
Which room? Riviera? Doesn't matter because it's sold to be occupied 365 days.
That's assuming the room is occupied 365 days
Actually I had mentioned that I thought that art of animation and Pop Century should be paying considerably more towards the gondola dues and Caribbean beach also considerably more of the gondola dues than Riviera since those resorts have thousands of rooms but Riviera only has 300 rooms. It wouldn’t even be fair to split it four ways. It should be based on how many rooms there are and how occupied they are. When I said the rooms run over 90% occupancy I was talking about art of animation, Pop Century And Caribbean beachWhich room? Riviera? Doesn't matter because it's sold to be occupied 365 days.
I thought they could only sell enough points for 51 weeks, not 52 weeks.Which room? Riviera? Doesn't matter because it's sold to be occupied 365 days.
Correct they are only allowed to sell 51 of the 52 use weeks. The extra 1 use week not sold is where inventory comes from for maintenance work. The reason DVC owns 2% in each unit minimum (not really for maintenance that’s the selling of only 51 weeks) is so that they can maintain voting rights for that unit and maintain “skin in the game” so to speak.I thought they could only sell enough points for 51 weeks, not 52 weeks.
I do not agree with the price structure of charging the resorts. IMO that is on Disney.... you want people in the parks, than provide a way to get there.
If the rooms were empty from the night before, this wouldn't be the case. I'd be shocked if they don't run greater than 90% occupancy year round.
Wow.Kind of like the renovated lobby at the Polynesian paid for by DVC dues.
They should have given money back for that mess.Kind of like the renovated lobby at the Polynesian paid for by DVC dues.
Maybe some involved more closely with the BCV/BWV dues & transportation issue a few years ago can chime in but IIRC, the costs are divided up more by potential usage than actual usage. And also IIRC, it's by density (# of people per room) rather than per room in such a way that DVC tends to pay more than the resort of the resort(s). But as noted, it's all covered by the owners at Riviera only for the DVC portion.I'd be very curious to know how they split the costs between the resorts.
The most reasonable way would be to split it by room occupancy: since the two values have more rooms, they should pay more.
Another way would be to split it "by stations". There are three stations: AoA-PC, CB and DRR, so DRR will pay 1/3 of the costs. This would be doubly unfair, because of the room count and because the DRR station will be used by half CB rooms as it's more convenient to them.
So the first option is fair, the second is unfair but would put a lot of the costs on the shoulders of DRR owners saving Disney millions over the next 50 years. What do you think Disney has chosen to do?
Concerning...Kind of like the renovated lobby at the Polynesian paid for by DVC dues.
It really didn’t. The lobby was renovated as a part of the addition of the villas to Poly. So the sale of the DVC there paid for the lobby likely but that was through the purchase price. Going forward DVC members are paying MF that include a capital cost. In that cost is baked in the replacement of common elements, which includes the lobby. Though the common elements are shared appropriately between the DVC resort side and the cash resort side. Something like the lobby costs would be shared based on occupancy numbers.Concerning...
That is true but it’s a very different statement than dues paid for the new lobby. It’s exactly why DVC was added to many places, pay for capital improvements through the direct sales, and increase occupancy rates.However, sometimes the deal that DVC has with Disney Hotels puts some requirements in them for DVC to take over spaces. DVC is always looking for new places to add onto the DVC product and sometimes they'll take a bad deal and just add it to the cost of purchasing. It was very interesting that nothing had changed in the Polynesian lobby until the time when DVC took over three buildings to convert to DVC villas.
No, it will be a cardio work out benefit....... even available to resale owners.Just wait until the GF to MK walkway is completed. VGF Transportation Line item will sky rocket. It costs a lot of money to air condition a walkway!
I disagree.I would imagine the higher dues is because the liability insurance for an aerial gondola is substantially higher than a bus or a monorail.