DVC lounge?

[kbender23]

There is not a DVC lounge at any park is there? I know they have the Chase lounge at Epcot during food and wine and I am wondering why they can't make that a DVC lounge the rest of the year with free soda and charging stations and a place to relax with air conditioning. Has there ever been a lounge in the parks for DVC members?

 

[erionm]

There is not a DVC lounge at any park is there?

Nope

I know they have the Chase lounge at Epcot during food and wine and I am wondering why they can't make that a DVC lounge the rest of the year with free soda and charging stations and a place to relax with air conditioning.

$$$. Disney is not going to let someone use that space for free.

Has there ever been a lounge in the parks for DVC members?

Not that I'm aware of.

 

[Chuck S]

The Chase lounge at EPCOT, if I remember correctly, is often located in the unused Wonders of Life pavilion. That would mean more employees and so forth to open that pavilion. One possibility, if Disney wanted to do so. would be to set up a charging station and beverage station in the old Communicore West area. There is a large portion of that building that is currently unused, but always open to the public and air conditioned. The same building houses the Character meet and greets and the Starbucks (Fountain View), and the Coca Cola tasting. The question is, could DVC Marketing justify the cost to use this area as advertising and member lounge? But the same area has been used for seller stalls during special events, like Flower and Garden.

 

[erionm]

The Chase lounge at EPCOT, if I remember correctly, is often located in the unused Wonders of Life pavilion.

For the last few years, the Chase Cardholder Lounge has been upstairs in the American Adventure Pavilion.

 

[SnowWhite2]

Here it comes...wait for it....I don't want to pay for a DVC members lounge in the parks!

If you want to lounge, hop over to the closest DVC resort and lounge, find a plug to charge your phone and then come back to the park.

 

[Chuck S]

Here it comes...wait for it....I don't want to pay for a DVC members lounge in the parks!

If you want to lounge, hop over to the closest DVC resort and lounge, find a plug to charge your phone and then come back to the park.

Actually, I was hoping it would come from the DVC marketing budget, not the members dues budget items, seeing a few little inexpensive extra perks in the parks would be a good sales tool. I agree, I wouldn't want it to be dues funded.

 

[supersnoop]

DVC doesn't have a marketing budget, DVD does. And DVD doesn't want to provide any benefits for resale buyers.

 

[jerseyduke]

DVC doesn't have a marketing budget, DVD does. And DVD doesn't want to provide any benefits for resale buyers.

What is the difference? DVD got their money for the contract when it was sold originally. They are now selling the things faster than they can build them. And ROFR could be exercised for everything, and the resale market destroyed if they wanted to.

They just dont want to spend the money (and that may be rightfully so) If they thought there was business benefit to it, I am sure they would.

 

[dvc_john]

Has there ever been a lounge in the parks for DVC members?

I recall that at one time for awhile there was a DVC lounge in EPCOT. I can't remember exactly where, maybe in the Land Pavilion.
But that was a long time ago.

Also, briefly, they had a DVC ice cream social in the middle of the afternoon in the Garden Grille restaurant. Members got a free sundae, and some Disney characters roamed about. Again, that was a looong time ago.

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

There was a AAA lounge at MK. In Tomorrowland off to the side of Buzz Lightyear, next to the stage where the Stitch meet & greet usually is, there is a gate. There is a path to a little lounge area where AAA members used to be able to get a soda and relax in the A/C. That closed in 2006 or so, and they started the AAA story time in Exposition Hall. And that had a rather short life, if I recall correctly.

I think it depends on how much exposure/benefit the sponsor gets from hosting the area. I also think it depends on whether WDW feels like that is a good use of the space, or if it would be better to keep it empty or reserve it for private special events. The Chase lounge at F&W is lovely, but it is only there for the duration of the festival. The rest of the year that space is for rent for events.

We might visit a DVC lounge if one existed, but if it was used for marketing it wouldn't be a member lounge. It would be a SALES lounge, meaning the people in it would not be members.