If you rent from DVC rental store, do you get to count that stay as a “Disney Resort Stay” for the purposes of Park Pass Reservations or do you need to use up your 5?
If you rent from DVC rental store, do you get to count that stay as a “Disney Resort Stay” for the purposes of Park Pass Reservations or do you need to use up your 5?
Deleted as I think I misunderstood your question. But in general, there is no difference between a DVC rental reservation and a direct booking once in MDE.
Once your rental is secured, you will be provided with the reservation confirmation number which you can then link to your MDE account. The system doesn't know (or care) if you have a DVC rental and you are not a DVC member yourself.
If you rent from DVC rental store, do you get to count that stay as a “Disney Resort Stay” for the purposes of Park Pass Reservations or do you need to use up your 5?
Yes. It doesn't matter how the reservation was make, just a long as it's at a Disney owned & operated resort or one of the select good neighbor hotels that get those benefits.