DVC resort sales history + Retail price history?

[disneyberry]

okay, veterans. i just need some help w/ the more recent price history.

i jotted down info from an old thread that PamOKW posted about older price history, but that only went through Jan 2001 when the price went up from $67/pt to $72/pt.

so, what happened after Jan 2001 to get us to the present $84/pt price?

 

[PamOKW]

Here's the more recent history

Mid-Jan. 2001 - Official date raised to $72
March 2001 an increase to $75 announced for June
March? 2002 – Begin sales of BCV
June 2002 -- $80 per point
Dec 1, 2002 -- $84 per point (announced early Oct.)

 

[disneyberry]

thanks, Pam!
btw, i realized i also don't know the sale history for the resorts.

when was BWV announced?
when did they do BWV presales?
when did BWV open?
when did BWV "sell out" ... as they call it?

same questions for VWL and BCV.
can anyone help? thanks.

oh, and also, are presales prices usually lower than retail price?

 

[PamOKW]

I haven't got all the "history" handy at the moment. I can tell you that BWV did not have any pre-sale. I don't think VWL did either, certainly nothing like BCV. BCV was unusual in that they started sales several months before the resort opened. They offered a special cash back or "free" room nights to help cover the time period where people would own points but not have a "home" resort where they could be used (they also could not be used for any other purpose until the resort opened.)

The price for all DVCs is always the same. The only way they can make a price difference is by a special offer like MB or something like the above mentioned special.

 

[ncligs]

Point Cost History (compiled with input from DIS Board posters)
Pre-Construction - $48(? pt. minimum)
Oct. 7, 1991 - OKW Opens $51
Dec. '91 - $51
Jan. '92 -$51 (230 pt. minimum)
Feb. '92 - $51
July-Aug. '92 - $54.50
11/1/92 - Official date raised to $56
May '93 - $56 (190 pt. minimum)
July '93 - $57.50
Jan. '94 - $57.50 (190 pt. minimum)
March '94 - Announce Newport, CA plans
April '94 - $59 Increase in June announced
6/15/94 - Official date raised to $60.50
Nov. '94 -Approx. date raised to $61.50
7/1/95 - Official date raised to $62.75 October '95 - Vero Opens
March '96 - HHI Opens
May '96 - $62.75
July '96 - BWV Opens
May '97 - $62.75 (150 pt. minimum)
May '98 - $62.75
1998 - OKW Sells-out
1998 - Announce WLV
Jan. '99 - $65
Oct. '99 - $65 (notice of OKW selling out)
Mid-May 2000 - Official date to $67
June 2000 - $67
Nov. 2000 - WLV Opens (sales start Dec.)
Mid-Jan. 2001 - Official date raised to $72
March 2001 an increase to $75 announced for June
March? 2002 – Begin sales of BCV
June 2002 -- $80 per point
Dec 1, 2002 -- $84 per point (announced early Oct.)

 

[disneyberry]

thanks ncligs for the detailed history again. i didn't see some of those in the older posts.

yes, i guess i was getting confused 'cause people kept saying they bought BCV presales for $70/pt. guess that was actually $75/pt with $5/pt MB.

anyway, the history is interesting.
my observations:

it seems, for the first 4 years when there was only OKW, DVD raised prices a little at a time (every 4 to 8 mos) so that they got from $48 to $62.75.

then, this is strange to me, but amazingly the price held steady at $62.75 for over 3 years. what a long time w/ no price increase! i wonder why this was?
looks like VBR, HHI, and BWV all opened during those 3 years.

then, after they announced VWL, the price went up a teeny bit to $65.
and a few months before VWL opened, they raised it again to $67. at this point it looked like DVD might've gone back to raising 2 to 3 times a year 'cause they were up to $75 by summer 2001.

i guess probably the economy and 9/11 caused them to hold off on that and stay steady instead at $75 until last year?
and then they decided to test the market and go back to raises every 5 mos or so which got us here to $84/pt today.

so, i wonder if this means they were planning to go back to raising prices 2 to 3 times a year again?
except with the war and all...maybe not? hm...

interesting, and impossible to analyze, huh?

btw, does anyone have the dates that DVD officially announced BWV and VWL were "sold out"? have there been official "sold out" announcements yet for HHI?