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I’m only dealing with this ‘issue’ because of the current conversations from some on the chat who I think are proposing onerous solutions to many members like me who really aren’t impacted by bots or commercial renting…Or walking for that matter. None of these impact me at all. And although I may not be representative of the bulk of members, I don’t think I’m such a ‘rare’ find that the Smithsonian wants to put me on display!

I would say people who don't own at BW or want the special rooms at AK really don't have the issue to the same degree. BW is just cursed by the lock-off situation and odd point charts. I hear BC is not nearly as bad as BW for owners but only having one view probably helps.

I assume SSR owners and Poly owners never really have studio issues. If you don't mind resort studios even VGF seems to have plenty.

I go early May , and December which are popular but not like event weekends or some holidays so I don't get hit with the spec rental issue. If it is a blackout day or that popular I would not enjoy the parks anyway as I hate excessive crowds.

 

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I think with bots it's easy to stalk the website and catch all cancellations too. This change wouldn't block that.
Also, any member who votes no wouldn't be affected by the new rule, so it would stop future purchases, but it would do nothing for current commercial renters.

I think this is a misunderstanding of relevant law. They can stop spec renting by stopping name changes without rebooking without triggering the material rental rights clause.

The fact they can’t fill their deluxe hotel rooms is exactly why they are going to do it.

Yes, I don’t understand why this isn’t more obvious to people on the thread. While not everybody is comfortable renting, a lot of people are going to chose to stay at BWV for $450 a night renting points instead of $650 direct to Disney. Disney could demand increasingly huge premiums on Crescent Lake hotel rooms and the for profit rental industry was born.

It’s true that if Disney buys back a ton of points through trade in or ROFR they still need to fill the rooms…but if they don’t buy/trade anything and just tell owners that there are limits on renting, it’s not coming out of Disney’s pocket — either the owner travels more or they let the points go, and most of the would-be renters takes a room from hotel inventory.