DVCNews.com February 2026 Direct Sales Article

[Cfabar1]

The resale market is here to stay... this isn't like 1994 where finding sellers and connecting to them pre-internet was challenging...

there will continue to be visibility given to the resale market... which means Disney will need to differentiate their product from resale...

I'm not sure practically what else they will be able to do at this point....

One thought... Blue Card members staying on blue card points at new resorts would be comped for parking, and white card/resale points at new resorts would be ineligible for free parking...

Perhaps cleaning fees/service charges that are waived for Blue Card members when staying on direct ownership points?

Perhaps certain in-room amenities/supplies that are only for Blue Card members?

They've got a long time to work through this... my contracts have another 40 years for the accountants to get "creative"...

 

[Sandisw]

The resale market is here to stay... this isn't like 1994 where finding sellers and connecting to them pre-internet was challenging...

there will continue to be visibility given to the resale market... which means Disney will need to differentiate their product from resale...

I'm not sure practically what else they will be able to do at this point....

One thought... Blue Card members staying on blue card points at new resorts would be comped for parking, and white card/resale points at new resorts would be ineligible for free parking...

Perhaps cleaning fees/service charges that are waived for Blue Card members when staying on direct ownership points?

Perhaps certain in-room amenities/supplies that are only for Blue Card members?

They've got a long time to work through this... my contracts have another 40 years for the accountants to get "creative"...

Parking lots are common elements and part of operating costs…it’s paid for by dues.

Owners canf be charged additonal fees.

 

[VGCgroupie]

I thought there would be a fire sale before the recent spike in gas prices. But I think the spike in gas prices--assuming it's still here at the start of summer (and by that I mean Memorial Day Weekend, two months from now)--will almost guarantee that DVC is going to have to do some cost cutting to move inventory before LSL opens. So I'm on team fire sale for RIV.

I strongly disagree. Gas prices will have zero impact on a fire sale for RIV or larger incentives for any resort for that matter. We shall see who is right, but every time in the last several years someone comes quoting current economic climate and presumed upcoming climate impacting DVC’s decision making is always wrong.

 

[VGCgroupie]

I strongly disagree. Gas prices will have zero impact on a fire sale for RIV or larger incentives for any resort for that matter. We shall see who is right, but every time in the last several years someone comes quoting current economic climate and presumed upcoming climate impacting DVC’s decision making is always wrong.

I will add a pandemic is MUCH different than gas prices or the economy for that matter. There are not many things that have ever shut down the parks in their history, so not the same imo.

 

[Cfabar1]

Parking lots are common elements and part of operating costs…it’s paid for by dues.

Owners canf be charged additonal fees.

could that change with a new resort though? especially if it were a cash/dvc hybrid? keep the parking element out of that bucket?

 

[Sandisw]

could that change with a new resort though? especially if it were a cash/dvc hybrid? keep the parking element out of that bucket?

No because again, having a parking lot is essential to a resort.

If is not part of the association, then who pays for it?

That is also why when WDW was charging for parking at their resorts, DVC owners using points for WDW rooms couldn’t be charged because we already pay.

WDW eliminated that after a short time.

Membership extras…blue card benefits..are incidental and not everything can be moved to that.

 

[maui22]

If PVB keeps averaging 80k points per month, there are still more than 2 years of sales. 26+ months to reach 97% (excluding points Disney re-acquires). Disney could declare it’s sold out earlier or later,
but still plenty of time and points there.

I would be smiling if I worked for DVD knowing it’s likely Riviera sells out next year and Polynesian in 2028.

From what I recall, sold out resort see an increase in sales as they get closer. FOMO sales.

On top of that, they get the boost of LSL next year.

 

[airjay75]

I think the article was saying PIT will sell out 2.5 years from when it opened and RIV is on track to sell out 1.5 years from now which means they’re both on track to sell out mid-2027.

Just correcting myself. As @maui22 just pointed out, PIT has at least two years left at current pace, if not 2.5 years. I misread the article.

So, PIT is likely going to be in active sales well into 2028. RIV probably sells out sometime in 2027 at current pace.

So, LSL is the new and shiny DVC starting in 2027.

RIV is the 2027 FOMO resort.

PVB is the 2028 FOMO resort.

 

[disneylandtour]

I strongly disagree. Gas prices will have zero impact on a fire sale for RIV or larger incentives for any resort for that matter. We shall see who is right, but every time in the last several years someone comes quoting current economic climate and presumed upcoming climate impacting DVC’s decision making is always wrong.

It will be interesting to see. If the war continues, gas/oil prices will contribute to higher food and services, higher heating, higher jet fuel, etc. If that goes on, it will lead to families having less disposable income, which I think will affect DVC--right at a time when they have a very large inventory at the Florida resort. So I'm guessing that something in this--again assuming prices remain high--something's gotta give.

 

[VGCgroupie]

It will be interesting to see. If the war continues, gas/oil prices will contribute to higher food and services, higher heating, higher jet fuel, etc. If that goes on, it will lead to families having less disposable income, which I think will affect DVC--right at a time when they have a very large inventory at the Florida resort. So I'm guessing that something in this--again assuming prices remain high--something's gotta give.

We are still about a year off potentially from LSL going up for sale. We will see. Im just saying people always predict doom and gloom for Disney based off how they think the world economics are trending and its always wrong. The pandemic is the exception to this since like I said, it’s really the only that has ever completely shut the parks down. Aside from that it’s just people guessing how world events will impact peoples bank accounts and vacation spending.

 

[airjay75]

To add, a lot of Disney's revenue growth in the parks has been coming from increased spending per visitor, not from huge increases in actual attendance. Those doing well have continued to do well in our economy, and when they visit Disney, they seem all too happy to spend as much money as they like. Perhaps there is a limit to that, but, so far, there has been little evidence of that. Could a prolonged spike in oil prices be the breaking point? Maybe, but first we have to actually have a prolonged spike - personally, I'm not at all convinced even that will happen.

 

[VGCgroupie]

To add, a lot of Disney's revenue growth in the parks has been coming from increased spending per visitor, not from huge increases in actual attendance. Those doing well have continued to do well in our economy, and when they visit Disney, they seem all too happy to spend as much money as they like. Perhaps there is a limit to that, but, so far, there has been little evidence of that. Could a prolonged spike in oil prices be the breaking point? Maybe, but first we have to actually have a prolonged spike - personally, I'm not at all convinced even that will happen.

Yeah I mean right now the price of gas where I live is similar to what it was it was in 2023. Im not saying prices aren't rising but they aren't at an all time high by any means.