Future DVC Resort Location

[MinnieMouse100]

Would you pay $180 per point to buy (and, ideally, convince about 10,000 of your closest friends to join you)?

DVC has taken three forays into non-park development and all 3 have been plagued by the same issues:
1) More expensive to build. The land alone can cost tens-of-millions of dollars, vs the land they already own at WDW.
2) Less demand from buyers.

Combine those two factors and profit margins are much, much lower. It requires more capital up front and it takes more time & thus more expense to sell.

I fear Aulani will be the last off-site. During the sales process, DVC can leverage RCI and other trading programs to help promote the occasional off-site usage. They'd much rather sell you Copper Creek points, while showing an RCI brochure with available destinations in Colorado, Washington DC, Las Vegas, Lake Tahoe, etc.

I wouldn’t buy there simply because I am in NC so it’s not convenient for me for regular stays, however if I was a west coaster I absolutely would. I do agree however that the risk is too high to build more non-park DVC, it would just be nice to have more variety. We can dream.

 

[suebeelin]

I'm not sure I would agree with that--we have tourists here all year round and the ski areas are busy in the summer (the activities are different, but they are open and running)--and getting busier in the summer every year. While there are certainly times when I think it would be nice if we only had tourists during the November-April ski season, that just simply isn't the case.

That said, I don't know that a DVC here in Colorado would be a money maker for Disney--land costs in the mountains and labor costs to staff the resort would be sky high. I shudder to think what the membership dues would be.

We were at keystone for a wedding this past summer. Altitude sickness would be a HUGE issue. I was glad the kids weren’t with us. Half the wedding party had altitude sickness and did not enjoy themselves.

The altitude sickness would be a major issue imo for a DVC resort there. Especially if you have young kids or elderly.

Plus every afternoon there was hail- the lifts were closed right during the wedding party pictures with half the party stuck st the top of the mountain. They almost missed the ceremony.