It's not a guaranteed benefit, but you can easily $300+ per person on an AP renewal if the Sorcerer Pass interests you. That combined with dining discounts and membership extras would tip the scale for me compared to PVB resale. I also prefer VGF overall to PVB so there is also that.
Temporary Sidetrack:
Just a note that AP's are not guaranteed as
@PolyRob stated. To expand: we've just gone a couple years without them until they came back earlier this year. Currently, there is not a discount on the AP, just the ability to buy the Sorcerer's Pass (the old Gold pass, I think) instead of whatever it is they are calling the Platinum Pass now (which anyone can buy, you don't have to be
DVC or FL resident). Prior to the pandemic, we used to get a discount on various APs (including the best, back in 2012 when they sold Premium Annual Passes - that included golf, waterparks, etc - with no blackout dates - for $399 per person).
In mid-2019, right before the pandemic, the Platinum Plus (which included golf at Oak Trail, waterparks, etc.) was $999 for DVC, but $1219 for general public and the regular Platinum (without the other) was $899 vs. $1119 for the general public. The Gold Pass (which is somewhat analogous to the Sorcerer was $699 for DVC members and FL residents only).
As you can see, APs have gone up tremendously. The Sorcerer is now $969...
Anyway, if you have a high point total and travel to WDW multiple times a year (or if you just stagger visits like early July one year and late June the next) you can see where an AP is worth it. That said, we discovered something during the pandemic, in that what the pandemic did to us is move us to use points elsewhere (we went to Aulani in 2021, 2022, and 2023!) and now we don't see ourselves going more than 2 years without going to Aulani...
Now back to regular programming...
