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[MrsPiglet]

My friend just called from Branson. She purchased a timeshare with some resort and claims that she gets one week inside of disney for $199.00. Could this be true??

 

[jdkdorn]

Many timeshares promise that they can exchange into DVC but that is not totally true. While we exchange with Interval Internation it is very hard to get DVC. Our rooms are usually full of owners yrear round. I own at Beach Club and have been on a waitlist for 4 months for a day in Oct.
The comapnies use this as a ploy to get you to sign and then when you try to book they tell you that there is not availability. Another thing they might have bought is a timeshare that exchanges with Marriott. Marritt is building a timeshare in Downtown Disney so that would be "in" Disney.

I hope this helped
Judy

P.s. You may want to look into DVC if you go a lot and really love Disney

 

[gw_lit]

My friend just called from Branson. She purchased a timeshare with some resort and claims that she gets one week inside of disney for $199.00. Could this be true??

My guess would be she bought a timeshare with Fairfield Resorts. They have a new property in Orlando (Bonnet Creek) that is surrounded by Disney, but not actually on Disney property. So, I guess since its surrounded by Disney property, "inside Disney" is technically true. Fairfield has a couple of other Orlando resorts also.

 

[AJKMOM]

A week in Disney for $199? I doubt it, but keep us posted.

 

[DisneyFreaks]

My guess would be she bought a timeshare with Fairfield Resorts. They have a new property in Orlando (Bonnet Creek) that is surrounded by Disney, but not actually on Disney property. So, I guess since its surrounded by Disney property, "inside Disney" is technically true. Fairfield has a couple of other Orlando resorts also.

My DS and DBIL just got back last week from the Fairfield Resorts in the Smokey Mountains. They toured the time share properties and were offered a pretty sweet deal. They were told they could have a week in any of the Fairfield Resorts and that included the new one at Bonnet Creek for just about that price the OP quoted.

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

My friend just called from Branson. She purchased a timeshare with some resort and claims that she gets one week inside of disney for $199.00. Could this be true??

It could be they threw in a one time deal of a one week stay at a sister property in Orlando in one of the units they use for the out of towners who "win the contest." you sign up for at the mall. It probably doesn't include tickets, nor transportation.

 

[DisneyFreaks]

It probably doesn't include tickets, nor transportation.

It didn't for my sister. Just a week at the villa itself.

 

[BabyPiglet]

Thanks for the input. My friend basically bought into this timeshare to go to Disney for two weeks a year for 199. I warned her there was no way, to save her monthly payments or make reservations and send that amount to disney and she could have a nice room without any contracts. I just spoke with her and she is convinced she will stay at the wilderness for 199 two weeks for less than 400.

 

[zurgswife]

I'd love to know which timeshare company it is.....

 

[JimC]

...Another thing they might have bought is a timeshare that exchanges with Marriott. Marritt is building a timeshare in Downtown Disney so that would be "in" Disney...

I think you mean Fairfield Resort's Bonnet Creek property that is landlocked by Disney, but not on Disney owned property. As far as I know the only Marriott Vacation Club under construction in Orlando is Grande Vista -- over on International Drive (near Sea World).

Marriott does have Horizon's by Marriott Vacation Club in Branson. There is a second Horizon by Marriott in Orlando, but again it is near Sea World.

 

[JimC]

Thanks for the input. My friend basically bought into this timeshare to go to Disney for two weeks a year for 199. I warned her there was no way, to save her monthly payments or make reservations and send that amount to disney and she could have a nice room without any contracts. I just spoke with her and she is convinced she will stay at the wilderness for 199 two weeks for less than 400.

Probably $199 plus what she paid for the timeshare and her annual dues. Orlando has lots of timeshares -- many quite nice -- so she will likely get to Orlando. I don't know how much DVC inventory is available for trade, but my guess is not much.

 

[Dean]

Thanks for the input. My friend basically bought into this timeshare to go to Disney for two weeks a year for 199. I warned her there was no way, to save her monthly payments or make reservations and send that amount to disney and she could have a nice room without any contracts. I just spoke with her and she is convinced she will stay at the wilderness for 199 two weeks for less than 400.

If they're still in their recesion period, they should cancel. While the options may be there, the availability never will be. They will be extremely disappointed.

 

[gjw007]

Thanks for the input. My friend basically bought into this timeshare to go to Disney for two weeks a year for 199. I warned her there was no way, to save her monthly payments or make reservations and send that amount to disney and she could have a nice room without any contracts. I just spoke with her and she is convinced she will stay at the wilderness for 199 two weeks for less than 400.

I would follow Dean's advice and pull out of the contract. If she doesn't believe so, have the company try to make reservations for the Wilderness Lodge. It should give her a better understanding. I don't know if having it in writing that she can get into official Disney resorts and hotels easiliy would be helpful or not. I suspect a court would frown on the timeshare company for a promise that it can't deliver and may be a way for her to void the contract as well (the timeshare company would never sign this and should be an indication of the availability). If she pulls out of the contract while doing further research, she can always go back and sign it again in the future.

 

[Y-ASK]

My friend just called from Branson. She purchased a timeshare with some resort and claims that she gets one week inside of disney for $199.00. Could this be true??

Could you please find out the exact name of the timeshare or resort that is offering this deal? More curious than anything else...

Thanks,
Y-ASK

 

[tamu91]

I also believe they purchased Fairfield and $199 inside WDW is just a sales spin. And like Dean, I recommend you call your friend and advise her to recind the offer. Buying Timeshares from developers are never a good idea.

 

[Doug Wolfe]

When I read this the first thing that came to mind that instead of giving them a DVC property for the $199, they would only get a standard hotel room.

Who knows?

 

[Horace Horsecollar]

All DVC resorts are in the Interval International (I.I.) catalog. To the degree that DVC deposits weeks with I.I. to facilitate exchanges by DVC members, it is possible for lucky owners of weeks at other I.I.-affiliated resorts to trade into DVC resorts. So, yes, it's possible to trade into DVC by owning at another timeshare resort, depositing a week, and paying an exchange fee. The demand greatly exceeds the supply, so it takes great trading power, advance planning, flexibility, and luck to be successful.

I've traded into 1BR at OKW with an I.I. "bonus week" certificate (which I obtained in addition to a regular I.I. trade by depositing a high-demand Marriott week). So I know it can be done.

However, it's a big mistake to rely on the ability to trade into DVC. The only way to reliably book timeshare stays at DVC reports is own DVC points, ideally at the DVC resort where you want to stay most often.

An honest salesman (who used to be a performer in Disney-MGM's Indy Stunt Show) at Marriott's Kauai Beach Club told me that, despite Kauai Beach Club's excellent trading power, he tells buyers that they should not expect to be able to trade into DVC. Keep in mind that Marriott's Kauai Beach Club is in the top tier of I.I.'s "food chain" for timeshare exchanges -- far higher than any timeshare resort in Branson.

Unfortunately, there are plenty of timeshare salespeople who are willing to mislead buyers in order to close a sale.

 

[NJOYURLIFE]

I agree it can be done, but there can be no guarantee and your friends are being set up for disappointment. Also, it would probably be a smaller unit size in a low season week. Spending alot of money on a timeshare with the slim possibility of a DVC trade is NOT a good idea.

I am told if I play the lottery I can win.....

 

[CarolA]

My friend just called from Branson. She purchased a timeshare with some resort and claims that she gets one week inside of disney for $199.00. Could this be true??

Voting on a week at the Fairfield MAYBE!

 

[Cruelladeville]

Without again mentioning everything else that has been said--and I agree with everyone else--hasn't your friend considered that this is totally impossible, since dues alone are around $665 per year, every year, and she hasn't done anything except sign a piece of paper? She has given them somewhere around $20,000, agreed to $665 per year for dues, and gotten nothing but promises. My sister has a Marriott that she has used for 4 years to try to trade into Disney, and she never managed it, except to trade in two bedrooms for a studio. I don't call that a good deal. Your friend needs to find out EXACTLY what she is getting for her money, and soon!