Considering the point total for direct blue card benefits has recently been increased to 150, how much higher can Disney logically go?
We bought in just over 2 years ago when the requirement was 75 points, it’s crazy to think it’s doubled in that short time. But with the increase to 150 points, that takes the total over a 1 full week studio stay at nearly every resort with a couple noticeable exceptions in the highest seasons. The price per point can continue to go higher no doubt, but haven’t they reached a point now where any future increases to points required would remove anyone who buys in for a full week in a studio from becoming a full member with the benefits of DVC ownership, further pushing people to just buy resale then anyway.
If Disney isn’t going to give them a blue card, what would be their incentive? Future resort stays? Surely that wouldn’t be enough.
DVC had been around for 20+ years when we bought in in 2019 at 75 points, to then double that in 2 years seems like Disney has over played their hand on that front, or at the very least reached a logical ceiling, no? Again, price per point is a whole other animal that seems to have no limit going forward.
We had recently considered buying more direct to assure when we leave our contracts to our daughters they’d both have blue cards, but at 150 points it was a bridge too far for us knowing we already had a blue card, and had no guarantee the girls would want them or could afford them later. I can only imagine a new person buying in now having a real problem not getting the blue card if they were buying in at the studio level. Or is it that blue card membership benefits have eroded so much that the only difference in the future may just be the new resorts restrictions, essentially removing the whole blue/white issue all together? Disney can just escalate the
points charts to match that requirement, so what am I missing?