Incentives and new pricing winter/spring 2025

[DVCsloth]

I would imagine slightly better incentives if Disney sees a consistent drop in direct sales. I wouldn't count on anything drastic though.

 

[sarahlord]

Hopefully better, last summer the incentives were pretty good, I haven’t seen them as good since then…..

 

[BWV Dreamin]

This market is not “Covid” territory. It is a temporary effect that will be corrected. No way Disney puts out any meaningful discounts. They don’t care how soon DVC sells out.

 

[jenhelgren]

Is there any chance Disney adds incentives between now and the end of the April if sales really slow down?

 

[Brian Noble]

I would be very surprised, but one never knows.

 

[MagicDVC]

Is there any chance Disney adds incentives between now and the end of the April if sales really slow down?

I think the next round will be about the same in terms of incentives. Now the summer incentives might be better depending on how sales do in the next 4-6 months.

 

[AstroBlasters]

I'd suspect many potential buyers are suffering from a (negative) "wealth effect"

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/w/wealtheffect.asp

Unless the stock market recovers in the next few weeks (lots of time for it to go either way till April 28), I would say it has to better incentives, or they will have a terrible summer of sales.

I just doubt the market being down 1% for the year after back to back 20%+ years is going to make much of a difference….

 

[disneylandtour]

I just doubt the market being down 1% for the year after back to back 20%+ years is going to make much of a difference….

DVC is discretionary spending. If food/gas/etc/ prices go up, I do think that DVC sales will take a sizable hit, both direct and resale. And then the question becomes, Does DVD try to preserve the premium status of DVC direct by raising prices along with inflation...or is unsold inventory so large (and will the delta between direct and resale become so great) that DVD will need to start discounting with better incentives. My guess is that the second is more likely, especially with so many resorts still with active inventory and Lakeview on the way. Add in, with inflation, more owners selling off contracts because the overall cost of a DVC vacation (plane fare, park tickets, dining, etc.) is too great during a period of high grocery and gas prices. Sadly, I think we'll figure out the answer to this in six to twelve months.

 

[Girlstar30]

DVC is discretionary spending. If food/gas/etc/ prices go up, I do think that DVC sales will take a sizable hit, both direct and resale. And then the question becomes, Does DVD try to preserve the premium status of DVC direct by raising prices along with inflation...or is unsold inventory so large (and will the delta between direct and resale become so great) that DVD will need to start discounting with better incentives. My guess is that the second is more likely, especially with so many resorts still with active inventory and Lakeview on the way. Add in, with inflation, more owners selling off contracts because the overall cost of a DVC vacation (plane fare, park tickets, dining, etc.) is too great during a period of high grocery and gas prices. Sadly, I think we'll figure out the answer to this in six to twelve months.

I'm assuming Lakeshore Lodge will go on sale next year?

 

[Tatebeck]

I'm assuming Lakeshore Lodge will go on sale next year?

Not until 2027 I believe

 

[AstroBlasters]

DVC is discretionary spending. If food/gas/etc/ prices go up, I do think that DVC sales will take a sizable hit, both direct and resale. And then the question becomes, Does DVD try to preserve the premium status of DVC direct by raising prices along with inflation...or is unsold inventory so large (and will the delta between direct and resale become so great) that DVD will need to start discounting with better incentives. My guess is that the second is more likely, especially with so many resorts still with active inventory and Lakeview on the way. Add in, with inflation, more owners selling off contracts because the overall cost of a DVC vacation (plane fare, park tickets, dining, etc.) is too great during a period of high grocery and gas prices. Sadly, I think we'll figure out the answer to this in six to twelve months.

They already went up…. we saw 9% inflation for 2ish years… sales didn’t take a massive hit to where DVC direct and resale prices came crashing down…we have 3-4% inflation now…. it’s going to take a LOT more to move prices….

 

[VGCgroupie]

I predict no hugely better incentives of the new marketed resorts, but they will offer another legacy resort with a discount. It wont be an OKW type sale though. But many will still jump on it because the FOMO runs deep for those who didn't snag OKW

 

[Tatebeck]

If they do another special firesale with actually decent prices (like they did for OKW last year) for somewhere like AKV or BLT I could be convinced to flip my resale there for direct points. I just don't see it happening anywhere other than OKW. They get to flip the 2042 ROFR contracts to 2057 direct every time they do that and it's quite unique

 

[Girlstar30]

If they do another special firesale with actually decent prices (like they did for OKW last year) for somewhere like AKV or BLT I could be convinced to flip my resale there for direct points. I just don't see it happening anywhere other than OKW. They get to flip the 2042 ROFR contracts to 2057 direct every time they do that and it's quite unique

Maybe they'll keep doing it for AKV because they're buying more aggressively than anywhere else. Right now with all the incentives it comes out to $199 pp

 

[Tatebeck]

Maybe they'll keep doing it for AKV because they're buying more aggressively than anywhere else. Right now with all the incentives it comes out to $199 pp

They will probably have it for sale as a "deal", but the prices won't be like they were for the OKW sale. It got down to $95 per point I believe if you got enough points during the sale we are referencing. I would happily be proven wrong though!

 

[Girlstar30]

They will probably have it for sale as a "deal", but the prices won't be like they were for the OKW sale. It got down to $95 per point I believe if you got enough points during the sale we are referencing. I would happily be proven wrong though!

Damn what a steal for direct

 

[Cfabar1]

Damn what a steal for direct

I think that was around the 1,000 point level though...

and it would still be overpaying compared to resale...

 

[AstroBlasters]

I think that was around the 1,000 point level though...

and it would still be overpaying compared to resale...

Compared to OKW(e) resale? While breaking it up into smaller contracts? No…. It was a bargain if you could find a way to come up with the 100k.

 

[Girlstar30]

Too rich for me

 

[disneylandtour]

Too rich for me

I thought about having Disney divide it up into four contracts ($250 extra for each additional contract) and then selling off 3 x 250pts. I think I would've broken even--or pretty close--with one remaining 250pt contract that I kept at around $95 per point. But it would've been a huge hassle. I sorta suspect some people did do that though.