Island Tower at Polynesian Villas & Bungalows

[Mikey15]

That's why I think all the calculations about the cheapest resort for SAP that split the buy in cost by the total number of years are a bit rubbish. The newest resorts appear much more economical than they really are just because they have 10 or 15 extra years far in the future.

The math makes sense to me because DVC is a finite contract, not a perpetuity. The caveat to the calculation that:

1. The cost per point per year assumes you keep the contract for its entire life
OR
1A. If you sell somewhere along the line, you can recover at least the remaining unamortized portion of the original purchase

Isn’t so bad in practice as DVC resale values tend to inflate over time as direct prices increase. This is just cost side, no potential appreciation is being considered. The math works so long as if you sold, say, CCV with 35 out of its 50 years remaining, that you recover at least 35/xx ths of what you paid for it.

 

[CastAStone]

That's why I think all the calculations about the cheapest resort for SAP that split the buy in cost by the total number of years are a bit rubbish.

That’s being kind.

 

[Sandisw]

Still nothong on OCC site..but I did see some new deeds for PVB and it doesn’t look to be foreclosure? Dates seem to be after sales were suspended?

This delay though makes me shift my guess to August for sales…at the earliest.

 

[VGCgroupie]

Literally around the exact time you were posting this I was trying to explain to my Disney Math challenged husband why direct points have more value for us (DLR is our main resort):
Me: So direct points are more valuable because we can use them at VDH.
DH: But we like VGC better…
Me: Yes, but there are many more rooms at VDH and it’s easier to get a studio.
DH: So shouldn’t we just buy VGC?
Me: Maybe, but it doesn’t help because we can almost never plan DLR trips more than 8m in advance.
DH: So direct points double our chances to get a room on shorter notice?
Me: Probably more than double, for now, and eventually there will be a 3rd DVC property, which will likely also be restricted and then we’ll have even more options!

Then we detoured into a long conversation about VGC and fall visits and if anybody asks, you all are my witnesses that my husband agreed we should buy VGC points as soon as our kids quit the recreational sports that mess up planning out weekends in the fall.

 

[Tatebeck]

Got em! I just submitted an offer for VGC when a deal came up and asked the wife later . She has family and friends in Orange county so it wasn't a hard sell to add on at DL. Also I paid for it so that may have been part of it lol

 

[VGCgroupie]

Got em! I just submitted an offer for VGC when a deal came up and asked the wife later . She has family and friends in Orange county so it wasn't a hard sell to add on at DL. Also I paid for it so that may have been part of it lol

Do tell.. What deal did I miss?

 

[VGCgroupie]

Got em! I just submitted an offer for VGC when a deal came up and asked the wife later . She has family and friends in Orange county so it wasn't a hard sell to add on at DL. Also I paid for it so that may have been part of it lol

Now I think maybe it was your last deal

 

[Tatebeck]

Now I think maybe it was your last deal

Yeah, it was just a couple of resale contracts with really good pricing that came up a couple months ago.

 

[maui22]

Still nothong on OCC site..but I did see some new deeds for PVB and it doesn’t look to be foreclosure? Dates seem to be after sales were suspended?

This delay though makes me shift my guess to August for sales…at the earliest.

What are your thoughts that they wait until Q1 (October 1)?
Q4 could include some of Inside Out 2 (some families will go over the July 4 week), Deadpool & Wolverine coming out in July, plus sell existing inventory through Sept 30. Riv should be 70% sold out by then. They will have used back to back promotions to sell excess inventory in a few resorts before the end of the fiscal year.

Q1 could include Island Tower sales, Moana 2, Mufasa, and holiday season?

 

[maui22]

@tjkraz has a new article on DVCNews
Polynesian Island Tower Two Bedroom Villa Interior

 

[Sandisw]

What are your thoughts that they wait until Q1 (October 1)?
Q4 could include some of Inside Out 2 (some families will go over the July 4 week), Deadpool & Wolverine coming out in July, plus sell existing inventory through Sept 30. Riv should be 70% sold out by then. They will have used back to back promotions to sell excess inventory in a few resorts before the end of the fiscal year.

Q1 could include Island Tower sales, Moana 2, Mufasa, and holiday season?

If they are going to allow points bookings before the year is out…then I can’t see them waiting that long.

But, if they dont care about that and want to keep December for just cash? Then maybe.

 

[Kailunkat]

For some reason the wording on the Disney Visa $1000 credit for DVC purchases document gave me the idea that Poly Tower would open for sale to members of Poly around mid August (when that deal expires). Maybe I was reading too much into it.

 

[HyperspaceMountainPilot]

Audio or it didn't happen.

Haha, that’s exactly what I’m afraid he’s going to say 3-5 years from now.

 

[VGCgroupie]

For some reason the wording on the Disney Visa $1000 credit for DVC purchases document gave me the idea that Poly Tower would open for sale to members of Poly around mid August (when that deal expires). Maybe I was reading too much into it.

now I gotta go read it
Edit: I didnt see it that way. But I hope you are right

 

[Mikey15]

@tjkraz has a new article on DVCNews
Polynesian Island Tower Two Bedroom Villa Interior

Why yes. Yes, you can have my money

 

[supercarrie]

@tjkraz has a new article on DVCNews
Polynesian Island Tower Two Bedroom Villa Interior

The thing I can't get over is that the renderings look so much more vibrant than the very beige video DVC released a few weeks ago. Like, hello color correction.

If the rooms actually look like this, I'll be ecstatic. They just came across so flat in the video.

 

[Kailunkat]

The thing I can't get over is that the renderings look so much more vibrant than the very beige video DVC released a few weeks ago. Like, hello color correction.

If the rooms actually look like this, I'll be ecstatic. They just came across so flat in the video.

I hope they aren't as dark as they look like they might be. The main room being so long and skinny has me a little worried.

 

[tx911]

I hope they aren't as dark as they look like they might be. The main room being so long and skinny has me a little worried.

Yes, I agree. It seems quite narrow side-to-side.

 

[HyperspaceMountainPilot]

@tjkraz has a new article on DVCNews
Polynesian Island Tower Two Bedroom Villa Interior

So they are going to sleep 9?

 

[Tatebeck]

So they are going to sleep 9?

It looks to me like it will be 9 in the 2 br and 5 in the 1 br based on the pictures. 4 large beds + 1 twin and 2 large beds +1 twin respectively. I think those pictures were specifically for 1 and 2 bedroom only