Late Summer/Early Fall Incentives

[airjay75]

In April, I applied for the Disney Visa AFTER our tour. All my guide required was the approval email.

 

[SugarSweetLee]

I was asked if I had one, I said yes. Done deal.

Same here. I said we had one. Guide said they might ask to see it when we met the virtual notary person. No one ever asked to see it

 

[MyDogTink]

My guide is saying I have to have the physical Disney visa card and can’t just apply now and get it to be eligible for the 1500 dollars off of CFW. Is this right? Are they really going to lose a sale of a struggling property over semantics? lol

IIRC, I applied for the Disney Visa when doing a direct purchase. I needed the physical card to put part of the transaction on it because I needed the security code from the back of the card. Guide did the paperwork without verification of the actual card. Despite not receiving the physical card for a few days, it will be in your phone’s wallet. And how is the guide going to confirm you actually have the card if you aren’t using it for the purchase?

 

[VGCgroupie]

IIRC, I applied for the Disney Visa when doing a direct purchase. I needed the physical card to put part of the transaction on it because I needed the security code from the back of the card. Guide did the paperwork without verification of the actual card. Despite not receiving the physical card for a few days, it will be in your phone’s wallet. And how is the guide going to confirm you actually have the card if you aren’t using it for the purchase?

I did put a small deposit on mine. But he said I didnt have to.

Same here. I said we had one. Guide said they might ask to see it when we met the virtual notary person. No one ever asked to see it

I didnt even have to do a notary (bought VDH)

 

[Girlstar30]

I did put a small deposit on mine. But he said I didnt have to.

I didnt even have to do a notary (bought VDH)

The notaries are required for financing

 

[supercarrie]

The notaries are required for financing

We paid cash and required a notary last year for Riviera.

 

[davidhr]

We paid cash and required a notary last year for Riviera.

For Florida is required now even without financing

 

[Mouseforward]

For Florida is required now even without financing

With two witnesses. Legally one can be the notary but the way they write the instructions they make it seem like you need two separate ones.

 

[5onadime]

If you want CFW at 150, you can get $30 discount at 150, $1,500 discount for Visa card holder, $3,000 rebate for MB, and if you sign up for D23 gold (cost is actually about $60 and change due to shipping) you get $500 off. This assumes you are a current member, varies some if you are not.

Thank You!

 

[SugarSweetLee]

I did put a small deposit on mine. But he said I didnt have to.

I didnt even have to do a notary (bought VDH)

Maybe it wasn't a notary? It was the person that you have to attest that you aren't an international representative or something? We didn't finance either. But yes it was a FL property purchase. And we didn't use the Disney Visa for any part of the payment...just saying we had it got the discount.

 

[Brian Noble]

Florida has some laws about foreign property ownership. I will leave the commentary to those in the controversial topcis board.

https://www.mwe.com/insights/florida-passes-law-restricting-foreign-ownership-of-real-estate/

 

[hhisc16]

Can you now buy 25 points at cfw, vdh, or riv?

 

[Brian Noble]

Yes.

 

[hhisc16]

Yes.

Are all resorts now available for 25 point add ons?!?

 

[Tatebeck]

That's what they say on the tool. Hoping it is correct! I haven't seen anyone post that they actually have gotten a 25 pt contract at a resort that was previously 50 minimum yet

 

[hhisc16]

That's what they say on the tool. Hoping it is correct! I haven't seen anyone post that they actually have gotten a 25 pt contract at a resort that was previously 50 minimum yet

Hopefully you can now buy 25 point adds on for ccv, riv, vdh, and cfw!
Seems like a sales opportunity!

 

[Tatebeck]

I could see it as a good opportunity to buy at RIV and maaaybe CCV. Since RIV is almost sold out and CCV already sold out, there will be very few 25 pointers that exist, making them possibly more valuable on the resale market

 

[Patmcpsu]

I could see it as a good opportunity to buy at RIV and maaaybe CCV. Since RIV is almost sold out and CCV already sold out, there will be very few 25 pointers that exist, making them possibly more valuable on the resale market

Does anyone have an Excel spreadsheet of points sold at each resort, by month? I am curious to see what the curves look like for each resort as they sold out. Is it a big slope at the beginning, and flattens out as time goes on? Is it an S-shape where there's a final rush at the end?

 

[maui22]

Does anyone have an Excel spreadsheet of points sold at each resort, by month? I am curious to see what the curves look like for each resort as they sold out. Is it a big slope at the beginning, and flattens out as time goes on? Is it an S-shape where there's a final rush at the end?

I don't know that there is a spreadsheet for this. From memory, resorts do follow the pattern of a rush at the end. I recall talking to DVC staff during the 2009-2017 sales timeline. I recall better buy VGC, BLT, VGF, PVB before they sell out. (We weren't interested in AKV or SSR/THV so I chose not to remember anything they may or may not have said about sales getting close to sold out).

Right now no resort appear within 6 months of selling out. Riviera is the closest, but...
https://dvcnews.com/dvc-program-men...y-vacation-club-direct-sales-slow-in-may-2025
Using Wil's month old data (guessing a new report will be out soon).
RIV was at 5,262,178 points sold (78.1%) out of 6,739,966 million points. If that's the total points before Disney retaining 2%, that would mean the cap for points to be sold is 6,605,166 points.

@wdrl shows the average sales pace for Riviera's history of just over 72k per month and that pace means sold out by last quarter of 2026.
March was 60k, April 45k, May 43k. That is slower than the 72k per month Riviera has averaged. I suspect June was also closer to the last two months. If that lower pace continued, looking at 2027. However, Disney just gave Riviera better incentives than PVB. I suspect most people agree, RIV sales should pickup. A small amount will eventuall be in Wil's July direct sales article (sometime in August). Most of the new incentive deeds will be in his August (September article), September (October article), and October (November article).

 

[Cfabar1]

RIV incentives are pretty good right now… I think that may help move the needle, especially if towards the end of the window there’s a visa bonus or something like that…

It’s not for me, but I understand why so many people like it, and I think the pricing disparity will get it there. DIS probably feels they need it sold out before LSL comes online… especially if it becomes a pure DVC product.