Lowest to Highest Resale Price DVC Resorts

[sruckman1]

Of course, you BUY where you WANT to stay, but sometimes price is a major factor.

Here are, what I believe, are the trends in RESALE prices for the DVC resorts from lowest price to highest

Low to High price
VB - HHI - OKW - SSR - BRV - AKV - AUL - BWV - RIV - BCV - CCV - BLT - VGF- Poly - DLH- VGC

VB is the cheapest to buy in terms of $/point - BUT it has the highest annual dues and that is a killer - buy if you want this resort at 11 months

HHI is also very cheap to buy, but you really need to love this resort and want the 11 month window

In terms of WDW resorts the four cheapest resales in order from lowest are

OKW - there are some really great bargains here and there is still plenty of life left - I like this resort
SSR - this is probably the champion of buying and using the points elsewhere - also has more years left on RTU than OKW
BRV - great resort, but with the dues and shorter RTU life than SSR - buy if you want the 11 month window
AKV - love it or hate the remote location, this is popular with kids and the theming is fantastic

AUL - what more can I say other than this is Hawaii and probably the best resort of them all - buy if you want to go to Hawaii often

Here are the other WDW resorts that are more than the OKW-SSR-BRV-ALK locations, so I broke them into their own group with Poly leading the pack in terms of the most expensive, buy boy is that a great resort and the new tower is incredible.

BWV - I still hate the clown pool - this is a great location for Epcot and Disney Studios
RIV - really nice resort, but it is handicapped by the resale rule limiting use to RIV
BCV - CCV - these are a toss up in terms of price, but BCV has the best pool and Epcot location and CCV has a longer RTU
BLT - this is probably the best buy in terms of price and longer RTU than SSR and close to MK is always in demand
VGF- Poly - another toss up in terms of price and I really love VGF as so beautiful and Poly for the great vibes

The two California locations are the most expensive of them all, and way more than other resorts and if you want to go to the original OG Disney Land, than you have no other options as these resorts sell out at exactly 7 months to the second, so they are super hard to book, unless you own there.

DLH- VGC - I would probably buy VGC over DLH, based on location and the taxes and point chart but that is my opinion

We recently bought CCV (rea

Of course, you BUY where you WANT to stay, but sometimes price is a major factor.

Here are, what I believe, are the trends in RESALE prices for the DVC resorts from lowest price to highest

Low to High price
VB - HHI - OKW - SSR - BRV - AKV - AUL - BWV - RIV - BCV - CCV - BLT - VGF- Poly - DLH- VGC

VB is the cheapest to buy in terms of $/point - BUT it has the highest annual dues and that is a killer - buy if you want this resort at 11 months

HHI is also very cheap to buy, but you really need to love this resort and want the 11 month window

In terms of WDW resorts the four cheapest resales in order from lowest are

OKW - there are some really great bargains here and there is still plenty of life left - I like this resort
SSR - this is probably the champion of buying and using the points elsewhere - also has more years left on RTU than OKW
BRV - great resort, but with the dues and shorter RTU life than SSR - buy if you want the 11 month window
AKV - love it or hate the remote location, this is popular with kids and the theming is fantastic

AUL - what more can I say other than this is Hawaii and probably the best resort of them all - buy if you want to go to Hawaii often

Here are the other WDW resorts that are more than the OKW-SSR-BRV-ALK locations, so I broke them into their own group with Poly leading the pack in terms of the most expensive, buy boy is that a great resort and the new tower is incredible.

BWV - I still hate the clown pool - this is a great location for Epcot and Disney Studios
RIV - really nice resort, but it is handicapped by the resale rule limiting use to RIV
BCV - CCV - these are a toss up in terms of price, but BCV has the best pool and Epcot location and CCV has a longer RTU
BLT - this is probably the best buy in terms of price and longer RTU than SSR and close to MK is always in demand
VGF- Poly - another toss up in terms of price and I really love VGF as so beautiful and Poly for the great vibes

The two California locations are the most expensive of them all, and way more than other resorts and if you want to go to the original OG Disney Land, than you have no other options as these resorts sell out at exactly 7 months to the second, so they are super hard to book, unless you own there.

DLH- VGC - I would probably buy VGC over DLH, based on location and the taxes and point chart but that is my opinion

Recently bought CCV and just had a chance to stay in a 2 bedroom. We were shocked at how small the kitchen and dinning areas were. With a family of 6….I don’t think we made the best choice!

 

[JackosinDIS]

We recently bought CCV (rea

Recently bought CCV and just had a chance to stay in a 2 bedroom. We were shocked at how small the kitchen and dinning areas were. With a family of 6….I don’t think we made the best choice!

The kitchen and dining areas are pretty small in all the DVC rooms. Most of the 2br villas will only seat 6 at the table despite sleeping 8 or 9.

 

[CVG]

We recently bought CCV (rea

Recently bought CCV and just had a chance to stay in a 2 bedroom. We were shocked at how small the kitchen and dinning areas were. With a family of 6….I don’t think we made the best choice!

Yes, we stayed at CCV on our 5 resort tour and discounted it partly on the size of the (galley) kitchen. All the newer resorts just can't compete with OKW in that respect unless you're going way up market for a 3 bed villa somewhere.

 

[HyperspaceMountainPilot]

This is the combo I have. OKWe for SAP and Poly for the Tower. If I buy any more points, they will be Poly direct and/or the new Beach Club tower overlooking Epcot - if I keep talking about that maybe DVD will build it.

That’s the spirit, I will join you in the attempt to manifest a BCV tower overlooking Epcot. Disney, I’m right here, putting money that could be yours into boring but responsible investments, please start building Spinnaker Tower so I can give it to you instead!

The kitchen and dining areas are pretty small in all the DVC rooms. Most of the 2br villas will only seat 6 at the table despite sleeping 8 or 9.

I guess it’s in the eye of the beholder (and the size of your group) we’ve only stayed in 1 or 2BD villas at AUL, VGC, and BCV and the kitchens and dining areas all seem generous to us (perhaps because we are usually studio people, lol)— but at VGC you can definitely get 6 around the table, more if you have a lot of kids, and then there’s the bar counter where you can add a couple more. AUL/BCV seating was a bit tight with 7 of us in the 2Bed, but it only matters to us at AUL— everywhere else we’re just doing casual quick meals or snacks.

 

[DL1WDW2]

Good list, but I predict VDH will end up around RIV within the next few years…

Thanks for a great enjoyable discussion…
Could you explain more about this prediction?

I have 2 contracts at BLT and will never sell…it is my one day I will be too old to walk around but can always enjoy the views from BLT from the window of my room as my family goes off to have fun.
I currently also love the Fort Wilderness Cabins and have stayed at the older cabins . Booked holiday week new cabins last year and returning for Halloween decorations next!

( Ps) I wish Universal had a timeshare…maybe DVC should build there next! Haha

 

[DL1WDW2]

The pool may be gone, but its spirit lives on.

 

[TCRAIG]

We recently bought CCV (rea

Recently bought CCV and just had a chance to stay in a 2 bedroom. We were shocked at how small the kitchen and dinning areas were. With a family of 6….I don’t think we made the best choice!

My opinion - but whenever they ‘convert’ hotel rooms to DVC, like CCV or the GF Resort studios, it’s just not going to be the same Villa feel as a built from scratch DVC property…

 

[Brian Noble]

We were shocked at how small the kitchen and dinning areas were. With a family of 6

As noted, it's a hotel conversion, so they did make some compromises. But, this is one of my biggest pet peeves about all of the WDW DVC resorts. Even OKW's table is not big enough--you need to use both the indoor and outdoor tables to seat everyone.

Most of the 2br villas will only seat 6 at the table

...and that's only if many of those six are small children.

 

[Girlstar30]

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Truly terrifying

 

[CVG]

As noted, it's a hotel conversion, so they did make some compromises. But, this is one of my biggest pet peeves about all of the WDW DVC resorts. Even OKW's table is not big enough--you need to use both the indoor and outdoor tables to seat everyone.

...and that's only if many of those six are small children.

I may be wrong but even the GFV 3-Bed Villa table "normally" seats 10 - although I'm sure you could squeeze a couple of little'uns in.

 

[DougEMG]

Good list, but I predict VDH will end up around RIV within the next few years…

I doubt that will happen. WDW has more options on what to buy so RIV has more competition, and competition should drive prices down.

If you want to stay onsite in Disneyland with DVC you only have 2 options and one of them doesn't have many rooms.

I bought RIV resale, why, because I already have a lot of unrestricted points and I want a resort in the area when my beloved BWV contract runs out and probably prices me out of the new BWV resort.

I'm in the process of buying DLH resale because I want to have the ability to book there at 11 months, trying to get something with my unrestricted points is just about impossible.

So having them as restricted points doesn't matter to me as I want them for only those resorts.

One of the things I wish I had of done earlier was spread my points out at more resorts. When I originally bought booking something at 7 months wasn't that hard, but now it is close to impossible and I would never count on it.

 

[AstroBlasters]

I doubt that will happen. WDW has more options on what to buy so RIV has more competition, and competition should drive prices down.

If you want to stay onsite in Disneyland with DVC you only have 2 options and one of them doesn't have many rooms.

I bought RIV resale, why, because I already have a lot of unrestricted points and I want a resort in the area when my beloved BWV contract runs out and probably prices me out of the new BWV resort.

I'm in the process of buying DLH resale because I want to have the ability to book there at 11 months, trying to get something with my unrestricted points is just about impossible.

So having them as restricted points doesn't matter to me as I want them for only those resorts.

One of the things I wish I had of done earlier was spread my points out at more resorts. When I originally bought booking something at 7 months wasn't that hard, but now it is close to impossible and I would never count on it.

We each have our own opinions and there is no way to know who will be right or if it’s somewhere in-between. I think resale prices will drop at least $30pp once more contracts are put on the market and people are less underwater.

I believe you rent out thousands of points a year and are potentially looking at this as a rental play vs for your personal family usage.

IMO, given the incentives, the upfront savings compared to the overall cost of the contract over its lifetime is not yet close enough to accept the restriction for family’s who want the points for personal use.

 

[HyperspaceMountainPilot]

We each have our own opinions and there is no way to know who will be right or if it’s somewhere in-between. I think resale prices will drop at least $30pp once more contracts are put on the market and people are less underwater.

I believe you rent out thousands of points a year and are potentially looking at this as a rental play vs for your personal family usage.

IMO, given the incentives, the upfront savings compared to the overall cost of the contract over its lifetime is not yet close enough to accept the restriction for family’s who want the points for personal use.

Purely based on difficulty of booking inside 8 months (if not 11), VDH and RIV restricted will make more sense for commercial renters unless/until Disney curbs spec renting. Both properties (restricted) are extremely risky for personal use if you aren’t certain you can plan travel reliably 10-12 months in advance, which makes it nearly useless for families with children of competitive extracurricular age— maybe they will do better with the retired set as the units are small…but as more and more restricted properties come online, they’ll be competing for the same slice of resale buyers.

Then VDH’s problems are compounded by an ugly TOT chart (which I happened to be looking at earlier today): https://cdn2.parksmedia.wdprapps.di...illas-at-disneyland-hotel/VDH-TOT-2026-V1.pdf

VDH owner guests (as opposed to owner renters) in studios are going to be paying $75 a night (and up!) for more than half a year above and beyond dues on points, so that’s like $300+/night on just TOT and dues, before you get to the cost of the points themselves. Hard pass for many people running the numbers, especially if it’s within $50 of direct at VDH or whatever gets built next.

To me, that’s the biggest wildcard for future VDH pricing. If a new DVC building goes up at DLR, I would expect VDH resale to stay at least $50 below it, assuming comparable location…if the location is better, you could see more than $100 discount. If the new location is outside walking bubble, maybe VDH stays above $120 (on an inflation-adjusted basis)—currently I think it will end up in the low to mid $100s over the next 5 years due to inflation, but that it will decline in real dollars.

 

[Girlstar30]

Purely based on difficulty of booking inside 8 months (if not 11), VDH and RIV restricted will make more sense for commercial renters unless/until Disney curbs spec renting. Both properties (restricted) are extremely risky for personal use if you aren’t certain you can plan travel reliably 10-12 months in advance, which makes it nearly useless for families with children of competitive extracurricular age— maybe they will do better with the retired set as the units are small…but as more and more restricted properties come online, they’ll be competing for the same slice of resale buyers.

Then VDH’s problems are compounded by an ugly TOT chart (which I happened to be looking at earlier today): https://cdn2.parksmedia.wdprapps.di...illas-at-disneyland-hotel/VDH-TOT-2026-V1.pdf

VDH owner guests (as opposed to owner renters) in studios are going to be paying $75 a night (and up!) for more than half a year above and beyond dues on points, so that’s like $300+/night on just TOT and dues, before you get to the cost of the points themselves. Hard pass for many people running the numbers, especially if it’s within $50 of direct at VDH or whatever gets built next.

To me, that’s the biggest wildcard for future VDH pricing. If a new DVC building goes up at DLR, I would expect VDH resale to stay at least $50 below it, assuming comparable location…if the location is better, you could see more than $100 discount. If the new location is outside walking bubble, maybe VDH stays above $120 (on an inflation-adjusted basis)—currently I think it will end up in the low to mid $100s over the next 5 years due to inflation, but that it will decline in real dollars.

This is what keeps me from buying Riviera resale. Right now it's all good, but being restricted to a resort with restrictions when no one knows what booking will be like when there's a bunch of restricted owners only able to book there is super risky to me.

Especially at these prices, paying in the $120s is wild to me when you can get access to so many other resorts for less than that. If I end up loving it, I would rather buy direct and cut my losses if ever I decide to sell and of course that would be the last contract I would offload. Or just rent every few years and stay there.

I would probably take the risk at about mid $60 pp tbh. What if you have to cancel at 4 months left of UY and there's nothing left but a 2 bedroom when you just need a studio or nothing at all and you already banked. I would be pissed to use so many points or lose them. With another contract there's always okw or ssr to fall back on or a bunch of resorts where someone is bound to cancel something

 

[DougEMG]

We each have our own opinions and there is no way to know who will be right or if it’s somewhere in-between. I think resale prices will drop at least $30pp once more contracts are put on the market and people are less underwater.

I believe you rent out thousands of points a year and are potentially looking at this as a rental play vs for your personal family usage.

IMO, given the incentives, the upfront savings compared to the overall cost of the contract over its lifetime is not yet close enough to accept the restriction for family’s who want the points for personal use.

I bought RIV and DLH for my personal use

We each have our own opinions and there is no way to know who will be right or if it’s somewhere in-between. I think resale prices will drop at least $30pp once more contracts are put on the market and people are less underwater.

I believe you rent out thousands of points a year and are potentially looking at this as a rental play vs for your personal family usage.

IMO, given the incentives, the upfront savings compared to the overall cost of the contract over its lifetime is not yet close enough to accept the restriction for family’s who want the points for personal use.

I thought though you had said that DLH will eventually be priced the same as RIV because of the restricts, perhaps I misunderstood what you meant.

I don't doubt that DLH resale will drop in price once more contracts are on the market, that is how supply and demand works, but I don't believe DLH will ever be at the same price as RIV at the same time.

I can certainly see why RIV resale would not be the best option for a family that wants to go to WDW, but I don't think you have the same dynamic at DL with the DLH. There just aren't other options at DL and the vast majority of people buying the DLH want it to stay at the DLH.