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Went to the member's update meeting today (Wed). The meetings have been changed from what they were in the past.
1. There will no longer be meetings at OKW on Tuesdays and BWV on Thursdays.
2. The meetings are now on Wednesdays, at SSR, being held in the Cinema building. Meetings will be at 4:00 pm in the afternoon instead of in the morning like they use to be at OKW and BWV.
3. The old meetings were presented by the Sales staff. Sales will no longer host the meetings. The meetings are now presented by DVC staff.
The first meeting was today. The cinema building at SSR is quite large and comfortable. The screen is very large and makes everything very easy to see. Scott presented the meeting with a very nice Power Point presentation.
Today's meeting covered what's happening at WDW and DVC. I didn't take notes so this is by memory.
It's going to be easier to check out II (Interval International) trades. Members will be able to log on to a special II site (run by II). It will be similar to the regular II site except it will only display the Disney approved resorts that will be available to DVC members and not the full listing of II resorts that is available to regular II members. You will get to the special II site via a link from the member's only DVC site. You will have to log into the DVC site, but you will not need to log in again for the II site. The II site is being developed by II, but with a Disney flair to it.
Next year (2005) is the 50th anniversary of Disneyland and there will be lots of things happening at WDW. They didn't go into details but said to expect a lot.
A number of things are coming to WDW. There's a Cinderella show (presently at Tokyo Disneyland) that is coming to the Magic Kingdom. (they showed a short video of the show)
The Paris MGM stunt show is coming to WDW MGM. (Most of you probably already know this as construction at MGM is well under way.) They did show a short video of the stunt show as it takes place in Paris. It looks pretty neat with cars jumping ramps, both frontwards and backwards, motorcycles, lots of fire, etc.
Talked a little bit about Expedition Everest, the new roller coaster ride at Animal Kingdom. At some point in the ride, the roller coaster stops going forward and goes backwards for awhile.
There's an animatronic dragon that pulls a cart that goes around the theme park at Disneyland (or California Adventure??). Anyway, they're bringing that to WDW also.
As to DVC, they showed lots of slides of SSR, many aerial views as construction took place and as it is today. They also showed side by side comparisons of the artists' renderings from a few years ago, and a photo of the actual buildings as they appear today. Very interesting. The artists' renderings were very accurate.
Outside of the SSR and the II internet information they discussed how information is going to get to members besides the update meetings. This includes the quarterly Vacation Magic, and the monthly e-mail newsletter that goes out. There's a place on the card for the door prizes to put your e-mail so you can be put in the system for the monthly newsletter.
This was their first member's meeting and they'll be learning from it and future meetings on what to present.
There's no more freebies based on DVC trivia as was common at the old meetings. Probably because they expect larger crowds. Today's attendance included members who were staying at SSR, OKW, BWV, BCV, VWL and even VB this week. The 4:00 pm time is based on member feedback.
There were door prizes. They gave out about 6 different items. The grand door prize was a minature golf bag (About 18 inches tall) with pockets to cary things in. Inside the bag was a bottle of SSR water.
Personally I think this is going to be a big improvement over the old update meetings. It appears they want to make it a true update meeting. (Unlike the old meetings which were mostly a rehash of how to use your points in the different collections)
There was no food or refreshements, but they did give everyone a small bottle of water.
1. There will no longer be meetings at OKW on Tuesdays and BWV on Thursdays.
2. The meetings are now on Wednesdays, at SSR, being held in the Cinema building. Meetings will be at 4:00 pm in the afternoon instead of in the morning like they use to be at OKW and BWV.
3. The old meetings were presented by the Sales staff. Sales will no longer host the meetings. The meetings are now presented by DVC staff.
The first meeting was today. The cinema building at SSR is quite large and comfortable. The screen is very large and makes everything very easy to see. Scott presented the meeting with a very nice Power Point presentation.
Today's meeting covered what's happening at WDW and DVC. I didn't take notes so this is by memory.
It's going to be easier to check out II (Interval International) trades. Members will be able to log on to a special II site (run by II). It will be similar to the regular II site except it will only display the Disney approved resorts that will be available to DVC members and not the full listing of II resorts that is available to regular II members. You will get to the special II site via a link from the member's only DVC site. You will have to log into the DVC site, but you will not need to log in again for the II site. The II site is being developed by II, but with a Disney flair to it.
Next year (2005) is the 50th anniversary of Disneyland and there will be lots of things happening at WDW. They didn't go into details but said to expect a lot.
A number of things are coming to WDW. There's a Cinderella show (presently at Tokyo Disneyland) that is coming to the Magic Kingdom. (they showed a short video of the show)
The Paris MGM stunt show is coming to WDW MGM. (Most of you probably already know this as construction at MGM is well under way.) They did show a short video of the stunt show as it takes place in Paris. It looks pretty neat with cars jumping ramps, both frontwards and backwards, motorcycles, lots of fire, etc.
Talked a little bit about Expedition Everest, the new roller coaster ride at Animal Kingdom. At some point in the ride, the roller coaster stops going forward and goes backwards for awhile.
There's an animatronic dragon that pulls a cart that goes around the theme park at Disneyland (or California Adventure??). Anyway, they're bringing that to WDW also.
As to DVC, they showed lots of slides of SSR, many aerial views as construction took place and as it is today. They also showed side by side comparisons of the artists' renderings from a few years ago, and a photo of the actual buildings as they appear today. Very interesting. The artists' renderings were very accurate.
Outside of the SSR and the II internet information they discussed how information is going to get to members besides the update meetings. This includes the quarterly Vacation Magic, and the monthly e-mail newsletter that goes out. There's a place on the card for the door prizes to put your e-mail so you can be put in the system for the monthly newsletter.
This was their first member's meeting and they'll be learning from it and future meetings on what to present.
There's no more freebies based on DVC trivia as was common at the old meetings. Probably because they expect larger crowds. Today's attendance included members who were staying at SSR, OKW, BWV, BCV, VWL and even VB this week. The 4:00 pm time is based on member feedback.
There were door prizes. They gave out about 6 different items. The grand door prize was a minature golf bag (About 18 inches tall) with pockets to cary things in. Inside the bag was a bottle of SSR water.
Personally I think this is going to be a big improvement over the old update meetings. It appears they want to make it a true update meeting. (Unlike the old meetings which were mostly a rehash of how to use your points in the different collections)
There was no food or refreshements, but they did give everyone a small bottle of water.
