New Dvc preview center

[CaliAdventurer]

Isn't there a major expansion in Palm Springs area coming (Cotino), guess I just assumed they'd add some DVC there eventually so the Disney Hotel and Grand Calif DVC'ers buying Direct have somewhere else on the west coast to use points.

I think Cotino is ridiculous as a valley native (a sand dune in a wind tunnel using precious ground water for a fake lagoon) BUT I think you’re right. That’s a pretty good idea!

 

[pkrieger2287]

Now that's a proper review. It looks great inside...too bad its for DVC info and not something else more usable.

To be fair... We went and always ask prior to filming or taking photos. The manager working the space kindly asked us not to take pictures or video of the space, as they do not want to present it as a lounge or somewhere members can gather or hang out, since its primary purpose is for sales.

 

[Amy Krieger]

Why not post a single picture in the article? Seems weird.

They didn’t allow us to take any. It is weird how others have gone in and taken photos. They specifically came out and asked us not to take photos or video of the space, then they walked us through it.
Sometimes we can only do so much. And unless you’re there to meet with a guide and purchase direct, it’s not going to do you any good. It’s just a sales office at the end of the day with a model that doesn’t even match the real rooms since it’s shaped like the rounded Chateau.

 

[DonkeyHoTay]

We went and always ask prior to filming or taking photos.

Sometimes we can only do so much.

Amy and Paul, you guys do plenty! I subscribe and watch all your content - super helpful to the whole community and hope to see you around some day to thank you personally!

 

[DonMacGregor]

I'm constantly in awe of the duality of the DVC hive mind.

The number of forum threads, Facebook and Instagram posts, and other social media comments lamenting the "squeeze every penny" nature of everything Disney does is legion. The broad consensus, if you are to believe social media, is that Disney is a money-grabbing beast hell-bent on separating every raw cent from their guests as possible, in any and every way possible.

However, the likelihood that Disney has tried to come up with any number of other ways to utilize that space other than as an obscure outpost for maybe selling a handful of DVC points on the odd chance some unsuspecting guest stumbles upon it after exiting Canada Far and Wide seems never seems to cross anyone's mind. That space sat empty for years, and there's zero chance Disney didn't try to come up with who knows how many ways to put something in there to make some cash and bring more bodies into the Canada Pavilion in general. Something that would potentially entice any and all Epcot visitors to enter the pavilion, not just a small cadre of potential DVC owners. Yet, we still hear a chorus of "Why didn't they put an XXX there?' or "Couldn't they have used that for XXX?" If the answer to any those questions was even the tiniest and most remote "yes", then Disney would have done it.

The Parks division typically rents out otherwise unusable space to DVC for lounges, and other sales-related facilities as a last-resort use of otherwise unusable space that cannot be monetized.