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Actually, it isn't an emotional issue for me. My homebase is Saratoga were valet parking is a non issue. My favorite place to stay is OKW, where again valet parking is a non issue. But some places I'd like to stay have TERRIBLE parking, and paying another $12 a day for valet basically makes staying there a non-issue. That's a shame. I've lost overall value to my DVC membership because of all the places I cannot stay now as a result of this asinine change.
Where you stay is absolutely your choice. It is NOT that you can't stay a resort because free valet is not offered. You can stay there - you are just choosing NOT to stay there. The overall value is something only you can value. If you feel you have lost value, that is your decision and yours alone.
Imagine if tomorrow they announced you could ONLY stay at your home base and 1 or 2 other places.
That is absolutely possible - and could be changed by the owners at any DVC resort without Disney's involvement. DVC members do have the option of replacing DVC as the managing entity for their resort is they wish - and doing so would immediately remove that resort from the DVC family of resorts. That is something well within the realm of the owners at that resort. (NOT a likely situation IMO, but possible.) Those owners would then be free to hire new management for their resort or to even have a Property Owners Association (POA) manage themselves. They could then contract for all services and perks themselves.
I'd imagine that negotiating with Disney for transportation, housekeeping, textile services (laundry), maintenance, landscaping, front desk ... and perks, would be a real challenge. Of course. those owners would then have no other exchange options with other DVC resorts, no DME, package delivery, etc. - but they would be free to package whatever perks they wanted for their membership. They could also negotiate with RCI or II or any of the other timeshare exchange programs so that those owners would have some exchange opportunities. Keep in mind that this ability already exists and is outlined in the POS documents. So, even though we were all sold DVC memberships with the understanding that DVC would be managing the resorts, the framework was already spelled out where DVC could be replaced by a vote of the owners at ANY resort - without regard to what any individual was promised before purchase. The POS is an interesting document.
It is certainly possible that a member could be restricted to stay only at his/her own resort with no outside exchange opportunity.
The POS is an interesting document, indeed. Be careful what you wish for ...