RCI at Poly and GF

[canadiandisneynut]

Hi everyone! Hope you are well. I have scoured the forums but am having a hard time finding a thread on this topic.
I am not a DVC member but am considering it. For now I am using my timeshare to trade in through RCI. Does anyone out there know if there are plans for the GF Villas to be added since they have been around for a while now? It did not take long for DVC to add Aulani in.
I imagine Poly wont be for a while.

 

[CarolMN]

Just a guess, but I wouldn't look for it to be anytime soon, and I don't expect that to change much going forward, either.

RCI gets DVC inventory from the Developer or from DVC members using their memberships to trade via RCI.

VGF is small and 100% DVC (all points declared into the condominium except what Disney must keep for admin purposes). It's also a very popular choice for members Any availability at 7 months is usually quickly snapped up by other DVC members.

So Disney/Developer doesn't have much to deposit and IMO, very few, if any VGF owners are using their points to trade into RCI. (It's too expensive to use that way, IMO).

Bottom Line: Little to no VGF inventory for RCI members.

 

[canadiandisneynut]

Fair enough. When you say developer, what are you referring to?

 

[MAO]

There's a subsidiary company of Disney that I think ultimately translates into "Disney Vacation Club" but I'm not sure if that's their actual, legal name. Regardless, they are known as "the Developer" when they build the resort and, like any Developer of a condo or subdivision, generally retain some legal ownership of the community and/or actual property until a sufficient portion of that property has been sold. CarolMN seems to indicate that they retain some portion of a DVC resort for legal reasons (and that does not surprise me, as to allow it to completely fall out of their hands would mean that the members would have to do all of the administratrivia of upkeep, taxes, and keeping it going as a timeshare) even after it's "sold out". But, because it's so small and it's sold as much of it as can be sold, the Developer has just the minimum allowed and would not have much, if any, to deposit. Add to that the fact that DVC membership, as a whole, is vying for space in the property it's unlikely you'll find much that is being offered to RCI in trade.

eta: no doubt someone will come along with the more legal, formal explanation.

 

[CarolMN]

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Fair enough. When you say developer, what are you referring to?

....(snip).........

eta: no doubt someone will come along with the more legal, formal explanation.

See the post by drusba (#11) in this thread for a good explanation.