ROFR Thread April to June 2018 *PLEASE SEE FIRST POST FOR INSTRUCTIONS & FORMATTING TOOL*

[TexasChick123]

NLW814---$92.5-$17321-170-SSR-Mar-0/17, 153/18, 170/19- sent 3/27

Passed 4/9!

Yay! I’m so happy for you. I’m guessing they’re taking my very similar contract, but so far, I’ve heard nothing but crickets over here.

 

[TeeKo]

Well, we knew things weren't looking good based on other posters lately. Disney did take our contract today (4/9). Unfortunately we had burned 25 days waiting for the decision, which is rough because we have a trip coming up in November and wanted some points to add on a few extra nights.

The contract was 100pt at AK $95pp. March UY. Not sure whether to try again for AK or go to another resort that seems to be passing at a better rate. I would hate to do this all over again and have to restart (I know some of you have had to do that). Do they tend to buy in bursts like this? Any adivce, folks?

I'm sad.

Sorry Little Spark,
I lost my AKL on ROFR day 28 which was about 12 days ago.

I am signing off on another AKL contract tonight. I want AKL so I’m not gonna change resorts just to try and get through ROFR right now. But if this one gets taken, I may take a little break from trying.

 

[Lola_Stark42]

It seems unofficially that people have been passing ROFR around the two week mark, and anything longer than that gets taken. Or at least that’s the recent pattern I’ve noticed following this thread. Just my observation.

 

[NLW814]

Yay! I’m so happy for you. I’m guessing they’re taking my very similar contract, but so far, I’ve heard nothing but crickets over here.

Fingers crossed for you...maybe they're done for awhile!

 

[Lola_Stark42]

Jerry5788---$113-$25826-210-BWV-Jun-0/17, 420/18, 210/19- sent 4/3, passed 4/9

Wow! Congrats!! That’s a super fast ROFR!!

 

[ScubaCat]

Any adivce, folks?

I'm sad.

My advice is don't be sad... Just submit another offer. It's all part of the process of saving a ton of money. Usually people find a better contract after this happens, ironically enough!

Remember, if you just change one little letter, you can turn "sad" into GLAD!

 

[OneLittleSpark2014]

Sorry Little Spark,
I lost my AKL on ROFR day 28 which was about 12 days ago.

I am signing off on another AKL contract tonight. I want AKL so I’m not gonna change resorts just to try and get through ROFR right now. But if this one gets taken, I may take a little break from trying.

My husband really wants AK, I would be very happy with AK but kind of have an interest in BWV although I've never stayed there - just love the location. The main caveat with BWV is that the contract is SO much shorter than AK (and a bit more expensive). I guess we'll just offer on whatever contract comes up first that fits our UY and budget. Our big disadvantage is that we don't want a large contract (max 100pts) so we have very limited options. We already own at Poly and live in the PacNW, so it's difficult to use them if we accumulate too many points.

Best of luck to you, TeeKo! I'll be watching closely for updates.

 

[BW18]

Congrats! We closed in January on a BWV contract with full 2016 points and used the points to book a trip in September We're doing a split stay between BWV and AKL.

We'll probably have to do a split too based upon availability, but that's ok.

 

[BW18]

This was a crazy loaded contract!

Yep, I was a little concerned about it passing, but I think the $ was enough to push it through.

 

[TeeKo]

My husband really wants AK, I would be very happy with AK but kind of have an interest in BWV although I've never stayed there - just love the location. The main caveat with BWV is that the contract is SO much shorter than AK (and a bit more expensive). I guess we'll just offer on whatever contract comes up first that fits our UY and budget. Our big disadvantage is that we don't want a large contract (max 100pts) so we have very limited options. We already own at Poly and live in the PacNW, so it's difficult to use them if we accumulate too many points.

Best of luck to you, TeeKo! I'll be watching closely for updates.

Thank you!

Fidelity has two AKL contacts listed right now, one for 52 points and another for 100 points...

 

[Renee H]

NLW814---$92.5-$17321-170-SSR-Mar-0/17, 153/18, 170/19- sent 3/27

Passed 4/9!

Congratulations!

 

[Renee H]

Sorry Little Spark,
I lost my AKL on ROFR day 28 which was about 12 days ago.

I am signing off on another AKL contract tonight. I want AKL so I’m not gonna change resorts just to try and get through ROFR right now. But if this one gets taken, I may take a little break from trying.

Good for you! What’s your UY? Seems like a lot of December at AKV.

 

[OneLittleSpark2014]

Thank you!

Fidelity has two AKL contacts listed right now, one for 52 points and another for 100 points...

I saw those. Unfortunately they are the only two use years that don't work for us. Lame.

I'll have to use my other super power to find one... living in Pacific Standard Time! That helps me to quickly catch overnight web updates after the east-coasters have gone to bed. Of course it's awful for making FP and ADRs because I have to be up before 4:00AM so there's definitely a down-side.

 

[TeeKo]

Good for you! What’s your UY? Seems like a lot of December at AKV.

So I actually only own a VGF currently with a June UY.

I decided to go for December UY on AKV because of sheer volume of availability. I saw that December makes up 35% of the AKV contracts and figured if I want to add more later, probably easiest UY to find. And if I want to sell, there’s a lot of people who will want to match that UY.

I don’t plan on mixing those points with my VGF so decided I didn’t really care if they are different UY.

But if this contract gets taken too and the right points contract pops up, I’m open to any AKV UY

 

[Renee H]

So I actually only own a VGF currently with a June UY.

I decided to go for December UY on AKV because of sheer volume of availability. I saw that December makes up 35% of the AKV contracts and figured if I want to add more later, probably easiest UY to find. And if I want to sell, there’s a lot of people who will want to match that UY.

I don’t plan on mixing those points with my VGF so decided I didn’t really care if they are different UY.

But if this contract gets taken too and the right points contract pops up, I’m open to any AKV UY

Hoping their burst of buybacks is slowing now!

 

[ScubaCat]

Send them a message.

 

[Renee H]

Warning!!! - Disney is over-inflating the prices of timeshares and buying back seller contracts to keep prices up. Do not get caught up in their scam. I just had two contracts U/A April 2018 and Disney exercised their right of first refusal on both contacts and purchased them because they want prices to go up to help sell their other stuff. The first contract I had was SS at 77/point and no points until 2019 and the second contract I had for SS at 87/point with 2018 points in place and they bought it. Several months ago, Disney would have let these go and with their new price increase at Polynesian and others, they are playing the game and don't get sucked in.

As you know, they are now charging people to park their cars at the resorts - Deluxe 25/night, Moderate 19/night and Value at 13/night. I can see the prices going up here too each year. NOT WORTH IT!!!!! Send them a message.

I agree that it stinks to get my contract taken, but I also know I will feel differently once I’m on the other side. I’ll “want” Disney to keep the prices up so my investment is protected. This is how they keep the value up.

 

[ScubaCat]

I agree that it stinks to get my contract taken, but I also know I will feel differently once I’m on the other side. I’ll “want” Disney to keep the prices up so my investment is protected. This is how they keep the value up.

That user's post count is 1. I wouldn't take that post too seriously. (especially quoting parking prices inaccurately which don't apply to dvc in the first place)

 

[Renee H]

That user's post count is 1. I wouldn't take that post too seriously. (especially quoting parking prices inaccurately which don't apply to dvc in the first place)

Ok.. What would someone’s motive be?!? Do they think they’re gonna start a revolt?

 

[ScubaCat]

Ok.. What would someone’s motive be?!? Do they think they’re gonna start a revolt?

Disgruntled former employee or owner if I had to guess. Who knows.