ROFR Thread April to June 2020 *PLEASE SEE FIRST POST FOR INSTRUCTIONS & FORMATTING TOOL*

[CastAStone]

Sorry wrong thread

 

[tawi]

I was hoping many that submitted 4/22 would hear back about ROFR today. to hear next week. Has anyone had theirs go past 30 days recently?

 

[Figment's Girl]

Are they open on the weekends?

 

[Lorana]

Have you been successful booking the Value Level rooms??
I hear they're hard to get, even at 11 months, which is why I bought SSR again instead of AKL

No, but to be fair, right now is the first time I've tried to book value, but my trigger finger is either not fast enough at 8am, or they are currently being walked.

 

[MinnieSueB]

Today is 23 days for me - submitted 4/24

 

[holyrita]

Boo! I was really hoping ROFR turn around time would stay at 3 weeks, but it looks like it's getting longer

My contract was submitted either 4/30 or 5/1, depending on whose email I believe.. my Contract Coordinator or my Broker

I was able to convince myself to stop thinking about it until my 3 week mark, next Thurs or Fri, but now I'm afraid come then it'll be all I think about again!

 

[ElizabethS22]

I was hoping many that submitted 4/22 would hear back about ROFR today. to hear next week. Has anyone had theirs go past 30 days recently?

I submitted on 4/22 as well, no word as of yet, I am waiting

 

[dbtex83]

dbtex83---$140-$15445-100-PVB-Feb-0/19, 200/20, 100/21, 100/22- sent 5/15

Decided it was the right time to add on some more points and Poly was our top choice!

 

[MagicalAloha]

No, but to be fair, right now is the first time I've tried to book value, but my trigger finger is either not fast enough at 8am, or they are currently being walked.

Most likely being walked.

 

[MagicalAloha]

Boo! I was really hoping ROFR turn around time would stay at 3 weeks, but it looks like it's getting longer

My contract was submitted either 4/30 or 5/1, depending on whose email I believe.. my Contract Coordinator or my Broker

I was able to convince myself to stop thinking about it until my 3 week mark, next Thurs or Fri, but now I'm afraid come then it'll be all I think about again!

Fingers crossed

 

[MagicalAloha]

dbtex83---$140-$15445-100-PVB-Feb-0/19, 200/20, 100/21, 100/22- sent 5/15

Decided it was the right time to add on some more points and Poly was our top choice!

Oh wow that’s a nice one!

 

[tputorti]

I was hoping many that submitted 4/22 would hear back about ROFR today. to hear next week. Has anyone had theirs go past 30 days recently?

Mine went past 30 days. 33 days. Submitted 4/2 and cleared 5/5.

 

[jotunheim]

jotunheim---$192-$54947-270-VGC-Aug-0/19, 275/20, 270/21- sent 4/27

 

[John Purcell]

The last thing Disney needs is MORE Aulani inventory to sell. Ten years with the economy growing the entire time and they couldn’t unload it. Rather than ROFRs we’ll see larger incentives.

Disney isn’t going to turn me down in six months when I ask to buy 100 OKW direct points. They’ll ROFR something around 100 points or make me wait for a larger contract that they can split, then sell it to me at a 100% markup. It’s the easiest $8K the company can make. There will be less of that though if resale falls far enough because the blue card math will get worse and worse.

Totally agree! I was just thinking that they may throw a Hail Mary at salvaging value at Aulani, to keep their inventory value at a price floor by buying time and sending a message. My greater point was that off-theme park resorts don’t have a great track record, and perhaps Disney would take a small contract and resorb it as a purely analytic move, not speculative. We are 100% on the same page, and Aulani has worse math on a resale:direct ratio, and not sure if anything can fix that.... Time will tell!

 

[AaronEuth]

AaronEuth---$141-$17600-120-BLT-Sep-0/18, 0/19, 0/20, 120/21- sent 5/15

Posting on behalf of my sister (no kids); she probably slightly overpaid considering this is a delayed closing. However, she wanted to exactly match my current contract in resort, points, etc. This guarantees that she can always book and travel with us; as she is a fantastic aunt to my son and wants to go on all his Disney trips. Having everything match means that she knows that whatever I book, she can book and not worry about running low on points. She had been looking for a contract like this for about a month; and decided it was worth skipping the lowball to get exactly what she wanted.

 

[Sandisw]

AaronEuth---$141-$17600-120-BLT-Sep-0/18, 0/19, 0/20, 120/21- sent 5/15

Posting on behalf of my sister (no kids); she probably slightly overpaid considering this is a delayed closing. However, she wanted to exactly match my current contract in resort, points, etc. This guarantees that she can always book and travel with us; as she is a fantastic aunt to my son and wants to go on all his Disney trips. Having everything match means that she knows that whatever I book, she can book and not worry about running low on points. She had been looking for a contract like this for about a month; and decided it was worth skipping the lowball to get exactly what she wanted.

Congrats! I had lowballed this a few weeks ago. Wasn’t what I really wanted so. glad she got it I ended up finding my perfect one the next day!

 

[My3kids1989]

AaronEuth---$141-$17600-120-BLT-Sep-0/18, 0/19, 0/20, 120/21- sent 5/15

Posting on behalf of my sister (no kids); she probably slightly overpaid considering this is a delayed closing. However, she wanted to exactly match my current contract in resort, points, etc. This guarantees that she can always book and travel with us; as she is a fantastic aunt to my son and wants to go on all his Disney trips. Having everything match means that she knows that whatever I book, she can book and not worry about running low on points. She had been looking for a contract like this for about a month; and decided it was worth skipping the lowball to get exactly what she wanted.

This sounds very exciting!!! There is value in getting exactly what you want, especially when it comes to vacations!

 

[rich dream vacations]

I think she did fantastic. Low price per point. Small contract. Long expiration date. Highly desirable fall use year. Plus I think BLT will be one of the few resorts that holds or likely increases in value over time.

Just wish their studios were bigger!!!

 

[MagicalAloha]

I think she did fantastic. Low price per point. Small contract. Long expiration date. Highly desirable fall use year. Plus I think BLT will be one of the few resorts that holds or likely increases in value over time.

Just wish their studios were bigger!!!

Is there a post detailing what Bay Lake prices were before the Covid Closures? Thanks

 

[AaronEuth]

Congrats! I had lowballed this a few weeks ago. Wasn’t what I really wanted so. glad she got it I ended up finding my perfect one the next day!

We tried a minor lowball of 136 ($10 off asking). They countered with 141, and she decided $600 bucks extra was worth getting her wish list. As an added bonus, her 120 points plus my 120 points lets us upgrade to a 2Br and avoid lockoff premium while vastly upgrading both our accommodations.