ROFR Thread April to June 2022 *PLEASE SEE FIRST POST FOR INSTRUCTIONS & FORMATTING TOOL*

[CaptainAmerica]

What’s VDH?

Somewhere along the line, Disneyland Tower became Villas at Disneyland Hotel.

 

[Sandisw]

What’s VDH?
I was so determined that BWV was the worst bang for my buck. I gave in bought 45 but who am I kidding? That’s not enough, jumped back in ROFR three more times. BWV is almost always our no. 1 choice every trip. BWV costs me about $15.29pp in 2022 so a 9 standard room costs $138. If I’d use my other points cost about $11.35pp for a easier p/g room for 14 points, it costs $159. I still come out ahead. I plan to ride it out till 2042.

The official name was announced last week…the Villas at Disneyland Hotel.

I believe that the use of Disneyland Tower or DLT came from posters here…like VGF2 did. I may be wrong but I don’t think DVD ever officially named them that.

 

[kkediana]

How do you find these international sellers? That's such a good price per point to pass.}\

heather2328---$120-$21800-165-SSR-Apr-0/21, 157/22, 165/23-International Seller- sent 4/6, passed 5/3

First contract

Good price and passed fairly quick- congrats!

 

[Chia1974]

How long ago did they buy your contract? Did they make you wait until 7-10 days before your scheduled closing date to send paperwork? I just found out today that my contract was taken in ROFR. I

Taken February 17, money in my account March 17.

 

[Sandisw]

February 17, money in my account March 17.

They have definitely fallen behind that schedule.

 

[Lakesideturtle]

Lakesideturtle---$114-$28139-220-AUL-Jun-0/20, 0/21, 164/22, 220/23-Int' Seller- sent 4/1 - passed 5/2/22

 

[Lakesideturtle]

Good price and passed fairly quick- congrats!

Good price and passed fairly quick- congrats!

Good price! Congratulations!

 

[Lakesideturtle]

Good price and passed fairly quick- congrats!

Good price! Congratulations!

Thanks! I'm glad it passed!

 

[pks_domer]

Ooh great find!! I fully expect my AKL to get taken and then I really hope I can find one with an international seller

Hope yours makes it through— good luck!

 

[Kylie kaiser]

Kyliekaiser---$136-$7712-50-BRV@WL-Oct-0/21, 50/22, 50/23- sent 4/15
Kyliekaiser---$125-$4075-25-BRV@WL-Oct-0/21, 25/22, 25/23- sent 4/27

 

[disneyforsix]

disneyforsix---$155-$5158-30-BWV-Jun-0/20, 0/21, 30/22, 30/23- sent 4/12 passed 5/4

Happy May the 4th to me!

Now if I could just stop browsing other contracts - but I know this is NOT the group to ask for help on that lol!!

 

[davidl81]

This is true, My contract was taken on April 1st and still nothing from Disney about getting it closed.

Mine was taken on March 10th and my close date is tomorrow. Absolutely nothing from Disney yet. Broker is telling me Disney is running behind. Honestly very disappointed in both Disney and honestly the board sponsor who has basically been 100% hands off since Disney took it in ROFR.

 

[Sandisw]

Mine was taken on March 10th and my close date is tomorrow. Absolutely nothing from Disney yet. Broker is telling me Disney is running behind. Honestly very disappointed in both Disney and honestly the board sponsor who has basically been 100% hands off since Disney took it in ROFR.

They told me that once Disney becomes involved, they become the title company and closing agent and the brokers/regular title company are no longer involved. So, I do get that part of it. I am going to email MA today and find out who do I need to contact about it so I have someone to check in with about where I am in the process..

 

[larry47591]

Mine was taken on March 10th and my close date is tomorrow. Absolutely nothing from Disney yet. Broker is telling me Disney is running behind. Honestly very disappointed in both Disney and honestly the board sponsor who has basically been 100% hands off since Disney took it in ROFR.

Keep us Updated. I had one I was sell bought back but my closed date isn't until may 31. I have another that is still in ROFR. My worry is We leave for vacation for 2 weeks on June 2. Would like both to be done before we leave. Makes me nervous I will have to start this whole process again.

Maybe this is their plan to take contracts in ROFR and then slip past the close date hoping the sellers will decided to keep it or try to resale it.

 

[heynowirv]

They told me that once Disney becomes involved, they become the title company and closing agent and the brokers/regular title company are no longer involved. So, I do get that part of it. I am going to email MA today and find out who do I need to contact about it so I have someone to check in with about where I am in the process..

We had a contract taken by Disney. The craziest thing to me was they paid us and still took about 2 weeks to take the points. I wouldn't of cared except with the points in limbo we couldn't of cared except we were "in arrears" of our dues until they took them.
Because of that we had to wait before we could look at availability online to book.

 

[MalorieA]

MalorieA---$126-$11404-80-SSR-Aug-0/21, 160/22, 80/23- sent 3/23, passed 5/4

Whaaat?! I had my backup offers all ready to go. I had found a 120 pt contract with an international seller and everything. Sorry to those who got taken with higher ppp. All I can figure is maybe the fact that it had less points on contract helped. Thanks to all who gave advice.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

So I got a new tidbit from my broker today, curious if anyone has heard something similar.

My contract had a closing date that was much further out into the future than what I was accustomed to. I hadn't used this broker before, nor have I purchased Aulani before, so I figured it was one of three possibilities. 1) The seller had a trip booked and couldn't close until after that trip was complete, 2) this particular broker just assumes a longer timeline than the ones I've worked with before, or 3) the particularities of the State of Hawaii add more time than I realized.

So I reached out to the broker to confirm if the reason for the extended timeline was one of these, and whether we'd be able to close early if ROFR and all of the other paperwork go smoothly. I didn't get a super clear answer on why the timeline was extended in the first place, but he told me that Disney asks the title companies to delay closing until 2-3 weeks before the contract date at the earliest. So in some ways, no matter how fast things go in terms of clearing the hurdles, you can end up limited in your ability to close early even if buyer and seller agree.

 

[Sandisw]

So I got a new tidbit from my broker today, curious if anyone has heard something similar.

My contract had a closing date that was much further out into the future than what I was accustomed to. I hadn't used this broker before, nor have I purchased Aulani before, so I figured it was one of three possibilities. 1) The seller had a trip booked and couldn't close until after that trip was complete, 2) this particular broker just assumes a longer timeline than the ones I've worked with before, or 3) the particularities of the State of Hawaii add more time than I realized.

So I reached out to the broker to confirm if the reason for the extended timeline was one of these, and whether we'd be able to close early if ROFR and all of the other paperwork go smoothly. I didn't get a super clear answer on why the timeline was extended in the first place, but he told me that Disney asks the title companies to delay closing until 2-3 weeks before the contract date at the earliest. So in some ways, no matter how fast things go in terms of clearing the hurdles, you can end up limited in your ability to close early even if buyer and seller agree.

Never heard that but have definitely had contracts close sooner if all paperwork was in.

 

[HappyThoughtsTees]

So I got a new tidbit from my broker today, curious if anyone has heard something similar.

My contract had a closing date that was much further out into the future than what I was accustomed to. I hadn't used this broker before, nor have I purchased Aulani before, so I figured it was one of three possibilities. 1) The seller had a trip booked and couldn't close until after that trip was complete, 2) this particular broker just assumes a longer timeline than the ones I've worked with before, or 3) the particularities of the State of Hawaii add more time than I realized.

So I reached out to the broker to confirm if the reason for the extended timeline was one of these, and whether we'd be able to close early if ROFR and all of the other paperwork go smoothly. I didn't get a super clear answer on why the timeline was extended in the first place, but he told me that Disney asks the title companies to delay closing until 2-3 weeks before the contract date at the earliest. So in some ways, no matter how fast things go in terms of clearing the hurdles, you can end up limited in your ability to close early even if buyer and seller agree.

Which title company did the broker suggest for this transaction? We've purchased 3 AUL contracts, the first two took nearly 4 months to close. There was a backup in the recording department in HA. The last and most recent took 2 months.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

Which title company did the broker suggest for this transaction? We've purchased 3 AUL contracts, the first two took nearly 4 months to close. There was a backup in the recording department in HA. The last and most recent took 2 months.

Delays recording the deed shouldn't delay close though, right?