ROFR Thread July to Sept 2021 *PLEASE SEE FIRST POST FOR INSTRUCTIONS & FORMATTING TOOL*

[Jen0718]

ROFR Day 55: Nothing, no news at all. Still waiting, still checking email and bank account multiple times per day. I will be glad when it’s all over, the wait that is. On the plus side, I believe I may be in the running for the longest wait on ROFR. So I guess that’s a consolation prize.

 

[MBland54]

ROFR Day 55: Nothing, no news at all. Still waiting, still checking email and bank account multiple times per day. I will be glad when it’s all over, the wait that is. On the plus side, I believe I may be in the running for the longest wait on ROFR. So I guess that’s a consolation prize.

I hesitate to even bring this up... today while checking on a 2nd contract - 7/7 RIV - still in ROFR, I was informed by the Broker that they once had a 97 day ROFR. ...97 days...
I wasn't certain if I was to take solace in that news or view it as a threat. Either way, you - my friend in waiting - are not alone on this wistful Tuesday evening. Best wishes.

 

[Jen0718]

I hesitate to even bring this up... today while checking on a 2nd contract - 7/7 RIV - still in ROFR, I was informed by the Broker that they once had a 97 day ROFR. ...97 days...
I wasn't certain if I was to take solace in that news or view it as a threat. Either way, you - my friend in waiting - are not alone on this wistful Tuesday evening. Best wishes.

I don’t think I can do 97 days of “not knowing”. I was going off of an earlier post that someone said 67 days was the longest they knew of. I am “semi okay?”with surpassing that number since it’s only 12 days away (I would much prefer not to surpass it though). 97 is a lot of days

 

[Rush]

I have to believe the lack of ROFR decisions is Disney’s attempt to slow the flow of contracts coming in until they have a chance to catch up processing new and transfer deeds from the closure. I know you probably aren’t paying attention to closing threads yet, but as of last Thursday they started processing deeds recorded on July 26th, and just today they started processing deeds recorded on the 27th. I’m not the best at math, but that pace only gets you further and further behind unless they slow the incoming deeds.

So Jen, call it bad timing on top of bad luck. Hopefully you’ll hear something soon!

 

[mariam1]

mariam1---$110-$48270-400-AUL-Jun-0/20, 800/21, 400/22, 400/23- sent 7/23, passed 8/24

we passed ...Yahhhhh

These are 2 contracts for 200 points each under one title and one closing!
Everyone on this board has been amazing, I learned so much from you ALL!

THANK YOU!!!

 

[Jen0718]

mariam1---$110-$48270-400-AUL-Jun-0/20, 800/21, 400/22, 400/23- sent 7/23, passed 8/24

we passed ...Yahhhhh

These are 2 contracts for 200 points each under one title and one closing!
Everyone on this board has been amazing, I learned so much from you ALL!

THANK YOU!!!

Congrats!!

 

[Chia1974]

I’m not a huge fan of Riviera because of skyliner. However I do like the rooms they offer in a smallish resort. I’ve been looking and not seeing any small contact needles to say in my October UY. Im thinking about buying 50 points direct at the end of September. This way I’d get 2020 points and only pay dues for 4 month. What do you guys think about this VS VGF2? I know addonitis is bad!

 

[masupo]

I’m not a huge fan of Riviera because of skyliner. However I do like the rooms they offer in a smallish resort. I’ve been looking and not seeing any small contact needles to say in my October UY. Im thinking about buying 50 points direct at the end of September. This way I’d get 2020 points and only pay dues for 4 month. What do you guys think about this VS VGF2? I know addonitis is bad!

I love RIV - that's where my direct points are. The rooms are beautiful and I also like the footprint and tall building style. The food options are great.

RIV's resale restrictions can give one pause, but on a small contract, that has less impact hopefully.

VGF2 also sounds good, but there's rumors the new "resort studios" will not have a sink in the kitchenette and possibly will not have the split bathroom with two showers. Hopefully the rumors are incorrect.

I love having two showers in a studio like RIV, VGF and Poly. If VGF2 doesn't have that, I feel it could put even more pressure on booking the older style studios.

This is a long way to say - I'd wait for the VGF2 details then make your decision. Either option will probably be great. Hopefully they make an announcement soon, so you can make your choice by the end of Sept and possibly benefit from the 2020 RIV points.

I know addonitis is a torturous addiction. We are here for you in your time of temptation!

 

[Chia1974]

I love RIV - that's where my direct points are. The rooms are beautiful and I also like the footprint and tall building style. The food options are great.

RIV's resale restrictions can give one pause, but on a small contract, that has less impact hopefully.

VGF2 also sounds good, but there's rumors the new "resort studios" will not have a sink in the kitchenette and possibly will not have the split bathroom with two showers. Hopefully the rumors are incorrect.

I love having two showers in a studio like RIV, VGF and Poly. If VGF2 doesn't have that, I feel it could put even more pressure on booking the older style studios.

This is a long way to say - I'd wait for the VGF2 details then make your decision. Either option will probably be great. Hopefully they make an announcement soon, so you can make your choice by the end of Sept and possibly benefit from the 2020 RIV points.

I know addonitis is a torturous addiction. We are here for you in your time of temptation!

I like RIV but not where it’s at. The location is a huge disadvantage for me. The value per point is great but the high dues worry some. Yes the resale restrictions are huge disadvantages too. Skyliner is down a lot especially in the summer that’s why I am not a huge fan. I wish they had built RIV where they built the Swan Reserve.

I’m like you, loved the split bathroom situation and the size of the rooms. I’m mainly looking to book the studio at RIV with my points. For One-two bedroom I absolutely love BLT, again with an extra bathroom and of course its location. I own most of my points there, both direct and resale.

VGF2 is tempting but the points chart is higher than RIV for studios. Second, I already own enough points at a monorail resort. I love Epcot area I have a small BWV and really consider buying RIV. I’ll stay at RIV for the first time next week and we’ll see.

Addonitis is so real!

 

[macman123]

macman123---$169-$26119-150-PVB-Aug-0/20, 150/21, 150/22, 150/23- sent 8/25 - the seller pays closing costs

I promise this is the LAST one. This will take me up to 2995 points!

 

[Missa1227]

Taken by Disney

Missa1227---$124-$21163-160-AKV-Dec-0/20, 80/21, 160/22- sent 7/21, taken 8/24

 

[ABE4DISNEY]

Sorry to hear that Missa1227...they got me too.

ABE4DISNEY---$120-$21032-160-SSR-Feb-0/20, 0/21, 320/22, 160/23- sent 8/4/21, taken 8/25

I'm going to cool my jets for awhile--hoping for a little market dip.

 

[Sandisw]

But I’m itching to know just how many of those small BLT contracts are sold at or close to that price. That website makes it look like many are sold.

I sold my 100 point BLT contract in about 4 hours at $189.

 

[Sandisw]

I like RIV but not where it’s at. The location is a huge disadvantage for me. The value per point is great but the high dues worry some. Yes the resale restrictions are huge disadvantages too. Skyliner is down a lot especially in the summer that’s why I am not a huge fan. I wish they had built RIV where they built the Swan Reserve.

I’m like you, loved the split bathroom situation and the size of the rooms. I’m mainly looking to book the studio at RIV with my points. For One-two bedroom I absolutely love BLT, again with an extra bathroom and of course its location. I own most of my points there, both direct and resale.

VGF2 is tempting but the points chart is higher than RIV for studios. Second, I already own enough points at a monorail resort. I love Epcot area I have a small BWV and really consider buying RIV. I’ll stay at RIV for the first time next week and we’ll see.

Addonitis is so real!

I just love it and TBH, have been very luck because we neve once dealt with the Skyliner being down during my June and July trips (as well as in March). We now have 300 points there..175 direct and 125 resale...so we are waiting to see the price at VGF for another 50 to 75. If it is way out of line with RIV, we will add on direct at RIV.

Keep us posted after your trip on if you buy!

 

[Ginamarie]

But I’m itching to know just how many of those small BLT contracts are sold at or close to that price. That website makes it look like many are sold.

I know that some of them sell, but I've already had the experience where the broker tells me- "it's firm, sorry" and a couple of weeks later, they're ready to take my "low" offer.
Some sellers are more interested in selling and some just want to sell if they can get a certain price.

 

[sgricewich]

Got me again. 2nd contract, 2nd ROFR.

sgricewich---$109-$25720-230-OKW-Apr-0/20, 0/21, 230/22, 230/23- sent 7/30, taken 8/25

 

[Ginamarie]

I’m not a huge fan of Riviera because of skyliner. However I do like the rooms they offer in a smallish resort. I’ve been looking and not seeing any small contact needles to say in my October UY. Im thinking about buying 50 points direct at the end of September. This way I’d get 2020 points and only pay dues for 4 month. What do you guys think about this VS VGF2? I know addonitis is bad!

If you're not a huge fan of Riviera, maybe that's not the way to go?
We love Riviera and we bought our direct points there, but I'm a big fan of the skyliner and really love the decor and the artwork and the layout. I do think buying direct makes sense for a 50 point contract no matter where you pick! We are using our 2020 points from the Rivera contract for a trip in January, and I can't wait!

 

[Chia1974]

I just love it and TBH, have been very luck because we neve once dealt with the Skyliner being down during my June and July trips (as well as in March). We now have 300 points there..175 direct and 125 resale...so we are waiting to see the price at VGF for another 50 to 75. If it is way out of line with RIV, we will add on direct at RIV.

Keep us posted after your trip on if you buy!

We didn’t have problem with skyliner so much in January staying at AOA and April staying at BWV. However when we were staying at BCV in June skyliner closures were constantly due to weather. We toured RIV and my 9 year old daughter was a huge fan of the resort lol.

 

[LadybugsMum]

I promise this is the LAST one. This will take me up to 2995 points!

Riiiiggghhhttt....

 

[The Jackal]

macman123---$169-$26119-150-PVB-Aug-0/20, 150/21, 150/22, 150/23- sent 8/25 - the seller pays closing costs

I promise this is the LAST one. This will take me up to 2995 points!

Macman123. This has to be one of the worst cases of Addonitis the Disboards has ever seen. From 0-2995 points in seems like a couple months. I hope that when you finally get to travel here to the US your trip is fantastic. We have lived pretty much all the resorts we have stayed at.