Buying direct guarantees that future resorts will be available for me, but it doesn't do anything to guarantee that I'll
want them.
Depending on how you define a few different terms, their "newest" resort has no restrictions.
Right now if I had to bet, I'd predict:
- VDH restrictions identical to Riviera.
- Poly2 mirrors VGF2, as an expansion of the existing association and no restrictions.
- Future builds go back to the Riviera model.
Couldn't you just do that when the time comes, IF the time comes?
Assuming you're okay with no Riviera, why not buy resale first? Then, if something comes along that you'd be disappointed to be shut out of, sell your contract and buy something Direct (with existing member pricing I might add). And if nothing comes along that you'd be disappointed to be shut out of, you keep your cheap contract and save the money.
Technically, BPK is not a new resort. It was an expansion of the current one…just like when they added Treehouses to SSR, no one considered it building a "new resort". I think, as we have discussed, there are lots of reason that the decision may have been made to keep it as an expansion.
Of course, I think Poly tower will be new with restrictions because it is ground up construction and is being built with amenities of a true resort. However, since it is a big unknown, I think those buying resale today need to be okay with being shut out of RIV, VDH, and Poly tower in the near future...this way, no disappointment later on if it happens.
I just believe many go in with this being a purchase that they will hold for a long time and don't go in with the buy and just sell later mindset.
Now, if someone doesn't care about those three, then resale to start can make good sense. But, given the price differences right now, and what it could cost you to buy/sell later on (one should assume there could be a loss), it's not as easy a choice as it may have been when the price difference between direct and resale was much larger.
So, it does come down to whether it makes sense to spend more now to go direct, know you won't be shut out of any future resorts added to
DVC, including the Epcot area ones if they are rebuilt as part of the program, and be done or go resale, save money know, and possibly be disappointed later if something is built and you have to sell and rebuy.
For you, who really doesn't like the current choices of RIV and VGF, then it doesn't make sense to buy those simply to give you access later on.