RUMOR: Disney Vacation Club Considering Paid Member Perks Program

[Maistre Gracey]

"What's a single perk *you* get in life without paying for it?"

your quote says "you" not someone

I do understand that, but I still would bet you paid for it somehow.
Ex: if you got a “free” bag of Lay’s chips, there is likely a small mark up on every bag of Fritos to cover promotional give aways.
That may seem like a stretch, but it is the way things work.

Regardless, the big picture is NOTHING is free.

 

[we"reofftoneverland]

Disney is getting so lame.

 

[bakerworld]

Just as with G+, we'll slide on by = uninterested.

 

[Heightshero]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1538586845885382658

Let us know your thoughts in the comments, and stay tuned for more information about this DVC “Membership Magic Diamond Level” program as it becomes available! What do you think about this new paid member perks program? What would you like to see offered? Will you be joining?

Seems like a decent idea honestly, they don't want to give the perks to everyone anymore, but this will seperate the people who actually go to the parks vs. the people who use it as an investment oppurtunity.

I'd be more than willing to pay, especially if this is offered to resale members....

 

[CastAStone]

Sorry to bump an old thread, but this is apparently explicitly discussed in the Disney Slack channels that leaked and are making the rounds today. I saw just enough on twitter to confirm the plan did (does?) exist and I am curious if anyone learns more as more surfaces from the hack.

 

[Chuck S]

It would need to be a pretty expensive upgrade fee, else members that bought the more expensive direct points for those perks will be really upset. While I can see it being discussed, I dont see it ever coming into fruition.

 

[matt and beth]

If this is true - I bet it will either not be offered to resale contacts or it will cost more.

They’d be restricting a significant portion of potential income. That makes no financial sense if this is a money grab

 

[AstroBlasters]

Sorry to bump an old thread, but this is apparently explicitly discussed in the Disney Slack channels that leaked and are making the rounds today. I saw just enough on twitter to confirm the plan did (does?) exist and I am curious if anyone learns more as more surfaces from the hack.

Did they leak or is it being ransomed?

 

[CastAStone]

Did they leak or is it being ransomed?

Already public. No financial objective for the leakers, they’re angry about some staffing issue or something.

It’s over 1TB of data in a zip file though so even though I found the source rather easily I have nowhere big enough to pull it down to and look myself.

 

[AstroBlasters]

Already public. No financial objective for the leakers, they’re angry about some staffing issue or something.

It’s over 1TB of data in a zip file though so even though I found the source rather easily I have nowhere big enough to pull it down to and look myself.

Looks like they are angry Disney hasn’t been paying royalties to some artists who think they deserve them….

 

[AstroBlasters]

Already public. No financial objective for the leakers, they’re angry about some staffing issue or something.

It’s over 1TB of data in a zip file though so even though I found the source rather easily I have nowhere big enough to pull it down to and look myself.

So you’d need a 2TB thumb drive or something?

 

[Kailunkat]

Already public. No financial objective for the leakers, they’re angry about some staffing issue or something.

It’s over 1TB of data in a zip file though so even though I found the source rather easily I have nowhere big enough to pull it down to and look myself.

Of course this happens while I’m away camping and these forums are about the only thing I can load. If there’s still no info tomorrow night when I’m back in a city (with an extra HD and my mega antivirus software) I can definitely help.

 

[CastAStone]

So you’d need a 2TB thumb drive or something?

Something that can handle a file that large, yes. I just have zero need for that much storage. I create like 4 non-work documents a year.

 

[Brian Noble]

I saw just enough on twitter to confirm the plan did (does?) exist

Are the conversations dated? If so, and the dates are more than a year ago, this is probably related to the original rumor.

I've probably already posted this in this thread, but I think a tiered program based on number of developer points owned is much more likely than a fee-per-year program that any Blue Card member can buy. $100/year is peanuts.

 

[CastAStone]

Are the conversations dated? If so, and the dates are more than a year ago, this is probably related to the original rumor.

I've probably already posted this in this thread, but I think a tiered program based on number of developer points owned is much more likely than a fee-per-year program that any Blue Card member can buy. $100/year is peanuts.

I don’t know. I should clarify that what I saw verifies that a DVC diamond program was at least in planning at one point. But I suppose that doesn’t necessarily mean it was exactly as Paul laid out in his article. I imagine, though that they are at least related, because it uses the same name.

 

[AstroBlasters]

Are the conversations dated? If so, and the dates are more than a year ago, this is probably related to the original rumor.

I've probably already posted this in this thread, but I think a tiered program based on number of developer points owned is much more likely than a fee-per-year program that any Blue Card member can buy. $100/year is peanuts.

It seems to me that corporate America loves to give perks up front and then takes them away when new “what have you done for me lately” management comes in and looks to juice the numbers to get a bonus.

I can’t tell you the number of times I have seen great offerings that were profitable and good for the employee and clients get watered down or completely bastardized in the name of revenue growth. This leads to talent and client turnover, a change of management, and the cycle repeates itself.

At least reoccurring revenue models in theory produce some incentive for ongoing relevance of a product/service and a minimum level of customer service.

 

[Lumpy1106]

Are the conversations dated? If so, and the dates are more than a year ago, this is probably related to the original rumor.

I've probably already posted this in this thread, but I think a tiered program based on number of developer points owned is much more likely than a fee-per-year program that any Blue Card member can buy. $100/year is peanuts.

It would have to be full Blue Card privileges (booking at restricted resorts etc) before I'd even consider it - even at that price. A bag of chips at the EPCOT DVC lounge would not cut it - not by a long shot. I saved $10K buying resale and I have never once had any regrets about not buying direct.

 

[Sandisw]

It would have to be full Blue Card privileges (booking at restricted resorts etc) before I'd even consider it - even at that price. A bag of chips at the EPCOT DVC lounge would not cut it - not by a long shot. I saved $10K buying resale and I have never once had any regrets about not buying direct.

The restrictions are not related to membership extras in anyway so any program wouldn’t change that as that would require the DVC resort agreement to be change.

Now, it could include the ability to pay a fee to access DVCs owned points beyond OTU limits…if that’s what you meant, I could see that being something thought about.

 

[crvetter]

The restrictions are not related to membership extras in anyway so any program wouldn’t change that as that would require the DVC resort agreement to be change.

Now, it could include the ability to pay a fee to access DVCs owned points beyond OTU limits…if that’s what you meant, I could see that being something thought about.

Except doesn’t the Agreement say that DVC can offer a paid upgrade to make points unrestricted. I suppose that could be on an annual allotment or the entire remaining contract. I don’t recall it being clear it had to be the entire contract term.

Edit: while that isn’t blue card related I suppose they could do that. I just assumed this paid experience was going to try and creat club like experiences.

 

[Lumpy1106]

The restrictions are not related to membership extras in anyway so any program wouldn’t change that as that would require the DVC resort agreement to be change.

Now, it could include the ability to pay a fee to access DVCs owned points beyond OTU limits…if that’s what you meant, I could see that being something thought about.

Just saying - it would take a lot - can't really see it being a thing, for me anyway.