Shouldn't DVC members get a FL res. discount???

[DIZNYFAN]

I don't feel we need or are entitleed to any discounts. We chose the DVC membership because they are offering us a great rate on many many vacations to the place we love and to us that was all we needed to sign on the dotted line. Mind you living in Canada we also get a 7 day PHP deal of buy 1 get 1 half price so if you have an even numbered family it works out great.

 

[SleepyatDVC]

Originally posted by raparker13
Even if you owned property outright in FL, that doesn't make you a resident, unless you live there. Owning property and residency are two different things.

Very true. Owning property or even maintaining a residence in Florida doesn't necessarily make you a LEGAL resident of Florida.

Fortunately, for some of us, maintaining a residence in Florida even if it's not our primary or legal residence, satisfies the Disney proof of Florida residency requirements.

We own property and own and maintain a residence in Florida and we use the address there. Our family does live there and maintains all the utilities. We get lots of mail there including our Disney stuff. A neighbor forwards the mail to us. We all have either Florida DL or ID cards.

We have a residence in Florida and proof of it. So, technically, we are part-time, temporary, psuedo, whatever residents but not legal residents.

Disney couldn't care less if it was a legal residency or not if we have met their proof requirements.

I can see a problem if we rented out our residence though. We'd be landlords and wouldn't be any kind of residents, temporary or otherwise. And it would be hard to provide the proof of Florida residency that Disney deems acceptable.

 

[CarolMN]

The contract we signed at purchase specifically states that owning DVC does NOT qualify a DVC member to receive Florida resident discounts from Disney.

So it doesn't matter if everyone else in the whole country including the state of Florida agrees that DVC members are Florida residents. We still wouldn't get Florida resident discounts on park tickets. It says so in our contracts.

Sure hope the rumors about ticket discounts for DVC members are true. Like most everyone else, I would like a discount on APs/PAPs and PHPs.

Best wishes -

 

[DebbieB]

I attended the annual meeting at BWV last December. This question came up and the answer was owning DVC does not make you a Florida Resident. However, the DVC Board member when on to say that the real question is getting a pass discount for DVC members and that they were working on it (don't hold your breath). At least they didn't hide behind the Florida Resident issue as a reason for no discounts, they admitted the real issue is a discount for DVC Members.