Spring Direct Incentives 2/9-4/27

[Girlstar30]

Yep! They have really expanded Grand Floridian Way the last few years, doubling the lanes and improving the flow. It’s still being worked on. Are they expecting alot more traffic to be coming thru there at some point?

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Are we going to see a new resort up in that area? I’d love it

I’ve also heard about developing behind Beach Club villas, where a new resort would have gate access to the front of Epcot.

And we’re all still waiting for Tikiman’s YC DVC to come to fruition haha. That would pair nicely with the MK gate resort.

If they went with EP gate resort as the big project, then maybe they’d want to do something smaller by MK, like flipping the Garden Roos at Contemporary into DVC? Oh, or maybe even the tower including some of the Atrium Club.

One can dream!

Even with CFW and LSL not rolled out yet, I think there’s still room for one bigger and one smaller DVC project coming for WDW within the next decade.

Why is the yacht club so popular aside from location, I know nothing about it

 

[Makai]

I need to run these new numbers for 150 points at VDH by you all to see if I missed anything or in case my math is off. My guide says this new round of incentives is better, and is going to redo my contract. No final quote given yet or incentive breakdown, so this is just from reading here and confirming these discounts with my guide. Also I plan to keep my same March UY so can split this 150 into three 50 point contracts if that is better advised than 100/50. I will keep the closing costs off the analysis since I might decline Title Insurance, and not sure what the cost will end up at.

Disneyland Hotel Villas:
$248 per point x 150=$37,200
$224 a point with $24 developer discount=$33,600

$1,000 Anniversary discount
$1,000 Disney Visa discount
$500 D23 Gold discount (free with Disney+)
Gift: Disney Art

=$31,100 before closing costs
Last Cycle it was $31,300

With $3,000 Magical Beginnings=$28,100

$843 discount with 3% Disney Inspire VISA rewards=$27,257

This puts VDH direct at $181.71 per point before closing costs. If I factor in the month of annual dues pro-rated off for January 2026, it’s an additional savings of $131.75 =$180.83 per point (before closing costs).

Does this look correct?

 

[Girlstar30]

I need to run these new numbers for 150 points at VDH by you all to see if I missed anything or in case my math is off. My guide says this new round of incentives is better, and is going to redo my contract. No final quote given yet or incentive breakdown, so this is just from reading here and confirming these discounts with my guide. Also I plan to keep my same March UY so can split this 150 into three 50 point contracts if that is better advised than 100/50. I will keep the closing costs off the analysis since I might decline Title Insurance, and not sure what the cost will end up at.

Disneyland Hotel Villas:
$248 per point x 150=$37,200
$224 a point with $24 developer discount=$33,600

$1,000 anniversary discount
$1,000 Visa discount
$500 D23 Gold discount (free with Disney+)
Gift: Disney Art

=$31,100 before closing costs
Last Cycle it was $31,300

With $3,000 Magical Beginnings=$28,100

$843 discount with 3% Disney Inspire VISA rewards=$27,257

This puts VDH direct at $181.71 per point before closing costs.

Does this look correct?

Your math is correct as far as this cycles price and last cycles price and magical beginnings.

I cant comment about the visa cuz idk. I split three ways and my closing costs were roughly $31 waiving the title insurance plus the $250 doc prep free on each contract. Your closing costs may even be cheaper because youre buying 150 points, I bought 200.

With the super low closing costs by waiving title insurance, I think its worth it to split 3 ways 50 50 50. Also def go with new incentive cycle as that artwork is valued at $375 AND its $200 cheaper, score!

I actually paid $100 more this round because I wanted the artwork so purchasing 150 points is better than more points this round, which is rare. Actually the more you buy, the worst it gets! 250 was even worse!

I felt confident waiving title insurance because no one else has ever owned these points. Read contract carefully for spelling errors and make sure the math adds up. The breakdown my guide gave me was not giving me enough credit from the deposits ive already paid and I caught it.

Welcome home, neighbor!!! ️

 

[Flash_Sloth]

I'm also not convinced that restricted resorts will face the availability problems that so many predict. But, if that problem does start to materialize, there are many ways Disney can get creative to help fix it. They have a vested interest in selling direct points. And direct points aren't going to have much appeal if the ability to use them at non-home resorts is only a theoretical possibility, but next to impossible in practice.

I generally agree, but I have a feeling that there will be a higher percentage of unused points as more resale contracts pop up at restricted resorts. I don't know how big of a problem this will become.

Those who own resale points at a restricted resort can have some of the same unfortunate life events as everybody else and may have to cancel a reservation on short notice. If those points go into holding, or if it is past their banking deadline, or even if it is just within the 7 month window when others can book, it could be very difficult to find availability when limited to 1 resort. And even if there is some availability, it doesn't necessarily mean it is usable based on schedules for work, school, holidays, travel, etc.

But with DVD having a vested interest in selling direct points, maybe they don't care so much about bad luck for resale owners at restricted resorts?