The biggest owner question that is not given enough thought: future of maintenance fees...

[Pluto777]

Owners will always be responsible for their share of transportation costs that service the resort to/from the parks. So, if it costs a resort (making it up) 1 million a year to have buses bring guests to/from the parks every single day, then owners at that resort, whether shared or hotel, will pay a portion of that bill.

It is not just the construction of the dock or bus stop, etc. Its the operation to run it do, so CM's salarys, gas, purchase of vehicles, etc. When it is a shared resort, the "share" that DVC owners have to pay can be determined in a certain way...and one way is occupancy levels at the resort (how many rooms are DVC vs. cash).

Its not just tranportation either, its any expenses at the resort. PVB owners pay their share to maintain the entire complex, including areas that are around the cash side....

But, with the shared hotels, if Disney decided they wanted to add an enhanced transportation option to service their hotel, then DVC owners, by default would have to absorb their share of operating costs for that transportion.

If owners bear the cost, does that not mean that owners should also get some of the revenue as well? For example, if a restaurant makes a large profit, does some of it go towards lowering the annual dues?

 

[Sandisw]

If owners bear the cost, does that not mean that owners should also get some of the revenue as well? For example, if a restaurant makes a large profit, does some of it go towards lowering the annual dues?

We are not entitled to anything in terms of profit or anything from the TWDC.

Restaurants are commercial spaces and so that isn’t what I am referring to.

But, we do pay for anything under operational such as maintenance, front desk, transportation and any and all costs to manage the property.

So, if Disney decided to add larger boats and run them more frequently at PVB, or add buses to that resort to help with all those new guests since the monorail might not handle it, DVC owners will be on the hook for their share of those extra expenses.

We hire WDPR to provide those services. So, if we are talking MFs, and how they might grow, things like transportation will impact that and I do think that those at shared resorts are in a potentially different position than those at DVC only resorts.