The Official Riviera Owners & Info Thread

[SugarSweetLee]

I've stayed at Riviera 4x so far, 2x in a deluxe studio and 2x in a tower studio, and each time I've had the Peter Pan art.

Cool! Just saying they do exist and they aren't all Peter Pan

 

[muppets3d]

Cool! Just saying they do exist and they aren't all Peter Pan

It may be luck of the draw on the studios, or it may be in the 1/2/3 bedroom villas, which I haven't stayed in yet.

 

[KSR0330]

We're going to be getting a grocery order for our next stay and won't be able to carry everything up to our room ourselves. Are we allowed to borrow a rolling cart and then bring it back once we are done?

 

[DVCsloth]

We're going to be getting a grocery order for our next stay and won't be able to carry everything up to our room ourselves. Are we allowed to borrow a rolling cart and then bring it back once we are done?

I've never seen them have an issue with anyone using the luggage carts. They will bring it up for you as well, if they're super busy I would just bring it up myself and return the cart.

 

[supercarrie]

It may be luck of the draw on the studios, or it may be in the 1/2/3 bedroom villas, which I haven't stayed in yet.

After much research, it appears that 101 Dalmatians are in some studios, and the tower studios and 1/2 bedrooms have Peter Pan. Kind of random on the studios!

 

[muppets3d]

After much research, it appears that 101 Dalmatians are in some studios, and the tower studios and 1/2 bedrooms have Peter Pan. Kind of random on the studios!

That's cool! I won't be back at riviera until next may but I'll try to remember to check the Murphy bed then!

 

[UrsulaWantsYourSoul]

The shopping thread posted this cutie. All the WDW resorts have them I think.

 

[J-Dog]

The shopping thread posted this cutie. All the WDW resorts have them I think.
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What is that? Some kind of jewelry? (Disclaimer: I'm a dude)

 

[CarolynFH]

What is that? Some kind of jewelry? (Disclaimer: I'm a dude)

Pandora charms for bracelets.

 

[WeIcomeHome]

Officially a Riviera owner today! Now just need to wait a year to stay after doing magical beginnings!

 

[Itoddmickey]

Officially a Riviera owner today! Now just need to wait a year to stay after doing magical beginnings!

First, welcome home. I feel you on magic beginnings. I’m down to 90ish days after buying in Sept of last year. If nobody has told you, there is a welcome home trip possibility that you could call in and Disney could use their room allotment to fit you in when there is no Dvc rooms available. Don’t make any reservation until you call in as that will void the option. You still have to use your points, they try to fit you in if they can.

 

[kanerf]

We're going to be getting a grocery order for our next stay and won't be able to carry everything up to our room ourselves. Are we allowed to borrow a rolling cart and then bring it back once we are done?

I do see people doing that so it must be allowed. I just have Bell services bring the stuff to me.

 

[MerlinandtheMouse]

Did they recently do another declaration? Seems like a lot of availability popped up that wasn’t there for the last few weeks (looking at May)

 

[Disneycouple99]

Did they recently do another declaration? Seems like a lot of availability popped up that wasn’t there for the last few weeks (looking at May)

Last one I found was for May 7, 2024

 

[MerlinandtheMouse]

Last one I found was for May 7, 2024

Hmm interesting. I wonder if there’s a significant delay between units getting declared and when those rooms become available to book.

 

[EPCOT Terran]

Hmm interesting. I wonder if there’s a significant delay between units getting declared and when those rooms become available to book.

Anecdotally, I just had a waitlist for a Deluxe Studio Standard View come through yesterday for March and used the extra points from that clearing (and replacing an existing Preferred View res) to grab an early May (for May the Fourth) DS PV reservation that I could swear wasn't there last week. I'm very new to being a Riviera owner so I'm not sure what the usual pattern for rooms becoming available and waitlists clearing is like. I'm happy my March waitlist came through though!

 

[MerlinandtheMouse]

Anecdotally, I just had a waitlist for a Deluxe Studio Standard View come through yesterday for March and used the extra points from that clearing (and replacing an existing Preferred View res) to grab an early May (for May the Fourth) DS PV reservation that I could swear wasn't there last week. I'm very new to being a Riviera owner so I'm not sure what the usual pattern for rooms becoming available and waitlists clearing is like. I'm happy my March waitlist came through though!

I’m fairly new myself so I don’t know exactly how spring books up. We bought last Feb and got our Welcome Home booking for early May 2023, for a SV studio so I’m not sure how those dates go normally. I’d been watching for early May in a tower studio or SV studio and they were being walked so I couldn’t grab them. Did manage to get 3 out the 6 nights we wanted as people walked on and only just this Wednesday I noticed a ton of new availability open, so I booked the last few nights. Glad your dates came through, too!

 

[J-Dog]

Anecdotally, I just had a waitlist for a Deluxe Studio Standard View come through yesterday for March and used the extra points from that clearing (and replacing an existing Preferred View res) to grab an early May (for May the Fourth) DS PV reservation that I could swear wasn't there last week. I'm very new to being a Riviera owner so I'm not sure what the usual pattern for rooms becoming available and waitlists clearing is like. I'm happy my March waitlist came through though!

Just wanted to say thanks for adding "anecdotally"! So many people online post their singular experience as if it's some kind of proof of some theoretical trend.

 

[CarolynFH]

I'm very new to being a Riviera owner so I'm not sure what the usual pattern for rooms becoming available and waitlists clearing is like.

Given that RIV isn't completely declared and sold out yet, it's possible that the usual pattern isn't known yet.

 

[GeekRemix]

I am thinking about buying 150 points at Riviera. And split them into two 75 points contracts, or three 50 point contracts. My thought process being that if I ever have to sell these for whatever reason, it will be easier and they will sell for more per point.

Will I get the blue member card if I split the points into different contracts?