The Official VILLAS at DISNEYLAND HOTEL (Discovery Tower) Owners and Fans Info Thread

[pangyal]

Enjoy the Palm Breeze Bar…. it’s a cool vibe.

I walked by and made a mental note to check the menu for later!

 

[AstroBlasters]

I walked by and made a mental note to check the menu for later!

How many points did you end up buying? Fixed week?

 

[pangyal]

How many points did you end up buying? Fixed week?

Yes! With the intention of never using it lol. 161 in total and I’ve already burned through them all through 2025

 

[VGCgroupie]

Yes! With the intention of never using it lol. 161 in total and I’ve already burned through them all through 2025

Sure is easy to do

 

[Canchaser143]

Let’s wait until VGC gets the remodel….

IF it ever gets the remodel

 

[MartyParty]

IF it ever gets the remodel

Yup it’ll get it. But to be honest even if the remodel pushed another few years, DVC VGC would still book out.

 

[UrsulaWantsYourSoul]

Yup it’ll get it. But to be honest even if the remodel pushed another few years, DVC VGC would still book out.

I’m actually kind of happy it was delayed a little. Will be nice to have refurbs staggered for VGC and VDH. A little something new every few years rather than both every 7.

 

[MartyParty]

I’m actually kind of happy it was delayed a little. Will be nice to have refurbs staggered for VGC and VDH. A little something new every few years rather than both every 7.

Good point. No joy if VGC and VDH had refurbs at the same time. I think DVD would likely stagger by a year or two.

 

[MartyParty]

FYI we’re headed back to VDH Jan 5-9. Will be our second trip. Bringing our early 20 something daughters who will be on university break. First trip last year was sans kiddos…and it was great!

 

[VGCgroupie]

FYI we’re headed back to VDH Jan 5-9. Will be our second trip. Bringing our early 20 something daughters who will be on university break. First trip last year was sans kiddos…and it was great!

We will be there mid February. With the whole fam in tow

 

[UrsulaWantsYourSoul]

FYI we’re headed back to VDH Jan 5-9. Will be our second trip. Bringing our early 20 something daughters who will be on university break. First trip last year was sans kiddos…and it was great!

We're 18 days away - excited! 1 night in a Garden Duo (might as well burn the arrival night on few points) and 3 nights in a Grand Villa. Oogie Boogie perfection

 

[Duckbug.Ducktales]

We're 18 days away - excited! 1 night in a Garden Duo (might as well burn the arrival night on few points) and 3 nights in a Grand Villa. Oogie Boogie perfection

Wow, nice! Are you hosting a lot of folks or just splurging on yourselves to experience the beautiful grand villas?

 

[UrsulaWantsYourSoul]

Wow, nice! Are you hosting a lot of folks or just splurging on yourselves to experience the beautiful grand villas?

6 of us. But we’re having an open house for friends in the my dvc points community on Oct 12. Should be fun.

 

[AstroBlasters]

Question for the collective group:

What’s the better move on 160ish points?

1) Fixed Week that you might not ever use
2) Small contracts for higher resale residual with extra $400 closing cost per contract
3) Going up to 200 for more incentives
4) Other

 

[AstroBlasters]

FYI we’re headed back to VDH Jan 5-9. Will be our second trip. Bringing our early 20 something daughters who will be on university break. First trip last year was sans kiddos…and it was great!

The low point season when the MK isn’t blacked out..

 

[VGCgroupie]

Question for the collective group:

What’s the better move on 160ish points?

1) Fixed Week that you might not ever use
2) Small contracts for higher resale residual with extra $400 closing cost per contract
3) Going up to 200 for more incentives
4) Other

Hard one. I kind of did all 3 in one.

 

[AstroBlasters]

Hard one. I kind of did all 3 in one. FW at 138 points, 2nd contract of 62 points to bring to 200 points. If I sell the 62 point I would make a profit right now, but then it puts me below 150 direct points. I will cross that bridge in the future. Maybe one day I can snag 25-50 points direct at VGC and then sell my small VDH.

138 points $379 closing cost
62 points $359 closing cost

Oh interesting….. so one fixed week and one top up.

What’s the minimum 25 or 50?

 

[MartyParty]

Question for the collective group:

What’s the better move on 160ish points?

1) Fixed Week that you might not ever use
2) Small contracts for higher resale residual with extra $400 closing cost per contract
3) Going up to 200 for more incentives
4) Other

Well…I’m not up on the current offering but for what it’s worth last year we did #2: 110 pts and 65 pts for a total of 175.

I’d still do that again today. I’m not good at a FW. We don’t have a regular pattern. I stopped at the next largest incentive level as getting to 200 was only a $1 savings per point. Also we have 440 other points at WDW resorts, so didn’t need +25 points.

Down the road, I’d sell my 65 if needing to trim back or best case bank a profit. But we will see. Primary reason was to stay at Disneyland VDH.

 

[VGCgroupie]

Oh interesting….. so one fixed week and one top up.

What’s the minimum 25 or 50?

Minimum was 50.

 

[AstroBlasters]

Hard one. I kind of did all 3 in one. FW at 138 points, 2nd contract of 62 points to bring to 200 points. If I sell the 62 point I would make a profit right now, but then it puts me below 150 direct points. I will cross that bridge in the future. Maybe one day I can snag 25-50 points direct at VGC and then sell my small VDH.

138 points $379 closing cost
62 points $359 closing cost

It doesn’t look like the incentives are that much better at 150 vs 200.

Oh… Welcome Home goes from 2500 to 5000