The VGF 2 pricing thread

[Bjaiken77]

I still think this should be happening today. What’s the point of posting that a cast member will call you in the next 48 hours if they have nothing to say? First thing people are going to want to know is the price.

 

[TinkB278]

I still think this should be happening today. What’s the point of posting that a cast member will call you in the next 48 hours if they have nothing to say? First thing people are going to want to know is the price.

I don’t understand this either. Any other information I would want to know is already available online. A guide already called me in response to putting my name on the interest list but I’m working and am not planning on calling back until more details come out because until then, what is there to discuss?

 

[fumanchu2488]

Exactly. I need three things answered.

What is the price?
When can I buy?
When can I stay?

We are planning an early 2023 trip and would like more points. If I don’t get more info soon then I will have to buy more RIV points so I can get them loaded and used in the next month.

 

[zebsterama]

A little off topic .... we are currently VGF points holders .... we do not have "a guide".
We bought resale, never talked to one.

If/when VGF opens up, do we already have a guide associated with our current contract somehow, or is it whoever picks up the phone that day wins our business? Seriously ... does it really matter???

If yes, it does really matter -- can someone please PM me a guide that they would recommend?

Thanks!

 

[DonMacGregor]

I still think this should be happening today. What’s the point of posting that a cast member will call you in the next 48 hours if they have nothing to say? First thing people are going to want to know is the price.

So they can pitch you on another resort? You showed interest, that's all a salesman cares about. They'll sell you what they have, not what you need or want.

 

[tidefan]

All this is actually pushing us to think about unloading our VGF points. We are VGF1 owners and primary book studios every couple of years. However, we want the dedicated VGF building and not the new Big Pine Key renos. Our feeling is that competition will be so high for the 47 original VGF studios by adding all these new points into the existing Association that it will be difficult to get into the original building, and if we can't do that. What's the point.

Wonder if they'd trade our VGF points for more BLT points

 

[KVacc]

Don’t expect pricing today. The official pricing document was updated and Grand Floridian did not change
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Where is this document located?

 

[SusieQ93]

All this is actually pushing us to think about unloading our VGF points. We are VGF1 owners and primary book studios every couple of years. However, we want the dedicated VGF building and not the new Big Pine Key renos. Our feeling is that competition will be so high for the 47 original VGF studios by adding all these new points into the existing Association that it will be difficult to get into the original building, and if we can't do that. What's the point.

Wonder if they'd trade our VGF points for more BLT points

That could definitely be true. I don’t know what other buyer’s preferences would be. But one of the reasons I am personally so excited about this addition is that these studios are different in that there’s two real queen beds and the square footage is bigger than the other studios. Granted now that the Murphy beds are being added that’s not quite such a big deal. But I found the idea of the pullout sofas in the original studios off-putting and since I envision us typically booking studios that was a big deal to me. I know some are upset about the loss of the kitchenettes, but that doesn’t matter to me personally so much. Plenty of easy things that don’t need heated for breakfast which is the only meal we’ll ever do in the room. I could totally be the minority, but just food for thought. You could always wait and see what the impact is before you dump your points.

 

[DVCbie-Jeebies]

All y’all folks talkin’ ‘bout how hard deluxe studios will be to book, but honestly if I’m into studios is a mini fridge and microwave really that big a selling point/draw? My husband and me just came back from a week in a VGF studio and the new building is so much more centrally located, closer to bigger pool which we spent more time at then the slide/kiddie one, restaurants, main lobby, the old building felt a little set off from all the happenings. Not a giant distance but if given the choice, I’m guessin’ most folks will want “location, location, location” as VGF owners/fans who like to poo-poo the Riviera like to remind us. When we buy in it’ll be to stay at then new rooms.

 

[Epcot Forever Forever]

A little off topic .... we are currently VGF points holders .... we do not have "a guide".
We bought resale, never talked to one.

If/when VGF opens up, do we already have a guide associated with our current contract somehow, or is it whoever picks up the phone that day wins our business? Seriously ... does it really matter???

If yes, it does really matter -- can someone please PM me a guide that they would recommend?

Thanks!

If you call the person who answers will (usually) become your guide.

 

[Epcot Forever Forever]

Our feeling is that competition will be so high for the 47 original VGF studios by adding all these new points into the existing Association that it will be difficult to get into the original building, and if we can't do that.

I’m guessing that’s correct.

 

[Epcot Forever Forever]

Where is this document located?

It’s linked at the bottom of every page of the DVC site, look for the one that says “UK Purchasers”

 

[Epcot Forever Forever]

All y’all folks talkin’ ‘bout how hard deluxe studios will be to book, but honestly if I’m into studios is a mini fridge and microwave really that big a selling point/draw? My husband and me just came back from a week in a VGF studio and the new building is so much more centrally located, closer to bigger pool which we spent more time at then the slide/kiddie one, restaurants, main lobby, the old building felt a little set off from all the happenings. Not a giant distance but if given the choice, I’m guessin’ most folks will want “location, location, location” as VGF owners/fans who like to poo-poo the Riviera like to remind us. When we buy in it’ll be to stay at then new rooms.

I personally think there are going to be lots of people in both camps but there will be 4X as many of the new studios as the old ones and that’s why I think the old ones will sell out faster.

A lot of people prefer Kidani to Jambo but Jambo sells out way faster because it has far fewer rooms.

 

[tidefan]

That could definitely be true. I don’t know what other buyer’s preferences would be. But one of the reasons I am personally so excited about this addition is that these studios are different in that there’s two real queen beds and the square footage is bigger than the other studios. Granted now that the Murphy beds are being added that’s not quite such a big deal. But I found the idea of the pullout sofas in the original studios off-putting and since I envision us typically booking studios that was a big deal to me. I know some are upset about the loss of the kitchenettes, but that doesn’t matter to me personally so much. Plenty of easy things that don’t need heated for breakfast which is the only meal we’ll ever do in the room. I could totally be the minority, but just food for thought. You could always wait and see what the impact is before you dump your points.

I just wish that they would have done this similar to BRV and CCV and created a separate condo association. I bet they didn't want to do this as they could sell for less years with the new contracts...

 

[Nabas]

All y’all folks talkin’ ‘bout how hard deluxe studios will be to book, but honestly if I’m into studios is a mini fridge and microwave really that big a selling point/draw?

A microwave and minifridge are very important for us.

How else are we going to refrigerate and reheat our leftover Giordano's pizza!

 

[Sandisw]

I just wish that they would have done this similar to BRV and CCV and created a separate condo association. I bet they didn't want to do this as they could sell for less years with the new contracts...

I do think that they did it this way because it is probably an easier process to get going as the current POS allows for additional builds vs. setting up a brand new one. And, by having it the same, they can sell by touting all the the current VGF can offer folks.

When they added CCV as new, it had all room sizes so they didn't need to relate it to BRV...not to mention, the end dates of those two resorts were vastly different.

 

[SusieQ93]

I just wish that they would have done this similar to BRV and CCV and created a separate condo association. I bet they didn't want to do this as they could sell for less years with the new contracts...

Totally get your concerns! If you already own points, I can understand why you’d feel slighted to have a bunch of new competition for the existing rooms or even just anxiety about what changes this could bring. However, playing devil’s advocate one of the reasons I didn’t buy VGF resale before was I heard how hard it could be for owners to book studios even 11 months out during certain times (fall - December which happen to be my favorite times to go). Now I have no idea if that’s true or if it was that big of a problem, but the plus side for original owners who want studios is that there could potentially be more availability and less anxiety with booking 11 months out. I was never going to be the person walking a reservation or something like that. Spending all that money to have to deal with that stress was also off-putting to me.

 

[KTownRaider]

All y’all folks talkin’ ‘bout how hard deluxe studios will be to book, but honestly if I’m into studios is a mini fridge and microwave really that big a selling point/draw?

It's not just the mini fridge/microwave that make the original deluxe studios more attractive to me over the new 'resort studios', it's the split bathroom too. As a current owner though, I hope most people feel like you do.

 

[nuhusky123]

It's not just the mini/fridge/microwave that make the original deluxe studios more attractive to me over the new 'resort studios', it's the split bathroom too. As a current owner though, I hope most people feel like you do.

I will say the deluxe shower situation is much better than resort studios

 

[SusieQ93]

I will say the deluxe shower situation is much better than resort studios

Totally forgot about the showers. That is a big plus for the deluxe studios vs resort. Although whenever I talked about that before like for poly which we considered buying, my husband didn’t get why I thought that was so great. We also have a baby and it will be a very, very long time before we can both get ready at the same time anyway.