The VGF 2 pricing thread

[DisneyMom_3]

I found the pricing:
$100/pt for blue card members
$200/pt for new members
$300/pt for white card members

I hope not! I’m trying to fix my No Blue Card Blues!

 

[lowlight]

I found the pricing:
$100/pt for blue card members
$200/pt for new members
$300/pt for white card members

Preceded by the immediate suspension of blue card benefits.

 

[CarolynFH]

I got one recently but it was for my mom! She’s never been to Disney except when I take her. This is the fourth one I’ve received for her in the last few years, but when I try to use it, it is tied to her name. Of course, she doesn’t go every time with us and the dates never seem to work out!
I have no idea why they send hers to my email. To add insult to injury, I’ve NEVER received one!

I've gotten one, in all my Disney years. It wouldn't work online no matter what permutations of our names I put in, so I called. It turned out that PIN was linked to someone we don't even know!

 

[SleeplessInTO]

My guide just called me to tell me that 1/ this phone call is monitored and recorded and 2/ he will call me on March 3 with ALL the GFV2 information. He’s never mentioned the monitored and recorded bit before…

 

[SusieQ93]

Thanks

My guide just called me to tell me that 1/ this phone call is monitored and recorded and 2/ he will call me on March 3 with ALL the GFV2 information. He’s never mentioned the monitored and recorded bit before…

please share ALL the VGF2 information on the 3rd with us non-member peons can’t wait to hear what you all find out.

 

[Her Dotness]

please share ALL the VGF2 information on the 3rd with us non-member peons can’t wait to hear what you all find out.

Ohhhh, no need whatsoever to fear that we won't be talking about these prices within seconds of anyone finding out how much.

In fact, being first to post the price will be both a race and status symbol for the first with The REALLY REALLY BIG News.

 

[Sandisw]

Ohhhh, no need whatsoever to fear that we won't be talking about these prices within seconds of anyone finding out how much.

In fact, being first to post the price will be both a race and status symbol for the first with The REALLY REALLY BIG News.

Going to be liked Xmas eve as a kid. DH just gave me the go ahead to buy what I want so I am so ready! I may even push to 125 to 150 if the price is right!

 

[DonMacGregor]

Going to be liked Xmas eve as a kid. DH just gave me the go ahead to buy what I want so I am so ready! I may even push to 125 to 150 if the price is right!

 

[Matty B13]

I'm surprised that someone here hasn't put up a count down clock......

 

[SleeplessInTO]

Thanks

please share ALL the VGF2 information on the 3rd with us non-member peons can’t wait to hear what you all find out.

I will!! I asked him to call me in the morning, not the afternoon lol.

 

[Sandisw]

I'm surprised that someone here hasn't put up a count down clock......

I was going to but knew it’d get buried so I figured we could on the 2nd!

 

[DKZB]

i'll disagree on this one from personal experience, not necessarily the debt part, but the part about people who are buying dvc are used to being deluxe clientele. DVC is still a product marketed heavily (not exclusively) to young families who probably aren't used to staying at deluxes that (rightfully or wrongfully) can be sold/upsold on more premium experience for some modest financing or through a year or two of heavy saving up (we ended up joining a couple of years after actually doing the live tour). Sure, there are plenty of DVC owners who fall into the category you describe, but there are a substantial amount who don't too.

I think comparing the mentality of cash stays to DVC (and the cash vs. dvc populations of the resorts) is a bit apples to oranges in my eyes. When I booked cash stays, I would sit on the disney or costco website and have to stare at the difference between GF and coronado or a marriott property and really ask myself honestly if the 300+/night (pre-tax, to boot) savings was really worth staying at GF or poly vs. staying elsewhere, and typically i decided it wasnt. This was effectively the exact and very honest pitch from my sales guide, it was "I'm not here to save you money, I'm here to take the money you spent staying at the marriott on I4 and turn it into staying on the monorail loop, with a little loss upfront and a little gain on the back end."

DVC is a capital purchase and is an understanding that "hey, i'm not going to reap this benefit today, i'm either going to reap the benefit upon disposal or upon long term usage". There are certainly different demographics that buy into DVC, but the primary sales pitch is and typically has been to tell families "take the money you were spending on moderates and turn it into deluxes, and the math works out if you stick with it for enough years". Sure, there are also people that are used to spending $4K per trip on hotels and get sold on DVC too, but it only took 5 minutes in the SSR sales center when I was there to see what the demographic of buyer was, and lets just say most of the lovely young couples were brought from other resorts in the minnie vans : -)

I can’t speak for most but thankfully I’m fortunate to have been able to buy lots of points this year cash. That said, if it weren’t points and dues I KNOW I would travel less and would never pay $600+/night for a Savannah View room at AKV if I had to shell out the cash. It’s not that I couldn’t afford it, it’s just I know myself. DVC helps me do things I wouldn’t otherwise do. We all have our reasons and it is OK that everyone is a bit different.

 

[jbreen2010]

So on March 3rd when they officially start selling more points, can we immediately begin booking the resort studios too?

 

[Duckbug.Ducktales]

To me, financing is a fine decision for some, especially if you can pay it off early.

Yeah, especially if paid within, maybe, 2 years or less because at least you can say you stayed ahead of price pp increases. But the interest really starts to pile up and outpace increases after that.

My wife had just booked a cash room when we received one of these. Immediately canceled the cash reservation and took the special. As I recall it was quite a savings at a Moderate resort instead of Value resort.

I got one recently but it was for my mom!

Just when you think you've at least heard about most everything Disney... what a cool thing it would be to get one such offer, we love trying out new resorts. Is there a specific email list one has to join?

 

[Her Dotness]

Just when you think you've at least heard about most everything Disney... what a cool thing it would be to get one such offer, we love trying out new resorts. Is there a specific email list one has to join?

Nope. It seemingly was luck...or no luck.

All I did was send Disney my email address to start getting promotional emails. Might even have been requesting the DVC dvd.

We started talking about getting into DVC a couple years before we decided to buy in, around the time I began getting them. That may have been what got me on the pin code list. Don't actually know other than hearing you had to give Disney your email addy for something to have a chance of getting a code.

 

[TinkB278]

So are they not going to release pricing prior to 3/3? It would be nice to start planning and reviewing finances so we are ready on the third.

 

[Sandisw]

So are they not going to release pricing prior to 3/3? It would be nice to start planning and reviewing finances so we are ready on the third.

Not according to my guide. No details before sales start. It’s why I made three plans based on what I hope to buy and potential pricing.

Did the best case scenario using RIV price of $207 and went from there. We know we will not buy right now if it comes out at $255 because we won’t be buying enough for any incentives..

However, I will be SHOCKED…to see that as base price.

 

[Einstein509]

Nope…not Disney, and not with with current company either..so I am going to leave it there.

I've said this before and I'll say it again. I have a hard time believing that if Disney has so many secrets on the way they do things (including DVD) that these things have not been spilled somewhere by this point. There are leaks everywhere, in government, in business, so why are folks not talking? There are so many anonymous forums out there today and they are certainly being used.

I get the loyalty piece, but not everyone is loyal and certainly some are disgruntled. Just weird that the information is not out there.

I tend to side with NuHusky123 in that there must be some sort of agreement that CMs are part of that will bring the wrath of god upon them if they spill the beans......and maybe they're also not allowed to talk about the agreement.....we don't talk about Bruno.

 

[DonMacGregor]

There are leaks everywhere, in government, in business, so why are folks not talking?

But by your own logic, NDA’s in government and business don’t keep secrets either, so the argument that an NDA is keeping Disney airtight is somewhat contradictory to those facts.

 

[SusieQ93]

I've said this before and I'll say it again. I have a hard time believing that if Disney has so many secrets on the way they do things (including DVD) that these things have not been spilled somewhere by this point. There are leaks everywhere, in government, in business, so why are folks not talking? There are so many anonymous forums out there today and they are certainly being used.

I get the loyalty piece, but not everyone is loyal and certainly some are disgruntled. Just weird that the information is not out there.

I tend to side with NuHusky123 in that there must be some sort of agreement that CMs are part of that will bring the wrath of god upon them if they spill the beans......and maybe they're also not allowed to talk about the agreement.....we don't talk about Bruno.

I don’t think the CMs who work for DVC really care to divulge the information on the internet. I mean why would they? To what end? Just to gossip? I’m going to guess that most of them are doing their jobs and living their lives and not really thinking about this as hot gossip that they need to spill. Aside from people on these boards, are there that many people out there who really care about the details of DVC’s next release? And why would someone risk their job just to leak some relatively minor info on a board to super fans?