The Villas at Disney's Grand Californian Owners Group

[minniemoms]

Hope this works. These are the kitchen in the 1 bedroom and the murpy bed. the pools.

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[ACDSNY]

Great pics! Our DD & DSIL toured the models with us last Sept and my DD loved the Master suite. I told her she better start saving for their own points because if they were staying on our points the Master suite was mine, all mine!

 

[DVCGeek]

that happened with the BLT folks too

Mine still says "null". Anybody ever get this fixed for BLT ones? Once I buy @ VGC it could get confusing... (waiting for March!)

 

[toocherie]

I just logged onto my new VGC dvcmember account--it also says "null"--I think because it hasn't been added to the system yet.

The other weird thing is that it shows my number of points, but then under number of points available to use it shows 45 more than I actually bought. That is weird . . . .

 

[DVCGeek]

For those of you who purchased multiple contracts @ VGC, how do the ‘closing costs’ work? I'm trying to get a feel for how much cash I need to have on hand for next month!

If the minimum is still 100 points on March 25th I’m thinking I might buy 100 points split onto two contracts; a 50 pointer with cash and a 50 financed through Disney (with ~$600 down). My FL based guide didn’t have much info. yet and confirmed a few things for me but asked that I call back in late March before trying to get purchase costs and related details...

 

[toocherie]

For those of you who purchased multiple contracts @ VGC, how do the ‘closing costs’ work? I'm trying to get a feel for how much cash I need to have on hand for next month!

If the minimum is still 100 points on March 25th I’m thinking I might buy 100 points split onto two contracts; a 50 pointer with cash and a 50 financed through Disney (with ~$600 down). My FL based guide didn’t have much info. yet and confirmed a few things for me but asked that I call back in late March before trying to get purchase costs and related details...

Assuming this is an add-on--there shouldn't be any closing costs right?

Are you talking about a down payment on the financed portion and the payment for the cash portion? I just usually put it on a credit card--you get the rewards points from your cc company and it's just easier to write a check.

 

[kerickson]

For those of you who purchased multiple contracts @ VGC, how do the ‘closing costs’ work? I'm trying to get a feel for how much cash I need to have on hand for next month!

If the minimum is still 100 points on March 25th I’m thinking I might buy 100 points split onto two contracts; a 50 pointer with cash and a 50 financed through Disney (with ~$600 down). My FL based guide didn’t have much info. yet and confirmed a few things for me but asked that I call back in late March before trying to get purchase costs and related details...

No 'closing costs' for add ons. Not sure how financing works as I've never financed through DVC.

 

[DVCGeek]

Assuming this is an add-on--there shouldn't be any closing costs right?

Currently we only have our first contract @ BLT so we are noobs to the Add-on thing. VGC will be an ADD-ON for us but I wasn't sure if there are closing costs for add ons or it depends on weather they are financed or not. I plan to try and pay $3500 on one credit card and the balance of the first 50 point contract plus $600 down for the second on a different card. (I don't want to max out my card with the best rewards!) Then I'll finance the remainder of the second contract.

I'm not sure what fees (closing costs, etc...) Disney charges with add ons, especially when there are multiple contracts involved. Sorry if I'm not wording this very well!!!

 

[kerickson]

I just logged onto my new VGC dvcmember account--it also says "null"--I think because it hasn't been added to the system yet.

The other weird thing is that it shows my number of points, but then under number of points available to use it shows 45 more than I actually bought. That is weird . . . .

I saw on another thread that the resort might say 'null' in the system until it opens. So, BLT might not be corrected until Aug and VGC might not be corrected until Nov.

 

[toocherie]

Currently we only have our first contract @ BLT so we are noobs to the Add-on thing. VGC will be an ADD-ON for us but I wasn't sure if there are closing costs for add ons or it depends on weather they are financed or not. I plan to try and pay $3500 on one credit card and the balance of the first 50 point contract plus $600 down for the second on a different card. (I don't want to max out my card with the best rewards!) Then I'll finance the remainder of the second contract.

I'm not sure what fees (closing costs, etc...) Disney charges with add ons, especially when there are multiple contracts involved. Sorry if I'm not wording this very well!!!

There are no closing costs for add-ons for members.

 

[dcfromva]

Once we all get our APs we should schedule a VGC owners meet sometime!

Do you know what the expiration date is on the DL APes? Are they the premium or deluxe?

Thanks,
DC

 

[toocherie]

Do you know what the expiration date is on the DL APes? Are they the premium or deluxe?

Thanks,
DC

I believe they are premium and have to be activated by June 1, 2009. Which means they would expire one year from activation (not later than May 31, 2010).

 

[kerickson]

I believe they are the same vouchers we received back in Jan 08 when we purchased SSR. My guide said they were going to be offering them as an incentive until that batch ran out (so, those of you who want to buy but are putting it off, the DL AP incentive won't last long). Mine have to be traded in for APs by the end of June '09 as well.

 

[toocherie]

I believe they are the same vouchers we received back in Jan 08 when we purchased SSR. My guide said they were going to be offering them as an incentive until that batch ran out (so, those of you who want to buy but are putting it off, the DL AP incentive won't last long). Mine have to be traded in for APs by the end of June '09 as well.

yes, they must be. I got those when I bought SSR too--was great because I bought in Jan 08 so used one for DL and traded the other for WDW. There is just no way to use both by June, so I think I will be trading them for WDW passes where they never expire.

 

[kerickson]

Hi Founding Members
Do any of you have your names on commemorative pavers in the area between DL and DCA? Since we are now invested in visting VGC for the next 50 years, thought it would be fun to buy a paver we could visit each time! Since we won't be getting a Founding Member tile or robe like the other properties, thought this was the next best thing!

http://www.wdwinv.com/difiles/merchevents/Brick Order Form.pdf

 

[ACDSNY]

Hi Founding Members
Do any of you have your names on commemorative pavers in the area between DL and DCA?

We have two...one for our immediate family and one for my extended family. We had them put in during the Disneyland 50th and I had 25 family members on our Nov 2005 DL trip.

 

[dcfromva]

We did one for DS by himself and another one with DH and I on it for the 50th anniversary celebration in 2005.... Wow, was that really 4 years ago?

 

[amyup]

I sent my contracts in tonight! I'm official

 

[lisah0711]

I sent my contracts in tonight! I'm official

Congratulations and home!

 

[minniemoms]

We didn't do the pavers and I wish we had. Just let it slip by, but my parents and brothers family have one.