The Villas at Disney's Grand Californian Owners Group

[DVCGeek]

Hi all- it may be itty bitty compared to a number of you, by my add on contract xxx.1 for 40 points @ null is appearing online now!!! So, I am an owner @ VGC and now a full member of this illustrious group. Slept in a bit and they are here. Great way to start a day.

 

[SoCalKDG]

Went to the Grand Californian event last night. DeeVee Cee was very funny. Kids had fun in the play center and loved seeing Mickey, Minnie, Dopey and Snow White afterwards. Dessert were great as well. Give aways were pretty lame

Added on 125 points last night. Got June use year so we get 125 points June 2009 which we will rent in a transfer to help pay the cost of the points. First vacation will be June 2010 with the 2010 points. Also asked and received the 4 day cruise which we will use in Feb. 2010. School just gave my daughter a week off in the beginning of that month.

So figuring $2500 value for four people for the cruise(from cruise dot com), $1375 for transferring the 2009 points at $11/point to another member, plus $5 discount I received, we get down to $9500 for the 125 points or $76 per point. The cruise was the key for convincing the wife as we have never been on a Disney cruise. That plus we are annual passholders at DLR makes Disney vacations much cheaper in the future as we can now skip airfaire and tickets, plus visit Vons before we get to the room.

I'd estimate they will sell approx. 200,000 points over this weekend(Thursday to Sunday), which would be about 1300 people purchasing 150 points.

 

[justkeepswimmin]

Oooh! I haven't posted here yet but a lot of the people that have are the ones who helped answer some of my questions and led us to our decision to buy so thanks !!

We are in for 160 points and are so excited! We just LOVE Disneyland, it is an easy 7-8 hr drive from us and we already feel at home there. Our first stay will (hopefully) be 3 nights in a 2 bdrm Dec 6-9th for the Christmas season. I am nervous about getting in since it will be so brand spankin' new but will be calling 1st thing 6/7 in the AM if all the current info about booking holds true!

Congrats to all the other GCV owners out there!

 

[squidmo]

WooHoo- my 5 x 50 point "null" contracts are showing on DVCMember.com now- I can't wait to stay at our new home!

 

[WDWfantasy]

I was at the Grand Firsts event on Saturday night. We had purchased (4) 50 pt. add-on contracts on Thursday the 26th , when founding member priority was over. We were originally getting the 7 nt. cruise and $5 per point discount incentive. After thinking it over we decided to re-write our contracts and go with the incentives offered at the event. So this is what we ended up with;

-$7 per point discount
-3 nt. stay at GCH with fastpasses (3 per person can be used anywhere at any time during the stay). Must be used by Oct. 3, 2009.
-(2)AP's (were offered either DL Premium Annual Passes or WDW Annual Passes -not Premium-, we chose WDW as DL Deluxe ($249 per person) is good enough for us and the DL passes needed to be activated by June, 2010 The WDW passes can be activated at any time in the future and are worth close to $400 per person.
-7 nt. RCI stay to be used in the next 18 months.
-2 nt. stay at Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego or Fairmont in San Francisco. Must be used by Oct. 3, 2009.

Dollar for dollar the cruise may have been worth a little more $$ but the other package fit us better overall, financially and scheduling wise. I do have a couple of questions for those who bought at the event. Did you book your 3 night GCH stay and/or your San Diego or SFO stay at the event? If not, have you booked it since then? I was offered the option to book these with an agent at the event but the person was very busy with other members and I didn't have time to wait around. I called MS this morning to do it but they don't have any of the info. yet for me to do it?? My contracts are showing up but that is because I orginally bought last Thursday. What did your guides say about booking those after the event?? I know we are suppose to get a voucher for the RCI stay. Also, I was helped by a guide named Linda from California (my guide is Ron Brumbaugh in Florida). I forgot to ask for her business card so I don't even have her last name. Anyone know Linda from California?? Thanks so much and congrats to everyone else who bought too.

 

[DVCGeek]

Congrats to all the new fellow VGC owners!

 

[Robo-Daddy 3000]

WooHoo- my 5 x 50 point "null" contracts are showing on DVCMember.com now- I can't wait to stay at our new home!

Squidmo, I've got 2 x 50 point "null" contracts showing in my account now!

Once they finish building it, vacationing at the Villas at the "Null" is going to be sooo cool!!!

 

[nunzia]

WooHoo- my 5 x 50 point "null" contracts are showing on DVCMember.com now- I can't wait to stay at our new home!

OMG Brave soul..I just got my Fed Ex box and signed the zillion pages for my 2 contracts (60 & 65), and I can't imagine having to sign all that 5 times!
but....

 

[dvc_john]

Got mine today also. It seems like a LOT more paperwork than I've ever had for my other contracts. Must be a California thing lol.

 

[stopher1]

Got mine today also. It seems like a LOT more paperwork than I've ever had for my other contracts. Must be a California thing lol.

Oh boy - I can't wait... I'm on a business trip til Thursday and told them about it when arranging for the purchase, so they agreed to hold it all and Fedex it to me on April 2nd for 3rd delivery... sounds like fun. Even so, YAY.

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

There are a lot of docs aren't there! I was told that one or two of them need double coupies if they are being signed off-site. If you signed there you'd save a few pen strokes. Also, I checked with QA and there will be the final report issued that will be sent out and there will be one more document that needs to be signed at that time. Whew!

 

[toocherie]

I'm in for 220 points. My first DVC purchase and I'm soo excited!!

Amy--yay another DVC Diva!!!! congrats!!!

 

[Disney_Villain]

Well, we did it! We bought into VGC at Doorway to Dreams on March 26th, right when they opened. The new contract appeared on the member site the very same evening. We even got our free 4-night DCL cruise as part of the deal too.

We're so happy to have done this! The VGC is going to be difficult (if not impossible) to book at the 7-month window, due to it being the smallest DVC resort and the only DVC resort in Disneyland.

Add to the above problems what will happen to reservation points at the DL hotels! First, the DLH is slated for renovations - and I'm pretty sure that the reservation points required for the DLH are going to increase dramatically when that happens. Second, the reservation points for the GCH are likely to go bye-bye soon as well (as has been done for all other hotel-combined DVC resorts).

Congrats to all other new VGC owners!

 

[wideeyedwonder]

Second, the reservation points for the GCH are likely to go bye-bye soon as well (as has been done for all other hotel-combined DVC resorts).

I was told by my DVC guide that that is indeed true.

 

[kerickson]

Well, we did it! We bought into VGC at Doorway to Dreams on March 26th, right when they opened. The new contract appeared on the member site the very same evening. We even got our free 4-night DCL cruise as part of the deal too.

We're so happy to have done this! The VGC is going to be difficult (if not impossible) to book at the 7-month window, due to it being the smallest DVC resort and the only DVC resort in Disneyland.

Add to the above problems what will happen to reservation points at the DL hotels! First, the DLH is slated for renovations - and I'm pretty sure that the reservation points required for the DLH are going to increase dramatically when that happens. Second, the reservation points for the GCH are likely to go bye-bye soon as well (as has been done for all other hotel-combined DVC resorts).

Congrats on your puchase!!
Maybe they will convert a DLH tower to DVC when they do the renovations!? Do you know what type of renovations are planned? Typical new carpet, new paint, or are they doing more extensive like bathroom remodels?

 

[stopher1]

Well, we did it! We bought into VGC at Doorway to Dreams on March 26th, right when they opened. The new contract appeared on the member site the very same evening. We even got our free 4-night DCL cruise as part of the deal too.

That's so awesome - congrats!!

 

[wdw4life]

Congrats on your puchase!!
Maybe they will convert a DLH tower to DVC when they do the renovations!? Do you know what type of renovations are planned? Typical new carpet, new paint, or are they doing more extensive like bathroom remodels?

I believe the plan is to gut the the buildings and have comepletely new rooms.

 

[SoCalKDG]

I have my 125 point "null" contract showing in my account now as well from my purchase this past Saturday. Can't find airfaire from LAX to Null. Anyone?

 

[maburke]

I have my 125 point "null" contract showing in my account now as well from my purchase this past Saturday. Can't find airfaire from LAX to Null. Anyone?

I spoke to my guide in FL on Friday to add on 100 VGC points, but I don't see any evidence of it online. I didn't expect it to happen over the weekend, but now it's Tuesday, and I don't want to miss out on those Developer points...

 

[wideeyedwonder]

We are new members, and we got the contracts tonight...I should really think about when to use those developer points and get something to booked, before availability gets too restricted (we're looking to stay at the GC or DH in fall, after school starts).

(EDIT): Well, looking at the new incentives, it look like it may be more straightforward to re-contract with the new price discount incentives...if I'm reading the DIS postings on the new incentives right, I'd be looking at an effective $16 discount per point...$96 a point effectively. Not too shabby!

I guess I will be calling my guide tomorrow.