The Villas at Disney's Grand Californian Owners Group

[DVC Mike]

I went to DLR and signed my paperwork today. IIRC my closing date is May 11th.

Cool!

 

[jkkldisney]

We can now join this group. We got our paperwork Friday for our 100 pt add-on. Thanks for all the valuable information posted here so I was able to know what was going on.

 

[trampslady]

Does anyone know what the estimate is on how long it will take VGC to sell out?

 

[Dsnylndlvrs]

We just sent our signed contracts back yesterday! Can't wait for the villas to open now!

 

[thisthingsgottawork]

Argh.

Can anybody give me some advice on the vgc?

We may wish to have a referral prior to calling?

Our next trip is scheduled tentatively for September 2009, but I worry they may sell out prior to this. Argh. I'm so torn up.

Any new vgc owners wish to opine? it would be appreciated.

 

[stopher1]

We can now join this group. We got our paperwork Friday for our 100 pt add-on. Thanks for all the valuable information posted here so I was able to know what was going on.

Congrats & welcome! That's awesome.

 

[stopher1]

We can now join this group. We got our paperwork Friday for our 100 pt add-on. Thanks for all the valuable information posted here so I was able to know what was going on.

Argh.

Can anybody give me some advice on the vgc?

We may wish to have a referral prior to calling?

Our next trip is scheduled tentatively for September 2009, but I worry they may sell out prior to this. Argh. I'm so torn up.

Any new vgc owners wish to opine? it would be appreciated.

First off, welcome to the DIS.

Well it will be the smallest DVC resort upon opening, and with that in mind will be extremely difficult to get into if you don't have the 11 month booking window with the home resort ownership.

It will be the only DVC resort with exclusive access directly into a theme park, and is the first on the west coast.

Having a referral will get you the incentives, and it MAY be sold out by Sept, but not sure. There are a total of 1.1M+ points for sale, but not sure how sales are going. There were an awful lot of folks going in to the sale (prior to sales actually opening up) thinking that the points would just fly and they'd be sold out by now. Others disputed that and said it would take a longer period of time to sell out. None of us truly know how quickly the points are selling, but guess that since it is so small, the first at DL and on the west coast, etc, etc, that it will sell out more quickly than other resorts.

Read through this thread to get lots of your questions answered, or simply email me directly at c_lingren@yahoo.com and post specific questions. I'm happy to help! I can serve as a referral for you as well if you'd like. Have a great week. Christopher Lingren, Noblesville, IN

In the end, if you see yourself going to DL every year, or at least every couple of years, and would regularly stay in the Grand or the DL hotel anyway...and you will do so for at least the next couple of decades...and you want more space than just a regular hotel room...and buying in to DVC won't break the bank for you...then go for it. It is entirely possible that points will remain in September for your next visit, but there are no guarantees.

 

[DVCGeek]

never got a DVC tote bag at all...I guess there's always Ebay if I get desperate!

That's true! Currently I'm using my tote to hold all the DVC papers I have (except for my copy of the actual executed deed & title insurance policy). I'm not one to carry around a totebag, but I smile every time I walk past it in my den...

 

[dcfromva]

Argh.

Can anybody give me some advice on the vgc?

We may wish to have a referral prior to calling?

Our next trip is scheduled tentatively for September 2009, but I worry they may sell out prior to this. Argh. I'm so torn up.

Any new vgc owners wish to opine? it would be appreciated.

If you are sure you want to buy, why wait? (Of course, I'm not sure I am one to ask about this. )


There are 1,136,876 total vacation points at VGC. Sales started in Jan (for founding members). Since this is just for fun and I have no real idea how many points folks are buying on average, I am just going to pick a number: 160 points. If everyone bought 160 points, that would be about 7105 contracts. Divide that by 9 months of sales (Jan-Sept), that would be 789 contracts per month. And divided by 30 days, that would be 26 contracts per day sold... in order to sell out by Sept. I don't know how possible it would be to sell that much.

 

[nick262]

I went to DLR and signed my paperwork today. IIRC my closing date is May 11th. I can now make my ABD reservations. Am now just waiting on my AP and RCI vouchers.

Can you tell me about what you were told about the ABD ressies? We were told that ABD would call us this week, but we have not heard anything.

TIA

 

[dcfromva]

It should be 3 for both dedicated and lockoffs. How odd they would only have 2 in the public report document. Obviously, the model has 3, but if it says 2 in the public report, does that mean that 2 is all Disney has to to deliver?

(I'm quoting myself ) I called QA a few days ago and received a call back today. I was told it was a mistake and an ammedment will be sent out as well as it will be corrected in the final report....

 

[wdw4life]

Can you tell me about what you were told about the ABD ressies? We were told that ABD would call us this week, but we have not heard anything.

TIA

I was told that I could call and make my ABD ressies the day after I signed my paperwork. I called yesterday to make them and after much confusion ( the rep had to keep checking with someone else on how to do it) I was told ABD would call me after I closed. I'm really bummed becaused I wanted to lock in my dates but I guess I will just have to wait.

 

[drewmisha]

What choices are offered for the ABD trip? Do you get only certain dates to pick from?

I was told that I could call and make my ABD ressies the day after I signed my paperwork. I called yesterday to make them and after much confusion ( the rep had to keep checking with someone else on how to do it) I was told ABD would call me after I closed. I'm really bummed becaused I wanted to lock in my dates but I guess I will just have to wait.

 

[wdw4life]

What choices are offered for the ABD trip? Do you get only certain dates to pick from?

I can choose from Backstage Magic- Southern California: Hollywood & The Disneyland Resort; Spirit of America- Philadelphia, Washington DC and Williamsburg; Rocky Trails and Mountie Tales- Montana and Alberta, Canada: Glacier and Banff National Parks; Southwest Splendors- Arizona and Utah: Sedona, Grand Canyon and Moab; Once Upon a Fairytale- Germany; Path to Pura Vida- Costa Rica: San Jose, Arenal and Manuel Antonio National Parks; Sacred Valleys and Incan Cities- Peru; Storybook Kingdoms- Austria and Czech Republic; or Quest for the West- Wyoming: Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks. There are no restrictions on the dates. Just subject to availability. The trip must be taken by 10/02/10.

 

[grizbuzz]

I can choose from Backstage Magic- Southern California: Hollywood & The Disneyland Resort; Spirit of America- Philadelphia, Washington DC and Williamsburg; Rocky Trails and Mountie Tales- Montana and Alberta, Canada: Glacier and Banff National Parks; Southwest Splendors- Arizona and Utah: Sedona, Grand Canyon and Moab; Once Upon a Fairytale- Germany; Path to Pura Vida- Costa Rica: San Jose, Arenal and Manuel Antonio National Parks; Sacred Valleys and Incan Cities- Peru; Storybook Kingdoms- Austria and Czech Republic; or Quest for the West- Wyoming: Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks. There are no restrictions on the dates. Just subject to availability. The trip must be taken by 10/02/10.

They all sound so nice!
So what are you choosing? Do tell!

 

[wdw4life]

They all sound so nice!
So what are you choosing? Do tell!

It was between Backstage Magic and Spirit of America. I finally decided on Backstage Magic. I've wanted to do it since it was first announced. In fact, I had even looked into doing it last year but didn't have the extra money. I was really hoping that the ABD trips would be an incentive at the Event and I am so happy it was! I still want to do Washington DC and the surrounding areas so I am going to try to use my RCI voucher to get something there.

 

[DVCGeek]

I was working through my VGC contract documents last night when I discovered my rewrite to 50 points (I originally started @ 40) had a big oops- it listed me as "a single man" on the grant deed, instead of "a married man..." and was also missing California's interspousal transfer form! Sooooo, I called QA this morning and they are sending me new ones. Argh. Oh well. I wonder if this will change my add on to .003 or if I will stay at .002? Time will tell!

 

[DVCGeek]

Not sure if this has been posted before, but:

I am looking for a unit floor plan (diagram) that shows where unit 3A @ VGC is/will be. Anyone know where I can find it?

Here is an example of what I'm talking about that I found for BLT:

http://or.occompt.com/recorder/eagleweb/viewAttachment.jsp?docName=20080616973&id=DOC312S9046.A38&parent=DOC312S9046

Thanks!

 

[grizbuzz]

It was between Backstage Magic and Spirit of America. I finally decided on Backstage Magic. I've wanted to do it since it was first announced. In fact, I had even looked into doing it last year but didn't have the extra money. I was really hoping that the ABD trips would be an incentive at the Event and I am so happy it was! I still want to do Washington DC and the surrounding areas so I am going to try to use my RCI voucher to get something there.

Sounds fun!
Can't wait to read your trip report!

 

[The Red Head]

We are waiting for our rewritten contracts. We got everything pretty quick and needed to make a change, but our guide was on vacation all last week. So we only talked to her this past Monday about making some changes to our contract, now we are waiting for the papers to come.