The Villas at Disney's Grand Californian Owners Group

[kerickson]

I just checked and my add on contracts/points are showing up in my account!

 

[ACDSNY]

Welcome new Neighbors!

Whoo Hoo, our points are already in our account. Let the planning begin. We've waited so long for these to go on sale...it hardly seemed real until I saw the points in our account.

 

[Grumpygrandpa]

I just checked and my add on contracts/points are showing up in my account!

Pretty cool, huh? My guide said that you can start using your DPs when the contracts are showing in your account.

 

[dwelty]

I expect the costs associated with GCV will be relatively low. Disney has owned the property since forever so the prop taxes should be low and you don't have transportation issues and being such a small part of the hotel I'll bet they will stay low.

I don't know if you noticed it or not in your paperwork, but it actually mentions Prop 13 applies to VGC. (I assume that is what you were alluding to) so unlike Florida, the Property taxes can only go up a small percentage a year! You are also correct about transportation costs, they are not listed, and as you know, they are a big part of the MF's at the WDW resorts.

 

[bethy]

I'm still reading through it all but one other thing that jumped out at me is that there are no recreational facilities owned by the association. It says members will pay to help keep up the GCH facilitied and thus have the use of them. In the construction pictures I see a pool going in but it looks like that's owned by the hotel and not DVC . . . ?

 

[gtrain219]

Congrats and Welcome Home all you VGC owners. Can't wait till my turn. I just hope those incentives are still there in March. If AP's are available I might just wait until May and sign then when we stay at GCH. Anyone think the points will be dried up by then?

 

[Grumpygrandpa]

Congrats and Welcome Home all you VGC owners. Can't wait till my turn. I just hope those incentives are still there in March. If AP's are available I might just wait until May and sign then when we stay at GCH. Anyone think the points will be dried up by then?

Nobody knows for sure. So we are all just giving our opinions, but I think the points will all be gone in April sometime. Just a guess. I have read other people thoughts and they vary widely. Who knows?

 

[gtrain219]

Nobody knows for sure. So we are all just giving our opinions, but I think the points will all be gone in April sometime. Just a guess. I have read other people thoughts and they vary widely. Who knows?

I know, this whole thing is one big roll of the dice that's what makes it so frustrating.

 

[funatdisney]

My guess would be right along with Grumpygrandpa: the points will be sold out by the April. I think there is just too much interest to purchase at GCV (look at all of us who were willing to purchase at a WDW resort to have the opportunity to buy in first). It will be interesting to see the final outcome.

By the way Grumpygrandpa, my DH's nick name is Grumpy. When he worked for a large company, there were 6 other employees with the same name as my DH. Someone decided to name them after the Seven Dwarfs to tell them apart. Well you know which one my DH was named after.

 

[Grumpygrandpa]

I wouldn't worry no matter what you will get points eventually. I hope to buy my next GCV points on the resale market (which I'm sure will develope shortly after the Villas open). There is always someone, who for one reason or another, needs to sell their points. The hard part is the unknown factor of how the economy is going to affect everything. People who are waiting now may make us founders look foolish in a few years. Hard to tell cuz my crystal ball is a little fuzzy.

 

[Grumpygrandpa]

By the way Grumpygrandpa, my DH's nick name is Grumpy. When he worked for a large company, there were 6 other employees with the same name as my DH. Someone decided to name them after the Seven Dwarfs to tell them apart. Well you know which one my DH was named after.

My DW offers her deepest sympathies.

 

[maburke]

Well, we just bought three 50 point contracts. WooHoo!!!

I don't understand why they are letting us split up contracts into chunks under 100 points, but won't do a single add-on under 100 points. Those are going to go for a premium when they hit the resale market. Will Disney just ROFR them? They stopped letting people do this at BLT when the minimum went to 100, didn't they?

Not complaining, I can't wait for my chance to get VGC points, and I will take 2 50s, if I can.

 

[Grumpygrandpa]

I don't understand why they are letting us split up contracts into chunks under 100 points, but won't do a single add-on under 100 points. Those are going to go for a premium when they hit the resale market. Will Disney just ROFR them? They stopped letting people do this at BLT when the minimum went to 100, didn't they?

Not complaining, I can't wait for my chance to get VGC points, and I will take 2 50s, if I can.

At first my guide was telling me that my add ons had to be in multiples of 100. So I was going to do two 100 points contracts. I was very pleased to able to get three 75s instead. I agree, smaller contracts are going to hold their value better. I know I sure wish I didn't buy my 250 point SSR contract now. It's going to be tough to unload. Oh well maybe I'll just keep it and try to book BLT at seven months once a year.

 

[Grumpygrandpa]

I still think it's weird that there is no mention of GCV on the member website. I checked there a minute ago and the home page loads with this way cool advertisement for the treehouses at SSR but they still don't even have the point charts up for the GCV. I mean if it weren't for disboards I don't know if I would even have bought any points at this point. Thanks, Disboards and all of you posters out there.

 

[bethy]

I still think it's weird that there is no mention of GCV on the member website. I checked there a minute ago and the home page loads with this way cool advertisement for the treehouses at SSR but they still don't even have the point charts up for the GCV. I mean if it weren't for disboards I don't know if I would even have bought any points at this point. Thanks, Disboards and all of you posters out there.

Ditto on the thanks to everyone! I would not even know what DVC is if it werent' for the internet. OTOH, Hmmmmm . . . .

My thought is that since the VGC is not technically on sale yet (this is a presale period) maybe there are some restrictions on advertising it?

 

[gtrain219]

My thought is that since the VGC is not technically on sale yet (this is a presale period) maybe there are some restrictions on advertising it?

I would think Disney would want to get people excited about it. I guess because there is such a small amount of points available they feel they don't need to. But to have no info available even for those who have purchased is kinda weird. I am not a founding member and plan to purchase but like Grumpygrandpa if it wasn't for the DISboards I would have no clue.

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

I still think it's weird that there is no mention of GCV on the member website. I checked there a minute ago and the home page loads with this way cool advertisement for the treehouses at SSR but they still don't even have the point charts up for the GCV. I mean if it weren't for disboards I don't know if I would even have bought any points at this point. Thanks, Disboards and all of you posters out there.

I know my guide is inundated with calls just from founding members so I'm guessing they are just waiting until it's closer to a time that all DVC members can purchase. I received a letter a few weeks ago about it going on sale and then an email a day or two ago so they are getting the word out to founding members. Of course there doesn't seem to be an explanation for why some haven't received the info.

And I do think they believe it will sell out quick. It would be a nightmare to promote it and then have it sold out before the ones they were promoting to had a chance to buy.

I've forgotten how long ago DVC announced to members that the Treehouses were offically part of DVC (one of the Disneyfiles I think) and it's only just now when they started selling points that they really got something on the website.


Now I'm wondering - anyone planning on using their points for a GV? I imagine that will be a 6 am booking on the first day possible!

 

[M4travels]

Now I'm wondering - anyone planning on using their points for a GV? I imagine that will be a 6 am booking on the first day possible!

Nope, no GV here. We're just 2 so we probably will do the studio mostly. IF we feel the need to do a one-bedroom we'll have enough to cover it but I think we'll save the one-bedrooms and above for our WDW points at WDW.

We've got a dinner reservation on Feb 14 at the park so we'll be calling today to see about 2 nights at the hotel using our developer points if it's available.

 

[Grumpygrandpa]

Of course there doesn't seem to be an explanation for why some haven't received the info.

I think I have not received any communication from DVC on the sales of GCV because my guide moved to FL shortly after I bought my first contract. I think somehow I got lost in the shuffle. My guide kept trying to put me back in the system but I literally would not have known of the sale if not for the boards.

Now I'm wondering - anyone planning on using their points for a GV? I imagine that will be a 6 am booking on the first day possible!

Not with these point charts. I am afraid if I ever do a GV it will be at OKW.

 

[ACDSNY]

Now I'm wondering - anyone planning on using their points for a GV? I imagine that will be a 6 am booking on the first day possible!

I had dreams of someday doing a GV for my extended family, but those went up in smoke as soon as I saw the point chart!