We've done that exact thing from HS to the Swan on multiple trips. It's much quicker just to suck it up and walk instead of waiting for a boat or a bus. You end up spending less time on your feet by the end of it.
The incentives aren't that much larger than before. Besides when I say pent up demand I don't mean like before covid. I expect maybe 25% of before covid monthly sales maybe for 1 month then it falls flat again. lol. Sorry misspoke on pent up demand. DVC direct sales are going to be garbage for a while. Especially with no DVC sales agents in the parks and like 17 out of 132 agents back to work so far someone mentioned before.
Right I haven't noticed a big difference in the incentives. I thought after reopening there would be a big incentive to get sales moving, I was thinking we might add on another FW if that happened but it's more or less the same as when we bought in Jan/Feb. Might add on resale instead
I think the pricing is very good for RIV direct vs other DVC direct, but it seems to be within $5 pp of what I got in late Jan for 250 pts. That's not nothing, I think the incentives right now are great, but to add on direct I would need more incentive. If I add on this fall it would be resale
Actually, I was just looking at existing member add on incentives. Since at the time I purchased RIV I was a new member, $165 pp for 250 pts then was better then than the current $170 pp for new members (https://www.disboards.com/threads/d...mmer-2020-expanded-list.3805288/post-62109873)
The only surprising thing is that you could be tempted by any price!
Well, we bought today- 150 points (RIV add on). 2 years points already in our account and 2019 points already banked
Every dvc resort has its bad points trust me. Ssr. Huge and spread out, okw huge poor food court, blt small studios and modern theming, ccv hard to get studios and inflated points from cabins, 2042 resorts expire in 22 years, vgf hard to get studios and only one building, poly only studios, vgc expensive and owners pretty much only stay there, aulani high dues and far away leaving only sleep around points for most, etc etc etc. Case in point, Riviera is cheap direct, so even if you bought ssr, okw, or akv direct ur taking a big hit if you resell, likely all they way down to 90-120$ per point. So Riviera isnt much different than buying ssr okw or akv plus you get till 2070 when it expires instead of 2054 or 2057. There’s a dvc resort for everyone, dont be mean to those that like certain home resorts.
I approached these real and valid reservations about purchasing at RIV (except the worrying throughout the entire ownership, I haven't experienced that) with the following mentality: I'm not buying to be selling anytime soon (or at all). Of course, as you say, life happens. But I paid cash and so just need to worry about MF. If I'm at a point where MF are unaffordable and that's the reason I need to sell one of the contracts, then my worries will be much, much greater than losing some money on the initial buy-in. Also it's not like it's a complete loss--you would still make up a significant portion of the initial investment.
I could also see disney selling an upgrade fee to make a Resale Riv Contract able to stay at the rest of the resorts. Say for $50 a point. This helps disney recoup the lost cash of resale sales.
