Total Receipts for BCV sales

[erikthewise]

OK, I should have been doing something else...

It started when I wondered how many points it would take to stay at BCV all year long. Caskbill's DVC Vacation Planner program made that easy:
16,715 for a 2BR
12,850 for a 1BR
6,427 for a Studio

Of course one person isn't even allowed to own that many points, but I wondered how much it would cost at current price:
$1.4M for a 2BR
$1.1M for a 1BR
$540K for a Studio

It lends a little perspective. There are places in the "real world" where housing is that expensive, but not many.

And if we knew how many of each there were...
I didn't have the official figures, but WebmasterDoc's BCV configuration thread had usable info. I assumed half were sold at $75 and half at $84 just to get a good estimate. I assumed the lockoffs would be used as 2BRs half the time, and as separate units the other half. The grand total:

$270M in point sales for BCV! (After it's all sold.)

Now if we only knew what the construction costs were, and conveniently ignored all other considerations, we could compute the (no doubt obscene) profit...

 

[Tagrel]

Now looking at the long term picture:

- 270 Million gross profits NOW. (just for BCV - using your estimate).

- Units that will (if the current trend continues) maintain higher occupancy than any of the non-DVC hotels. LOTS of return customers to keep the restaurants, spas, golf courses and of course, parks, hopping.

- The owners of these properties pay for all upkeep, taxes, etc. (us - except for the units Disney retains ownership of)

- In forty years, Disney is handed back ALL the DVC resorts for 'free'.

No wonder Disney loves DVC!

Major cash cow now, with another huge payoff in 2042! Not to mention all the bucks we pay each year for food and attractions! I would have loved to see the dollar signs in the executives eyes when DVC was first presented!

But, thats all OK. I knew it going in, and in forty years, I doubt I'll care one bit!

 

[InstImpres]

So my questions is how come my stock dividends check is so small?

I do my part - shop disney store, buy DVC and add ons, visit park regularly.