VGF2 or RIV direct

[havoc315]

Thats not how grandfathering works or why it happens.

When you say things like this, it just underscores my point that you don’t seem to understand the POS, the nature of protections we are afforded therein (in this instance, what is not at all protected), or why Disney does not have carte blanche to do all of the things you keep insisting they do.

All of which would be fine; most owners have never even seen the POS to the timeshare they own; the problem is you swing the “attorney” thing around, claiming to have pored over the POS, while saying nonsense like how owners are grandfathered member benefits because somehow we have “rights” protected by some contract, and stating wrong information from a place of authority. And you get comments like this:

All of this at the cost of degrading the concept of ownership rights by perpetuating the false narrative that unless proven by virtue of a lawsuit, Disney is acting within its rights based on your professional reading, which you repeatedly prove to be questionable at best.

To their credit, Disney has been responsive when members have raised concerns around questionable policy positions. If you’re going to undermine that, at least put in the effort to understand terms of our agreement.

You don’t seem to understand the difference between the Condo Association and the sales contract.

 

[kboo]

That is what I have for my split stay in July and October....what I did in March and hope to do every trip!

Same here - We will almost always use our RIV points for RIV only, and split with one of our MK home resorts.

Yes - in a big way. Even a bit bigger with VGC which went down at least to $88 with promos although I'm not positive that BLT didn't too or if it always stayed in the $90's.

Even though I am pretty sure DVC wasn't on my radar at this time, I HAVE REGRETS. WOW.

We own at BLT, VGF and RIV. VGF has always been hard to get standard rooms, especially studios, at 11 months, at any time of year. With all 3 resorts, we use the home resort advantage for standard rooms, and preferred rooms and 1br are usually pretty open in the 7-11 month time frame.

We've booked busy holidays (Thanksgiving, Xmas, New Year's) since 2017, and not counting 2020, it's always been a scramble for standard rooms (and sometimes, just rooms at all ... VGF) at 11 months to a day. I don't think the resale restrictions make one whit of difference during those times. It's a scramble at your home resort because those are super popular times to go to WDW. At other times of the year, there's some pressure on standard studios (and tower studios at RIV), but generally you'll get a room if you're booking more than 7 months out.

 

[zombieScar24]

I took the direct price, divided it by years left on the contract, added price per point for dues and worked out best value. It came up (in order) as SSR, VGF (estimated to be around $225pp) and RIV.

I'm curious on the math here. I did something similar, took the direct price with incentives for 250 points, add a base projection of (years on contract x current dues) and divide the total by years left on contract and the value for RIV just barely beats out SSR. Its all a guessing game with future dues as shown from 2020 to 2021 where Riv barely increased but SSR saw a 5% jump. In the end I had Riv at approx $3,030/yr and SSR at $3,062/yr. Its the extra 17 years that will push me to Riviera. But I'll be looking to VGF2 as add-onitis sets in.