What is likely to happen in 2042?

[SpaceMountain77]

I am quite sure that come 2041/42 DVC will have some offer ready and waiting for owners at BWV, BCV, VWL, Vero and Hilton Head to continue participating.

I am particularly interested in knowing what will happen to HHI and VB as I suspect both will be sold. With the success of DCL, it would seem that a Port Canaveral DVC would be more worthwhile than maintaining VB.

 

[Dean]

I am particularly interested in knowing what will happen to HHI and VB as I suspect both will be sold. With the success of DCL, it would seem that a Port Canaveral DVC would be more worthwhile than maintaining VB.

I see these 2 resorts as a completely separate issue than having a resort closer for DCL. Certainly they are the most at risk and time will tell. I'm having trouble seeing a Canaveral or similar option as especially appealing. Even DVD doesn't know if DCL will be offered in a few years. I'd think in order to do this they'd need a long term commitment from DCL but also to give one in return. I doubt either is especially interested. In the absence of that bidirectional commitment, such a resort would have to stand alone and make sense without DCL. Personally I think it could IF and only if they found a good ocean front location which almost certainly means buying something like a business or hotel, razzing it and building new. DVC hasn't been very successful trying to generate a location or building in secondary locations (IMO HH & VB represent both). DVC has never shown the commitment to do something to the level it needs to be done. HI is closer but it's a partnership. Now were they to built a top resort in a top area close to DCL and within an hour or so of WDW, there are many potential opportunities and possibilities of both WDW & DCL combinations. I just don't see DVD as having the stomach for it and I suspect the risk and costs would be more than is reasonable. I'd love to be wrong though, any new DVC resort is a plus in my book.

 

[Simba's Mom]

I have to chuckle when I hear the question "What is likely to happen in 2042?" I remember the day our guide called and tried to convince us to buy the extension at OKW, not expiring in 2042, but in 2057. My reply was "In 2042, I'll be 90 years old. I figure I'll go over to the Gurgling Suitcase, get myself a "Sultry Seahorse" and the Sultry Seahorse and I will expire together on our OKW balcony. Our guide hemmed and hawed and very quickly said "Thank you" and hung up!

 

[Dean]

I have to chuckle when I hear the question "What is likely to happen in 2042?" I remember the day our guide called and tried to convince us to buy the extension at OKW, not expiring in 2042, but in 2057. My reply was "In 2042, I'll be 90 years old. I figure I'll go over to the Gurgling Suitcase, get myself a "Sultry Seahorse" and the Sultry Seahorse and I will expire together on our OKW balcony. Our guide hemmed and hawed and very quickly said "Thank you" and hung up!

However, it affects both the potential value and the potential risk of owning the contract, everyone has to decide their assumptions in this area. For OKW I see far more risk than inherent value but time will tell.

 

[RobDoc]

This question has been discussed since before the DIS began back in 1997 and ad nauseum since 1997. In the early years of the discussion, the general consensus was that the person who will make that decision had not even been born yet - but that is no longer the case as the person who will ultimately bear responsibility for this decision has indeed been born and is will be starting high school this fall.

At this point, this person knows nothing about DVC, the result of the OKW extension or the gross errors made when Aulani began sales. The history of these events will be key in the final decision, but she will be prepared both educationally and in experience gained in the 27+ years between now and the time the decision will implemented.

Stay Tuned!

 

[Sur]

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