When do you think Disney will release the Island Tower sales information (point charts, etc)?

[Instagramhusband]

I got a touching base call and email from my DVC guide Saturday. I got pretty excited at first, but then no details on Poly..

 

[aammtt20]

This will be resort #4 with active sales. So who knows what will happen to RIV and the cabins sale numbers. I don’t expect much to change out at the Disney Land Hotel sales.

Technically 5, but maybe poor Aulani does not count as an active sales resort? Although, I guess with the prospect that it may never sell out, its sales may not be considered very active - lol!

 

[disneylandtour]

Technically 5, but maybe poor Aulani does not count as an active sales resort? Although, I guess with the prospect that it may never sell out, it's sales may not be considered very active - lol!

Of those non-2042 resorts, Aulani has taken one of the biggest nose-dives in the last couple of years on the resale market. If anything is primed for a direct huge sale, it's gotta be Aulani. The MF I think keep a lot of new buyers away.

 

[eticketplease]

I got a touching base call and email from my DVC guide Saturday. I got pretty excited at first, but then no details on Poly..

I was called in June. The only information I learned was there would not be double points.

 

[eticketplease]

Of those non-2042 resorts, Aulani has taken one of the biggest nose-dives in the last couple of years on the resale market. If anything is primed for a direct huge sale, it's gotta be Aulani. The MF I think keep a lot of new buyers away.

Dues may account for some of it but they are keeping the price the same as the other properties while having less years left and unless you live on O’ahu you have to fly to get there. Some don’t like to fly and others just don’t want the extra expense esp when traveling with larger families.

They had a fire sale about two years ago where the direct price came down to around $135 a point but not sure how well that did.

 

[CastAStone]

Of those non-2042 resorts, Aulani has taken one of the biggest nose-dives in the last couple of years on the resale market. If anything is primed for a direct huge sale, it's gotta be Aulani. The MF I think keep a lot of new buyers away.

They’ve done periodic “fire sales” on Aulani. I presume they’ll keep doing them. I don’t think they’ll price as low as the OKW sale earlier this year, but I can understand the desire to keep doing them.

 

[The Jackal]

Technically 5, but maybe poor Aulani does not count as an active sales resort? Although, I guess with the prospect that it may never sell out, its sales may not be considered very active - lol!

I know. Aulani will probably be for sale till the resort expires. No one really considers it an actively selling resort since it has been on sale for well over a decade.

 

[CastAStone]

I think Aulani will sell out because eventually Disney will decide it would rather have the cash on hand now and make it more affordable.

I don’t think Disney will want a resort with less than 25 years left in active sales, for example.

Maybe that’s how they’ll find the cash to pay NBCU for Hulu.

 

[Kailunkat]

I think Aulani will sell out because eventually Disney will decide it would rather have the cash on hand now and make it more affordable.

I don’t think Disney will want a resort with less than 25 years left in active sales, for example.

Maybe that’s how they’ll find the cash to pay NBCU for Hulu.

Correct me if I am wrong @CastAStone - but I believe I remember you doing a breakdown of the cost of direct points for every resort for each incentive including the presale to existing members. I believe the results were that no resort has priced below the initial presale total cost even during fire sale scenarios. Am I remembering that correctly? Do you think Aulani will finally be the one that breaks that rule?

 

[CastAStone]

Correct me if I am wrong @CastAStone - but I believe I remember you doing a breakdown of the cost of direct points for every resort for each incentive including the presale to existing members. I believe the results were that no resort has priced below the initial presale total cost even during fire sale scenarios. Am I remembering that correctly? Do you think Aulani will finally be the one that breaks that rule?

That wasn’t me.

Riviera I know priced below its initial launch price during its COVID firesale

But I can say with a very high level of confidence that Disney isn’t going to beat these launch prices:

Aulani is expected to open end of August 2011.
Pre-Sale Promo Event Current Member Add-on Pricing
100 pts @ $114 - $8
125 pts @ $114 - $10
250 pts @ $114 - $12
AND 2012 maintenance fees paid by Disney

(Net $102 per point - ~$5 in dues = $97 for 250 points)

 

[eticketplease]

(Net $102 per point - ~$5 in dues = $97 for 250 points)

That was a deal especially factoring in the subsidized dues as well!!

 

[Kailunkat]

That wasn’t me.

Riviera I know priced below its initial launch price during its COVID firesale

But I can say with a very high level of confidence that Disney isn’t going to beat these launch prices:

(Net $102 per point - ~$5 in dues = $97 for 250 points)

Darn - now I'm gonna have to go back and try to figure out where I saw this. @ehh was it you? It made an impression whoever it was.

 

[ehh]

Darn - now I'm gonna have to go back and try to figure out where I saw this. @ehh was it you? It made an impression whoever it was.

It was me: https://www.disboards.com/threads/island-tower-at-polynesian-villas-bungalows.3945907/post-65572394

Note: I did miss the ~3mo period from late June 2020 through mid-Sept 2020 where Riviera was 0-9 $/pt lower than pre-sales between 125-250pts. Though this was clearly unique to COVID.

 

[BrianLo]

I know. Aulani will probably be for sale till the resort expires. No one really considers it an actively selling resort since it has been on sale for well over a decade.

Technically 5, but maybe poor Aulani does not count as an active sales resort? Although, I guess with the prospect that it may never sell out, its sales may not be considered very active - lol!

I think Aulani is about 70-75% sold out. Not denying it's been very slow, but I think it will be sold out by end of decade if they throw some sales at it over the next few years.

 

[N_kwi]

So many articles on social media about dining at the Island Tower today. Such a tease to see it all, I was hoping the hype was about sales! Hopefully soon!

 

[Instagramhusband]

Just got an email from them about Poly...

Is this it????

 

[winnieforme]

Just spoke with my guide yesterday. He said that there is no date for sales yet. He also said that they still do not know if the tower will have the same expiration date...does that sound correct?

 

[Spinster Travel]

Just spoke with my guide yesterday. He said that there is no date for sales yet. He also said that they still do not know if the tower will have the same expiration date...does that sound correct?

No that does not sound correct - I don't know how they'd edit the expiration date given the master declaration - but defer to those with timeshare law knowledge beyond mine.

 

[CastAStone]

No that does not sound correct - I don't know how they'd edit the expiration date given the master declaration - but defer to those with timeshare law knowledge beyond mine.

Yes, It’s unimaginable that the new build would have a different expiration date than the rest of Poly given the declarations we’ve seen.

That said I do believe it that this particular guide has not been given specific guidance from his manager and doesn’t want to say anything that they haven’t explicitly been told they can say.

Given how tightly regulated timeshare sales are, it’s how I’d want my sales team to approach the situation too if I was the boss over there - until CastAStone tells you X is true, even if X is obviously true, you don’t know.

 

[winnieforme]

Thank you all! The funny thing is that I didn't even ask him about the expiration date of the tower-I only asked about the sale date. I guess he got a little flustered I'm sure it's hard to keep telling people IDK. I guess we'll know soon enough