Winter Dec 25 - Jan 26 Direct Incentives

[VGCgroupie]

I see CCV at $255/pt. I’m only seeing a couple point discount for 125 points. What am I missing? $255/point is crazy high.

People are also factoring in MB of $20 per point and D23 of $500

 

[airjay75]

I see CCV at $255/pt. I’m only seeing a couple point discount for 125 points. What am I missing? $255/point is crazy high.

100 points - $18/point incentive or $237/point
125 points - $22/point incentive or $233/point
150+ points - $26/point incentive or $229/point

If you use magical beginnings, that gets you another $20/point off your purchase, so for 150+ point purchases, you're at $209/point. It isn't a "too good to pass on" deal, but it isn't a terrible deal either given that it's a "sold out" O14 resort and that it has a 2068 expiration date.

 

[VGCgroupie]

100 points - $18/point incentive or $237/point
125 points - $22/point incentive or $233/point
150+ points - $26/point incentive or $229/point

If you use magical beginnings, that gets you another $20/point off your purchase, so for 150+ point purchases, you're at $209/point. It isn't a "too good to pass on" deal, but it isn't a terrible deal either given that it's a "sold out" O14 resort and that it has a 2068 expiration date.

And a point chart that will get you so much more bang per point than Poly.

 

[BWV Dreamin]

What qualifies one for Magical Beginning?

 

[BWV Dreamin]

I wonder if they are still selling fixed weeks at CCV? I bought week 49 @$180/pt. That would be the only driving factor with this current promo.

 

[airjay75]

What qualifies one for Magical Beginning?

Just need to be purchasing 150 points or more. If you are, they'll let you sell back your current UY points at $20/point.

 

[VGCgroupie]

I wonder if they are still selling fixed weeks at CCV? I bought week 49 @$180/pt. That would be the only driving factor with this current promo.

Unfortunately not.

 

[Chili327]

I wonder if they are still selling fixed weeks at CCV? I bought week 49 @$180/pt. That would be the only driving factor with this current promo.

Unfortunately not.

Are you sure?
Last time I asked they said I could get a FW.

Also not sure if there is a better place to post this, but I have seen some insane resale deals out there tonight!!! (CCV & Poly)

 

[AstroBlasters]

This actually sounds like @AstroBlasters rationale right here. I haven't continued reading yet, I guess I will see if I was wrong and he rebuts.

I wish they offered cumulative breakpoints for direct points on all future purchases.

 

[VGCgroupie]

Are you sure?
Last time I asked they said I could get a FW.

Also not sure if there is a better place to post this, but I have seen some insane resale deals out there tonight!!! (CCV & Poly)

I thought I was sure. Maybe @Sprinkles&Sprints knows for sure.

 

[RMDVC24]

Just need to be purchasing 150 points or more. If you are, they'll let you sell back your current UY points at $20/point.

It's also only for US residents. As a Canadian, I wasn't able to take advantage of MB . Instead, we rented out our first year's points through an intermediary so it worked out to be pretty much the same deal financially. Just a few extra steps involved lol.

 

[muppets3d]

On LSL, I just don't see anything to make me interested to wait. Resort is likely to be massive with a lot of points to sell. I think it's going to be somewhere between RIV and PIT in terms of points charts (with similar types of rooms). Unlike when the Poly Tower opened, even if they combine it with CFW, there are not going to be these massive amounts of existing points trying to book into it like happened with PIT, so I am skeptical that availability is going to be that bad (unless you're a resort view studio/2BR lock-off sort of person). If they do combine it with CFW, I think dues are going to be on the higher side - I don't think we're talking VGF/PVB/BLT levels of dues - if it were opening today, I wouldn't be surprised to see $10/point dues. And, I think a lot of uncertainty remains with the trust structure. IOW, a bird in the hand is better than two in the bush.

Or, as @tx911 said, set those points free! LOL.

I'm really not sure what I'll end up doing here. Need to give this all some time.

I don't see LSL having that high of a point chart personally. The A-frame cabins may be astronomical to balance out the comparatively cheap CFW cabins (assuming they're all part of the trust together). It's not on the monorail, it's not on the Skyliner, it will have a nice water park according to everything we're seeing, but other than that there's really nothing that seems to set LSL apart to justify a high points chart. If LSL was built on the fourth Monorail pad between the TTC and the Contemporary, maybe. But out past Wilderness Lodge, I don't see it.

I cant even with all the fake wood. At least at VDH they just let the fake wood be fake wood, they didnt spend money trying to make it look real.

It remains to be seen how well this new catalog furniture wears as it is used. I'm not terribly optimistic. This will end up costing owners more in maintenance as worn furniture has to be repaired or replaced more frequently than real hardwood furniture. Which of course is fine with DVC, they build it cheap (but sell at a high price) and charge owners to repair and replace the cheap furniture as it wears. So they have little risk, as long as the resort sells (which they don't always sell - look at CFW).

 

[airjay75]

I don't see LSL having that high of a point chart personally.

I'd be delighted for you to be right, but I think I see other ways they'll be able to justify.

Put 2 bathrooms in 1 BR villas, 3 bathrooms in 2 BR villas (to explain why the points are more than RIV).

Keep the 5th sleeper in the studio (which, among MK resorts, is only found at VGF - I guess maybe the OG PVB studios too? I know it isn't in PIT/BLT/CCV/BRV studios).

Maybe make the GV even larger than VGF's (and definitely larger than RIV to justify the higher points there).

Sell the lazy river hard - the first lazy river since Beach Club, can you believe it!

Especially if they combine with CFW, they're going to need to have a lot of points to spread out those costs and bring down the dues which, as you point out, the A Frame cabins will surely eat up a lot of those. We'll all look at it, just like we look at the PIT point chart, and think, wow, that's a lot of points. And, it will sell. Presumably RIV will be sold out before LSL opens. Then, after PIT sells out, it will be the only WDW resort in active sales.

Of course, at a minimum, I don't think the points chart will be anything like the points charts for CCV 2 BRs and under which, for me at least, makes CCV all that more compelling. And, I'm guessing we won't see CCV go on direct sale again while LSL is in active sales. Oh boy, there I go again finding reasons to justify buying some direct CCV points.

 

[muppets3d]

I'd be delighted for you to be right, but I think I see other ways they'll be able to justify.

Put 2 bathrooms in 1 BR villas, 3 bathrooms in 2 BR villas (to explain why the points are more than RIV).

Keep the 5th sleeper in the studio (which, among MK resorts, is only found at VGF - I guess maybe the OG PVB studios too? I know it isn't in PIT/BLT/CCV/BRV studios).

Maybe make the GV even larger than VGF's (and definitely larger than RIV to justify the higher points there).

Sell the lazy river hard - the first lazy river since Beach Club, can you believe it!

Especially if they combine with CFW, they're going to need to have a lot of points to spread out those costs and bring down the dues which, as you point out, the A Frame cabins will surely eat up a lot of those. We'll all look at it, just like we look at the PIT point chart, and think, wow, that's a lot of points. And, it will sell. Presumably RIV will be sold out before LSL opens. Then, after PIT sells out, it will be the only WDW resort in active sales.

Of course, at a minimum, I don't think the points chart will be anything like the points charts for CCV 2 BRs and under which, for me at least, makes CCV all that more compelling. And, I'm guessing we won't see CCV go on direct sale again while LSL is in active sales. Oh boy, there I go again finding reasons to justify buying some direct CCV points.

I feel like the VGF GV is a sacred cow that cannot be bested in the DVC portfolio, but we'll see.

 

[Brian Noble]

I have decided that the math for direct will never make sense and I should just pull the trigger on it, preferably yesterday.

I think this is correct. There really isn't much financial justification for direct vs. resale. Instead, it is qualitative and emotional. And, that can be a perfectly fine reason to buy.

Money is for spending.

 

[Add-On-Itis]

It's also only for US residents. As a Canadian, I wasn't able to take advantage of MB . Instead, we rented out our first year's points through an intermediary so it worked out to be pretty much the same deal financially. Just a few extra steps involved lol.

MB don't trigger a tax event tho. Renting does.

 

[Add-On-Itis]

I'd be delighted for you to be right, but I think I see other ways they'll be able to justify.

Put 2 bathrooms in 1 BR villas, 3 bathrooms in 2 BR villas (to explain why the points are more than RIV).

Keep the 5th sleeper in the studio (which, among MK resorts, is only found at VGF - I guess maybe the OG PVB studios too? I know it isn't in PIT/BLT/CCV/BRV studios).

Maybe make the GV even larger than VGF's (and definitely larger than RIV to justify the higher points there).

Sell the lazy river hard - the first lazy river since Beach Club, can you believe it!

Especially if they combine with CFW, they're going to need to have a lot of points to spread out those costs and bring down the dues which, as you point out, the A Frame cabins will surely eat up a lot of those. We'll all look at it, just like we look at the PIT point chart, and think, wow, that's a lot of points. And, it will sell. Presumably RIV will be sold out before LSL opens. Then, after PIT sells out, it will be the only WDW resort in active sales.

Of course, at a minimum, I don't think the points chart will be anything like the points charts for CCV 2 BRs and under which, for me at least, makes CCV all that more compelling. And, I'm guessing we won't see CCV go on direct sale again while LSL is in active sales. Oh boy, there I go again finding reasons to justify buying some direct CCV points.

Sounds like you just need to hit the buy button on CCV direct!

 

[jcolvin5]

Of course, at a minimum, I don't think the points chart will be anything like the points charts for CCV 2 BRs and under which, for me at least, makes CCV all that more compelling. And, I'm guessing we won't see CCV go on direct sale again while LSL is in active sales. Oh boy, there I go again finding reasons to justify buying some direct CCV points.

We know exactly what CCV is right now. And I'm not sure LSL has a snowball's chance of matching CCV's theming or ambiance.

Prove me wrong Disney.

 

[intamin]

People are also factoring in MB of $20 per point and D23 of $500

Does the D23 500 off apply to current members too? If so I'm about to join lmao for my Poly add on

 

[airjay75]

Does the D23 500 off apply to current members too? If so I'm about to join lmao for my Poly add on

It applied for me when I bought my direct add-on at the end of summer!