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We need serious point chart adjustments. Fall and December 1-23 are way too low, and summer is way too high. May and September are probably too low too. Some parts of spring and Easter week in particular are too high - not everyone has spring break that week (unlike Christmas-NYE week). (This view is probably popular w
I suspect most people who buy DVC end up spending much more money on Disney vacations than they otherwise would have. Sure, they end up staying a deluxe resorts and saving A LOT of money over what they'd pay rack rates for those rooms, but I would wager the amount of money they fork over to the mouse goes up much more
Discounts on direct points are pretty much always better for existing DVC members, so buying a small resale contract first can definitely help with that. There are also periodic "flash sales" on sold out resorts that you can typically only qualify for if you are an existing DVC member. Many throw out the UY matching to
I think the pros and cons you've spelled out are spot on. I think you're thinking through very well and the pros and cons of each resort. I bought my first direct points purchase just about this time last year - 300 Riviera points. I'm going to say this - buy where you love and where you think you will be most happy us
I think we'll all be saying Welcome Home relative soon! Look forward to coming along. My first purchase was direct points last year. I followed that up with more direct points a few months later and have since bought resale to supplement. I don't regret any of it. And you sound like you are looking at things with very
https://dvcfan.com/news/winter-early-spring-2026-dvc-incentives-revealed/#google_vignette My $217/point was based on exiting member add-ons. Both the incentive plus the $1,000 Anniversary credit plus the $1,000 Disney Visa credit plus the $500 D23 Gold credit. That said, I am now noticing that the $1,000 Anniversary cr
AKL was placed on sale just last summer with up to $20/point off of the $215/point sold out price. https://dvcfan.com/purchasing-dvc/new-summer-2025-dvc-incentives-revealed/ And again, the year before that: https://dvcfan.com/general-dvc/discover-summer-2024-dvc-direct-sales-incentives/
Yeah, Disney seems to pretty consistently put “sold out” resorts like AKL on a “flash sale” periodically. For example, CCV is normally $255/point, but you could get it for $224/point earlier this year. SSR is normally $215/point, but you can get it for as low as $170/point right now. The catch is, you have to be an exi
I hear you on the Poly points chart. It is steep. But I could just never bring myself to buy AKL direct when resale AKL can be had for over $100/point less. There is no amount of direct benefits that could justify that IMO. Another thing about AKL if you think that’s where you’d want to stay a lot. It can often be very
I would strongly suggest considering Poly or RIV for a direct point purchase over AKL. AKL direct is $215/point. Poly and RIV both start at $243/point, but current incentives on 150 points can get that down to about $207/point for RIV and $217/point for Poly - you can't get any incentives on AKL outside of occasional f
https://www.dvcresalemarket.com/blog/best-economical-dvc-resorts-to-purchase-fall-2025/ You might find that analysis interesting. CCV is almost the top of the most economical resorts to own given its average resale price, low dues, and length of contract. Home resort priority matters there quite a bit, especially for t
Given that new information, then I think starting to look a new home resort is a great idea! As to which resort, that depends on a quite a few factors. Do you just want more points to try out other resorts? Is there a certain category of room at a certain resort where you need home resort priority? How interested are y
With these assumptions, I could be very interested. But, I think the price will almost certainly be higher than RIV prices right now - direct prices generally only go in one direction, up. And, I think the points chart will be nowhere near CCV/BRV levels. I think the RIV point chart is the starting point for LSL. I don
A lot of people go the route of adding on points at different home resorts to benefit from home resort priority at those different resorts. If you're a studio family or like split stays, I think that strategy works. We're not a studio family and we don't like split stays. So, I prefer a different approach. I would cont
December may well be the best UY for you then. The only caveat to that is that some room categories in early December can be difficult unless you "walk" the reservation. This involves making a reservation before December and then modifying it over time to get the exact dates you want. This tends to be a more significan
When you plan to travel is the first step to figuring out a good UY. The next step is to ask yourself which months you are LEAST likely to travel using those points. Ideally, the months you are least likely come just before the start of your UY. I think August, September, October, and December UYs are theoretically wor
If I wanted to own points at a DLR DVC property, I would buy direct VDH points, hands down. Resale VDH doesn't get enough of a discount (yet) to give up the flexibility that comes with direct points. VGC, whether direct or resale, is just too expensive and I would feel like those points have to be used at VGC - using t
I don't think there will be a fire sale, but I think there will be a "flash sale" similar to the one's we've seen so far this year on CCV, SSR, and BLT. But, you never know. Maybe people are paying the full $215/point "sold out" price.
From what I’ve hear about walking and resort view studios at BWV, I don’t think I’d ever buy BWV unless I was ok using my points on other views and/or 1 BRs.
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