Mickey of the Villages
Can't have nice things
- Joined
- May 6, 2019
Compare OKW to RIV. Compare Olivia's Cafe to Topolino's Terrance. Do you see where I'm going?
OKW was intended to be a utilitarian first step into time shares that appealed to a broad group of middle-class vacationers: large rooms, affordable price, and the amenities of a moderate-deluxish resort. It was Sears. Well, Sears is dead.
RIV appeals to the wealthy or at least the young with disposable income and tastes like the wealthy. It is priced for the group for which it is intended.
Disney sees the future. The future is making more money from fewer people unlike the past where it needed to make money from a broad swath of the economy.
When you wonder why folks will buy RIV with all of its restrictions, when you wonder why anyone would pay so much for points, when you wonder what's going to happen next you may be a Sears shopper. Because the folks in Saks (buyers at RIV and future DVC resorts) are not worried about all that stuff, at least not worried enough to not buy contracts.
All of this reminds me of the Rule on Yachts. If you have to ask how much they cost you can not afford one. I think more and more if you have to ask whether you can afford RIV (and its restrictions) or future resorts than you probably are not the intended audience.
BTW, I love Sears. But Saks sure is fancy.
OKW was intended to be a utilitarian first step into time shares that appealed to a broad group of middle-class vacationers: large rooms, affordable price, and the amenities of a moderate-deluxish resort. It was Sears. Well, Sears is dead.
RIV appeals to the wealthy or at least the young with disposable income and tastes like the wealthy. It is priced for the group for which it is intended.
Disney sees the future. The future is making more money from fewer people unlike the past where it needed to make money from a broad swath of the economy.
When you wonder why folks will buy RIV with all of its restrictions, when you wonder why anyone would pay so much for points, when you wonder what's going to happen next you may be a Sears shopper. Because the folks in Saks (buyers at RIV and future DVC resorts) are not worried about all that stuff, at least not worried enough to not buy contracts.
All of this reminds me of the Rule on Yachts. If you have to ask how much they cost you can not afford one. I think more and more if you have to ask whether you can afford RIV (and its restrictions) or future resorts than you probably are not the intended audience.
BTW, I love Sears. But Saks sure is fancy.