Brianstl
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Sep 8, 2019
If closeness to MK was the most important factor, BLT would be the most expensive resort per point resale instead of one of the best bargains when you factor in years remaining and maintenance fees.So by that logic.... the location of Caribbean Beach Resort, Art of Animation and POP Century are better than Grand Floridian.
While you're right -- some people may subjectively prefer the location of Art of Animation over the location of the Grand Floridian, the majority of buyers certainly prefer Grand Floridian's location. As re-sale is a question of the market driving the price, all else being equal, you would expect a monorail resort to have greater demand than a skyliner resort.
And we really see this hold true is the resort pricing:
BLT, Poly and VGF all re-sell for $140-$160 per point
Boulder Ridge, with only boat transportation to MK -- $110 to $120 per point
The Epcot-walking resorts just slightly less: Boardwalk and Beach Club are $120 to $150 per point.
AKL, no monorail, no walkable parks -- $100 to $120 per point
SSR and OKW, often under $100 per point
The only oddity.. Copper Creek does very well, but still 35% off the "new" direct price, and still slightly below VGF.
I think deed expiration date is too often underrated when it comes to resort price and goes a long way in explaining the premium price per point on resale at the monorail locations and explains why Copper appears to be an outlier when you look at where the resorts are located. If anything the real location premium is being paid to buy at resorts that allow you to walk to Epcot with their 2042 expiring deeds and not the monorail resorts.