"2. Unbooked DVC rooms 60 days prior to check-in are made available to CRO. Again, profit goes as a credit to member dues."
As to #2, I did not know this, and if you say Disney doesn't somehow profit --and that all the funds, net small service fees, are applied towards dues -- then great.
But, still, let's not ignore reality in the pixie dust Disney fog (which I do buy into, and escape reality in, like many here) -- the points charts ARE out of balance with demand. Some folks have made the comment that lowering weekends would make weekend availability disappear. Others have all the time in the world to go mid-week. I don't, and I pay dues too. It was my underlying understanding when I bought DVC and knew that points charts were fluid that Disney would strive to equalize vacancy rates. Surely, there is a number between 33 and 99 points (HH 2br Sat v Sun night) that would equalize vacancy rates, and let those of us who aren't as free as a bird mid-week off-peak enjoy a weekend stay. Again, when the CM says to me "which Saturday night do you want" as to HH but "there are no Sun-Thur" nights available, then I say to myself something is wrong with the system. If HH averages a 15% vacancy rate during a particular season, for example, then points should be charted to strive for that number for each day of the week to the extent possible. Right now it's 100% booked weekdays with waiting lists -- all summer! -- and vacant as whatever % it is (sounds like a much lower number from the way the CM described it) on Saturdays. THAT IS NOT THE WAY IT SHOULD BE, NOT PRESUMABLY WITH THE DATA THAT DVC HAS AVAILABLE TO IT. I'm not saying it should be reversed, merely balanced.
As to #2, I did not know this, and if you say Disney doesn't somehow profit --and that all the funds, net small service fees, are applied towards dues -- then great.
But, still, let's not ignore reality in the pixie dust Disney fog (which I do buy into, and escape reality in, like many here) -- the points charts ARE out of balance with demand. Some folks have made the comment that lowering weekends would make weekend availability disappear. Others have all the time in the world to go mid-week. I don't, and I pay dues too. It was my underlying understanding when I bought DVC and knew that points charts were fluid that Disney would strive to equalize vacancy rates. Surely, there is a number between 33 and 99 points (HH 2br Sat v Sun night) that would equalize vacancy rates, and let those of us who aren't as free as a bird mid-week off-peak enjoy a weekend stay. Again, when the CM says to me "which Saturday night do you want" as to HH but "there are no Sun-Thur" nights available, then I say to myself something is wrong with the system. If HH averages a 15% vacancy rate during a particular season, for example, then points should be charted to strive for that number for each day of the week to the extent possible. Right now it's 100% booked weekdays with waiting lists -- all summer! -- and vacant as whatever % it is (sounds like a much lower number from the way the CM described it) on Saturdays. THAT IS NOT THE WAY IT SHOULD BE, NOT PRESUMABLY WITH THE DATA THAT DVC HAS AVAILABLE TO IT. I'm not saying it should be reversed, merely balanced.