Sounds like someone let the cat out of the bag and got into trouble for revealing non-public information. There have been a couple of other reports here of CMs telling people that it would be the same association, but I haven’t seen any reports of any CMs saying it would be a new association. While they clearly are keeping their options open, I think these reports show us which way they are leaning.
Shiny new blue card (to add to my current non-blue card points) here I come!
Thanks for sharing, this is fascinating, but ultimately I don't think it holds much value for determining the association status. Most of my fascination is that it's a little bit of light into how their internal information flows, though!
If it hadn't been for COVID we probably would've had Reflections which would've also been resale restricted more than likely but once that was scrapped it's created a large gap between construction of resale restricted resorts.
I'll likely still buy in but it being all in the same association makes me much more likely to buy resale if that's the case. If they're very aggressive with their incentives I may consider direct.
We are in the same boat. We are hoping it’s another association because I don’t want to compete with all the bungalow/studio points for one bedrooms. That’s why I’m holding out from VGF too, the resort studios really put pressure on booking one bedrooms.
We have found no impact of competition from the new points on our ability to book VGF 1 and 2 BR. VGF 1BR availability is wide open right now for next April, May, and June. For busier times like December it might be slightly tricker, but I would be very surprised if you could not get a 1 BR at exactly 11 months. The vast majority of people would rather use their points to stay in a studio.
Agreed completely! Grand Destiny would be an amazing DVC addition to be sure. The next 10 years will be very interesting for DVC to be sure.
I should have been specific- one resort at WDW.
We would love this the kid is a huge Yacht Club fan. The family dream is/was Poly with a 2 bedroom category. We need a 2 bedroom for our family trips. As empty nesters we can stay in the studios for a weekend.
I'm thinking if it's all one association, Poly1 resales will jump a lot higher. Yes? No?
Probably yes. We may have a situation similar to what we have with VGF right now where resale prices aren't too far off from direct in which case I'll end up buying direct. PVB resale right now can be had for 130s ish if direct with incentives can be brought to 160s-170s I'll probably do it just so I have more points I can use at RIV, VDH, FW, etc.
Yes, because the only things PVB resale buyers will miss compared to those buying the new PVB tower direct will be the ability to book RIV and VDH (and blue card perks if they are not existing owners). Because of this I would expect PVB resale to jump maybe by $30 a point or so from current levels, depending on what the PVB tower direct pricing turns out to be.
It's still the same question for the "want" side - people who want access to the existing studio availability and/or to finally get the larger villas that were originally part of the PVB plans or those that want longer contract and less competition for the larger villas. Or the group who wants a new 50 year contract.
