Club 33 at Disney World?

[Jimmy Thick]

What if Disney World had a private club for only a select few, would you want to join? As a member to Disneylands Club 33, I have to tell you from my personal experience, its a real nice bonus when I walk into that park and can enter a private club, where only the Disney elite are allowed to go.

And I can get completely hammered in luxury.

So, if DW had the same thing, would you want to join, even if it ment waiting 15-20 years and have to pay serious sums of cash just to use the bathroom? Personally, I would join as soon as it was announced. I already have access to privileges the common public does not, and a nice secluded club in the middle of any of the parks would be the icing on the cake.

Your thoughts?

[3LVDisney]

I would definately join. I went to Club 33 last summer (a guest of Sylvania) and it was wonderful!

[Master Yoda]

I would join in a second.

[Crazy4WDW1]

Unfortunately for me, I would never be able to afford to join. However, I would happily be a guest of any member!

[sweetpee_1993]

Why? What does it take to join? I know very very little about DL.

[sublimesting]

Originally Posted by Jimmy Thick

What if Disney World had a private club for only a select few, would you want to join? As a member to Disneylands Club 33, I have to tell you from my personal experience, its a real nice bonus when I walk into that park and can enter a private club, where only the Disney elite are allowed to go.

And I can get completely hammered in luxury.

So, if DW had the same thing, would you want to join, even if it ment waiting 15-20 years and have to pay serious sums of cash just to use the bathroom? Personally, I would join as soon as it was announced. I already have access to privileges the common public does not, and a nice secluded club in the middle of any of the parks would be the icing on the cake.

Your thoughts?

Sorry, but what is the point of this post.....
Is it to say how rich and elite you are?
You're basically asking a rhetorical question: If you were rich enough would you want to be a part of a rich and elite club where you get special treatment? I think we can safely assume that everyone's answer is going to be: Of course I'd like to be a member of a private luxury club! Unfortunately 99% of us can't and you can, so yay congratulations for you!

And I don't mean this to sound bitter cause I am not and really don't care that you or anyone else is a member of "33", and I've never really thought about it myself. Now that I do think about it, I am a member of an elite out of the way club at WDW. It's called Columbia Harbor House and when I want some peace and quiet I go to the top floor and eat fish and chips and loom over the Haunted Mansion. The club is free, but the fish and chips aren't, oh well.

[Phonedave]

Originally Posted by sweetpee_1993

Why? What does it take to join? I know very very little about DL.

Not much


You put your name on the waiting list

You wait and wait

Then when they contact you, you pay loads of cash, and then keep doing that ever year.

So it it "exclusive" no, not at all. It's just a matter of applying, waiting, and paying.

it is very very expensive however.


If there was one at WDW I would most likely not join. I go to WDW enough to justfy my DVC ownership, but not enought to justify what something like club 33 would cost vs what I can get out of it.

-dave

[eroyee]

Nope.......

[sweetpee_1993]

Originally Posted by Phonedave

Not much


You put your name on the waiting list

You wait and wait

Then when they contact you, you pay loads of cash, and then keep doing that ever year.

So it it "exclusive" no, not at all. It's just a matter of applying, waiting, and paying.

it is very very expensive however.


If there was one at WDW I would most likely not join. I go to WDW enough to justfy my DVC ownership, but not enought to justify what something like club 33 would cost vs what I can get out of it.

-dave

How much is 'loads'?

Even if it existed and I had the money I would most likely not join. I hate status labels too much. When I hear peeps say things like "only rich people stay in the deluxe resorts" it really aggravates me. We did it and we are sooooo not rich. We just saved. A lot!

Also, when I first saw the pole and the thread my first thought was "Isn't Club 33 a DL thing?" Why have one at WDW? DL has theirs and that's all fine and good. WDW doesn't have it or need it. If they added a club thing like 33 I'd see it as a ploy by the powers-that-be to grub into our pockets even more. Why would I want that? I'm happy to just go to WDW and be happy there.

[sublimesting]

By the way here is what it costs to join: Individual membership is available at $7,500 membership fee and $2,250 annual dues. Honestly, that isn't that impressive. Listening to people talk I would have thought it was like $20K to join and $10K a year. Yeah the one-time membership fee would hurt a bit but the annual fee.....Not bad at all. Think what you waste $2,500 on in a year (snacks, morning paper, groceries and impulse buys you don't need, etc...heck, most people could swing that by staying in a value resort instead of a moderate.) Most of us could easily come up with 2.5K per year if our priority was to be a member of "33", especially if we were local like most Disneyland guests are and not have to pay for hotels, flights/rental cars/food etc for our vacations. Take all of that out of the equation and I would easily be able to afford a "33: membership annually and would do it too, just to bring people like Jimmy down to earth.

[sknydave]

I still don't even get what you're paying for. The chance to spend more money in their restaurant/bar?

[Master Yoda]

Originally Posted by sknydave

I still don't even get what you're paying for. The chance to spend more money in their restaurant/bar?

You are paying for exclusivity.

[‹Skippy›]

Originally Posted by sknydave

I still don't even get what you're paying for. The chance to spend more money in their restaurant/bar?

I would also like to know what benefits you are entitled to for being a member.

[Tim G]

IMO one CLUB33 is enough...

Leave it as it is... to keep the exclusivity.

[sweetpee_1993]

Originally Posted by Corrus

IMO one CLUB33 is enough...

Leave it as it is... to keep the exclusivity.

Agreed.