News Disney Vacation Club announces plans for more than 350 new cabins at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort

[TrainsOfDisney]

For enough points to stay a week at the Cabins for the next 49 years.

So it’s $470 a year?

 

[nickys]

So it’s $470 a year?

Plus maintenance fees.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

Plus maintenance fees.

Which is like $1,800? So $2,270 a year?

Which is $324 a night for a week.

I’m just trying to see if I understand the math - not asking to be difficult.

 

[Ayla]

So it’s $470 a year?

Plus maintenance fees, which increase every year.

Who wants to be stuck vacationing at the same spot for the next 49 years??

 

[HauntedPirate]

There are still people buying. Just not the Cabins.

Oh I know. But this thing is a dud - They can barely sell points for the 63 declared cabins (out of 363 total). They’ve sold almost as many points for the Cabins since February 2024 total (19 months) as the new Poly tower and Riviera did combined in August 2025.

 

[Horizons '83]

Just got an email blast from Disney Visa, they are offering a total of $10K off.

 

[nickys]

Just got an email blast from Disney Visa, they are offering a total of $10K off.

With the Magical Beginings you can get over $12k off if you buy enough points.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Who needs loyal customers? There are 10 families DYING to spend money on a WDW vacation for every family that decides not to go anymore. Their guest pool is unlimited!! Or… at least that’s what some around here have said.

Member when people thought that was true and repeated it everyday?

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

With the Magical Beginings you can get over $12k off if you buy enough points.

Throw another $10 on there and I’ll consider taking the tour

 

[nickys]

Throw another $10 on there and I’ll consider taking the tour

You won’t get that much off though.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

If I have DVC money - why do I want a pre-fab cabin in the woods? That’s the big question.

 

[mattpeto]

At this point I'm just convinced that Disney feels good about playing the long-game with DVC sales.

1) Riveria - introduced new resale rule. Still not sold out.
2) Disneyland Hotel - transient tax, yuck.
3) FW Cabins - maintenance costs are absurd.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

At this point I'm just convinced that Disney feels good about playing the long-game with DVC sales.

1) Riveria - introduced new resale rule. Still not sold out.
2) Disneyland Hotel - transient tax, yuck.
3) FW Cabins - maintenance costs are absurd.

I didn’t realize Riveria still wasn’t sold out. Interesting! That makes the River country high-rise all the more perplexing.

Disneyland hotel is at least at a prime location.

 

[mattpeto]

I didn’t realize Riveria still wasn’t sold out. Interesting! That makes the River country high-rise all the more perplexing.

Disneyland hotel is at least at a prime location.

Great location for sure. And I personally entertained it - but the transient tax makes it really hard on top of maintenance dues.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

If I have DVC money - why do I want a pre-fab cabin in the woods? That’s the big question.

No one can ever answer that

At this point I'm just convinced that Disney feels good about playing the long-game with DVC sales.

1) Riveria - introduced new resale rule. Still not sold out.
2) Disneyland Hotel - transient tax, yuck.
3) FW Cabins - maintenance costs are absurd.

True

But in the end…still more effective that dumping $300 a night on a big joint like port Orleans…if only marginally now

I didn’t realize Riveria still wasn’t sold out. Interesting! That makes the River country high-rise all the more perplexing.

Disneyland hotel is at least at a prime location.

How could it be?

I try not to hate it…but i was over there again last month and I kinda hate it. It really is just plunked in Caribbean. A total bad idea

 

[JaxFLBear]

At this point I'm just convinced that Disney feels good about playing the long-game with DVC sales.

1) Riveria - introduced new resale rule. Still not sold out.
2) Disneyland Hotel - transient tax, yuck.
3) FW Cabins - maintenance costs are absurd.

Riviera is getting closer to being sold out. DVC has declared 321 of 341 units (94.4% of the points) into the Condo Association. So likely only one more declaration before it's fully declared.

 

[nickys]

I didn’t realize Riveria still wasn’t sold out. Interesting! That makes the River country high-rise all the more perplexing.

Disneyland hotel is at least at a prime location.

Riviera isn’t sold out but close to it, 89% I think. It’s fully declared. And it isn’t particularly slow in sales either.

DVC always plan to have at least 2 resorts at WDW in active sales.

By the time Lakeshore is ready, Riviera will be almost sold, Poly Tower will be the “back-up” resort. Lakeshore will be the shiny new one.

At this point they’ve clearly abandoned hope for the Canins at FW.

 

[Ayla]

Riviera isn’t sold out but close to it, 89% I think. It’s fully declared. And it isn’t particularly slow in sales either.

DVC always plan to have at least 2 resorts at WDW in active sales.

By the time Lakeshore is ready, Riviera will be almost sold, Poly Tower will be the “back-up” resort. Lakeshore will be the shiny new one.

At this point they’ve clearly abandoned hope for the Canins at FW.

Would they ever change anything about the sale of the cabins? Lower points, lower price, lower fees?

 

[nickys]

Would they ever change anything about the sale of the cabins? Lower points, lower price, lower fees?

Maintenance fees for a new resort usually go down after a year or two.

They can’t change the points charts hugely, the total number of points in a resort has to equal the number of points it would take to book every room for every day of the year. So they can adjust the points charts but the changes would need to balance out.

They could lower the price, but they do need to cover the cost of replacing all the cabins.

Riviera is getting closer to being sold out. DVC has declared 321 of 341 units (94.4% of the points) into the Condo Association. So likely only one more declaration before it's fully declared.

I stand corrected!

 

[mattpeto]

Would they ever change anything about the sale of the cabins? Lower points, lower price, lower fees?

I heard someone say this, but not sure how valid: Maybe it will be part of Lakeside Lodge and bring the maintenance dues down to spread out over the total units.