2042, is it true?

[tiggerguy2000]

Unless your buying when your 21 it dont matter.In 2042 I will be 82 and not only my kids and grandkids have benefited from dvc but maybe the great grand children also.
Any other questions ?

if your buying now then AKV is your best bet or wait for the Contemporary which will be higher in price but maybe it wont expire until 2060


tiggerguy

 

[tiggerguy2000]

The most recent discount had AKL at $8 per point off where as SSR was $10 per point off. Also I was incorrect (gasp) SSR expires in 2054 not 2052 so there is only 3 years difference between AKL and SSR.

Also just to note, those that bought at OKW in the early 1990's also got park admission included as an incentive for a number of years. Now we get $100 off AP which isn't bad at all.:animwink:

Not only park passes for the whole family but the price was $52.00 a point and then $55.00 later.They had other perks but you will have to find a original owner.Most of the first owners where older in age.I remember back in 1986 coming to Disney with my wife and seeing the sign free disney tickets and behold it was the first timeshare tour i had been on.The dining table was set up and they told us that every night it would be done for us plus clean up.The price was around $2000 and I thought it was a rip-off since back then we stayed the whole week for around $75.00 to $150 per week.I dont remember who was selling it but if I could go back I would buy.I wonder how many of the timeshares are no longer around and what happened to forever for those who did buy.I think since the big hotel chains jumped on the timeshare bandwagon it has become more reliable.Back when i think most where a scam like when herman bought his neice(marilyn) a car.he drove around the block and the lot was gone.frank gorshin loaded up the hauler so quick herman was confused so thats what I think about the original timeshare sellers back then.

tiggerguy

 

[darthjohnny]

When I took a Disney Vacation Club tour last year, I believe the date they told me was 2049.

They also made it seem that at that date, everyone's contract would expire, and all the DVC rooms would be up for grabs again.

 

[slappy magoo]

When I took a Disney Vacation Club tour last year, I believe the date they told me was 2049.

They also made it seem that at that date, everyone's contract would expire, and all the DVC rooms would be up for grabs again.

If they told you that, well, that was misleading. What they may have meant was that all of the deeds for Saratoga Springs would expire in 2049, regarldess of whether you're amongst the first or amongst the last to buy into SSR. In other words, buying into SSR 5 years after the resort opened doesn'tr mean your deed expires 5 years later.

But the older DVCs have the earlier expiration year, and that would also hold true no matter WHEN those people purchased.

 

[met19]

Is there a benefit of buying into DVC if I get a military/gov discount from disney? E.g. my room at a value was 87/nite. I would eventually start staying at deluxe properties but I also get a discount there(actually reservation is made thru SOG).

 

[Hakunamatata]

Is there a benefit of buying into DVC if I get a military/gov discount from disney? E.g. my room at a value was 87/nite. I would eventually start staying at deluxe properties but I also get a discount there(actually reservation is made thru SOG).

In order to make DVC work, you have to think long term. Once you have your innitial "investment" paid off or if you pay cash, then you have the yearly dues, per point. Our dues each year are about $4 per point (cant recall exactly), so our yearly dues are $1520. What you have to consider is how many times a year you go and where you stay when you do. If you go one week every other year and stay in a value, probably not going to benefit you. If you make multiple trips per year, stay in a moderate or deluxe, it makes more sense. You can figure in discounts on APs, dining club, etc, to help make the final decision.

For our Disney crazy family, it makes sense in the long term. Unless attendance drops down to nothing and Disney has to practically give away rooms to get people to come, lodging prices will continue to increase. 30 years from now, may it be reasonable to believe that a value resort may cost $200 a night or more? Probably. Thats what I looked at to justify the cost.

 

[mprewitt]

AKV expires in 2057. SSR expires in 2054. The rest expire in 2042.