I wouldn't put a lot of weight on the 3 year thing. Nothing has changed except for an expiration date on member cards which is most likely due to the resale rule change. How many former DVC owners are out there who still had membership cards and were using them for discounts? Having a card that expires every 3 years is a sound practice to prevent abuse.
I saw this earlier today. I agree with that guys' point of view on this. Even if it doesn't directly impact me it just feels really wrong. I wonder if he posts here. He said he got some ideas from online forums.
It's not a good thing for you, as it has affected the resale value of your contract (a bit, not much).
Nearly a year later... It didn't affect prices much, maybe a little. If I was a Dvc owner who bought from Disney, I'd be unhappy. My contract worth a bit less, for what? Given the resale market has held up, this indicates resales held up, so demand held up, so not that many people rushed to Disney rather than resale.
We would never sell but I can see what you're saying.
What if you weren't grandfathered in?
You are assuming that they would grandfather in all of us current owners who bought resale to any future changes but that isn't guaranteed. I know that's how it worked historically but there's no legal requirement it has to. So what if they created 2 classes of owners direct and resale and the resale class included all resale buyers current or future and was limited to 5 month reservations.
I'm not an expert at all, but I thought the only thing that you are guaranteed is the right to use the property at your home resort that's listed on the deed. The deed itself and the legal paperwork don't mention trading in at all. I know the additional perks are not guaranteed. Again, I'm no expert so I could be wrong.
Are you saying you think they can offer more because there are less owners to offer things to? I'm not sure that there is really a correlation between additional offerings like that and restrictions on resale buyers. It's such a small portion of the total ownership that I can't see it making a big difference on cost. Maybe down the road that will be the case, but for now it probably doesn't move the needle.Two non experts trying our best
I would argue these DVC events and new (post April 16') resale not being able to attend is "adding additional perks". We had one beach bash in 15' but clearly last year, and now this year, they have ramped it up- in particular with Epcot adding dates in December that weren't available in 16'. Additionally, the members club in Epcot. If we look at our benefits as a whole this year vs 2-3 years ago, it's much better. And of course, if you wanted to participate in those now, you'd need to buy direct.
Agreed. The new events are good. I was more thinking along the lines of the bulk of the extra perks like discounted APs and merchandise/food discounts.
I'd like to see more things like the lounge in EPCOT that more members can take advantage of. Maybe a location in each park. The one off events are probably good for locals but if you only visit once a year unless you get lucky on timing you can't usually take advantage. I did read that they cancelled the merry mixers this year in favor of more in park after hours events.
