dreamfinder
Well-Known Member
I figure if you are a type that stays for long periods of time at the campgrounds, the high upfront cost of enough DVC points to accommodate a long stay isn't going to be a likely scenario.
A single week in the cheapest DVC studio right now is 57 points = 57*$112 per point buy-in plus approx $4.80/point annual fee = $6658. And this is in January - other months have higher minimums, of course.
(and actually you can't buy-in for that few of a point level)
Stay 2 months and you'd need at least 456 points! $51,072 up front plus $2188 per year.
For a while DVC was allowing 50 point buy ins. Not publicly promoting it, but they would bring it up if they thought they could get a sale. The same way how for ages they said the smallest amount they could sell was 160 pts, but if you hemed and hawed they would come back and say they could sell you 100 pts. But, I do believe that the WDW properties just bumped up to $120 per pt list, so its a trade off.
And if they did do a DVC here, I bet it would be a fair amount more to stay over that 57. Both BLT and Villas at Grand Californian are at least 20 pts more per week for a standard studio for slow season when compared to AKL. I would wager it would be in the 115-130 pts for a week studio in slow season. They seem to be trying to keep the cost per point uniform across the properties, but compensating by requiring more points for the new properties.