New 350 room DVC tower coming to Disneyland Hotel

[lazyboy97o]

It’s been 9 months, and permits that appeared to be for this (impossible to know for sure) were filed in December. Any guess as to how long construction docs take?

Construction Documents could easily take the better part of a year and that is without and pandemic work stoppages. Even after building permits are issued work can be help. Epic Universe has had most of its building permits issued but is only just now starting to move forward.

 

[Darkbeer1]

Construction Documents could easily take the better part of a year and that is without and pandemic work stoppages. Even after building permits are issued work can be help. Epic Universe has had most of its building permits issued but is only just now starting to move forward.

The permits were pulled less than 3 months ago.

 

[lazyboy97o]

The permits were pulled less than 3 months ago.

Projects get different permits for different aspects.

 

[el_super]

Construction trailers have been setup in the Lilo lot for a while now.

 

[CastAStone]

 

[CaptainAmerica]

I imagine the points chart differential between standard view and pool view is going to be borderline silly.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I imagine the points chart differential between standard view and pool view is going to be borderline silly.

or maybe we won’t care because they won’t let anyone not buying it stay there?

 

[CaptainAmerica]

or maybe we won’t care because they won’t let anyone not buying it stay there?

I might buy it...

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I might buy it...

That would be foolish

 

[el_super]

I drove down Walnut today and noticed the trees were gone. It's a little depressing I think.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

That would be foolish

Grad Cali demand and resale would suggest otherwise.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Grad Cali demand and resale would suggest otherwise.

Except it cost way less

...gotta stop believing you got on this train “early”.
Even Disney has glass ceilings lined with Kevlar

 

[CastAStone]

That would be foolish

Depends what your rationale for buying is. Is it any smarter or dumber than spending your money on like a Porsche or one of these Alfa Romeos that I see all over New Jersey?

It’s only foolish if you think you’re doing it as a play to beat Disney financially. If you’re buying it because you want it, and you can afford it, . Terri Schultz will silently thank you from the drivers seat of her new Alfa Romeo.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Depends what your rationale for buying is. Is it any smarter or dumber than spending your money on like a Porsche or one of these Alfa Romeos that I see all over New Jersey?

It’s only foolish if you think you’re doing it as a play to beat Disney financially. If you’re buying it because you want it, and you can afford it, . Terri Schultz will silently thank you from the drivers seat of her new Alfa Romeo.

I was honestly just playing
But the reality still is they’ll kill it if they run head first off a pricing cliff

 

[CastAStone]

I was honestly just playing
But the reality still is they’ll kill it if they run head first off a pricing cliff

I don’t think they will. Disney’s prices in general seem high on the surface but I can’t remember an instance of Disney having a problem due to pricing anything “too high”.

Their pricing team seems to be on point.

In any case im not sure how they could justify more aggressive point charts than VGC (which are pretty aggressive!) or pricing more than a few bucks higher than Riviera. The most important thing in timeshare is to sell out the timeshare, maximizing profit is secondary to making sure you don’t get stuck in an Aulani loop where every year you’re trying to sell a “new” resort that’s one year older than the last.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I don’t think they will. Disney’s prices in general seem high on the surface but I can’t remember an instance of Disney having a problem due to pricing anything “too high”.

Their pricing team seems to be on point.

In any case im not sure how they could justify more aggressive point charts than VGC (which are pretty aggressive!) or pricing more than a few bucks higher than Riviera. The most important thing in timeshare is to sell out the timeshare, maximizing profit is secondary to making sure you don’t get stuck in an Aulani loop where every year you’re trying to sell a “new” resort that’s one year older than the last.

you doubt the change in philosophy. There’s no downside for transient, older, stock slave execs and board members to do just that.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

I don’t think they will. Disney’s prices in general seem high on the surface but I can’t remember an instance of Disney having a problem due to pricing anything “too high”.

Their pricing team seems to be on point.

In any case im not sure how they could justify more aggressive point charts than VGC (which are pretty aggressive!) or pricing more than a few bucks higher than Riviera. The most important thing in timeshare is to sell out the timeshare, maximizing profit is secondary to making sure you don’t get stuck in an Aulani loop where every year you’re trying to sell a “new” resort that’s one year older than the last.

I think you can make the case that the DLH DVC tower will actually help them finally sell out Aulani direct. Aulani is priced fairly, both in terms of price-per-point and point-per-night. There's just not enough volume of people who are wanting to go to Aulani frequently AND go to Walt Disney World frequently. You can sell a Philadelphia buyer on the 12 different ways they can use their VGF points within a three hour flight, but you can't say the same thing to someone in El Segundo.

Now they'll be able to entice Aulani buyers with the DLH tower. You and I know that it'll be harder to book at 7 months than Animal Kingdom Value Studios, but the buyers don't know that.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I think you can make the case that the DLH DVC tower will actually help them finally sell out Aulani direct. Aulani is priced fairly, both in terms of price-per-point and point-per-night. There's just not enough volume of people who are wanting to go to Aulani frequently AND go to Walt Disney World frequently. You can sell a Philadelphia buyer on the 12 different ways they can use their VGF points within a three hour flight, but you can't say the same thing to someone in El Segundo.

Now they'll be able to entice Aulani buyers with the DLH tower. You and I know that it'll be harder to book at 7 months than Animal Kingdom Value Studios, but the buyers don't know that.

...my god

aulani was built for the Japanese...you know that right? They had “an issue” about 13 years back that caused a problem.

ya bought what ya bought. Congratulations...but dear SBJ...stop trying to make it like you found a “secret” angle, please?

enjoy it for what it IS

 

[CaptainAmerica]

...my god

aulani was built for the Japanese...you know that right? They had “an issue” about 13 years back that caused a problem.

ya bought what ya bought. Congratulations...but dear SBJ...stop trying to make it like you found a “secret” angle, please?

enjoy it for what it IS

I didn't buy Aulani, what the hell are you talking about?

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I didn't buy Aulani, what the hell are you talking about?

my mistake...you obsess about it constantly. You should have only bought that.