They cannot willingly destroy the DVC longhouses until 2066. Other longhouses that are resort rooms could be fair game.
Tiki Gods could take care of them.
Whenever they feel like telling us. Sometime between now and when the points go on sale. To me the assumption is new association.
Your guess is as good as anyone.
My guess is new association too. The only reason to suspect it could be the opposite is the way they are doing the new GF section but I suspect that’s only because it’s converted hotel rooms vs a new construction building, rooms and pool area. Adding the hotel wing to GF villas will actually lower maintenance fees overall since it’s a lower cost building where the opposite is true at Poly. This is all just speculation and they could really do anything they want.
Good question. I think having that restriction on half of the Poly rooms but not the other half could make things confusing to owners trying to trade in at the 7 month window but that doesn’t mean they won’t do it. I don’t think DVC cares about those resale buyers all that much so it won’t stop them from doing it.
I don't see any reason why they'd do a new association with no restrictions. Adding restrictions is the only benefit Disney would get from making this standalone. They'd much rather sell 42 year contracts than 50 year contracts.
It would be interesting to know how Rivieria sales are going and if that approach has hurt them at all. If I’m correct, no DVC has been completed since Riviera we don’t know if the new resale restrictions are going to be commonplace moving forward.
Yeah, if it’s a new association it will almost certainly have the same restrictions as Riviera. If it’s not a new association and works like the new GF project where they just add a bunch of points to the existing association then I don’t think it can have the restrictions on resale. I’m not sure that today‘s management is concerned with 42 vs 50 years. You give them too much credit. None of these guys will be around collecting bonuses in 42 years when it would make a difference. Sad but true.
My guess is most people buying in to DVC direct from Disney aren’t necessarily focused on resale restrictions. I’m sure the sales guys don’t highlight that and most people are focused on the next 10 years (or less) of vacations vs the longer term issues of when they may want to “get out”. That being said, I agree it would be interesting to have some data to see if that theory is actually true or not. I could be way off and it could have hurt sales. I will say this, if they don’t make those restrictions commonplace going forward and I was a Riviera owner I’d be a little upset by that. I guess everyone knew the restrictions going in when they bought but it still seems a little unfair.
NPV and ROI calculations take into account the full life of the project. They get credit for that today.
100% all of this
