Poll: Club 33 -- are you in?

[Glasgow]

Surprised it took so long to bring it to WDW. Certainly has a whiff of Eau de Epcot Festival if you ask me.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Well, I'm going to go with the choice that WASN'T put on here...

 

[Coaster Lover]

It's certainly not something that would happen for my family and me anytime soon... but in 30-40 years when I'm ready to retire? Who knows!

 

[GhostHost1000]

Think of all the cabanas that money could buy. Oh wait

 

[RustySpork]

Based on what I've read, Disney's target is the Golden Oaks people. I also believe they are planning on building more of these communities and they need an exclusive place for these people to congregate away from the riff raff.

Golden Oak is beautiful. The idea of Club 33 at WDW targeting them actually makes sense.

 

[RustySpork]

Everything I stated was based on the prices listed by the OP. "Can afford" something is so relative based on what else you are spending your money on.. disposable income..kids..savings...travel...etc etc. (most) People who choose $50k+ golf clubs aren't thinking about if they can afford it. That's the people who would most likely join something like Club 33- at the price points listed. This is a small percentage of this country.. and logically would be a small percentage of this site. That's not ignorance, it's truth.

But then again, I agree with someone above who said you'll have your Disney Fanatics joining.. so my statement may not apply there lol

I'm not a Disney fanatic and I'd consider it. You're acting like everyone in America is poor. This isn't a lot of money.

 

[Grimley1968]

I don't doubt for a second that there are viewers of this site and other fan sites who are a) rich enough to afford this and b) interested.

But most of the people I know who could afford something like this would also be very hesitant to discuss it, even somewhat anonymously online. I wonder if that would skew poll results.

 

[_ZJ]

The Mongellos of the world will be there, no doubt. There are a lot of people that are in the parks almost daily it seems with the sole goal being getting attention... If you're desperate for followers and likes, being one of the first to post from WDWC33 will be a guaranteed way to succeed.

Predicting price is difficult, and not just for us here. Imagine being in charge of pricing this at DIS! A lot riding on this, and pricing something that has never existed and has no comparison is very tough. I sense this may be part of the reason the news and an email address has "leaked..." They'll monitor that for demand, and I guarantee they'll do some quick social media research on the people that email to see just how many legitimate inquiries they receive, and what their demographics are.

I do tend to think it may be less expensive than DL, only because most members won't be locals. But, you're getting membership in 4 parks, not 1, so that is a big advantage over DL. However, on the flip side, it is tough to get personalized treatment at a club when there are 4 "branches" with different staffs at each.

I'm interested, but I suspect many of the perks will be superficial and will appeal only to the aforementioned Disney lifestylers. I don't stay on WDW property, so club level upgrades and the like don't appeal to me. This won't be the club that Walt built, so it has no nostalgia. If I want a really nice dinner, I can go spend a few hundred and get that anytime I want--without a several thousand dollar membership fee. It would have to feature several improvements in amenities over DLC33 for me to be seriously interested.

The most surprising thing to me is that it took them this long to create it. Seems like a very easy source of new income to me.

 

[21stamps]

I'm not a Disney fanatic and I'd consider it. You're acting like everyone in America is poor. This isn't a lot of money.

I'm acting like every American should not be willing to spend the money on something like this. The people who live in Golden Oaks.. sure, I don't think it would impact anything else in their life.

It's a minority who can properly afford 25k plus 10k per year. Properly being the operative word. And then you'll have the people who only care about Disney and not anywhere else.. their budget would most likely allow it. That's what I meant by "Disney fanatics".

Again, all of this is based on the price points of the OP.

 

[_ZJ]

It's a minority who can properly afford 25k plus 10k per year. Properly being the operative word. And then you'll have the people who only care about Disney and not anywhere else.. their budget would most likely allow it. That's what I meant by "Disney fanatics".

Again, all of this is based on the price points of the OP.

"Afford" is one of the most misused words in our society.

 

[21stamps]

"Afford" is one of the most misused words in our society.

Agree.
Who needs savings, investments, education, for yourself and your children, and life insurance? Let's just spend all of our money instead! I'm not saying that about this particular offering, just Americans in general. It's an all too common occurrence.

 

[Laketravis]

I don't doubt for a second that there are viewers of this site and other fan sites who are a) rich enough to afford this and b) interested.

But most of the people I know who could afford something like this would also be very hesitant to discuss it, even somewhat anonymously online. I wonder if that would skew poll results.

That's a very good point. Previous comments about "the" people who can "afford" something like this are misguided at best. The author Thomas Stanley comes to mind:

"Most of the truly wealthy in this country don’t live in Beverly Hills or on Park Avenue - they live next door."

And they don't flaunt that wealth online by describing in detail their various extravagant escapades. Correction - some do, but those tend to be the ones who quickly lose that wealth.


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[contrariwise]

I don't see how anyone can predict whether or not someone can afford this based on (a) posts on a message board, or (b) the location of the club. There are wealthy people all over the place, and many choose not to flaunt their wealth.

 

[RustySpork]

I'm acting like every American should not be willing to spend the money on something like this. The people who live in Golden Oaks.. sure, I don't think it would impact anything else in their life.

It's a minority who can properly afford 25k plus 10k per year. Properly being the operative word. And then you'll have the people who only care about Disney and not anywhere else.. their budget would most likely allow it. That's what I meant by "Disney fanatics".

Again, all of this is based on the price points of the OP.

That makes no sense. It's not your place to decide who can and can't "properly afford" anything at all, at least that's pretty much what you told me when I curiously asked you what you did for a living that allowed you to afford so many trips or whatever recently. The Disney fanatic comment also makes no sense, weren't you recently talking on this forum about buying into DVC? If anyone said something about how you couldn't properly afford it you'd go ballistic.

Just an observation.

As to who wants to spend their money on this, I suppose that's their business. I'd be interested, personally.

 

[_ZJ]

That's a very good point. Previous comments about "the" people who can "afford" something like this are misguided at best. The author Thomas Stanley comes to mind:

"Most of the truly wealthy in this country don’t live in Beverly Hills or on Park Avenue - they live next door."

And they don't flaunt that wealth online by describing in detail their various extravagant escapades. Correction - some do, but those tend to be the ones who quickly lose that wealth.


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Someone told me once... When you see a person in a $100,000 car, all that means is that they have $100,000 less than before.

I know a gentleman who is worth $20-30 million. He drives a ten year old SUV. He "splurged" and purchased a 7 year old BMW. He once visited a yard sale of a mutual friend and bought used sheets. Get the picture?

 

[RustySpork]

Someone told me once... When you see a person in a $100,000 car, all that means is that they have $100,000 less than before.

I know a gentleman who is worth $20-30 million. He drives a ten year old SUV. He "splurged" and purchased a 7 year old BMW. He once visited a yard sale of a mutual friend and bought used sheets. Get the picture?

That person (generally) may also own a $100,000 car, but only drive it on the weekends.

 

[Laketravis]

That person (generally) may also own a $100,000 car, but only drive it on the weekends.

And if they do, you can bet it's parked in a garage hidden from view and not on display out front

 

[RustySpork]

And if they do, you can bet it's parked in a garage hidden from view and not on display out front

Absolutely

 

[21stamps]

That makes no sense. It's not your place to decide who can and can't "properly afford" anything at all, at least that's pretty much what you told me when I curiously asked you what you did for a living that allowed you to afford so many trips or whatever recently. The Disney fanatic comment also makes no sense, weren't you recently talking on this forum about buying into DVC? If anyone said something about how you couldn't properly afford it you'd go ballistic.

Just an observation.

As to who wants to spend their money on this, I suppose that's their business. I'd be interested, personally.

My issue was the words "How can a Single Mother afford vacations?" And then references of single parents eating Raman Noodles or Canned Ravioli.

That's not EXTREMELY sexist or backwards at all.

I don't know what buying DVC has to do do with anything. That would be an investment towards an end goal.. I don't see it as the proper investment for my family due to how/where we travel.

Anyone is entitled to an opinion of what people consider being able to properly "afford" in this country. Look at GoFundMe. Look at the amount of defaulted loans. It is definitely my place to have my own opinion of what constitutes affordability. I don't consider anything "affordable" if you do not plan for your future.
Anyone else can have a different opinion, that's fine too.

 

[RustySpork]

My issue was the words "How can a SINGLE mother afford vacations?" And then references of single parents eating Raman Noodles or Canned Ravioli.

That's not EXTREMELY sexist or backwards at all.

I don't know what buying DVC has to do do with anything. That would be an investment towards an end goal.. I don't see it as the proper investment for my family due to how/where we travel.

Anyone is entitled to an opinion of what people consider being able to properly "afford" in this country. Look at GoFundMe. Look at the amount of defaulted loans. It is definitely my place to have my own opinion of what constitutes affordability. I don't consider anything "affordable" if you do not plan for your future.
Anyone else can have a different opinion, that's fine too.

I wasn't trying to bring up an old argument, I was just pointing out that you are talking out both sides of your mouth.

I'm also putting you on ignore before this blows up.

 

[Otterhead]

As to who wants to spend their money on this, I suppose that's their business. I'd be interested, personally.

I strongly suspect that the vast majority of Club 33 members are companies who use their membership to reward high ranking employees with a day at the Club. I'm sure there are individual members, as well -- especially Disney execs and those connected with the company.

I had the chance to go to Club 33 at Disneyland twice as the guest of a company with a membership. Besides being far and away the best meal I've had at any Disney park, having a quiet, lovely respite from the park was really nice. It wasn't $25k nice. But if I was a multi-millionaire who lived at Golden Oak and had plenty of cash to burn? Of course I'd want to be a WDW Club 33 member.