They still haven’t declared either of the Aulani Standard View Grand Villas, so they literally are unbookable for points.
Ah, I knew I was forgetting an undeclared room category in my prior post but couldn't remember it!They still haven’t declared either of the Aulani Standard View Grand Villas, so they literally are unbookable for points.
Which I would be fine if you said that doesn’t count but Aulani has been open for 12 years, so it does.
By the way I think you’ll be 1 for 5; I only agree with #2.
Based on how the cash prices are for the 2BR theme park views are I hope the charts are somewhat reasonable.. the 2BR TPV at Poly costs about the same amount as a preferred view 2BR at RIV from 1/5-1/10 for cash.
I'm not so sure that they would go down this road. In order to do that, they'd have to move points across different units which would very likely affect the ownership percentage of original PVB1 owners (which is expressed in the percentage of a unit).
Why do you think so?
In theory they can do what they want, but a 2 bedroom (even if it's super fancy with a cool name) that sleeps 8 or 9 costing more points than 3 bedroom grand villas sleeping 12 at VGF or RIV would be tough to justify.
This seems unlikely to me, I think standard view could be the same—but I’m not expecting more than a handful of standard studios.
Why would DVC make them less? If there are only a few I could see them being about equal.
Haven’t studied closely but seems like an unnecessary legal risk? Not sure how often the bungalows aren’t getting booked one way or another.
I think it will be closer than most of us are expecting—but probably not more than the existing bungalow chart.
Maybe for the initial period, but I would think by year 2 or 3 they will become less popular. How many people buy DVC with the intention of traveling in groups of two and how many of them want a duo at a resort with fairly crowded common spaces? If preferred or TPV isn’t much more I could see those being more desirable, just within the tower.
No pitchforks or torches, but I just see Disney having every reason to swing for the fences on a high point chart (and no real downside):
The downside is that DVC already has 3 resorts they are having trouble selling and why risk creating a 4th? The only thing moving is Riviera, and they’re gonna sell out of that in the next 18 months.
Is Riviera really that close to being sold out, I was hoping (probably just wishful thinking) that I had plenty of time to choose between the tower and direct Riviera. Do you think they’ll dump the last of the Riviera “fire sale” style?
Personally I think it'll be closer to 2-3 years before RIV sells out but who knows what incentives they'll run while Poly is trying to sell that could speed up/slow down RIV sales. Even if it is a year and a half, that's still a long time to decide whether or not you want RIV/Poly no?
I guess I misunderstood. I perceived it to be that if there were only 18 months of points left in inventory, then a fire sale similar to the VGF summer sale would significantly shorten that time frame and force me to make a decision. If there are 3 years worth of points left then there will be multiple opportunities for discounted pricing and I can wait and see how the logistic work out at PVB. I can understand how you read it to mean I needed 18 months to make decision.
I think you’re going to be surprised at the size of the 2 bedroom penthouse.
I’d expect Riv to sell out by December 2025 at the very earliest or July/August 2026 at the very latest based on current pace.
Based on recent patterns, it's likely points charts will be made available shortly before sales begin (maybe a few days to a week or two).
