What you just did seems a rather obvious pitfall of Disney adding the tower to the existing association. I suppose this loss is offset by reeling in new buyers who are pixie dusted and have no awareness of the resale market.
Exactly. I was planning to go big and buy enough points for one bedrooms but then the price, point chart, and room breakdown has me on the sidelines scratching my head. May shift to a small add on and stick to studios at Poly and larger units elsewhere.I can’t disagree, but more than the pricing, which was more or less what I expected, it is the villas/view breakdown and what I imagine will be the difficulty to book certain rooms even at 11mos that pushed me from wanting another 150-200 points to 50-75 that I’m currently contemplating. I know it seems counterintuitive to get less points knowing how expensive those larger villas are, but I just don’t want to compete with so many points in the system with so few villas available. I think we might save our trips that need bigger rooms for VGF or RIV. I’m nervous about what the competition is going to look like through the year. As others have said, it was a big miss not to have had more duo, 1, and 2bdrm villas
I’m in a similar boat. We need a one bedroom but the points are hefty. Right now I’m on the sidelines waiting. We have a small existing contract that I will use and just pick up more points off the resale market. I may wait till the hype dies down some in a few months or a year.
Everyone knew the Poly Tower was being built, but no one was sure if it would be a brand new DVC timeshare on its own, or if it would just be added into the Poly resort and use the same points. But once Disney started ROFRing everything that wasn't international, it was a big clue it they were starting to add to their Poly points stash at a cheap price, so they would have extra to sell when the tower opened. It really put a lot of upward pressure on the Poly resale market so prices really went a lot higher.
And that’s why I’m not signing until the window to rescind overlaps Oct 15th. If this works out for me it will be lovely, and if it doesn’t it will be very easy to walk away, the only loss will be my time. Poly resale points have started to come down, that “day after Christmas” feeling is starting to set in, and epic universe is knocking on the door. Let’s see what happens on the 15th … are they going to book all the new points into developer inventory or just one stay? What if I need to use a couple of my old poly points are they going to be petty and tell me I cant touch those?
either make the magic, or don’t make magic … but im not gonna buy crap and pretend it’s magic.I don't think they've been "ROFRing everything that wasn't international" - as of August they had taken less than 10% of submitted contracts (for the Board sponsor, that publishes an ROFR report) and there continue to be plenty of PVB "pass" reports in the ROFR thread here.
Very well saidAnd that’s why I’m not signing until the window to rescind overlaps Oct 15th. If this works out for me it will be lovely, and if it doesn’t it will be very easy to walk away, the only loss will be my time. Poly resale points have started to come down, that “day after Christmas” feeling is starting to set in, and epic universe is knocking on the door. Let’s see what happens on the 15th … are they going to book all the new points into developer inventory or just one stay? What if I need to use a couple of my old poly points are they going to be petty and tell me I cant touch those?
Old poly points and new poly points are the same. DVC can't legally differentiate. If you already own poly, you can book starting October 15.And that’s why I’m not signing until the window to rescind overlaps Oct 15th. If this works out for me it will be lovely, and if it doesn’t it will be very easy to walk away, the only loss will be my time. Poly resale points have started to come down, that “day after Christmas” feeling is starting to set in, and epic universe is knocking on the door. Let’s see what happens on the 15th … are they going to book all the new points into developer inventory or just one stay? What if I need to use a couple of my old poly points are they going to be petty and tell me I cant touch those?
Earlier in the thread various people posted that their guides said that on the 15th DVC member services will let you book their developer inventory (that hasn't been declared into DVC yet and isn't bookable with points normally) with the newly purchased points for a first Island Tower booking, but not with older Poly points. In the normal booking system, yes all Poly points will be the same, but it seems like they are doing a sort of "welcome home" first stay for new purchasers of Poly Tower points. Disney can do what they want with the undeclared rooms so until they declare it into the DVC system they can differentiate bookings for those rooms between new purchasers and old Poly point holders.
I live locally, I don’t book my points in full weeks. A traditional “welcome home” visit in the past, if you could even get it ( more people don’t than do) was a single booking that they would pull from cash inventory if you were brand new to DVC. This appears to be a different situation in that the majority of the inventory has been held back, and a token amount is being released. On Oct 15th the declared inventory will be open for booking, but we’re looking for the “good stuff” not the stuff out on the shelf, the stuff behind the counter … how do we get that? … that’s what’s in question because it’s all rumor and speculation.
I think DVC is smart enough to manage declarations and inventory to make sure they are barely dipping into developer inventory to begin with. If they sell a ton of points this week, they’ll make another declaration prior to the 15th.
This was us exactly except we are now looking at adding on 50-75 more points at RIV to extend our stays in the larger villas (which there are just way more of in inventory than at the new Poly Tower). As a family of 5 that prefers 1BRs and 2BRs (if we bring a grandparent along), the relative lack of villas in the Poly Tower was a huge detractor. I also have concerns over availability of those rooms at the 11 month booking window with all of the Poly points that are, and will be, in the system. That said, the rooms look lovely and am happy for anyone that buys, it’s just unfortunately not the right fit for our family so I think we’ll stick with looking onto adding more points at VGF or RIV.I can’t disagree, but more than the pricing, which was more or less what I expected, it is the villas/view breakdown and what I imagine will be the difficulty to book certain rooms even at 11mos that pushed me from wanting another 150-200 points to 50-75 that I’m currently contemplating. I know it seems counterintuitive to get less points knowing how expensive those larger villas are, but I just don’t want to compete with so many points in the system with so few villas available. I think we might save our trips that need bigger rooms for VGF or RIV. I’m nervous about what the competition is going to look like through the year. As others have said, it was a big miss not to have had more duo, 1, and 2bdrm villas
Respectfully, this board and resale buyers in general are the spreadsheet crowd, and not the majority of DVD’s market.
