High demand resorts don't make any real difference in 7 month availability because if they're high demand they tend not to be available at the 7 month window. For example, one or two 2 BR for the year at SSR likely has as much impact on the 7 month window as the entire VGF resort does.
I'm sure it'll be a fine resort but DVC does not have a history of 5 star resorts including VGF. IMO no matter how nice or opulent it is, there's no way to make it a VGF level resort due to location. IMO about the best they can hope for is the level of BLT and that's a stretch. And DVD has a recent history of being overly optimistic when it comes to sales and points charts, see the cabins/bungalows and Poly in general.
Short of something like a Death Star shaped hotel, I'm hard pressed to imagine a single (as in one), exterior, artist rendering of any existing property that would get me truly "excited" about any DVC.
I agree. The fact that the location is not the same as VGF's is what will not make it comparable.
LOL. Was this Beach Club?
To a degree I'm sure it is. It's far more expensive to create a 5 star location than a slightly lower level. My point was more that they couldn't make it high enough to compete with VGF as an example and it's unlikely they'll get creative in any way to create that level of demand like lower points i.e. OKW, AKV value or some similar options. But the very reason resort systems have gone to the points sales model is that every point sold is with the idea of getting the very top options in that person's mind consistently. Under the traditional weeks system where it was a fixed week/fixed unit you knew exactly what you were getting and thus what you were not for the off season weeks or poor units. Some systems still carve out the very top weeks/units in some cases.
That's true with the 7 month window in general just because there are far more points in play at 7 months out for SSR than for others. But it's not just SSR it's VB, HHI, OKW, AKV etc. The difference for the higher demand properties is they book at 11 months and tend to only book other high end options or keep what they have.
) at Aulani and VGF.
Exactly, that's still about the best they can hope for IMO. I don't think one can make the case that any Disney resorts are 5 start, 4 star at best.JMHO, but I do not see BLT as high "level", other than it's very prime location with proximity to MK and with monorail access. It's nice enough, but the theming has no appeal for me personally and a lot of others I know, and the worst horror stories I have ever heard about DVC housekeeping in more than 25 years as a member (and a lot of years working for the mouse), were at BLT.
From all the DVC resorts I have stayed at over the years, I find the highest levels of service (and 5 star locations MUST have stellar service, no pun intended
Just looking at the physical attributes of the villas and buildings themselves, I Disney still doesn't have 5 star resorts IMO.
