ROFR Thread April to June 2025 *PLEASE SEE FIRST POST FOR INSTRUCTIONS & FORMATTING TOOL*

[AstroBlasters]

The way point charts are going that will probably get you about 2 nights in a studio....

We shall see…

 

[atthebeachclub]

We also have to see if Disney maintains the current level of TLC once it is no longer in active sales.

This is the big thing I wonder about. It might be extra nice now, and I hope it stays that way for those who own there…but the incentive to keep it as nice may go down.

 

[AstroBlasters]

This is the big thing I wonder about. It might be extra nice now, and I hope it stays that way for those who own there…but the incentive to keep it as nice may go down.

Especially for a 100% DVC resort…. but I do hope they keep the staffing and service level high and just charge the correct level of dues to maintain it.

 

[Girlstar30]

This is the big thing I wonder about. It might be extra nice now, and I hope it stays that way for those who own there…but the incentive to keep it as nice may go down.

I would bet money that Riv not having shared bus service is going to change once it's sold out

 

[AstroBlasters]

I would bet money that Riv not having shared bus service is going to change once it's sold out

With Caribbean Beach?

 

[supercarrie]

Especially for a 100% DVC resort…. but I do hope they keep the staffing and service level high and just charge the correct level of dues to maintain it.

Do we have evidence they have not done this in the past? (Thinking about SSR and OKW.)

I suppose with SSR, they closed the spa, but I don’t feel like they let standards generally slip with either of those…curious what others think. I don’t own at either.

 

[MerlinandtheMouse]

I would bet money that Riv not having shared bus service is going to change once it's sold out

I’m not so sure about that. CBR is already a massive resort with an internal bus loop of its own. Logistically, doesn’t seem to make sense to add yet another stop. Plus there’s no precedent where a deluxe resort shares buses with a moderate don’t know why they’d start that with one of the more expensive resorts.

Especially for a 100% DVC resort…. but I do hope they keep the staffing and service level high and just charge the correct level of dues to maintain it.

I think the management team at RIV is particularly applauded for their efforts. I’ve heard it come up a few times that the manager and teams there are fantastic. I don’t think it’s just because it’s a new(ish) resort. Don’t know what CFW is like but VGF and PIT are good but not great from my experiences (although we had the most amazing bellman at VGF a few weeks ago, I actually called in to bell services to say how fantastic he was!).

It’s also not a huge resort so hopefully maintaining quality service and maintenance shouldn’t be as difficult as it is with some of the bigger resorts. I’m curious of what the first refurb will look like since it really is in pretty decent shape. That’ll be a small tell as to how they will maintain it going forward since it should come after the resort has sold out. Maybe some of the budget can actually go to aesthetics rather than specific maintenance which would be cool. Or the dues stay consistently slower paced, I’d be good with that too.

 

[CastAStone]

We did a stay at Aulani in a 1 bedroom and it was great and it was amazing to have a larger accommodation than a studio room with a family of 5 but also i want another room to shove their mess in and to spread out into.

The flip side is how much harder 2 bedrooms will be to book and of course the $$

We are addonitising hard. Please send help.

 

[CastAStone]

I would bet money that Riv not having shared bus service is going to change once it's sold out

Why? It’s not like Disney is paying for it, they pass through the expense to the DVC owners AND take a 7% markup on it.