This week my last DVC contract that I owned was sent for ROFR. With some of the changes in disney and life events (baby girl born in November) it was time for us to pull out of DVC. Though it was not an easy decision I felt it was the right one. I'm using the funds towards my daughter's 529 plan.
But life events aside, the changes that Disney has been doing didn't sit well with us. Losing magical express was a huge blow. That's an added expense that we don't want to take care of if we are paying that much to stay on property. We have so many credit card points that if we have to have a rental car any way, might as well stay off property for free via points. Financially it didn't make sense for us to keep it with the new added expense.
I bought direct for the perks as well. So to lose out on moonlight magic was a bummer and who know if that is coming back once things get back to "normal". Now that wasn't a huge deal breaker but still something we used. I'm all about value and saw DVC has the whole package but as they started nickel and dime-ing more often that it was time to pull out. Combine that with a new baby it was a sad thing to see go. However maybe things will change in a few years and we can always buy back in. I'm looking at you
Disneyland Tower but for now it doesn't make financial sense any more especially with credit points for free rooms off site.