What happens in 2042?

[matt and beth]

We’ll end up buying some BC2, but who knows how much it will cost at that point. I agree that it isn’t as convenient as Beach Club, but we like Riviera well enough and I strongly prefer the skyliner to the monorail.

100% agree to that

 

[eticketplease]

You've also got the boats to Poly as an option. Three routes isn't bad.

Yes PVB has boats but @matt and beth were talking about the Riviera as not an Epcot resort as it relies on the skyliner. In my opinion they are point out that it is not walkable like BWV & BCV. Hence the my comment about PVB not being an MK resort if we are reliant on transportation because in my eyes 1.4 miles is not really walkable after walking all day in the parks.

Also the boats get shutdown from weather the same as the skyliner which is why I referred to the monorail.

 

[eticketplease]

Agreed SSR is good value. I chose BLT for SAP because I only want one contract and I prefer to own a premium location plus it has 6 more years than SSR.

Yes BLT is very good as well if one year you won’t use it for SAP you have a great location, low dues.

I had considered BLT multiple times but I would never have used them for SAP as we love the 1 bedrooms with the extra bathroom and instead would have used them exclusively there for standard views.

 

[Rohi]

It does seem crazy not to, also totally different situation, but to purchase leftover points each year, if someone has 4 points left, it’s not enough to rent and let’s say if they were banked already they’re just going to waste, Disney could give $10/pp or something and use them to rent a room.

This is genius!

 

[davidhr]

This is genius!

That would never happen because is way more profitable for them to let that go to “waste” and rent those room through breakage. They only have to give us a small fraction of that.

 

[CastAStone]

Probably will be depend on who is at the elm at the time.

Or maybe more specifically who owns the company then - I don’t think it’s unreasonable to expect that TWDC’s composition and ownership structure will be wildly different in 17 years.

17 years ago Disney didn’t own Lucasfilm, Marvel, 21CF, or Hulu, ESPN made up nearly half of their profits, they only had 2 cruise ships, and Steve Jobs owned a tenth of the company.

17 years from now the parks and DVC could be owned by a PE firm separate from TWDC entirely. Or DVC could be owned by Vistana. Who knows.

 

[Cfabar1]

Michael Eisner understood Disneys strength would come from vertical integration. I think it was a great idea.

However, it doesn’t matter what I think, and for many business types I could easily see spin-offs, real estate plays, and a host of other things happen between now and the end of our contracts.

The hospitality industry in the US has in my view gotten less consumer friendly in the past fifteen years. We shall see if that trend continues.

 

[matt_in_nh]

DVC could be owned by a PE firm

Well that would suck!