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Westin St John [Master Thread] - Part 2 (June 2014 and forward)

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If so, it will make selling future WSJ units near impossible.

It wouldn't be a future buyer's responsibility to pay it. Vistana owns those units now, so they would have to pay the SA now, and the future buyer would buy it with the SA paid.
 

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Just announced on news of St. John the national park will be closed for a year. What will tourists do if they can't even go to the beach? Won't get tourists there if 2/3 of the island is off limits.

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My plan will be similar to DavidnRobin's. We love St John and will definitely be back no matter what happens. However, I'm afraid continuing the ownership at WSJ might not be financially sound if there is a hefty SA.
 

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How does one "walk away" from owning a timeshare without it affecting your credit score?
 

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Just announced on news of St. John the national park will be closed for a year. What will tourists do if they can't even go to the beach? Won't get tourists there if 2/3 of the island is off limits.

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I could not find that announcement.
 

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I could not find that announcement.
It was a FB post about 3 hours ago. Now I can't find the post either. It was from News of St John. One of the comments to that post said they had heard the same thing on the weather channel.

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This is sad...all the good memories...My plan is to wait and convert to SOs in the mean time while I have a clearer picture of damage, timeline, SAs, and MFs.

I know I will not get two weeks in a 3 BR Pool Villa and 1 week in 2 BR SB villa...but the show must go on while I use my Starpoints to get premium flights to far places instead of beautiful St John. Thinking about JFK-FRA-SIN-SYD in an A380-800 Suite thanks to my SOs converted to KrisFlyer miles :ponder: I'll just have to follow @Carolyn's Jimmy Buffett positive quote...
 

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This is what I see when I go to the link.

The page you requested cannot be displayed right now. It may be temporarily unavailable, the link you clicked on may be broken or expired, or you may not have permission to view this page.
Not sure what I did, link doesn't work for me either.

I will try to attach a screen shot...
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The key word is “likely.” There is no official US Govt or National Parks closure posting yet. Let’s wait and see.
 

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How does one "walk away" from owning a timeshare without it affecting your credit score?

I do not care about my credit score (unless it is needed for an old-age home...).
VGV has been/was taking back deeds, or VSE takes back deeds due to circumstances, or HOA declares bankruptcy...
 

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St Thomas won't be as lucky. Puerto Rico looks like they will get it pretty bad.

Maria appears to be going south of St Croix - good news for STJ/STT for the most part. Looks like Maria's eye wall will cut across PR.
 

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Midnight - Buck Island getting sheared by Maria's Wall.

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I just got reservations at the end of May for St John in 2018. Is it likely the resort will be closed in 2018?

Hope everyone is safe in St. John.
 

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This morning, The Today Show interviewed a women who has lived on St John for 25 years. She and her family were temporarily staying at a Sheraton in Puerto Rico with many other displaced St John residents. She spoke about how they were told to relocate off island for 6 - 12 months. Her parents were supposed to fly out this morning which was not possible due to Maria.
 

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Looks like the eye of Marie stayed to the south of St Croix and avoiding STJ. I wonder how they fared with even (lesser) hurricane force winds?
 

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I would not be so sure.
I am a former owner at BlueBeard's Beach Club Resort on STT managed by Wyndham.
They had terrible news from the manager Jose that there was even more damage from Maria. The storm surge was much higher and lasted much longer then Irma.
See pictures on their Facebook page. Just heartbreaking.

Because of the prolonged storm surge, it makes me very concerned about the SB section of our resort.
 
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It has been reported that H.Maria has sunk at least one of the car barges (Mr. B)


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WSJ posted on their FB page:
As our recovery efforts continue, we wanted to provide an update regarding Hurricane Maria. While the storm brought more wind and rain, we were fortunate to have weathered it with minimal impact. Everyone at the resort is safe and we are now returning our attention back to our clean-up efforts. Our thoughts are with everyone in Maria’s path.


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WSJ posted on their FB page:
As our recovery efforts continue, we wanted to provide an update regarding Hurricane Maria. While the storm brought more wind and rain, we were fortunate to have weathered it with minimal impact. Everyone at the resort is safe and we are now returning our attention back to our clean-up efforts. Our thoughts are with everyone in Maria’s path.


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Great to hear. Thanks for sharing some good news.
 

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WSJ posted on their FB page:
As our recovery efforts continue, we wanted to provide an update regarding Hurricane Maria. While the storm brought more wind and rain, we were fortunate to have weathered it with minimal impact. Everyone at the resort is safe and we are now returning our attention back to our clean-up efforts. Our thoughts are with everyone in Maria’s path.


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So happy to hear this!
 

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