Anyone trade into Animal Kingdom recently?

[Shankilicious]

Yep! As much as I love Welk I'll never but retail from them again. The perks are not enough for me.
And just to be clear, I'm basing that $75 figure based on people who recently purchased the same amount I bought for $40k in 2015 for $60+k within the past 3 months.
And especially considering that Welk owners seem to have great selections available through RCI compared to most (at least for now) I definitely wouldn't recommend buying retail.

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[Shankilicious]

Yes, it's not a bad thing to own, DVC, but to get something like Food and Wine, you need to buy where you want to stay because it's tough to get any dates at all now for Food and Wine. I booked OKW for late October and no more availability since we hit the 7 month mark (when everyone can book them). I think it's a sign of the times. People are going to be flocking to Disney to see Star Wars. It's worth the price you pay for the points for resale.

And just wait till they make an Avengers section.....

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[JohnB3]

Yes, it's not a bad thing to own, DVC, but to get something like Food and Wine, you need to buy where you want to stay because it's tough to get any dates at all now for Food and Wine. I booked OKW for late October and no more availability since we hit the 7 month mark (when everyone can book them). I think it's a sign of the times. People are going to be flocking to Disney to see Star Wars. It's worth the price you pay for the points for resale.

Agree, although I did get a dedicated 2 bed in AKL for a school holiday long weekend with my SSR points in october at exactly 7 months but I think my BCV wait list is a pipe dream . I have had decent luck using cheap SSR points as long as I have some flex in scheduling . I feel like I can use RCI to go to SSR so I try to use the DVC point elsewhere. We like AKL and rarely want a studio and I think with those considerations I seem to be able to get what I want at 7 months, but if it stops working I could sell now at a profit.

 

[Shankilicious]

Disney definitely has the best resale value that I've seen by far

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[JohnB3]

Disney definitely has the best resale value that I've seen by far

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When I was thinking about my first TS purchase the option to exit without a lot of difficulty pushed Disney to the top of the pile (as well as three women who all love the mouse in my house). At this point it's the only one of my TS's I spent real money to acquire but I generally over value the exit strategy when thinking about sustaining my new addiction

 

[Shankilicious]

When I was thinking about my first TS purchase the option to exit without a lot of difficulty pushed Disney to the top of the pile (as well as three women who all love the mouse in my house). At this point it's the only one of my TS's I spent real money to acquire but I generally over value the exit strategy when thinking about sustaining my new addiction

Which DVC is your home resort? Just curious as I see you've got quite a few Disney vacations booked/planned in your signature.

 

[JohnB3]

Which DVC is your home resort? Just curious as I see you've got quite a few Disney vacations booked/planned in your signature.

SSR (generally the best value in my mind on a cost/maintenance fee/expiration date basis) I don't use the points for anything but Disney so I booked the cruise with cash and the SSR stay was an RCI exchange the AKL & Aulani stays were/are on points. As I said my wife and daughters are disney/orlando obsessed

 

[Shankilicious]

My wife is a Disney kid, and now our first daughter is, which means our second one will be too. I hope Welk's priority trading power with Disney doesn't go away in the next few years.....

 

[JohnB3]

My wife is a Disney kid, and now our first daughter is, which means our second one will be too. I hope Welk's priority trading power with Disney doesn't go away in the next few years.....

My girls (who are teenagers) don't mind staying at SSR they all like Disney springs (when we fly the baggage limits sometimes don't like the shopping they do ). Even if the Welk priority stuff changes SSR is often available via normal RCI so you ought to be able to get them into the bubble with 60 day fast passes, free parking and extra magic hours (which are all worthwhile to me). Before we bought DVC we would book disney deluxe resorts for those benefits so the DVC purchase has really saved me a bit of money

 

[Shankilicious]

My girls (who are teenagers) don't mind staying at SSR they all like Disney springs (when we fly the baggage limits sometimes don't like the shopping they do ). Even if the Welk priority stuff changes SSR is often available via normal RCI so you ought to be able to get them into the bubble with 60 day fast passes, free parking and extra magic hours (which are all worthwhile to me). Before we bought DVC we would book disney deluxe resorts for those benefits so the DVC purchase has really saved me a bit of money

From the pictures, I'm not really impressed with the styling/decor of SSR or OKW...... Obviously the perks you mentioned and the cost difference (obviously including my MF) between trading through RCI or booking anywhere else is well worth it! But the one time I went to Disney, Wilderness Lodge is by far my favorite resort as far as styling/feel.

 

[rickandcindy23]

From the pictures, I'm not really impressed with the styling/decor of SSR or OKW...... Obviously the perks you mentioned and the cost difference (obviously including my MF) between trading through RCI or booking anywhere else is well worth it! But the one time I went to Disney, Wilderness Lodge is by far my favorite resort as far as styling/feel.

My favorite too. I love Wilderness, but it's called Boulder Ridge now, or something to that effect. I am so happy to have had the opportunity to stay there, but now that SSR is about the only resort I can get, I am just going to deal with it for those perks of 60-day FP+ and extra magic hours.

 

[JohnB3]

From the pictures, I'm not really impressed with the styling/decor of SSR or OKW...... Obviously the perks you mentioned and the cost difference (obviously including my MF) between trading through RCI or booking anywhere else is well worth it! But the one time I went to Disney, Wilderness Lodge is by far my favorite resort as far as styling/feel.

For me its a place to sleep while we are doing other stuff. The restaurants at SSR are good and walking access to DIsney Springs give a lot of choice. I do prefer the theme at Beach Club and Animal Kingdom best and I love the location of Beach club and Boardwalk. We don't often visit the magic kingdom but if we did Grand Floridian would have some appeal as well. I guess that's why there are 14 of them

 

[JohnB3]

My favorite too. I love Wilderness, but it's called Boulder Ridge now, or something to that effect. I am so happy to have had the opportunity to stay there, but now that SSR is about the only resort I can get, I am just going to deal with it for those perks of 60-day FP+ and extra magic hours.

right they changed the name when they built copper creek there as well

 

[Shankilicious]

Yeah, I know it's boulder ridge and copper creek or whatever. Call it what you will, it truly blew me away.

 

[ILuvCrush]

I own at Beach Club and couldn’t get a week there in October this year before the 7 mo window opened... I had to move my Food and Wine Trip back to September... fortunately before they announced the Star Wars opening August 29... or it would have been gone too.

I can’t imag how hard it is to trade into DVC... I have trouble getting what I want with 2 separate contracts with them lol!

 

[chalee94]

And just wait till they make an Avengers section.....

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Don't forget that they can't until they get out of their licensing contract with Universal.

 

[bizaro86]

Don't forget that they can't until they get out of their licensing contract with Universal.

Does that contract have an expiry? I wasn't under the impression Universal was planning on giving those rights back...

 

[chalee94]

I'm sure they could buy it out or negotiate something. Just depends on whether the benefits outweigh having a major theme park competitor pay them licensing fees, which I suspect they find funny (tempered somewhat by the success of their movies but I think it's safe to say that the parks business isn't suffering without an Avengers draw).

But while a Disney/Marvel park would be a great 5th gate (or major addition to the Studios), I was just saying that it ain't happening till they resolve that Universal contract.

 

[bnoble]

The Universal contract only provides exclusivity for certain characters/character families, and only East of the Mississippi river in the CONUS. So, fair game at Disneyland (or the non-US parks) but not at WDW---at least not for those character families.

This was believed to be why the TRONorail was on the Epcot beam, but the Avengerail was on the Seven Seas Lagoon beams; if the latter had been on the Epcot beam, that would put exclusive characters "inside" Epcot. But, apparently this may not have been an issue: https://www.insideuniversal.net/201...ct-what-rights-does-universal-and-disney-own/

Character families not covered in the existing agreement are possible in Orlando. Some speculate that this is why the Guardians franchise was started---they were a relatively minor story arc in the Marvel comic universe, were not previously linked to any of the in-use families at Universal, and have become a big presence for Disney/Marvel. And, now they are being added to Epcot.

 

[OldGuy]

OK, since we are over our Orlando phase, and our RCI exchanging phase, it doesn't make any difference if someone tells me what they can see at Disney through RCI.

I was just curious.

 

[JohnB3]

OK, since we are over our Orlando phase, and our RCI exchanging phase, it doesn't make any difference if someone tells me what they can see at Disney through RCI.

I was just curious.

There is usually availability at SSR in one bedroom units if you have scheduling flexibility. The points cost (I only have a points account so don't know what the TPU cost is) range from 23,000 for short notice up to 85,000 for points inventory and there is often priority access inventory only available to Platinum accounts. If you pay the $15 fee to join TUGBBS you can see the sighting forum where the specific availability is often highlighted. I have seen a couple of OKW rooms in the past year or so and nothing else.

 

[OldGuy]

Thanks.

I have not seen any Disney in Weeks since it was first offered.

But, then, at some point I stopped looking.

 

[JohnB3]

Just looked now and there are summer weeks available you should recheck rci resort code dv06.


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