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Disney Raising Prices + Raising Minimum Number of Points for Member Add-ons

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Disney sent out a letter stating they are raising prices in January.
AKV now costs $104 and in January it will cost $112.

Also, Disney is raising the minimum amount of points a member can buy as an add on at the new Bay Lake Towers, BLT, from 25 to 100 points That's a gigantic leap in my opinion.
 

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They must not be following the stock market!:rolleyes:
 

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I think its crazy too. Everyone else is cutting prices but as usual Disney is acting in a vacuum. They are known to be out of touch--- but this takes the cake. I love DVC, however, they should join the real world and not be so cavalier with their pricing.
 

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Nah. Starwood is in this same "make believe" world. I guess they just joined the Club of Wishful Thinking.:rolleyes:

Katherine
 

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The market will show whether or not DVC is out of touch. If they can sell on those terms..... We shall see.
 

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Disney sent out a letter stating they are raising prices in January.
AKV now costs $104 and in January it will cost $112.

Also, Disney is raising the minimum amount of points a member can buy as an add on at the new Bay Lake Towers, BLT, from 25 to 100 points That's a gigantic leap in my opinion.

Just received my letter today - no plans to add on here regardless. I am also surprised at the big jump - I can see going from 25 to 50 but 25 to 100 for an add-on is definitely a big jump :rolleyes:
 

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Add On


Disney Vacation Club


You can still add on at Bay Lake Tower
for as few as 25 Vacation Points if you
do so before the Jan 15 price increase.
 

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What I found out today is that Disney is still exercising their right of first refusal ROFR. At least my overpriced DVC property is still worth something not like my overpriced Marriott property..Marriott is no longer exercising ROFR and the bottom is falling out of the market. A platinum, two bedroom lockoff, at the Marriott Grand Vista made it through ROFR for less than $5000. Which means they are NOT doing ROFR any longer.
 

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[triennial - points]
Cause & Effect -- Which Was The Cause & Which Was The Effect ?

Marriott is no longer exercising ROFR and the bottom is falling out of the market.
Any chance the bottom fell out of the market 1st & then Mariott quit exercising ROFR ?

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.​

 

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Cause & Effect -- Which Was The Cause & Which Was The Effect ?
Quote:
Originally Posted by icydog
Marriott is no longer exercising ROFR and the bottom is falling out of the market.



Any chance the bottom fell out of the market 1st & then Mariott quit exercising ROFR ?


I said Marriott is not exercising ROFR AND the bottom is falling out of the market. No, I didn't mean it was a causal effect. First the market fell and then Marriott followed suit. I used a conjunction AND which means both halves of the sentence do not have to be equal.. LOL :p
 

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Disney sent out a letter stating they are raising prices in January.
AKV now costs $104 and in January it will cost $112.

Also, Disney is raising the minimum amount of points a member can buy as an add on at the new Bay Lake Towers, BLT, from 25 to 100 points That's a gigantic leap in my opinion.
I know this is an old thread, but does anyone know offhad:

1) Are prices also going up at the sold-out resorts? (BWV, BCV, etc)?


2) Is the minimum add-on going from 25 to 100 at ALL Disney resorts, or only at BLT?
 
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