New Premier Pass for DVC Stays…

[presley]

This along with the parking fee$ 35 a night per vechicle for VDH

No parking fee at VDH for members. They probably charge people who are paying cash, but I've stayed 4 times and have never paid for parking.

 

[TheHolleys87]

Finding out if they fall into the still built on chassis is key lol but who knows?

They don’t have a chassis, they don’t have wheels. But I don’t think that’s the reason CFW is in a trust. I think it’s in a trust so that Reflections can be in the same trust and in the same “vacation plan” and that owners of either one will have different booking privileges at the other than the rest of us DVC 1.0 owners will have. I hope to stay in the cabins someday, but I’m not buying.

 

[ljmiii]

They don’t have a chassis, they don’t have wheels. But I don’t think that’s the reason CFW is in a trust...

If you have a week to spend on the 'boards, you can read the ins and outs of why under FL law CFW doesn't qualify as 'real estate' and so a different mechanism had to be created to sell DVC there.

I tuned in when it appeared that DVC was creating a trust so that they could start selling DVC trust points that allowed 11 months 'Home' reservations at all/most DVCs (subject of course to the limited deeds held in the trust) and then tuned out once it became apparent that DVD created the trust because they had to...and then threw in the ability to create a multi-resort trust because there was no reason not to.

 

[TheHolleys87]

If you have a week to spend on the 'boards, you can read the ins and outs of why under FL law CFW doesn't qualify as 'real estate' and so a different mechanism had to be created to sell DVC there.

Maybe so, but it really doesn’t matter to me.

 

[noreenkate]

If you have a week to spend on the 'boards, you can read the ins and outs of why under FL law CFW doesn't qualify as 'real estate' and so a different mechanism had to be created to sell DVC there.

I tuned in when it appeared that DVC was creating a trust so that they could start selling DVC trust points that allowed 11 months 'Home' reservations at all/most DVCs (subject of course to the limited deeds held in the trust) and then tuned out once it became apparent that DVD created the trust because they had to...and then threw in the ability to create a multi-resort trust because there was no reason not to.

Maybe so, but it really doesn’t matter to me.

For me there are enough recent changes that right now adding on - is a no - to me, many unanswered questions & to many recent changes within the program. @TheHolleys87 i respect your opinion and I get that many people are looking forward to the CFW for multiple reasons including being dog friendly -enjoy it if you choose to stay there. Please let us know if you do I would love to hear your opinions on them. Like I said up thread we enjoyed our stays at the fort when my kids were littles and while we often cram 4 adults into DVC 1bedrooms I can't see it with the bunk beds as an option for us. Again if it works for you that's wonderful.

 

[ljmiii]

...I would love a lively discussion of the pro/cons of adding on here on tug especially.

I love Ft Wilderness and have fond memories of many visits where my parents stayed in their RV and we and our kids stayed at VWL (back when it was called that) and later BLT. We would take the boat back and forth and have fun at Ft Wilderness, some nights see the Hoop-Dee-Doo Revue, and every so often the kids would do sleepovers with their grandparents.

But for the life of me I can't figure out how we, our kids and their SOs, and/or (one day) grandkids would use that floorplan. The best I can come up with is two adults sleep on the sofa bed and up to four kids sleep in the bedroom (assuming two are willing to share). But the chances of that happening instead of staying in a 1BR at BLT where the adults get a real bed and their own bathroom and up to three kids can sleep in the living room are virtually nil.

Now if DVC announces Villas at the Yacht Club or some add-on to BCV or BWV with a 50 year expiration date my wallet is in serious danger. But there just isn't anything about CFW that calls to us.

 

[noreenkate]

Now if DVC announces Villas at the Yacht Club or some add-on to BCV or BWV with a 50 year expiration date my wallet is in serious danger. But there just isn't anything about CFW that calls to us.

Agreed and waiting at this point to see if “Reflections” comes back online (interesting permits are moving again) and if they will be “trust” vs deeded.

FAA Approves Construction of Temporary Crane on Reflections Resort Site | DVCNews.com - The essential Disney Vacation Club resource!

The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a Determination which clears the way for Disney to erect a 240-foot crane on the site previously earmarked for Reflections - A Disney Lakeside Lodge. I

dvcnews.com

 

[TheHolleys87]

Our first family trip to WDW was in the early 90s, and we stayed in the cabins (the version before the one that was just replaced). We’re a family of 4, so we put the kids in the bedroom and took the living room (at the time, there was a Murphy bed as opposed to a sleeper sofa). Now it’s just two of us, so the DVC cabin would work fine. And if we came with DD and her family, we wouldn’t stay there - the sleeping surfaces would work, but I’m not ready to share a bathroom with them! I’m more attracted to the cabins because I think they’d be great for a more resort, less park focused trip.

 

[TheHolleys87]

Agreed and waiting at this point to see if “Reflections” comes back online (interesting permits are moving again) and if they will be “trust” vs deeded.

FAA Approves Construction of Temporary Crane on Reflections Resort Site | DVCNews.com - The essential Disney Vacation Club resource!

The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a Determination which clears the way for Disney to erect a 240-foot crane on the site previously earmarked for Reflections - A Disney Lakeside Lodge. I

dvcnews.com

Not just permits, actual construction has begun. If you look on X for posts by bioreconstruct, you’ll find recent aerial photos. They’re also linked on DISboards.

 

[noreenkate]

Not just permits, actual construction has begun. If you look on X for posts by bioreconstruct, you’ll find recent aerial photos. They’re also linked on DISboards.

Yes construction of something has begun but its project S- no official confirmation what it will be.

I follow biorecomstruct pretty closely but my focus in the moment is Epic

 

[elaine]

I’ll have to try them. Spent childhood in RV at FtW. My kids grew up roasting marshmallows at FtW.

 

[noreenkate]

And it changes again - new premiere pass no longer requires staying at deluxe or DVC…

BREAKING: Lightning Lane Premier Pass Now Available to Guests at ANY Walt Disney World Hotel - WDW News Today

The new Lightning Lane Premier Pass is now available to purchase for guests of any Walt Disney World Resort Hotel.

wdwnt.com

 

[rickandcindy23]

If people are willing to pay that price, of course they will take the money. This is exactly what Michael Eisner said years ago. Keep raising the price on tickets, food and "extras," until the parks lose attendance, then reduce the price.

 

[noreenkate]

If people are willing to pay that price, of course they will take the money. This is exactly what Michael Eisner said years ago. Keep raising the price on tickets, food and "extras," until the parks lose attendance, then reduce the price.

It has sold out several days for next week- and it was only open to deluxe and DVC...people are definitely willing.

 

[rickandcindy23]

It has sold out several days for next week- and it was only open to deluxe and DVC...people are definitely willing.

Disney is so greedy, but they are not in the business of giving anything away, and that is what the stockholders want.

I don't mind waiting in lines on slower days. We rode Mermaid 5 times in a row, pixie-dusted, because our granddaughter who is almost 3 had a fit about getting off each time, so they let us ride again and again. There was zero wait for the ride.