by David MumpowerDVC Resale Market on June 20, 20180 Comments
A Brief History of Bay Lake Tower at Disney’s Contemporary Resort Since the inception of the Disney Vacation Club (DVC), members lustily anticipated the introduction of monorail resorts to the program. Any self-respecting Disney fan understands that the properties on the Resort Monorail loop claim the best logistics at Walt Disney World. Fans waited impatiently […]Keep Reading >
by Nick CottonDVC Resale Market on June 12, 20182 Comments
This article represents our 2nd installment of providing average Disney Vacation Club (DVC) resale selling prices for 2018. The first was published in May showing January through April sales price numbers. This article includes that data, plus data collected from May. DVC resale buyers easily have a good idea of listing prices by simply browsing the current […]Keep Reading >
by Nick CottonDVC Resale Market on June 4, 20188 Comments
In the month of May, Disney exercised their right of first refusal (ROFR) on 31 of 228 Disney Vacation Club (DVC) contracts sold through the DVC Resale Market, representing 13.6% of the contracts sold. The waiver rate for May was 86.4%. At 13.6%, May 2018 represented the highest buy back rate since February 2017, which saw a […]Keep Reading >
by David MumpowerDVC Resale Market on June 1, 20180 Comments
Summer has started at Disney theme parks. The Memorial Day holiday is the unofficial kickoff of one of the busiest times on the theme park calendar. With park traffic about to increase dramatically, The Walt Disney Company has announced a lot of exciting details about the short-term and long-term aspects of their parks. Let’s take […]Keep Reading >
by David MumpowerDVC Resale Market on May 20, 20180 Comments
A Brief History of the Grand Californian Disney’s Grand Californian Resort & Spa signifies one of the most important yet flawed expansions in the history of theme parks. After more than 40 years in operation, Disneyland’s need to grow was inarguable. Park officials led by then-CEO Michael Eisner chose to build a second theme park […]Keep Reading >
by Nick CottonDVC Resale Market on May 11, 20180 Comments
DVC (Disney Vacation Club) resale buyers easily have a good idea of listing prices by simply browsing the current listings. However, we are often asked, what are contracts selling for? At DVC Resale Market, for several years we have published details of every contract that gets bought back in right of first refusal (ROFR), but […]Keep Reading >
by Nick CottonDVC Resale Market on May 3, 20185 Comments
In the month of April, Disney exercised their right of first refusal (ROFR) on 35 of 293 Disney Vacation Club (DVC) contracts sold through the DVC Resale Market, representing 11.9% of the contracts sold. The waiver rate for April was 88.1%. April 2018, is second only to February 2017, for total number of buy backs in one […]Keep Reading >
by David MumpowerDVC Resale Market on May 1, 20180 Comments
The Walt Disney Company has announced a lot of exciting changes at their various theme parks over the past month. They’ve also introduced some new features at the parks and on the My Disney Experience app. They’ve even broken the most important of all movie box office records. Let’s take a look at Disney’s most […]Keep Reading >
by Nick CottonDVC Resale Market on April 30, 20180 Comments
When a close friend of mine mentioned he was taking his daughter on a Disney Cruise, and asked if I wanted to join with my 3 year old daughter, Alex, I was immediately interested. From taking Alex on the Disney Fantasy last year, I knew she would love returning to a Disney Cruise. Although this […]Keep Reading >
by David MumpowerDVC Resale Market on April 20, 20180 Comments
A Brief History of Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort Through no fault of its own, Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa is one of the most controversial DVC properties. The cause of its controversy stems from its construction. In 1996, Michael Eisner, who was CEO of The Walt Disney Company at the time, oversaw the building […]Keep Reading >
