Bay Lake Tower: How Much More Can You Get with a Resale Contract?

If you’re browsing this website, you probably already know that you can save thousands of dollars on a resale DVC contract compared to buying one directly through Disney. Beyond these savings, another way to measure the difference in value between a resale contract and a direct one is the number of points you can purchase for the same price. To illustrate, let’s take a look at a Bay Lake Tower direct contract versus a Bay Lake Tower resale contract.

Why Bay Lake Tower?

Bay Lake Tower is a wonderful option for a home resort! It’s the closest resort to Magic Kingdom and offers the monorail as a mode of transportation both to Magic Kingdom and EPCOT. It’s also got the lowest points chart among the monorail resorts, meaning that you can stretch your points a little further compared to the Grand Floridian and Polynesian points charts. Bay Lake Tower is particularly enticing now with its beautiful full refurbishment.

What Does a Bay Lake Tower Direct Contract Cost?

As of March 2025, a direct contract at Bay Lake Tower goes for $275 per point. If looking at an average size contract of 160 points, that direct contract would cost a total of $44,000. For that 160-point contract, you could get a weeklong stay in a Resort View, Preferred View, or Theme Park View Deluxe Studio at Bay Lake Tower for most travel periods.

How Much Can You Save with a Bay Lake Tower Resale Contract?

As of April 2025, the average price per point for a Bay Lake Tower contract is $133 per point. For a 160-point resale contract, the total cost would be $21,280. That’s $22,720 less than the cost of a 160-point direct contract!  

How Many More Points Can You Get By Going with a Resale Contract?

Another way to look at the difference between direct and resale is that if you were to put the $44,000 that you would have spent on a direct Bay Lake Tower contract towards a resale contract instead, you could purchase a 325-point contract! In other words, buying a resale contract instead of a direct one gets you 165 more points–more than twice the points!

With twice the points, you can have twice the number of vacations, or you could upgrade your accommodations to something larger. For 325 points, you could have a weeklong stay in a Resort View or Preferred View One Bedroom Villa most travel periods. During the cheaper travel periods, you could even have a weeklong stay in a Theme Park View One Bedroom Villa or in a Resort View or Preferred View Two Bedroom Villa!

Bottom line: Buying a Bay Lake Tower resale contract instead of a direct contract can save you tens of thousands of dollars or get you twice as many DVC points for longer stays, better views, or larger accommodations!

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