DVC Right of First Refusal (ROFR): July ’17 Report

Summary In the month of June, Disney exercised their right of first refusal (ROFR) on 5 of 207 contracts sold through the DVC Resale Market, representing 2.4% of the contracts sold.  This lowers the year-to-date (YTD) buy back rate to 7.6%.  Although, July represented a 5th straight month in the buy back rate declining, the buy back […]

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Tips for Visiting Walt Disney World During the Summer

One of the true joys of membership in the Disney Vacation Club is that you can visit at all times of the year. Also, since you know you’ll return countless times, you don’t have the same sense of urgency during each visit. You can approach each visit differently, depending on your goals for the trip. […]

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Pandora, Arguably the Biggest thing to Happen at Walt Disney World in Nearly Two Decades

Back when he was a teenager, a man who would become one of the most influential filmmakers of all-time used to daydream. Like most teens, he’d get bored in class and let his mind wander to faraway lands. The difference between that man and the rest of the world is that he remembered with clarity […]

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Why is the Resale Value of Disney Vacation Club so Much Stronger than other Timeshares?

Many people’s first reaction to why Disney Vacation Club (DVC) carries a higher resale value is perhaps the name itself.  While the Disney brand is undeniably a powerhouse, the name itself doesn’t tell the entire story as to why the resale value of DVC is so strong.  For example, a consumer could just as easily […]

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Pandora is Coming Soon and More Disney Parks News You Need!

Welcome to the News You Need! Walt Disney World is ramping up for a big, big summer and March brought us lots of great details about what’s in store. Let’s take a look at some of the news that will affect how you vacation at the Disney parks in 2017! FastPass+ for Pandora’s two rides […]

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Best Economical DVC Resort to Purchase: Spring 2017

At DVC Resale Market we like to keep an economic Disney Vacation Club Resort (DVC) ranking updated for our clients as prices, dues, resorts and Disney can change over time.  We started providing this ranking in the Fall of 2014, and this blog represents our 6th in the series. The chart below will provide a […]

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Wishes Fireworks Spectacular Glowing Away and More News You Need!

Welcome to the News You Need! February brought us a bunch of exciting openings and some announcements about closings that made us a little nostalgic. Let’s take a look at some of the news that will affect how you vacation at the Disney parks. Pandora Gets an Opening Date For more than five years, James Cameron […]

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DVC Right of First Refusal (ROFR): February ’17 Report

In the month of February, Disney exercised their right of first refusal (ROFR) on 37 of 250 contracts sold through the DVC Resale Market, representing 14.8% of the contracts sold.  This raises the year-to-date buy back rate to 12.2%.  Thus far, the 2017 buy back rate is more than 2.5x that of the 4.4% buy back rate […]

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Disney 2017

2017 offers the promise of amazing changes at Walt Disney World and Disneyland. No, they aren’t quite as exciting as the ones expected to arrive in 2018, but don’t let your excitement over Star Wars Land cause you to sell Disney short this year. They’ve got some rare and exciting stuff planned. Here are all […]

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Proposed 2017 Disney Vacation Club Annual Dues

Below is a table showing the proposed 2017 annual dues per point for all the Disney Vacation Club Resorts. Please note, these are only proposed 2017 annual dues, and these proposed dues will have the opportunity for approval at the 2016 Disney Vacation Club Annual Condominium Association Meeting on December 8, 2016.  The meeting will […]

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