Guide to Bay Lake Tower at Disney’s Contemporary Resort

on June 20, 2018

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 […]

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DVC Resale Average Sales Prices for 2018: January – April

on May 11, 2018

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 […]

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DVC Resale Market’s Disney News for May 2018

on May 1, 2018

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 […]

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Guide to Disney’s Beach Club Resort

on March 23, 2018

A Brief History of the Beach Club Villas Disney’s Beach Club Villas became the sixth DVC resort when it opened to the public in July of 2002. Yes, as hard as it is to believe, Beach Club has participated in DVC for more than 15 years! The hotel portion of the property dates back even […]

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Change to Disney Vacation Club Membership Extras Eligibility and the Impact to You

on February 11, 2018

Effective, February 25, 2018, for Members to be eligible for many of the “incidental benefits” or “extras” they must own and maintain a minimum of 75 points purchased directly from Disney Vacation Development, Inc. *** 9/14/2019 Update*** As of September 17, 2019, for Members to be eligible for many of the “incidental benefits” or “extras” […]

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

on January 1, 2018

In the month of December, Disney exercised their right of first refusal (ROFR) on 4 of 186 vacation club contracts sold through the DVC Resale Market, representing 2.2% of the contracts sold. This lowered the 2017 buy back rate to 6.9%. December marked the lowest buy back rate of the year.  The only months that came close […]

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DVC Price Increase Pushing Some Resorts Over $200 Per Point!

on December 18, 2017

Disney Vacation Club will be adjusting many DVC resort prices per point effective January 17, 2018.  With the exception of Vero Beach, all resorts considered “sold out” and “live” will be experiencing price increases. For the first time ever, a few DVC Resorts will be priced in the 200’s per point:  Polynesian, Grand Floridian and […]

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Best Economical DVC Resort to Purchase: Fall 2017

on September 19, 2017

At DVC Resale Market we like to keep an economic Disney Vacation Club Resort (DVC) ranking maintained for our clients as prices, dues, resorts and Disney can change over time.  We started this ranking in the Fall of 2014, and this blog represents our 7th in the series. The chart below provides a long term […]

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Guide to Buying a Disney Vacation Club (DVC) Contract

on August 18, 2017

Are you thinking about buying a Disney Vacation Club (DVC) contract? If so, you may already know that you’ll find better value on the resale market. Still, you’ll have a lot to think about as you weigh your purchasing options. There are countless listing options, even in the current seller’s market, and you also must […]

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

on August 1, 2017

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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