Star Wars Resort at Walt Disney World and More News You Need!

on July 29, 2017

Welcome to the News You Need! July saw the D23 conference come to Disneyland and bring a TON of awesome news with it! Let’s find out what’s coming that will make your Disney vacations that much more fun! Very Merry Scheduling Change – During this year’s Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas parties, Magic Kingdom attractions will close to day guests […]

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DVC’s 15th Resort Announced: Disney’s Riviera Resort

on July 16, 2017

At the D23 Expo on July 15th, 2017 it was announced that Disney’s Riviera Resort would be the 15th Disney Vacation Club Resort.  The approximately 300 unit resort will be near Epcot and will be linked on the new Disney Skyliner gondola system.  Additionally, the new gondola system is to connect Disney’s Art of Animation, […]

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Introducing the 2nd Generation DVC Resale Market App

on June 18, 2017

The 2nd Generation DVC Resale Market App has many improvements both functionally and stylistically when compared to its predecessor.  In 2015, DVC Resale Market launched it’s first app. The original concept was designed as a Listing Notifier App.   So, if the listing a buyer wanted was not currently available, they could download the app, […]

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

on June 2, 2017

Summary In the month of May, Disney exercised their right of first refusal (ROFR) on 13 of 182 contracts sold through the DVC Resale Market, representing 7.1% of the contracts sold.  This lowers the year-to-date (YTD) buy back rate to 9.2%.  While May represented a big change in what was being bought back, it stayed fairly consistent […]

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Why a Healthy Resale Market is Great for Disney Vacation Club

on May 28, 2017

In a 2016 Interview with the Orlando Sentinel I was asked, “Is a healthy resale market good for DVC?”.  My answer was an instant, “yes, of course”. I think the answer surprised the interviewer as having a strong resale value is not common with many timeshares, and if those timeshare developers do alright then why […]

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

on May 1, 2017

Summary In the month of April, Disney exercised their right of first refusal (ROFR) on 14 of 220 contracts sold through the DVC Resale Market, representing 6.4% of the contracts sold.  This lowers the year-to-date (YTD) buy back rate to 9.6%.  April marked the 2nd month in a row for the buy back rate to drop, pushing […]

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

on April 13, 2017

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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Best Economical DVC Resort to Purchase: Spring 2017

on March 16, 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!

on March 2, 2017

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’s Boulder Ridge Villas and the Coming Soon Copper Creek Villas & Cabins

on February 19, 2017

When is the latest Disney Vacation Club resort not the newest DVC resort? The answer is when The Walt Disney Company in its infinite wisdom chooses to repurpose an existing property’s space in order to construct new villa options. Specific to 2017, it’s when Disney’s Wilderness Lodge, a Four-Diamond award-winning resort, undoes some of the […]

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