The Jingle Cruise Holiday Overlay Is Here
Jingle Cruise is back, and we have a Gingerbread Carousel spinning at a DVC resort! Welcome to the 2021 holiday season, everyone! Holiday Decorations and Ride Overlays Are Back! Every year, Disneyland gets a head start on Walt Disney World. Haunted Mansion Holiday, the combo Halloween/Christmas overlay, goes live in August. Then, on November 1st, […]
Keep Reading >DVC Right of First Refusal Report (ROFR): October ’21
DVC Exercises Right of First Refusal (ROFR) Year-to-date (YTD) through October 2021, Disney has exercised their right of first refusal (ROFR) on 437 Disney Vacation Club (DVC) contracts. DVC Resale Market (DVCRM) has sold 3,754, resulting in an 11.6% buyback rate (Contracts Bought Back in 2021/Contracts Sold in 2021). The 2021 waiver rate is 88.4%. […]
Keep Reading >An Easier Airport Experience and Other DVC Notes
You can make your next stop at Orlando International Airport easier. I’ll explain and toss in some other DVC updates you need to know. Scheduled Security Checks Here’s an idea I never knew I needed until the first time I heard it. Orlando International Airport’s (MCO) official Twitter account recently posted this: Families & Single […]
Keep Reading >Lightning Lane Suffers a Shaky Start
Disney wants you to pay up to $15 for its new service, and I don’t mean Disney Genie+. Lightning Lane represents a return to 1955-style Disney pricing. Guests must pay to experience eight different attractions at Walt Disney World. This service has operated for a couple of days now, and it hasn’t gone smoothly. Let’s […]
Keep Reading >Five Things to Know about Disney Genie
This week represents the dawn of a new era at Walt Disney World. Disney Genie has arrived, signaling the start of the next generation of Disney theme park visits. Here are five things you need to know about Disney Genie. What Is Disney Genie? You can think of Disney Genie as the theme park equivalent […]
Keep Reading >Get Disney Genie+ for Free
Admittedly, we’re talking about a small number of potential qualifiers, but Disney just announced a promotion. We’ll explain how a subset of Disney fans can get Disney Genie+ for free next week. Free Is Good A couple of months ago, I posted a way to save 30 percent off a D23 Gold membership. I hope […]
Keep Reading >DVC Resale Average Sales Prices for September 2021
This article features the average sales price of contracts categorized by resort and month sold from September 2020 through September 2021 by DVC Resale Market (DVCRM). Our goal for this article is to provide great directional information for anyone considering a Disney Vacation Club (DVC) resale purchase or just wanting to satisfy a general curiosity of […]
Keep Reading >DVC Right of First Refusal Report (ROFR): September ’21
DVC Exercises Right of First Refusal (ROFR) Year-to-date (YTD) through September 2021, Disney has exercised their right of first refusal (ROFR) on 304 Disney Vacation Club (DVC) contracts. DVC Resale Market (DVCRM) has sold 3,493, resulting in a 10.5% buy back rate (Contracts Bought Back in 2021/Contracts Sold in 2021). The 2021 waiver rate is […]
Keep Reading >DVC Members Can Book Star Wars Hotel Today
Disney Vacation Club members and Disney annual passholders can book rooms at Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser today! We also gained some new intel on the process, including a shocker about DVC Points! The Window Has Opened Okay, you need to act fast here, especially if you forgot. Yes, you, as a DVC member or annual […]
Keep Reading >Disney Unveils New Contemporary & Grand Floridian DVC Rooms
Over the past few weeks, Disney dropped so much new information that it almost doubled as a denial-of-service attack with its high volume. You couldn’t possibly have kept up with everything, and you may have missed the most impacting part as a Disney Vacation Club points user. Yes, Disney showed off new rooms at two […]
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