DVC Resale Average Sales Prices for April 2022

on May 5, 2022

This article features the average sales price of contracts categorized by resort and month sold from April 2021 through April 2022 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 […]

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Downtown Disney and Paradise Pier Changing

on May 4, 2022

Disneyland Resort President Ken Potrock just revealed several impending changes at Downtown Disney and Disney’s Paradise Pier Hotel. It’s…a lot. Let’s talk about the impending hotel re-theming and the new amenities coming to Downtown Disney. The Paradise Pier Re-Theme In 2018, Paradise Pier at Disney California Adventure switched to a Pixar theme. Disney introduced four […]

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DVC Right of First Refusal Report (ROFR): April ’22

on May 3, 2022

DVC Exercises Right of First Refusal (ROFR) Year-to-date (YTD), Disney has exercised their right of first refusal (ROFR) on 307 Disney Vacation Club (DVC) contracts, and DVC Resale Market (DVCRM) has sold 1,822, resulting in a 16.8% buyback rate (Contracts Bought Back in 2022/Contracts Sold in 2022). The 2022 waiver rate is 83.2%. Key ROFR […]

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Connections Café Opens and Disney Pushes Back on Reedy Creek

on May 1, 2022

A new restaurant has opened, an airport terminal is opening soon, and Tokyo Disneyland and Disneyland Paris just showed us the future. Some of it’s good, and some isn’t. Here’s what you need to know. Now Serving Starbucks Again! Back when Disney announced the changes coming to EPCOT, we knew that Starbucks would reside in […]

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Everyone’s Hugging at Disney, and New Coasters Are Coming!

on April 25, 2022

After more than two cruel years of socially distant character interactions, normalcy has returned at Disney parks. Yup, you should probably plan your next trip, as the Disney you know and love has restored its status quo. About the Characters I track attraction wait times for a different Disney site. This past week included an […]

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Don’t Worry, The Sky Isn’t Falling

on April 21, 2022

Okay, you may have heard the news this week/month that The Walt Disney Company is feuding with local Florida politicians. That’s a problem in that Walt Disney himself chose Florida for the political concessions the state and city governments made during the mid-1960s. Now, a vote just occurred that threatens the Reedy Creek Improvement District, […]

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A Cautionary Tale about Renting DVC Points from Unreliable Sources

on April 20, 2022

Today, I’d like to share with you a cautionary tale. This recent news headline reinforces why you should use a reliable business such as DVC Rental Store rather than renting points from people online. Please allow me to explain. The Scam I suspect that some of the people reading this will read the details of […]

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Did Disney Steal the Tenaya Stone?

on April 19, 2022

Expedition Everest has returned, and an international theme park will reopen soon! However, we’re losing a mini-golf park for a while, and a DVC resort may be in possession of stolen goods from Yosemite National Park. One of today’s updates is weird, my friends. Did Disney Commit a Crime? Let’s start with a strange story […]

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Early Registration for Cosmic Rewind Comes and Goes

on April 18, 2022

Disney has screwed up again, and this one will bum you out if you’re visiting the parks in May. So, through clenched teeth, I’ll explain what has happened. Cosmic Rewind Previews Sell Out Yesterday, a weird rumor circulated. It seemed so unlikely that even the most respected name in DVC news didn’t trust the story. […]

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Encanto Debuts While EPCOT Suffers a Rough Patch

on April 15, 2022

EPCOT suffered a pair of misfortunes while Bruno appeared at Disneyland. We’ve got some fun updates to cover today. Less than Harmonious People don’t think of fireworks as, you know, small balls of fire. That’s precisely what they are, though. For this reason, Disney nighttime fireworks presentations sometimes turn a bit too exciting. Seven Dwarfs […]

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