Villas at Grand Floridian owners will have an 11-month home resort priority booking window and can start booking reservations as early as May 23. The resort is currently scheduled to open on Oct. 23, 2013.
All other Members may begin booking Villas at Grand Floridian reservations on June 23, 2013, according to a 4-month or 7-month window.
"A 4-month window will apply for reservations with arrival dates from Oct. 23, 2013, through and including Dec. 31, 2013.
"A 7-month window will apply for reservations with arrival dates from Jan. 1, 2014, and beyond.
http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=48456277&postcount=26
"A 4-month window will apply for reservations with arrival dates from Oct. 23, 2013, through and including Dec. 31, 2013.
"A 7-month window will apply for reservations with arrival dates from Jan. 1, 2014, and beyond.
http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=48456277&postcount=26
Is it me or does this make no sense? Or maybe it's because Jan/Feb are less popular DVC months? At June 1, the only VGF owners are existing DVC members who've added on. What's going to happen when they start selling fixed weeks or new buyer buy in July hoping to book in Feb for winter break?
Reservations using DVC points will be very limited for the first few months anyway since only a small % of villas have been declared into DVC inventory. As sales continue, additional villas will be added to that inventory. So reservation opportunities will continue to improve in due time. Cash reservations will be available thru DRC (and probably thru DVC). I have not seen any pricing and will guess that those reservations may also become available beginning June 23.
Hi Everyone,
As a non-VGF owner who would like to book a studio Jan 1-Jan 4 2014, would I be eligible to try and book exactly at the 7-month date on June 1st or would I need to wait until June 23?
Thanks!
Hi Everyone,
As a non-VGF owner who would like to book a studio Jan 1-Jan 4 2014, would I be eligible to try and book exactly at the 7-month date on June 1st or would I need to wait until June 23?
Thanks!
Only VGF owners can book before June 23.
Hi Everyone,
As a non-VGF owner who would like to book a studio Jan 1-Jan 4 2014, would I be eligible to try and book exactly at the 7-month date on June 1st or would I need to wait until June 23?
Thanks!
You will have to wait till September 1st to book for January 1st if you are a non VGF owner.
Reservations with check-in dates beginning on or after January 1, 2014, will be available to be booked through the typical 7-month booking window starting June 23.
Now I'm confused. The DVC News article does say June 1st, even though that doesn't give the owners of VGF a one month advantage over non VGF owners. See the quote below. I'd call MS to be sure.
Edit: I'm back again. I went on to the DVC member website and it says non VGF owners have wait until June 23rd to book reservations January 1 and later.
Here's the link to the member article: https://dvc.disney.go.com/members/destinations/vacation-club-resorts/grand-floridian
I believe DVD has already declared about 75 percent of the Villas at Grand Floridian for the DVC inventory. The VGF Master Declaration, which was recorded on April 1, 2013, essentially declared all six of the Grand Villas and 68 of the 94 two-bedroom vacation homes for the DVC inventory. There are only 26 two-bedroom vacation homes left undeclared at VGF.
In the past, DVD declared very little inventory when a resort was initially established. Then, as sales progressed, more inventory was declared. For example, when DVD released the Master Declarations for AKV and BLT, it only declared a tiny handful of vacation homes. For AKV, only three studios (Unit 41A) was declared. For BLT, only three two-bedroom vacation homes (Units 02A and 02B) were declared.
If I am correct that DVD has already declared about 75% of the VGF for the DVC inventory, then it must mean that DVD expects sales to be quite strong. I can't believe DVD expects to sell 75% of VGF within the next 6-9 months, but I guess anything is possible. Perhaps DVD has realized that it gains little by doing small incremental declarations?
We are not dvc members. When would we be able to book a cash room and have they posted the prices?
I believe DVD has already declared about 75 percent of the Villas at Grand Floridian for the DVC inventory. The VGF Master Declaration, which was recorded on April 1, 2013, essentially declared all six of the Grand Villas and 68 of the 94 two-bedroom vacation homes for the DVC inventory. There are only 26 two-bedroom vacation homes left undeclared at VGF.
In the past, DVD declared very little inventory when a resort was initially established. Then, as sales progressed, more inventory was declared. For example, when DVD released the Master Declarations for AKV and BLT, it only declared a tiny handful of vacation homes. For AKV, only three studios (Unit 41A) was declared. For BLT, only three two-bedroom vacation homes (Units 02A and 02B) were declared.
If I am correct that DVD has already declared about 75% of the VGF for the DVC inventory, then it must mean that DVD expects sales to be quite strong. I can't believe DVD expects to sell 75% of VGF within the next 6-9 months, but I guess anything is possible. Perhaps DVD has realized that it gains little by doing small incremental declarations?
Home resort priority is always attached to the points, not the owner.If someone is a VGF owner, can they use their non VGF points earlier (because they are an owner) or are those points limited to 4 months? I'd think it would follow the traditional pattern and be limited but it doesn't say specifically. Or maybe I missed it.