twinklebug
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- Mar 25, 2005
Another double birthday!
Happy Birthday Flossbolna!
Happy Birthday TCraig!
Happy Birthday TCraig!
It's Birthday time!!!
Happy Birthday @Flossbolna!!!!
Happy Birthday @TCRAIG!!!!
Hope you both have wonderful days!!!
WDW aka Walt Disney Working (aka Wrecking)The amount of construction at WDW right now is mind boggling!!
Couldn't agree more!
Kathy, continuing to lift Clay and your family up. Stay strong and lean on Him to sustain you all.
LVSWL, prayers for your furry little one. We recently canceled our Oct 18 trip for family health reasons and though its sad and a bit of a shock, knowing VWL, WDW and the like will always be there waiting for us, it makes the bitter pill a bit easier to swallow.
Hi all, I haven't been posting much lately and I hope everyone is as well as they can be, but I just wanted to draw to your attention the 6% increase in our dues for next year....going from $6.54 to $6.93. I did not have a chance to review the largest drivers at this point. This increase comes on the heals of a 5% increase last year, both well over our 3.2% run rate. CCCV.... !!!!
Looks like we're seeing increased costs to pay for the running of the improved space
It is also one of the smallest DVCs so fewer owners or maybe eventually more owners with CCV?So...I'm wondering if VWL is picking up a higher percentage of the total shared costs since CCV is not yet fully declared. Clearly, WL went down in their percentage of shared costs but I think there were fewer units available to share those costs so VWL ended up with a higher percentage?
It all comes back to how Disney splits out the shared costs at a resort. And of course, we do not have access to that information. But I cannot think of any reason why VWL & CCV would have the highest dues at WDW. It makes no sense from an intuitive standpoint.
I'm not sure what shared costs would have gone up? The pool make take a little more staffing and some more towels, but running the new salon, Geyser Point and Roaring Fork shouldn't be part of our dues.
Like I said, it makes no sense that VWL would rise at a quicker rate than other DVC resorts. Not sure why the capital reserve would go up so much?
Yet again why we'll likely never buy DVC again as much as we'd like to own points elsewhere. Their unwillingness to be forthcoming re: dues is annoying to say the least. I love my VWL, to be sure, and we'll keep coming in years ahead. However, the accelerated dues growth which I see continuing, and the clear decision to increase/add fees in other areas to satisfy large shareholders are reasons why our vacations are less park-oriented anymore. Helps the pocket book!And we also are now the second highest duest at WDW. The highest? CCV.
There is some point requirement considerations but we really ought to be closer to BWV and BCV like we used to be.
Go get him Kathy!!Might have to actually go thru the line to meet Mr. Potrock at the Epcot event in December.
Yep. BLT would likely be where we bought, and we almost did back in May when we could have bought anywhere from 25-123 points the CM we spoke with offered during a tour of CCVC. We were angling toward 50 points, but even that would have been closing in on $10K when all was said and done. However, as you so aptly pointed out, JT, the entire process has become "more corporate like." I understand that in the end it's a business, yet Disney used to do a much better job of disguising that corporate mindset. Still, as you mention, DVC--VWL, in particular--still creates memories for us. It's almost as if it's part of our family.Like Sleepy says, I would love to own more pts at another resort, BLT in particular, and no plans to sell any I have right now at VWL or BWV. But $176 per pt is ridiculous to say the least. Resale would be my only consideration moving forward, and honestly, don't see that happening anytime soon.
Not to turn this thing around, because we all should have concern for our dues increase, but I remind myself from time to time the reason(s) I bought into DVC. Granted, lots has changed over the years. It has become huge in relation to where we were in 2000/01 when VWL was first getting started. It has become less family like, more corporate like. But it remains for me and my family a creator of memories.