kboo
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Mar 10, 2014
Currently they’re offering 35% discounts on cash bookings at both the Riviera & the GF
I was shocked to see BCV drop to $127/pt in October of 2023. What’s the value calculation in October 2035 with only 7 years left?
I do agree with you on that point, @DanCaliI am not aware of any analysis that can justify financially why BCV is worth about as much as PVB and more than BLT. BLT even has comparable points charts with its Standard view option.
To show how perspective ad nonmonetary values matter - I got complete rejections making offers on BCV in 2017-2018 around $10 more than I paid for BLT (r). I get why people love BCV (and BWV), but personally don't see the need to pay that premium. We go often enough at low volume times that we have never had a problem getting BCV when we want it, with our cheaper points, and we definitely don't need or want to stay there all the time. In fact, I just looked at whether to modify our August BLT stay to BCV - it's available - and decided not to. Now would I waitlist a BWV BWV 2br? Maybe, but not this trip where we are bringing a family of first timers. BLT --> RIV is what we are sticking with.
Also - if you could only take a family vacation at Christmas, and wanted to do that each year, then you DO need to pick a home resort that you want to stay at every year. (our decision for adding VGF instead of RIV, we already owned both). But, if you're at all flexible with time of year and not having to be in a studio, then I'd say the need to get the "perfect to you" home resort is a little bit more relaxed.
I was going to add - a 35% discount is exciting to start looking at a stay, but if you can't get the discount at all...every weekend except 2 of them and Riviera is the opposite with no availability except 2 of them.
BTW - BWV was our gateway DVC. We booked something like a 25-35% discount at BWV in a studio, and I just wanted a hotel room. No distinction in my mind between a hotel room v a studio. Made a room request to be "near" our friends who'd also booked cash, but a 1br. (Had been hoping to be the studio to their lockoff 1br). Well, Disney pixie dusted us to a P/G 1br (around $250/nt) and 2 years later we owned DVC. I do wonder if that happens w cash bookings at Riviera and the wow factor from a studio to a 1br is pretty significant.