Paul lives in Orlando, Florida with his wife, Amy, and their three Spanish galgos, Hermès, Cinders, and Emerson. They’re Disney Vacation Club Members at five resorts, Disney World Annual Passholders, and always on the lookout for new ways to enjoy and maximize their DVC points. When he’s not at the parks or planning their next trip, Paul loves cooking (big Alton Brown fan), training for Disney races with Amy, and blasting Billy Joel in the background.
4 Comments
Janet
March 9, 2020
I was just recently on a DVC tour and they are PUSHING Riviera. A lot. And incentives to buy. Plus a cash incentive if you use your Disney visa card. She wouldn’t even talk about the other resorts. You’re right, it’s saying something if they are discounting a brand new resort. But I personally think that will be the way of the future with new DVC resorts. I’ll bet that Reflections will have the same resale restrictions.
smccleish@hotmail.com
March 9, 2020
visited Rivera Resort early March. Lovely place, however, it is so subdued with “Disney” it did not appeal to me. I could
hear my grandkids saying “I thought we were going to a Disney Resort?” Not for me. Looking for fun, not sophistication.
Charlie E Ciborek
March 9, 2020
The idea that Riviera sales are soft is a complete misinterpretation of the data. Looking at the the last three resorts over the first 8 months of sales for each resort the data says this:
Poly sold 539,108 points in eight months
Copper Creek sold 445,376 points in eight months
Riviera sold 787,623 points in eight months
Sales of Riviera were 46% better than Poly and 56% better than copper creek over the first eight months.
The resale restrictions are not hurting. Sales are robust and outperforming the last two offerings.
Tom Atwood
March 9, 2020
I watched this when it came out on March 9 and I agree with Pete Scheidle’s analysis. In the last six days (it’s March 15 as I write), a lot has changed and I am thinking this becomes much more negative for those Riviera purchasers that now need to sell due to loss of jobs, etc. An unfortunate situation for everyone, but I am wondering if this will eventually force Disney into relaxing the restrictions.
Janet
March 9, 2020I was just recently on a DVC tour and they are PUSHING Riviera. A lot. And incentives to buy. Plus a cash incentive if you use your Disney visa card. She wouldn’t even talk about the other resorts. You’re right, it’s saying something if they are discounting a brand new resort. But I personally think that will be the way of the future with new DVC resorts. I’ll bet that Reflections will have the same resale restrictions.
smccleish@hotmail.com
March 9, 2020visited Rivera Resort early March. Lovely place, however, it is so subdued with “Disney” it did not appeal to me. I could
hear my grandkids saying “I thought we were going to a Disney Resort?” Not for me. Looking for fun, not sophistication.
Charlie E Ciborek
March 9, 2020The idea that Riviera sales are soft is a complete misinterpretation of the data. Looking at the the last three resorts over the first 8 months of sales for each resort the data says this:
Poly sold 539,108 points in eight months
Copper Creek sold 445,376 points in eight months
Riviera sold 787,623 points in eight months
Sales of Riviera were 46% better than Poly and 56% better than copper creek over the first eight months.
The resale restrictions are not hurting. Sales are robust and outperforming the last two offerings.
Tom Atwood
March 9, 2020I watched this when it came out on March 9 and I agree with Pete Scheidle’s analysis. In the last six days (it’s March 15 as I write), a lot has changed and I am thinking this becomes much more negative for those Riviera purchasers that now need to sell due to loss of jobs, etc. An unfortunate situation for everyone, but I am wondering if this will eventually force Disney into relaxing the restrictions.