Direct sales of Disney Vacation Club points almost reached 300,000 points in March 2015. Led by sales for the Villas at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa, 294,902 DVC points were sold in the month, an increase of 20.4% over the previous month.
Disney’s Polynesian Villas & Bungalows — In March 2015, 75,649 points were sold for the Disney's Polynesian Villas & Bungalows. Since sales started in January 2015, 149,847 points have been sold for this newest of the 13 DVC resorts, which is about 3.7% of the resort’s 4 million points.
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As like the Grand Floridian and Aulani, Disney Vacation Club Villas, the Polynesian offers buyers the option of a Guaranteed Week deed or the traditional flexible point deed. In March 2015, 18 Guaranteed Week deeds were sold for the Polynesian, bringing to 53 the total number of such deeds sold. Similar to sales for the Grand Floridian, the last six weeks are the most popular: 30 of the 53 Guaranteed Week deeds are for the period from Thanksgiving to the New Year’s holiday. Lake View studios have accounted for 25 deeds and Standard View studios have accounted for 20 deeds. Eight Guaranteed Week deeds have been sold for the over-the-water bungalows.
Disney Vacation Development has declared 40.71% of the Polynesian’s total points for the DVC inventory. This means that DVC members cannot book more than 40.71% of the Polynesian on any given Use Day.
Villas at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa -- In March 2015, 129,116 points were sold for the Grand Floridian. The resort has now sold 2,305,599 or 91.5% of its total points. There are about 165,000 points that can still be sold to the general public.
In March, Disney Vacation Development sold eight Guaranteed Week deeds for the Grand Floridian and also reacquired one, bringing to 262 the number of Guaranteed Week deeds that have been sold. 106 of the 262 Guaranteed Week deeds have been for the last six weeks of the calendar year. Week #51 and Week #49 are the two most popular weeks at the Grand Floridian with 22 and 21 Guaranteed Week deeds, respectively. The maximum number of guaranteed week deeds — 35% for each week — has not been sold for any accommodation type in any week.
Aulani, Disney Vacation Club Villas — In March 2015, 399 Aulani deeds containing 67,200 points were sold. In the last ten months, 670,574 points were sold for Aulani, ranging from a low of 42,463 points in January 2015 and a high of 97,637 points in September 2014.
The sales data includes all nine DVC resorts at Walt Disney World, as well as Disney's Vero Beach Resort, Disney's Hilton Head Island Resort, and Aulani, Disney Vacation Club Villas. Point sales data is not available for the Villas at Disney's Grand Californian Hotel. The data is compiled from deeds filed by Disney Vacation Development and recorded with the Orange County (FL) Comptroller, the Indian River County (FL) Clerk of Court, the Beaufort County (SC) Register of Deeds, and the Hawaii Bureau of Conveyances.
Wil Lovato is a contributor to DVCNews.com and has been a Disney Vacation Club owner since 2009. His DVC Home Resorts include Bay Lake Tower, Animal Kingdom Villas, and Aulani. He can be found posting on many Disney discussion forums under the username of “wdrl”.
