In June 2015, sales for Disney’s Polynesian Villas & Bungalows sold 107,067 points, an increase of 79.2% compared to the previous month. Due to Polynesian’s surge in sales, overall direct sales of Disney Vacation Club points in June increased 26.0% to 213,361 points.
Disney’s Polynesian Villas & Bungalows — The 107,067 points sold in June 2015 for the Polynesian represents a new monthly sales high In its brief six month history. The previous monthly sales high was 75,649 points in March 2015. Disney Vacation Development has now sold 361,248 points for the Polynesian, 9.0% of its 4 million total points.
Ironically, the 107,067 Polynesian points sold in June is about the same number of points that the Villas at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa averaged during its two year run. From July 2013 (the first full calendar month for sales) to April 2015 (when it was considered to be sold out), the Grand Floridian averaged 105,440 points per month.
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Although all Use Years are available at the Polynesian, Disney Vacation Development is currently offering the December Use Year to new members who don’t request a specific Use Year. 43.8% of all points sold so far are for the December Use Year. By comparison, only 7.0% of the points sold are for the March Use Year.
Ten Guaranteed Week deeds were sold for the Polynesian in June, bringing to 72 the number of Guaranteed Week deeds sold so far. Forty of the Guaranteed Week deeds are for the last six weeks of the year. Lake View studios have accounted for 37 deeds and Standard View studios have accounted for 24 deeds. Eleven Guaranteed Week deeds have been sold for the over-the-water bungalows.
Disney Vacation Development has declared 10 bungalows and 142 studios for the DVC inventory, which accounts for 40.71% of the Polynesian’s total points. There are still 218 studios and 10 more bungalows that have not yet been declared and are controlled by DVD.
Villas at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa -- In June 2015, only 18,935 points were sold for the Grand Floridian, the fewest number of points sold in a month since sales began.
Since DVD must retain at least 2% of the resort’s points for itself, it had only about 14,500 points left at the end of June that could be sold to the general public.
Five Guaranteed Week deeds were sold in June for the Grand Floridian and one Guaranteed Week deed was reacquired by Disney, bringing to 276 the number of Guaranteed Week deeds that have been sold for the resort. 110 of the 276 Guaranteed Week deeds have been for the last six weeks of the calendar year, with weeks #51 and #49 being the most popular. There are five weeks — #5, #8, #9, #16, and #34 — for which no Guaranteed Week deeds have been sold.
Aulani, Disney Vacation Club Villas — In June 2015, 406 Aulani deeds containing 63,296 points were sold. In the last 12 months, 805,552 points were sold for Aulani, an average of 67,129 points a month.
A complete sales history for Aulani is not available, so its not possible to determine what percent of the resort’s total points has been sold. Nor is is possible to predict when the resort might be sold out. However, if the current monthly sales average of 67,129 points is used, then it would take 14 years, or until July 2024, before Aulani is sold out.
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 California 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”.
