On July 23, 2012, just two weeks after declaring 12 two-bedroom villas for the Disney Vacation Club inventory, Disney Vacation Development has declared another batch of villas at Disney's Animal Kingdom Villas. This latest declaration adds five two-bedroom villas and five Grand Villas, representing 262,100 vacation club points, to the DVC inventory.
With this latest declaration, the percentage of Disney's Animal Kingdom Villas declared for the DVC inventory increases from 85.09% to 88.63%. This means that on any given Use Day DVC Members can book up to 88.63% of Animal Kingdom Villas using points. Since April 2012, DVD has increased the DVC inventory at Animal Kingdom Villas by 13.67%, or 1,011,440 points.
There are 45 two-bedroom villas and three Grand Villas at Animal Kingdom Villas which are not yet declared for the DVC inventory. These undeclared vacation homes account for 841,440 points. DVD uses this undeclared inventory for cash reservations and for other marketing purposes.
Given the recent upsurge in sales for Animal Kingdom Villas -- DVD has averaged over 174,000 points in monthly sales over the last three months -- these declarations are necessary to support sales. DVD must declare points for the DVC inventory before it can sell those points to the general public. If sales continue at the current rate, DVD will need to make additional declarations within the next few months.
