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2015 tax refund for Polynesian owners

Owners at Disney's Polynesian Villas & Bungalows should find that they received a nice retroactive tax credit for the 2015 year.

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Poly Bungalow Generic

Is Saratoga Springs now the best DVC value destination?

Disney's Old Key West Resort has long stood as the best value proposition for a Disney Vacation Club destination at Walt Disney World. Despite sharing the same condo-style layout with Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa, Old Key West had the advantages of a more recognizable theme, larger guest rooms and lower nightly point costs.

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SSR Springs

Disney cannot do much to address the theme or guest room size without significant investment, but they can make changes to the points charts. And they have revealed plans to make just such a change.

Why are there DVC foreclosures?

Over 900 Disney Vacation Club deeds were foreclosed on in 2015. With DVC contracts maintaining their value far better than most timeshares, why do many financed purchases go into foreclosure?

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Saratoga Springs

DVCNews Debates: Resort categories

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Disney Vacation Club revealed its plan to add different booking categories to Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa. Starting in 2017 rooms will be classified as either higher-priced "Preferred" or lower-priced "Standard." But Saratoga Springs may not be the only resort which is in need of some form of room classification.

Room classes can include price breaks for lower-quality rooms, as in the case of Saratoga Springs, Grand Floridian and several other resorts with "Standard" villas. Or the classes can simply guarantee booking in a specific area of the resort like the BoardWalk's Pool / Garden View and BoardWalk view.