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PhillyBear

Earning My Ears

Joined

Jun 22, 2017

• Oct 20, 2017

• #1

Can you still buy from Disney and have your member resort the boardwalk?

 

BillPA

DIS Veteran

Joined

Sep 7, 1999

• Oct 20, 2017

• #2

Maybe, depends if they have any inventory. Since it's been sold out for years, you need to have an owner default or a resale that was ROFR'd, for DVC to have points to sell. Current owners can be on a wait list and tend to grab any points that come along.

 

Elsaalltheway

DIS Veteran

Joined

Apr 19, 2016

• Oct 20, 2017

• #3

BillPA said:

Maybe, depends if they have any inventory. Since it's been sold out for years, you need to have an owner default or a resale that was ROFR'd, for DVC to have points to sell. Current owners can be on a wait list and tend to grab any points that come along.

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I just bought in Sept and they said the only ones they can not get are Grand Floridian and the Grand Californian, and that they have waitlists.

 

chalee94

DIS Veteran

Joined

Aug 14, 2006

• Oct 20, 2017

• #4

PhillyBear said:

Can you still buy from Disney and have your member resort the boardwalk?

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Even if you buy direct from Disney, be aware that it will still expire in 2042.

 

CraigInPA

Since June 1974

Joined

Jun 11, 2012

• Oct 20, 2017

• #5

You can buy Boardwalk as a resale (not through Disney) and save yourself a bundle of money. That savings can then be applied to a Disney direct resale of Boardwalk for 25 points, if you really feel you need the limited benefits a direct purchaser receives (annual pass discounts being the most valuable monetarily).

And, FWIW, most of the sold out resorts have a waitlist of one kind or another. Only VGF and VGC waitlists are closed, likely due to the very small number of contracts that were originally sold and the likelihood of an owner's default or a contract being taken through ROFR (not enough margin for Disney to ROFR them at current resale prices).

 

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Steph01002

Mouseketeer

Joined

Apr 4, 2011

• Oct 21, 2017

• #6

We thought about buying Boardwalk direct before deciding to go resale. We called our friend's guide and let him know we were looking for Boardwalk, around 150 points. He actually called us back the next day and left a message for us to get back to him quickly because some points just became available. We saw a contract resale for 175 BWV points and realized we could buy 175 resale Boardwalk, plus 25 Direct Poly (for discounts/perks, plus we thought it would be fun to have a second home resort), for less than buying 150 Direct Boardwalk. It was a no-brainer for us. We wouldn't have traded our points for a cruise or anything anyway, so we just wanted the direct purchase for discounts and perks... while they still last!