By now word has spread far and wide that Disney Vacation Club villa units are being added to Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa, but a few other noteworthy developments came out of the 2011 Condominium Association Meeting.
Among the most newsworthy announcements at the annual meeting are:
- On-line reservations will be available starting January 19, 2012.
- Point charts will be reallocated (changed) again for 2013, similar to the changes in 2010 and 2011. No details were provided on the nature of the changes. Point charts will be available on-line in mid-January 2012 and mailed to members in February 2012.
- New cable channels will be added including The History Channel, The Food Network and Fox News.
- Free wireless Internet is now available in guest rooms. Plans call for it being expanded to public areas as well.
- Beginning in September 2012, members will be able to book hotel rooms at Disney's Grand Californian Hotel using points. This will increase points availability given the limited supply of villa rooms.
- The Tables in Wonderland dining discount card will be available to members without requiring an Annual Pass purchase.
And, of course, the announcement that 147 Disney Vacation Club villas are being added to the Grand Floridian Resort. The Orlando Sentinel has a good overview of known details regarding the Grand Floridian project, along with concept artwork shown during the annual meeting.
Additional notes from the annual meeting can be found on our Twitter feed at http://Twitter.com.dvcnews. A more comprehensive meeting report will be published in the coming days.
