After four consecutive months of strong sales that averaged over 177,000 points a month, direct sales of Disney Vacation Club points declined in July 2016.
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Disney's Polynesian Villas & Bungalows
Excluding sales for Aulani, Disney Vacation Club Villas, and the Villas at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel, 135,586 DVC points were sold in July, a decline of 35% from the prior month and 16% under the monthly average for January - June 2016.
Disney’s Polynesian Villas & Bungalows — In July 2016, 117,425 points were sold for the Polynesian. Although July’s sales is a drop of 23.3% compared to the previous four months, the 117,425 points sold represents the fifth best month for sales in the resort's short history. The resort was first offered to existing Disney Vacation Club owners back in January 2015.
The Polynesian has sold 43.9% of its 4,032,720 total points and it has about 2,186,000 points left to sell to the general public. For the third consecutive month, no Guaranteed Week deeds were sold in July 2016. So far, 88 Guaranteed Week deeds have been sold: 12 Guaranteed Week deeds for the bungalows;, 50 deeds for the Lake View studios; and 26 for the Standard View studios.
Disney Vacation Development has declared 218 studios and 16 bungalows for the DVC inventory. There are still 142 studios and 4 bungalows that have not yet been declared. In terms of points, 62.88% of resort is now officially part of the Polynesian’s DVC inventory.
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.
Thanks to Imdizfan for helping compile sales data!
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.”
