Effective January 15, 2009, the minimum purchase threshold for new members buying into the Bay Lake Tower at Disney's Contemporary Resort will be 200 Disney Vacation Club points. This news comes a couple weeks after Disney revealed that the minimum add-on purchase for existing members will rise to 100 points on that same date.  

Until the change takes effect, new buyers can still purchase an ownership interest in the Bay Lake Tower starting at 160 points.  Visit our Pricing & Promotions page for details on purchase offers currently available.

No changes are currently planned for other Disney Vacation Club resorts.  

Disney Vacation Club has begun accepting registrations from members who wish to attend the annual Condo Association Meeting on December 9, 2008.  A single meeting will again be held for owners of all DVC properties, with this year's site being the BoardWalk Conference Center.

In the past Disney Vacation Club has allowed existing members to add as few as 25 additional points to their ownership at a DVC resort.  However in January that minimum will change for at least one Home resort.

Disney Vacation Club again topped all timeshares in the Market Metrix customer satisfaction ratings for the third quarter of 2008.  DVC netted a 90.6% approval through three quarters, a slight improvement over its 90.5% approval as of the end of the second quarter.

Later this month the Disney Vacation Club and AAA are hosting an event dubbed the Disney Vacation Club Travel Show in Rochester, New York.  This event is Disney's latest effort to expand member functions beyond its theme parks and established DVC sales centers...but it will probably not be the last.