I wonder whether the decision that the new tower at the Poly will join the existing association will make Disney reconsider the restrictions at RIV:
If the Cabins at Ft. Wilderness go in the same direction, the list of actively sold resorts will look like this in the near future:
WDW
Poly (no restrictions)
Ft. Wilderness (no restrictions)
RIV (restrictions)
outside WDW:
Aulani (no restrictions)
VDH (restrictions)
Even worse than when VGF was being sold in parallel to RIV, RIV will again be the only resort with restrictions.
I always thought the RIV restrictions were part of a long-term plan to disincentivize resale purchases vs. direct purchases. This could work if an increasing number of new resorts join RIV with restrictions (and the 'old model of DVC' slowly fades out after 2042). But if RIV remains the only resort with restrictions at WDW, I can't see this working out until well into the 2060s.
Should we expect Disney to reconsider the restrictions at RIV in the near future?
If the Cabins at Ft. Wilderness go in the same direction, the list of actively sold resorts will look like this in the near future:
WDW
Poly (no restrictions)
Ft. Wilderness (no restrictions)
RIV (restrictions)
outside WDW:
Aulani (no restrictions)
VDH (restrictions)
Even worse than when VGF was being sold in parallel to RIV, RIV will again be the only resort with restrictions.
I always thought the RIV restrictions were part of a long-term plan to disincentivize resale purchases vs. direct purchases. This could work if an increasing number of new resorts join RIV with restrictions (and the 'old model of DVC' slowly fades out after 2042). But if RIV remains the only resort with restrictions at WDW, I can't see this working out until well into the 2060s.
Should we expect Disney to reconsider the restrictions at RIV in the near future?