Originally Posted by
tundramom
I think this a bit harsh, not saying I don't respect your opinion, but would like to point out that not all DVC owners are "wealthy" and DVC is not "pricing everyone else out".
We made a decision to buy based on the amount of money we were spending to vacation at WDW yearly. We are by no means wealthy-strictly middle-class- however my DH and I both do work full time. We save aggressively for vacations and other than an occasional meal out we don't spend much on entertainment. We rarely go to movies (except a new Disney release like Alice:cloud9:), don't drink or smoke, and don't go to things like concerts or pro/college sports events (as much as we'd love to go to a Buckeyes game, can't justify $100's for tickets). Vacations are our yearly splurge, the year we bought in we stayed 10 nights at WL, at the time, the cost of that trip was nearly 1/3 of our buy in, instead we get many years of resort stays. As far as pricing people out, the price of the other resorts haven't changed significantly with the increase of DVC membership. Unlike the public, DVC members never get free dining or "free" days on their park tickets, they have our money and know we'll buy tickets and meals. And, finally, in reference to the original intent of the post, if they do develop that area, what difference does it make if it's DVC? You currently don't have access to that area anyways. If that is where you always dreamed of staying you can always book there online once it opens/ just like the treehouse villas. Many DVC members can't get reservations at the treehouses because nonDVC'ers have paid out of pocket for them-probably because this is where they always wanted to stay.