DVC Newscast

By: Shannon Ford Peter Scheidle and the My DVC Points Community
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  • A DVC Newscast focusing on the latest news in the DVC Community.
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  • In-park DVC Welcome Home Center, opening dates for Hollywood Studios shows announced, and more!

    In-park DVC Welcome Home Center, opening dates for Hollywood Studios shows announced, and more!
    Mar 29 2025
    In this week's episode, Peter and Sue discuss the Disney Vacation Club's announcement of the first in-park Welcome Center in the Canada pavilion at EPCOT. They also share opening dates for two attractions at Disney's Hollywood Studios and the details of a major update coming to Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin at Magic Kingdom. N160 My DVC Points is proudly sponsored by: DVC Resale Market - Industry Leader in DVC Resales DVC Rental Store - DVC Point Rentals Monera Financial - Exclusively Financing DVC Contracts Patreon supporters in the My DVC Points VIP Producer Club. First in-park DVC “Welcome Center” coming to Disney World Disney Vacation Club announced the opening of the first in-park Welcome Home Center in the Canadian pavilion in Epcot. The location will serve as a walk-in sales location for individuals to learn more about the Disney Vacation Club program and will be called “Chateau de Voyage.” It will feature a walk-through model room of the Island Tower at Disney's Polynesian Villas & Bungalows, similar to the Disney Springs location that opened last year with its own model villa of Disney's Riviera Resort. The Welcome Home Center is not intended to function as a member lounge, but Members will be encouraged to visit and consider adding on points. Source: Disney Vacation Club Facebook; DVC News Disney adds more units to Island Tower Inventory On March 18, 2025, Disney Vacation Club declared 18 more vacation homes for the timeshare inventory at the Island Tower at Disney’s Polynesian Villas & Bungalows. This is the third declaration of inventory, bringing the total units available for Members up to 72 units, which is about a third of the resort. The breakdown of the units now available for booking is as follows: 15 of 39 Duo Studios (38%)26 of 91 Tower Studios (28%)9 of 26 Dedicated One-Bedroom Villas (35%)18 of 46 Lockoff Two-Bedroom Villas (39%)2 of 16 Dedicated Two-Bedroom Villas (12%)2 of 4 Two-Bedroom Deluxe Villas (50%) The remaining undeclared rooms are available for cash reservations from Disney. Source: DVC News Opening Dates revealed for new Hollywood Studios attractions Disney Parks Blog revealed that The Little Mermaid: An Undersea Adventure and Disney Villains: Unfairly Ever After will both open on May 27, 2025. The Little Mermaid show was originally announced to reopen last fall, but the extensive rebuild of the theater took longer than expected. While in the same location as the original, this show has been reimagined, including newly added renditions of “Kiss the Girl” and “Daughters of Triton”. The Disney Villains show is replacing Lightning McQueen Racing Academy on Sunset Boulevard and is expected to feature Cruella DeVil, Captain Hook and Maleficent as live characters with other characters featured in the show on screens. Source: Disney Parks Blog Major update announced for Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin at Magic Kingdom will be closing in August 2025 for a major upgrade. The update will include a new character named “Buddy” who will provide training at the start of the adventure and enhanced ride vehicles with video monitors. Blasters will be handheld instead of mounted on vehicles, similar to Disneyland’s version of the ride. The blasters will also feature always on tracking beams with a different color for each blaster in the car to make it easier to aim. Targets will also be interactive by lighting up when hit. The ride is scheduled to reopen sometime in 2026. Source: Disney Parks Blog My DVC Points is a fantastic community of DVC members. Our cheerful, respectful, and authentic conversations about Disney Vacation Club are designed to help people make informed and educated decisions about what's best for their families. Please join us in continuing our Facebook group and YouTube channel conversations. It takes an incredible community of DVC members to produce our content. We're always recruiting people to help research, produce, edit, or join our shows to share their stories. Thus far, we've had over 400 DVC members on our shows. If our content has been a blessing to your family, please consider supporting our show through our VIP Producer's Club at Patreon.com and join us for the Patreon After-Party from our live shows. Facebook admins and moderators of the My DVC Points Community Group: Sandy Symianick, Gina Grotsky, Shannon Ford, Caleb Allison, and Mary Anne Tracy. "Take Flight" music by Martinrowberry1 on Pond5.
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    22 mins
  • Magic Kingdom DVC Lounge now open, new ride details revealed at SXSW, and more!

    Magic Kingdom DVC Lounge now open, new ride details revealed at SXSW, and more!
    Mar 21 2025
    In this week's episode, Shannon and Peter discuss the surprise opening of McKim's Mile House, the new Disney Vacation Member Lounge in Magic Kingdom's Frontierland, along with details of the new lounge coming to Spaceship Earth in EPCOT. Disney also revealed more information about the technology used in previously announced attractions coming to Walt Disney World and Disneyland Resort. N159 My DVC Points is proudly sponsored by: DVC Resale Market - Industry Leader in DVC Resales DVC Rental Store - DVC Point Rentals Monera Financial - Exclusively Financing DVC Contracts Patreon supporters in the My DVC Points VIP Producer Club. DVC Member Lounge in MK now open, more details on adults-only EPCOT lounge Disney Vacation Club McKim’s Mile House – A Member Lounge had a surprise early opening on March 18th. The new lounge in Frontierland was expected to open sometime this summer. It hosts a number of seating spots, free beverages, and lots of charging ports. Sadly though there are stairs to a second level, members are not allowed upstairs and there is no balcony for viewing parades as they go by. Hours of operation are 11 AM to 6 PM. In other lounge news, Disney dropped a few more details about the Spaceship Earth lounge in a post on the Disney Parks Blog, including the official name. The new lounge will be called GEO-82 and will offer reservations open to all guests 21 and older. GEO-82 will offer specialty cocktails and small bites with a view of World Showcase Lagoon and World Celebration Gardens. Source: Disney Parks Blog - MK DVC Lounge and Disney Parks Blog - EPCOT Lounge Change to Interval International Cancellation policy Disney Vacation Club has quietly changed an Interval International cancellation policy, effective January 1, 2025. Per the website: “Disney Vacation Club Members are entitled to cancel any exchange confirmation issued 30 days or more in advance of the initial date of occupancy of the Host Accommodations. However, in all instances, the Member—through the applicable Disney Vacation Club Cast Member—must notify Interval of their desire to cancel such confirmation 30 days or more in advance of the Host Accommodations’ initial date of occupancy. The previous policy, effective through December 31, 2024, entitled Disney Vacation Club Members to cancel any exchange confirmation issued 7 days or more in advance of the initial date of occupancy of the Host Accommodations. Regardless of when the cancellation of the qualified exchange confirmation or request occurred, the Member’s Points will not revert to their Disney Vacation Club account. However, the Member will have the right to request a future use through the Vacation Exchange Program, including multiple exchanges (with the exception of a hotel exchange booking), until December 31 of the second calendar year following the calendar year in which the Member’s confirmation was cancelled.” Source: Disney Vacation Club website Announcements from Disney at SXSW Disney Parks presented an advanced technology seminar at SXSW in Austin showcasing some of the technology from the upcoming new attractions, including the launch system for the Monsters Inc. roller coaster in Disney's Hollywood Studios, the off-road ride vehicles for the Cars ride in Magic Kingdom, and the Stark Flight Lab at Avengers Campus in Disney California Adventure. While generally no timing was provided for projected opening dates, Disney did reveal an update to the Millennium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run will coincide with the Mandalorian movie in May 2026. Source: Disney Parks Blog Upcoming Whispering Canyon Cafe brief closure Whispering Canyon Cafe at Disney's Wilderness Lodge will be closing for a short refurbishment from May 12th to 21st. No other details have been provided. On another note, Kali River Rapids in Disney's Animal Kingdom reopened on March 14th and Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros in EPCOT reopened on March 15th. Source: Walt Disney World website Grand Californian park entrance closed for 2 months The private entrance from Disney's Grand Californian resort to Disney California Adventure has been temporarily closed. Disney has stated it should reopen by mid-May. Until then, the Pixar Pier entrance into Pixar Place can be used by hotel guests to get into DCA. Source: Disneyland website, DVC News My DVC Points is a fantastic community of DVC members. Our cheerful, respectful, and authentic conversations about Disney Vacation Club are designed to help people make informed and educated decisions about what's best for their families. Please join us in continuing our Facebook group and YouTube channel conversations. It takes an incredible community of DVC members to produce our content. We're always recruiting people to help research, produce, edit, or join our shows to share their stories. Thus far, we've had over 400 DVC members on our shows. If our content has been a blessing to your family, please consider supporting ...
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    33 mins
  • Moonlight Magic Registration Changes & Blizzard Beach 30th Celebration

    Moonlight Magic Registration Changes & Blizzard Beach 30th Celebration
    Mar 7 2025
    In this week's episode, Peter and Sue discuss Moonlight Magic registration changes, Disney's 30th celebration of Blizzard Beach, and more! N158 My DVC Points is proudly sponsored by: DVC Resale Market - Industry Leader in DVC Resales DVC Rental Store - DVC Point Rentals Monera Financial - Exclusively Financing DVC Contracts Patreon supporters in the My DVC Points VIP Producer Club. Changes to DVC Moonlight Magic Sign-up As evidenced by the spring Moonlight Magic sign up experiences, there have been some changes put in place to make the opportunity for sign up more fair to all members. For both the member with rooms booking and the open registration, Members are encouraged to sign-in ahead of the 11 AM Eastern opening. Logging into the link requires your member number and is only one valid for one browser. At 11 AM, all members signed in are given a random spot in the queue, regardless of the timing of log-in. Spots are assigned until the event is full. Reports say that most members who were signed on before 11 AM were able to get the event they selected. Source: Disney Vacation Club website DVC members receive 20% discount on VIP tours for a limited time Disney Vacation Club is offering members a 20% discount on VIP Tours for April 28th through September 27th with the exemption of holiday dates. VIP Tours can include up to 10 people and typically range from $450 - 900 per hour. Inside sources say that the advent of the Premier Lightning Lane pass has created considerably less demand for the VIP tours, as park-goers can get front of the line access to all of the rides without paying for the VIP tours. For smaller groups there is a significant savings doing this. Source: Disney Vacation Club website, DVC News Grand Californian refurbishment photos reveal only slight changes Images of a 2-bedroom refurbished rooms were released and the results are somewhat surprising. Although the Murphy-style bed has replaced the existing sofa beds as expected and new appliances have been installed, much of the flooring, walls, and cabinetry look the same or have been only refaced. The bathrooms as well seem to be unchanged from previous configurations, and while the room decor is a little lighter, it still maintains the mostly dark tones of the rest of the resort. In addition, the exterior of the DVC wing and the Fountain Pool, one of the three pools at the resort, are also being refurbished Source: DVC News Blizzard Beach to host month long celebration for 30th anniversary Blizzard Beach first opened its gates on April 1, 1995, and Disney is celebrating with a series of limited-time events at the park. Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse will greet guests dressed in their winter attire. A DJ will play music throughout the day, along with dance parties and family-friendly games. Unique character-themed tubes will be found on Cross Country Creek, and limited time food and beverage offerings will be available for purchase. On May 1st, Blizzard Beach will be closing for the season, with Typhoon Lagoon opening to take its place. Since the pandemic, Disney has only had one of the two water parks open at any one time. Normal operating hours are 10 AM to 5 PM. Source: Disney Parks Blog, DVC News My DVC Points is an awesome community of DVC members. Our positive, respectful, and authentic conversations about Disney Vacation Club designed to help people make informed and educated decisions about what's best for their families. Our content focuses on a Disney Vacation Member lifestyle. We cover everything from buying, selling, renting, picking your next resort or Disney restaurant. Our conversations start on the My DVC Points Podcast and DVC Newscast and continue on our Facebook Group and our live shows multi-streamed to Facebook and YouTube. Please download our smartphone app. Play Trivia with us every Friday night at 9 PM Eastern at Mouse Quiz! It takes an awesome community of DVC members to produce our content. We're always recruiting people to help research, produce, edit, or join our shows to share their stories. We've had over 200 DVC members on our podcasts and live shows. Please consider supporting our show through our VIP Producer's Club at Patreon.com. "Our Team Will Podcast for Dole Whips" Chad Pennycuff on the My DVC Points Patreon Program
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    29 mins

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