Yes, Disney Vacation Club Timeshare will give you a ‘home away from home’ at the Happiest Place on Earth, along with some 500 other popular resorts in the network of Disney timeshare exchange, but there’s more to know before you buy a Disney Vacation Club timeshare of your own.

Here’s a rundown of some of the most frequently asked questions about Disney timeshare. Please remember that this information can change so always check for updates before you make a buying decision or schedule a timeshare vacation.

1. Where will I find Disney timeshare resorts? (Click the links to learn more about opportunities in Disney timeshare resales and Disney timeshare rentals)

• Bay Lake Towers at Disney’s Contemporary Resort
• Disney’s Animal Kingdom Villas
• Disney’s Beach Club Villas
• Disney’s Boardwalk Villas 
• Disney’s Hilton Head Island Resort
• Disney’s Old Key West Resort
• Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa
• Disney’s Vero Beach Resort
• The Villas at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge
• The Villas at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa
• Soon to be added: the Ko Olina resort in Hawaii
• Tree House Villas
• You can also exchange Disney timeshare for a vacation on Disney Cruise Lines; other resorts at the Disney theme parks (Orlando, Anaheim, Paris, Hong Kong, and Tokyo); Club Intrawest Resorts; Club Cordial, and other timeshare exchanges through RCI.
• Also, a new Disney timeshare resort at Myrtle Beach remains a persistent rumor…

2. When I buy Disney timeshare, can I own it forever?
No. Disney timeshare is not deeded timeshare. Instead, the Disney Vacation Club sells points that you may use at your home resort, or exchange for vacations at other Disney timeshare resorts, as well as worldwide destinations. The right to use your points expires at a future date.

• Bay Lake Towers timeshare expires January 31, 2060.
• Animal Kingdom timeshare expires January 31, 2057.
• Saratoga Springs timeshare expires January 31, 2054.
• Boardwalk Villas, Beach Club Villas, Old Key West, Villas at Wilderness Lodge, Vero Beach Resort, and Hilton Head Resort timeshare expires January 31, 2042.

3. Do I pay annual dues on my Disney timeshare?
Yes. Your dues are based upon the number of points you own. For a current chart on what the percentages are, click here: Disney Timeshare Points

4. Is it true I can borrow on my Disney Vacation Club timeshare points?
Yes! Most timeshare exchange programs let you bank timeshare points for use in the future, but Disney Vacation Club also lets you borrow against next year’s points.

5. How far in advance can I book my Disney Vacation Club timeshare holiday?
You can reserve your timeshare stay up to 11 months in advance when you are vacationing at your home resort timeshare, and up to 7 months in advance at other Disney timeshares and resorts.

You already know about Disney Vacation Club timeshare preview centers in Long Island, NY, (Finding Disney Vacation Club Magic at the Mall) and in Chicago, Illinois. Now Disney Vacation Club is opening a timeshare sales center in Tokyo.

The first international timeshare sales office for Disney Vacation Club will open in Tokyo with a 15,000 square foot sales center at the Ikspiari shopping complex. Disney also plans to add timeshare sales kiosks throughout the Tokyo Disney Resort. The Disney brand is already very popular in Japan.

Disney Vacation Club President Jim Lewis says, “We are thrilled to announce our first ever international sales preview center in one of Disney’s most popular markets and to bring the magic of Disney Vacation Club to Tokyo.” Lewis adds, “Our new sales center at the Tokyo Disney Resort is ideal for bringing our timeshare brand to a whole new group of families looking to vacation at our Disney Vacation Club Resort hotels, including Aulani, Disney Vacation Club Villas in Ko Olina, Hawaii.”

Tokyo Disney Timeshare Sales Center

The new timeshare sales center for Disney Vacation Club will include a full-size model of one of the two-bedroom timeshare units planned for the Disney Vacation Club Villas, Ko Olina, Hawaii (Disney Timeshare Goes Hawaiian).

Since Disney Vacation Club has become a part of RCI timeshare exchange, (Disney Vacation Club Timeshare to Affiliate with Group RCI), Disney timeshare owners not only have access to the Disney timeshares, resorts and cruise ships, but to over 500 favorite vacation destinations worldwide.

Laughingplace.com, a great blog for Disney updates, quotes Howard C. Nusbaum, president and chief executive officer of the American Resort Development Association (ARDA), as saying, “Disney changed the industry by bringing the vacation experience to a local shopping location. Now, the new Disney Vacation Club sales preview center in Tokyo will give Japanese families the opportunity to see how timeshare accommodations differ from traditional hotel rooms.”

Thank you LaughingPlace.com for the updates. And be sure to watch the Disney Tokyo “Sea of Dreams” video below—it is definitely not your typical marketing video.

With the economy still uncertain, you may be wondering who is in the market to buy timeshare resales. For all that we hear about the dreaded “staycation,” it has not become the norm. Spend an afternoon in any resort destination and you will see that although it may or may not be as busy as in the past, it is definitely not a ghost town. People are still traveling, even though they may have cut their typical two week vacation down to ten days, or their week long holiday down to four or five days.

Along with paring down the length of their trips, many vacationers are looking for better deals on accommodations. Travel experts, including some who have never before paid much attention to timeshare rentals, are suddenly recommending renting a timeshare a way to save money on vacationing, while still enjoying great resorts in popular destinations.

And timeshare resales still have a strong market as well. Seventy-eight million Americans are Baby Boomers, a generation that lists its number one recreational activity as Leisure Travel. Their children often fall into the demographic known as Millennials (people born in the 1980s and 1990s). Overall the roughly 75 million Millennials represent a generation that grew up vacationing and considers taking a vacation to be their entitlement—a privilege they expect and will strive to protect if it is challenged.

The Timeshare Resale and Timeshare Rental Solution

The bottom line for timeshare owners who want to sell timeshare they no longer use, or use their property or interval as a timeshare rental, is that there are buyers. Although they may be vacationing differently than they have in years past, they have not given up their vacation and holiday time. And their new focus on bargain shopping on serves to make them more interested than ever in the great deal available in timeshare resales and timeshare rentals.

Thanks to the Disney Parks Blog for this update!

One of the reasons timeshares, timeshare resales, and timeshare rentals are so popular is that many offer full kitchens and dining areas where you can eat in, save on the cost of restaurant dining, and address any dietary needs or restrictions you may have. But restaurant dining is part of the vacation fun for many timeshare owners as well. And staying at a Disney timeshare, (Disney Vacation Club) affords you both the option to dine in or the choice to eat at dozens and dozens of excellent restaurants without ever leaving the Disney property.

The Disney Parks Blog has just updated us on the three Disney restaurants chosen as favorites by readers of Orlando Magazine. The three are featured in the May issue of Orlando Magazine.

Number 1 as “Best New Restaurant” is the Sanaa Restaurant at the Kidani Village at Disney’s Animal Kingdome lodge.

The California Grill was voted Number 1 “Best Hotel Restaurant” and was in the top three restaurants in the Orlando Disney parks for “Best View.”

Voted Number 1 for “Best Service” and Number 1 as “The Restaurant You Are Dying to Visit” was Victoria & Albert’s at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa. Other honors received by the restaurant included ranking in the top two in the categories of: “Best Romantic Restaurant, “Best Hotel Restaurant,” and “Best Chef’s Table.”

Your Disney Vacation Club Holiday

If you already enjoy timeshares, then you know that the Disney Vacation Club offers outstanding timeshares in sizes to fit every vacation need. What better place for family vacations, honeymoons, anniversary celebrations, or an unforgettable family reunion than a Disney park that offers attractions, entertainment, and fun for family members of every age. And what better vacation accommodations than a Disney Timeshare Resale or a Disney Timeshare Rental.

Our appreciation to the Disney Parks Blog for the update. To read more Disney Parks Blog news, just follow the link on The Timeshare Authority blog, listed under our blog roll.