2025 Dues, MK Lounge Update, Hollywood Studios changes

In this week's episode, Peter and Sue share a breakdown of the 2025 dues, more details on the new Disney Vacation Club lounge in Magic Kingdom, attraction changes at Disney's Hollywood Studios, and much more! N152 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 2025 Dues Released On November 21st, Disney Vacation Club released the new dues per point for 2025. Overall, the numbers were pretty much in the normal range with most of the resorts increasing between the 4.0 - 6.0 %. The California resorts actually saw a lower rate with only a 3% increase. Disney's Riviera Resort was also very low at 2.3% and Disney's Polynesian Villas & Bungalows actually saw a nearly 4% decrease in dues with the addition of the Island Tower absorbing much of the cost.  Resort2024 Dues2025 DuesIncreaseAnimal Kingdom Villas$9.0820 $9.6470 6.22% Aulani $9.7620 $10.1219 3.68% Aulani Subsidized$7.3385 $7.6090 3.68% Bay Lake Tower$7.5902 $8.0150 5.59% Beach Club Villas$8.6256 $9.1207 5.73% BoardWalk Villas$8.6711 $9.0570 4.45% Boulder Ridge$8.6790 $9.1885 5.87% Copper Creek Villas$8.0938 $8.4914 4.91% Disneyland Hotel$9.5307 $9.8207 3.04% Fort Wilderness Cabins$12.1542 $11.8769 -2.33% Grand Californian$8.5544 $8.7974 2.84% Grand Floridian$7.5740 $7.9298 4.69% Hilton Head$11.3140 $11.9207 5.36% Old Key West$9.8666 $10.5049 6.46% Polynesian$8.2301 $7.9263 -3.69% Riviera$8.8508 $9.0572 2.33% Saratoga Springs$8.1388 $8.5394 4.92% Vero Beach$13.8628 $14.3026 3.18% Vero Beach Subsidized$10.8906 $11.2374 3.18%  Source: DVC News More info released on DVC Lounge in Magic Kingdom   Disney Vacation Club has announced that the new member lounge in Magic Kingdom will be opening in the Summer 2025. The lounge will be named “McKim’s Mile House - a DVC Lounge.”  The name is a nod to former Imagineer and Disney Legend Sam McKim who helped influence the design of Frontierland. It is located in the former location of the Frontierland Shootin' Arcade. Similar to other member lounges, the location will feature comfortable seating for guests, wireless internet, recharging stations for electronic devices and free beverages and snacks.   Source: DVC News Major changes for Muppets announced at Hollywood Studios Disney shared on the Disney Parks Blog that Monstropolis, the new Monsters Inc area coming to Disney's Hollywood Studios, will be taking over the Muppets section, including MuppetVision 3D, PizzaRizzo, and Mama Melrose. The concept art shows the area re-using the existing buildings for new shows and dining experiences. The new door roller coaster will be built behind the existing structures, likely into part of the parking lot.  However, the Muppets will remain in the park and will instead be replacing Aerosmith from Rock and Roller Coaster as the new “hosts” for the ride.   Source: Disney Parks Blog Other DVC announcements Disney Vacation Club announced that Copper Creek resort will undergo their soft goods refurbishment from May to September of 2025.  Murphy style beds have been seen being installed at Bay Lake Tower, confirming their installation in the latest refurb. Topolino’s Terrace closing for short refurb from January 12 to 25, 2025.  As of November 19th, bookings at the new Island tower are open to all DVC members with rights to book at the Polynesian resort.  Disney Treasure had its official christening and will be setting sail on its first itineraries out of Port Canaveral.  Destination D23 event announced at Walt Disney World August 29-31st at Coronado Springs, with the event “Double in Size” from previous ones held in Florida.  Source: DVC News - Copper Creek, DVC News - BLT, D23 website 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.