DVC Point Charts Explained: How to Read Seasons, Room Types & Weekend Pricing

What Is a DVC Point Chart?

A DVC point chart is a resort-specific pricing table. Instead of a nightly dollar rate, Disney Vacation Club prices every room by points — a currency you buy once (as part of your membership) and spend every year. The chart tells you exactly how many points a given room type costs on a given night.

Each of the 18 DVC resorts has its own chart, and the charts differ significantly. A studio at a value resort like Saratoga Springs costs far fewer points per night than the same size room at a premium monorail resort like Grand Californian. That difference is why two owners with the same number of annual points can have very different vacation budgets depending on where they bought.

How Point Charts Change by Season

Every DVC point chart is divided into demand tiers — typically five seasons, from cheapest to most expensive. The exact names and dates vary slightly by resort, but the pattern is consistent across all of DVC:

Illustrative tiers — verify exact season dates and point values on your resort's current chart before booking, since Disney shifts calendar boundaries slightly year to year.

How Point Charts Change by Room Type

Within any single season, larger rooms cost more points per night. The jump from studio to 1-bedroom to 2-bedroom is roughly proportional to square footage and capacity, but grand villas carry a steeper premium:

• Studio — Sleeps up to 4–5. The entry point for most bookings and the most point-efficient room type per guest.
• 1-bedroom villa— Roughly 1.8–2x a studio's points. Adds a full kitchen, separate bedroom, and a washer/dryer.
• 2-bedroom villa— Roughly 2.7–3x a studio's points, but often cheaper per guest than booking two studios for a large family.
• Grand villa (3-bedroom)— 6x or more a studio's points. Rare and usually the first room type to sell out at 11 months.

For an exact chart at your target resort — including how these multipliers apply to real point values — see our resort-by-resort point charts.

Weekday vs. Weekend Points

Point charts also split each season into weekday (Sunday–Thursday) and weekend (Friday–Saturday) columns. Weekend nights typically cost 15–25% more points than weekday nights in the same season, mirroring higher demand. A 7-night stay that includes two weekend nights will always cost more points than one that's entirely weeknights — a detail that's easy to miss when estimating a trip budget.

Example: Comparing Two Resorts' Point Charts

The same 7-night studio stay in standard season costs very different point totals depending on the resort. Here's a real-world comparison between a value resort and a premium monorail resort:

Approximate figures for planning purposes. See each resort's full point chart for exact seasonal and room-type breakdowns.

This is the core reason home resort choice matters so much: the same 150-point contract funds roughly 10 nights at Saratoga Springs but closer to 6 nights at Grand Californian. Neither is wrong — it depends on which resort you actually want to stay at. See how to size a contract to your travel pattern.

How to Read Your Home Resort's Point Chart

1. Find your travel dates on the calendar key. Each chart maps specific date ranges to a season tier — the ranges shift slightly year to year, so always check the current chart.
2. Match your room type to the season row. Studio, 1-bedroom, 2-bedroom, and grand villa each have their own row of nightly point values for that season.
3. Check weekday vs. weekend columns. Friday and Saturday nights use a higher point value than Sunday through Thursday in the same season.
4. Add up nightly totals for your full stay. Mixed seasons or day types within one trip mean adding several different nightly values, not a flat rate.

Once you know your total, compare it against your annual point allotment — and remember you can bank or borrow points across use years if a single trip needs more than one year's allocation.

Point Charts Change Every Year

Disney republishes every resort's point chart annually, and the Board of Directors is required to keep the total points-to-rooms ratio balanced across the year — meaning if popular dates get more expensive, other dates typically get slightly cheaper to compensate. Year-over-year changes are usually small (a point or two per night) but can be larger at newly opened or heavily remodeled resorts.

Common Point Chart Mistakes to Avoid

• Forgetting the weekend premium. Estimating a trip using only the weekday rate under-counts a Friday/Saturday-heavy stay.
• Comparing point totals across resorts as if points were interchangeable dollars.A point at one resort is not worth the same “value” as a point at another — compare actual nights and room types, not raw point counts.
• Ignoring split-season stays. A trip that starts in a cheaper season and ends in a pricier one needs each date calculated separately, not averaged.
• Assuming point charts never change.Budgeting a multi-year plan on a single year's chart can leave you short as dues-funded increases show up in the point values themselves.

See the Full Chart for Your Resort

Every DVC resort has its own detailed point chart on DVC Genie, broken out by season and room type — plus a cost calculator that converts points into your real dollar cost per night, dues included.