Disneyland

Grand Californian

$240/pt resale

$9.52/pt annual dues

2060 contract end (34 yrs)

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Points: 150

25500

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Purchase Type

Include financing

Chart Assumptions

Hotel Rack Rate: $650/night

$300$1,500

Hotel Inflation: 4%/yr

2%8%

Your studio at Grand Californian costs

$467/night

28% cheaper than the $650/night rack rate

Upfront Cost

$37,300

resale + closing

Dues Year 1

$1,428

$10/pt

Nights/Year

150 pts total

Total Over 34 Yrs

$158,776

purchase + dues

Compares owning DVC vs. paying hotel rack rates vs. renting someone else's DVC points each year.

DVC ownership (cumulative)

Hotel rack rate (cumulative)

Renting DVC points (cumulative)

DVC breaks even vs. hotel prices at year 7. It breaks even vs. renting points at year 20.

Dues have never gone down in 30+ years. The 2026 average increase was 6.38% — the highest in recent memory.

Optimistic (3%/yr)

Expected (5%/yr)

Pessimistic (7%/yr)

At 5% annual increases: Year 1 = $1,428, Year 10 = $2,215, Year 20 = $3,608. Dues double roughly every 14 years.

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150 points at Grand Californian