The Official Riviera Owners & Info Thread

[crvetter]

Now that I’ve returned from Disney (stayed at Pop), I’ve had time to digest my thoughts about the Riviera. Overall I liked the resort. If I was in the position to add more points right now, I probably would add there. I do have a few more criticisms though.

People give CCV and poly a hard time for the bungalows and cabins. However, CCV only has 4 Grand Villas and Poly has 0. The Riviera has 12 point hungry Grand Villas that are higher in points than the Cabins. Wouldn’t this lead to availability issues for the studios?

I really enjoyed Topolinos but the chandelier looked like the same one at at the Enchanted Rose at the Flo. Maybe there was a 2 for 1 sale?

It’s really about what the percentage of points sold are in the grand villas at riviera compared to those in the cabins and bungalows (I believe about 30%). I suspect the percentage in the grand villas at riviera is much less than 30%. But the shear magnitude of the points could be similar yes but the percentage of owners might be less but it could increase competition at 7 months absolutely though I suspect it will also add inventory at 7 months similar to BLT.

 

[TexasChick123]

We just got back from our WDW trip. We stayed at BLT but went to RIV twice, once during the day and once at night. The resort is beautiful. Dinner at Topolinos was delicious! I’m so glad we bought points here. The resort was everything we hoped it would be. We haven’t stayed in the rooms yet, but we did get to peek in and look at the model, and it was just as we had hoped.

 

[kboo]

We just got back from our WDW trip. We stayed at BLT but went to RIV twice, once during the day and once at night. The resort is beautiful. Dinner at Topolinos was delicious! I’m so glad we bought points here. The resort was everything we hoped it would be. We haven’t stayed in the rooms yet, but we did get to peek in and look at the model, and it was just as we had hoped.

Glad you liked it! Topolino's dinner has unseated California Grill as my favorite Disney restaurant that doesn't start with a V.

 

[Drewferin]

My wife noticed online this morning a Riviera DVC print on ebay. Are direct sales now getting this picture? We bought our small Riviera contract at Aulani so our print was Aulani themed...

 

[crvetter]

My wife noticed online this morning a Riviera DVC print on ebay. Are direct sales now getting this picture? We bought our small Riviera contract at Aulani so our print was Aulani themed...

I'm curious as well I assumed they stopped doing the prints a while back. I didn't get one for my CCV purchase in 2018.

 

[kboo]

I didn't get one for our Riviera purchase, as far as I know. Must not have bought enough points.

 

[jamesweikamp]

Glad you liked it! Topolino's dinner has unseated California Grill as my favorite Disney restaurant that doesn't start with a V.

This makes me even more excited for March. CG has been my favorite "standard" restaurant as well. (We did V&A for the first time last fall and loved everything about it, but it is in its own category)

 

[mousemagic00]

Just wanted to say thank you to Summerw for the updated first page!

I can’t wait to stay in Feb!

 

[DVC_HK]

My wife noticed online this morning a Riviera DVC print on ebay. Are direct sales now getting this picture? We bought our small Riviera contract at Aulani so our print was Aulani themed...

They didn't give us a print! About to call them and ask what's up with that

 

[npatellye]

They didn't give us a print! About to call them and ask what's up with that

We also didn’t get one.

 

[Bryan Burmeister]

We will be staying at the RIV soon, can anyone provide comments on the best way to get to MK? I was thinking skyliner to Epcot, then mono-rail to MK, is that silly?

 

[Drewferin]

I just emailed my DVC guide about the Riviera DVC print that my wife found online. Here is his reply:

"As of right now we don’t have access to this print. When we do I can let you know and send it your way."

 

[crvetter]

I just emailed my DVC guide about the Riviera DVC print that my wife found online. Here is his reply:

"As of right now we don’t have access to this print. When we do I can let you know and send it your way."

I wonder if it is a print they are just selling through that "Art on Demand" or at La Boutique.

 

[mrsxsparrow]

We will be staying at the RIV soon, can anyone provide comments on the best way to get to MK? I was thinking skyliner to Epcot, then mono-rail to MK, is that silly?

Bus or Minnie Van. Otherwise you’d take the Skyliner to Epcot, walk through Epcot from IG to the main entrance, monorail to the TTC, and switch monorails to MK. Sounds like a lot of hassle and a huge time suck!

 

[Sandisw]

Bus or Minnie Van. Otherwise you’d take the Skyliner to Epcot, walk through Epcot from IG to the main entrance, monorail to the TTC, and switch monorails to MK. Sounds like a lot of hassle and a huge time suck!

Another option is to Uber or Lyft to any of the MK resorts and then monorail over. It was cheaper than the Minnie van for the two of us.

 

[jamesweikamp]

Another option is to Uber or Lyft to any of the MK resorts and then monorail over. It was cheaper than the Minnie van for the two of us.

Might be a dumb question, but why not use the bus? They won’t have “reduced“ hours for the MK bus line.

 

[Bryan Burmeister]

Bus or Minnie Van. Otherwise you’d take the Skyliner to Epcot, walk through Epcot from IG to the main entrance, monorail to the TTC, and switch monorails to MK. Sounds like a lot of hassle and a huge time suck!

Yeah, bus sound like the way. Thanks!

 

[ehh]

People give CCV and poly a hard time for the bungalows and cabins. However, CCV only has 4 Grand Villas and Poly has 0. The Riviera has 12 point hungry Grand Villas that are higher in points than the Cabins. Wouldn’t this lead to availability issues for the studios?

For some comparison:

• ~26% of Poly's points are Bungalows
• ~33% of CCV's points are cabins (with an additional 5% in GVs)
• ~8.7% of Riviera's points are GVs
• ~12% of VGF's points are GVs
• ~10.5% of BLT's points are GVs

Measuring the flip side of it, studio points:

• Poly: 74%
• BLT: 19.3% assuming 100% lockoffs are split, 14.4% at 75% LO split
• VGF: 15.9% assuming 100% LO split, 11.8% at 75% LO split
• CCV: 14.9% assuming 100% LO split, 13.1% at 75% LO split
• Riviera: 22.7% assuming 100% lockoff split + 2% tower studios, 18.2% studios at 75% LO split + 2% tower studios

Of the newest wave of resorts, Riviera is arguably the most studio-friendly while also having a full variety of villas. If it has a point hog, it's actually its 1BRs: 45% at 100% LO, 35.7% at 75% LO.

 

[TexasChick123]

We took an Uber from BLT. It was fast and reliable. We only took 1 bus this trip, and it wasn’t a great experience. We took Ubers a lot, walked to MK, took the Skyliner, and the monorail.

 

[dez1978]

We need to get from Riviera to Poly for breakfast, and to Hoop de doo one night. There are 8 of us, 2 that need boosters. Do we bus to Mk, then monorail to poly, boat to FW? Or get 2 Minnie vans/ubers?