New Disney Vacation Club Member lounge to begin construction at Walt Disney World

Jan 02, 2024 in "Disney Vacation Club"

Posted: Tuesday January 2, 2024 10:00am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Construction on a brand-new Disney Vacation Club Member Lounge will begin in 2024 at Walt Disney World.

Disney says the new lounge "will be a great place for members to relax and recharge during their day of fun!"

No other information was given, including its location or opening date. The new lounge will join existing DVC member locations at EPCOT and Bay Lake Tower.

Disney made the announcement in a blog post detailing some of the new additions coming to parks and resorts worldwide in 2024.

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Phonedave29 days ago

You can say they should have never been shut down, but they were. And not to make them a lounge. They were shut down for other reasons. Then it became a case of they were not being used for anything (other than perhaps storage). So DVC paid (yes, DVC paid, not WDW. The money for refurbishing the lounges, staffing them, and maintaining them, comes from DVC operating funds - which are not part of dues either) to create these lounges. So the choice really was - a glorified storeroom, or a lounge that the capital and operating costs of did not come from the park budgets.

John park hopperNov 19, 2024

Those venues should have never been shut down. By your reasoning Disney can shut any thing down reducing venues for paying guests and claim we will turn it into a DVC Lounge --we were just going to use it for storage.

andysolNov 19, 2024

"Reduce perks" My man... The Imagination pavilion was storage for chairs and tables before it became a DVC Lounge. The former Shootin' Arcade also would have held chairs and tables. What perk was reduced? You're whining about something that never would have happened. It was literally DVC or storage. Just be happy that there will be 100 less people in the park.

John park hopperNov 19, 2024

Anyone paying the outrageous Disney prices has an interest in Disney and deserves the same perks DVC people get. Nope lets reduce perks for non DVC people and raise prices

UNCgolfNov 18, 2024

Why are they punishing DVC members with Freestyle machines instead of giving them actual good Coke?

nickysNov 18, 2024

Many people are grandfathered in with fewer points than 150. And no one should buy direct solely because of the perks. The biggest of which atm is the ability to buy a Sorcerer’s AP. Not a new Member Lounge.

wdwmagicNov 18, 2024

Disney Shares First Concept Art of McKim's Mile House DVC Lounge in Frontierland https://www.wdwmagic.com/resorts/disney-vacation-club/news/18nov2024-disney-shares-first-concept-art-of-mckims-mile-house-dvc-lounge-in-frontierland.htm

Indy_UKNov 18, 2024

They really need to be reducing the 150 point requirement for membership extras. Where I have only bought resale, another $30K or so to gain these 'perks' is unrealistic.

RememberWhenNov 18, 2024

I mean, the picture looks okay. It looks small, and so that’s a bit of a concern. Looking forward to seeing real pictures sometime!

Disstevefan1Nov 18, 2024

As much as I will miss the shooting gallery because Disney has determined guns=bad, I think its DVCers do deserve perks as they are laying out BIG BUCKS and are literally invested in Disney through their DVC membership.

trainplane3Nov 18, 2024

I'm sure @wdwmagic or @DCBaker will have higher resolution pictures but from the email just sent out: https://disneyvacationclub.disney.go.com/membership-magic/magic-kingdom-member-lounge

Beacon JoeApr 22, 2024

Well, that stinks. The Disneyland shooting gallery is largely responsible for stoking an interest in one of my favorite hobbies and past times.

nickysApr 02, 2024

Taking this onto the DVC forum instead. The trend of flipping resort rooms to DVC rooms is partly to ensure 95% occupancy of those rooms which were previously under-booked. And partly because the upkeep and upgrades to those rooms, plus part of the general resort running costs are then paid for by DVC members. Even in the case of Riviera, that replaced a section of CBR. The Cabins at FW needed replaced and creating a DVC resort with FW means the costs can then be passed over to DVC. In the case of the Poly, it’s adding capacity to the resort, and more of the running costs will be paid for by the DVC annual dues.