N063 2023 Point Charts Released, DVC Member Fireworks Viewing, and Trams and Restaurants Returning

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Pete, Vicky, and Sue discuss the newly released 2023 point charts, Walt Disney World trams returning, DVC member-exclusive fireworks viewing, and two more restaurants reopening. N063 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. 2023 Point Charts released The 2023 point charts still show seven travel periods. For the first time in DVC history, most fall travel dates require more points than summer travel dates. The other travel periods remain fairly static. The 2023 changes only affect Disney Vacation Club Resorts at Walt Disney World Resort. They do not impact Disney’s Vero Beach Resort, Disney’s Hilton Head Island Resort, The Villas at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa and Aulani, Disney Vacation Club Villas, Ko Olina, Hawaiʻi. These point charts remain unchanged. The 2022 and 2023 Grand Floridian charts now show a new point category for “Resort Studio” rooms, with 3 views: standard, lake, and theme park. The "Resort Studio" rooms are the upcoming DVC expansion rooms in the Big Pine Key building. The Standard and Lake categories remain the same as the current Grand Floridian DVC studios, but the Theme Park view sets a new record for most expensive DVC studio. Source: DVC Member site Disney World announces return of parking lot trams Disney announced that Magic Kingdom will begin utilizing their parking lot trams again later this month after suspending the service due to COVID-19. The other three Walt Disney World theme parks will resume their tram service at some point in 2022. Source: Blog Mickey Fireworks viewing for DVC members at Merriest After Hours New this year, qualifying Disney Vacation Club members with tickets to the event have the opportunity to view the night's fireworks from a private area located in the park's East Garden. Attendance is limited to the DVC member plus 3 additional guests. For registration details click here. Source: DVC News Storybook Dining and Boatwright’s to re-open in December At Disney’s Wilderness Lodge, Story Book Dining at Artist Point will reopen on December 16th. Boatwright’s Dining Hall at Port Orleans Resort – Riverside will be reopening as well on December 14th. Reservations opened to the public on December 2nd for both of these restaurants. Source: WDW Magazine 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.