New Moonlight Magic events, Island Tower On Sale Dates

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In this week's episode, Shannon and Peter share the Moonlight Magic dates for Disney Vacation Club Members and the key dates of sales and bookings for the Island Tower at Disney's Polynesian Villas & Bungalows. N148 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. DVC announces new 2024 and 2025 Moonlight Magic Dates  In an email to members, Disney Vacation Club announced that members with full membership privileges will soon be able to book a new round of Moonlight Magic dates for 2024, as well as sharing the dates for 2025. First, three new Moonlight Magic events at Disney's Animal Kingdom were announced for the rest of 2024. These dates are listed as October 24, November 21, and December 10, all on Thursdays. Members will be allowed to register for ONE of these events, even if they have already attended a Moonlight Magic in 2024. However, Members may not register for multiple nights. Guests with resort stays will be able to register on September 19th, while guests without reservations can register on October 8th. As for 2025, the following dates were announced: January 26th and September 1st at Disney's Hollywood Studios February 3rd at Disney California Adventure February 12th at Disney's Animal Kingdom April 30th and July 17th at EPCOT May 20th, June 9th and August 11th at Disney's Typhoon Lagoon Water Park There is no news of registration dates for the 2025 events.  Source: Member e-mail, Disney Vacation Club website Island Tower begin sales on October 1st The new Island Tower at Disney's Polynesian Villas & Bungalows goes on sale for existing members on October 1st, 2024. The price is listed at $225 per point, which is consistent with Disney's Riviera Resort and The Cabins at Disney's Fort Wilderness. Promotional discounts will likely be announced on October 1st. Early booking will begin on October 15th for existing Members that add on at Disney’s Polynesian Villas & Bungalows or already own as a Home Resort by calling Member Services. First time DVC buyers will be able to purchase points at the new tower on October 19th, with booking opening on November 5th. On November 19. 2024, reservations for Island Tower can be made with points from other Home resorts, subject to the 7-month window and any resale restrictions. As a reminder the opening date for the resort is December 17, 2024. The resort includes four booking categories: Standard, Preferred, Premium, and Theme Park. Preferred includes partial/full view of lakes, pools, or golf course. Premium is partial/full view of seven seas lagoon. Theme Park has at least partial view of Magic Kingdom. Point charts are similar to Grand Floridian for Standard and Preferred, with Theme Park views higher than most GF rooms. Two-bedroom Penthouses are only a little less than GF grand villas or Poly Bungalows. The original release of inventory is only 40-units as follows: 9 - Duo Studios 14 - Dedicated Studios 4 - Dedicated One-Bedrooms 10 - Lockout Two-Bedrooms 1 - Dedicated Two-Bedroom 2 - Two-Bedroom Penthouse Source: Disney email and DVCNews 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