What is the Villas at the Disneyland Hotel??
Disneyland is getting an exciting new TOWER with over 344 rooms in the Disneyland Hotel in California! This is a much needed addition and amazing news for DVC!! Currently for CA there’s only Villas at the Grand Californian which has 71 maximum rooms. This project brings about ~267 more studios into the mix with ~36 brand new “Duo” studios that fit two people. While the room sizes are small, the quantity is great but still less that what we need on the west!
Each tower at Disneyland Hotel has a name ranging from Adventure, Fantasy and Frontier tower. The new Villas at the Disneyland Hotel (“VDH”) is adjacent to the Frontier tower and is given the title of Discovery Tower.
This tower is current a mixture of DVC and Cash. It has it’s own pool area that’s to be shared with the regular Hotel. Note the figure below for location
What We Know:
- Opening Day is September 28, 2023, at which point owners will incur dues for 2023.
- The opening is now complete and no additional news outside a final look at the property is expected.
- As of July 27, 2023, all owners can book using whatever points up to 7 months.
- As of July 27, 2023, web based reservations can now be made
- As of May 2, 2023, Only Addons are permitted for Sale. This means you have points and a member number already.
- On May 30, 2023 it goes on sale for everyone.
- On May 16, VDH OWNERS using ONLY VDH Points can start booking
- On July 27, All of DVC can book using whatever points in 7/11 Month marks depending on points.
- As of May 2, 2023 it’s $230pp Base.
- DUES are $9.06pp.
- There are 3,255,992 Vacation Points for sale.
- Magical Beginnings is active for sales of 150pts or more. Disney will pay YOU $22 Per Point.
- DUES ARE NOT CHARGED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 28, 2023, so even if you sign before that, you don’t pay until Sept 28, 2023
- As of May 2, 2023 PARKING IS NOT CHARGED ON POINT STAYS. This is 100% subject to change as per verbiage.
Below is the Room Inventory Structures, assuming the bare minimum set up (all 2BR’s are taken as lock offs)
| Type of Home | Quantity in initial phase (s) | Quantity if all phases added |
| 3BR Grand Villa (3BR/4bath, ~2756 sqft) | 1 | 2 |
| 2BR LOCK OFF (1BR+Studio Joined, 2BR/3Bath, ~1161 sqft) | 1 | 18 |
| 2BR Dedicated (1BR+Studio Joined, 2BR/3Bath, ~1161 sqft) | 2 | 20 |
| 1BR Dedicated (1BR/2Bath, ~754 sqft) | 1 | 1 |
| Studios (1BR/1Bath, 370 sqft) | 46 | 245 |
| Studio, Garden (1BR/1Bath, 368 sqft) | 2 | 4 |
| Duo Studio (1BR/1Bath ~270 sqft) | 6 | 32 |
| Duo Studio, Garden (1BR/1Bath ~251 sqft) | 2 | 4 |
| TOTALS | 61 | 326 |
Below is the Room Inventory Structures, assuming the maximum set up (No lock offs used)
| Type of Home | Quantity if all phases added |
| 3BR Grand Villa (3BR/4bath, ~2756 sqft) | 2 |
| 2BR Dedicated (1BR+Studio Joined, 2BR/3Bath, ~1161 sqft) | 20 |
| 1BR Dedicated/Lock Offs (1BR/2Bath, ~754 sqft) | 19 |
| Studios Dedicated/Lock Offs (1BR/1Bath, 370 sqft) | 263 |
| Studio, Garden (1BR/1Bath, 368 sqft) | 4 |
| Duo Studio (1BR/1Bath ~270 sqft) | 32 |
| Duo Studio, Garden (1BR/1Bath ~251 sqft) | 4 |
| TOTALS | 344 |
- The following incentives are valid until May 29 2023 where new incentives will come out for the general public.
| #Points | Incentive | Cost Bases |
| 50-124 | $0pp | $230pp |
| 125-149 | $4pp | $226pp |
| 150-174 | $20pp | $210pp |
| 175-199 | $21pp | $209pp |
| 200-249 | $22pp | $208pp |
| 250-299 | $23pp | $207pp |
| 300-499 | $24pp | $206pp |
| 500-999 | $25pp | $205pp |
| 1000+ | $26pp | $204pp |
- The following are the incentives are valid until May 29 2023 with Military Discount:
| #Points | Incentive | Military Discount | ~Cost Bases |
| 50-124 | $0pp | $0 | $230pp |
| 125-149 | $4pp | $550 | $221-$222pp |
| 150-174 | $20pp | $550 | $206pp |
| 175-199 | $21pp | $550 | $205-206pp |
| 200-249 | $22pp | $550 | $205pp |
| 250-299 | $23pp | $1000 | $203pp |
| 300-349 | $24pp | $1000 | $202-203pp |
| 350-499 | $24pp | $1200 | $202-203pp |
| 500-999 | $25pp | $1200 | $202-203pp |
| 1000+ | $26pp | $1200 | $202-203pp |
- The following are the incentives are valid until May 29 2023 with 2023 BUY BACK AT $22PP:
| #Points | Incentive | $22pp | ~Cost Bases |
| 50-124 | $0pp | $0 | $230pp |
| 125-149 | $4pp | $0 | $226pp |
| 150-174 | $20pp | $3300-$3828 | $188pp |
| 175-199 | $21pp | $3850-$4378 | $187pp |
| 200-249 | $22pp | $4400-$5478 | $186pp |
| 250-299 | $23pp | $5500-6578 | $185pp |
| 300-349 | $24pp | $6600-7678 | $184pp |
| 350-499 | $24pp | $7700-10978 | $184pp |
| 500-999 | $25pp | $11000-21978 | $183pp |
| 1000+ | $26pp | $22000 | $182pp |
February 22, 2023 Update:
VDH is opening for CASH only stays for September 2023 on!
- DVC Members – March 15
- Magic Key Holders – March 16
- General Public – March 17
DVC members MUST call in to book their cash only stay
There is no news on when you can book on points. DVC must begin sales to allow for booking. We would not be surprised if only owners can book temporarily as demand is heavy!
Below are newly released room renderings!
images courtesy of Disney Parks Blogs:
July 20, 2020 Update:
Disney releases the plan proposals to the Anaheim Planning commission on this day and it was approved. The original links to the document are now broken and cannot be referenced, However CEQA has a copy and is publicly available as of March 15 2023. The document which has detailed renderings of the plans proposed are found on the CEQA website. The diagrams anyone will find of interests are found in the first 100 pages, with some pool renderings located around the 900th page. The rest of the document is more or less technical jargon. Below you will find the interesting drawings and diagrams.
All images by Disney, CEQA, City of Anaheim planning commission
May 21, 2020 Update:
According to @MagicAndWalnut on twitter, Disney Released new drawings and blueprints of the tower at a community webinar. The drawings indicate there’s going to be an “L” shaped tower with a pool directly behind it. Most of the diagrams were focused on the declining tower and where concept arts of the 4 towers once completed.
November 22, 2019 Update:
After over 14 years, Disneyland in Anaheim CA is finally getting more DVC rooms!! Not at the Villas at the Grand Californian though! Back around November 22, 2019, DVC submitted an application to build a 12 story 4th tower in the Disneyland Hotel Area. The Original proposal called for adding approximately 350 DVC rooms. It was slated to be built on the grassy area of South Walnut Street and next to the Frontier Tower.
It was estimated to increase the square footage of Disneyland Hotel by 280,000 Sq Ft. It’s sister resort the Villas at the Grand Californian has 71 rooms, meaning the above adds at least 50% more time share units to the system.
Below is a schematic of the approximate location provided by Google Maps in conjunction with Disney:
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