Resort & Contact Information
Opening Date: December 16, 2019
Deed Expiration: Jan 31st, 2070
2022 Annual Dues per Point: $8.50 (See Dues History)
Direct Cost (2023): $217 / point
Average Resale Cost (2020): CLICK FOR RESALE CONTRACT LISTINGS AT DVCSTORE.COM
Next Expected Refurb date: New Resort - not scheduled
Most DVC resorts start with Rumors - and as far back as 2015 there were rumors about building a DVC resort at the Caribbean Beach Resort. However, the first concrete information on the Riviera resort was when construction permits were filed in January 2017 to remove a part of the Caribbean Beach Resort. It was speculated whether this would continue to be a deluxe DVC resort as those in the past had been or would the new DVC formed with a lower price point.
In July of 2017 at the DVC Expo Disney confirmed plans to build a new DVC resort called Riviera. This would be the first stand-alone DVC resort constructed since Saratoga Springs, and the first to not be connected to a park in some way since Animal Kingdom Villas...or so we thought. Because at the same time - a gondola system was announced that would take guests from Carribean Beach, Pop Century, Art of Animation and Riviera directly to Disney's Hollywood Studios and Epcot. The resort was planned to have 300 total units at the time.
Although eventually planned to be an entirely DVC resort, initially only a portion of the resort is declared for DVC. In a rare move, in January 2019 - Disney announced resort cash bookings available at the Riviera resort starting in February. Eventually - they announced sales for existing owners in March and new owners starting April 15, 2019. At the same time a resort opening date of December 16th, 2019 was announced. (Technically the "Fall 2019" date they had been going with all along.) Points opened for sale at $188 per point, with incentive pricing for 125 points or more.
The point chart was also released in March 2019, and the first notice besides the high point price of rooms was that there were both standard and preferred room categories. It had already been announced that there would be a low-priced "tower studio" room available as well. While the distribution between standard and preffered has not been announced, the total number of points at the resort comes to 6,743,910 points. This makes Riviera one of the larger resorts in point price, even if it's not the larger resort in rooms. Size is slightly smaller than Old Key West or Animal Kingdom Lodge.
While these numbers have not been confirmed by anyone, it is expected that about 25% of the resort rooms are considered standard view - which is mostly parking lot view. The rest are considered preferred view, overlooking the lake, the gondola, or the pool. Some of the standard view rooms have a very good view of the Epcot fireworks. Generally we at DVCHelp only provide the facts - the following table is speculative based on approximately 25% of the rooms being standard view and 75% being preferred. When the facts are available to enter the true number of rooms, this chart will be updated. The room totals on the chart are correct though.
Contact Information for resort:
Disney’s Riviera Resort
1080 Esplanade Avenue
Lake Buena Vista, Florida 32830
Fixed/Guaranteed Weeks:
Riviera is one of the few resorts that offer fixed weeks. Here is a list of the weeks they created for purchase and what days they fall on.
Room Floor Plan & Virtual Tours
Tower Studio:
Deluxe Studio:
1 Bedroom Villa:
2 Bedroom Villa:
2 Bedroom Lock-off Villa:
3 Bedroom Grand Villa:
Virtual Tour:
Resort Maps
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