A data-driven look at Disney's 2026 Right of First Refusal activity — which resorts are being taken back, price thresholds by resort, and how to price an offer that closes.
Every DVC resale contract passes through Disney's Right of First Refusal window — a 30-day period during which Disney can match your accepted offer and buy the contract themselves. If Disney "takes" a contract, the buyer walks away and the seller gets paid the agreed price by Disney instead. The practical result is a soft price floor: Disney only exercises ROFR when they can flip the points profitably through direct sales or the Buyback program, so offers that clear ROFR set the effective bottom of the resale market. For 2026 that floor has moved noticeably — Disney tightened ROFR activity on Riviera, Grand Floridian, and Polynesian in the second quarter after several quiet quarters.
Aggregated data from the two largest resale brokers through June 2026 shows Disney taking approximately 8% of all submitted contracts. That's lower than the 15–20% take rate seen in 2022–2023 but higher than the roughly 4% recorded through 2024. By resort: Grand Floridian and Polynesian sit near 18% take rate, Riviera near 14%, Bay Lake Tower and Beach Club near 10%, Saratoga Springs and Old Key West essentially 0%. Aulani has ticked up to about 6% after being ignored for years, likely reflecting increased Aulani cash demand.
The rough price thresholds where Disney has stopped exercising ROFR in Q2 2026: Grand Floridian $160/pt, Polynesian $155/pt, Riviera $135/pt, Bay Lake Tower $150/pt, Beach Club $145/pt, Boulder Ridge $115/pt, Copper Creek $130/pt, Animal Kingdom Villas $110/pt, Saratoga Springs $95/pt, Old Key West extended $95/pt, Aulani (subsidized) $130/pt. Contracts priced $5–$10/pt below these thresholds are taken more often than not; contracts $2–$5 below sometimes clear depending on size and points loading. Big stripped contracts get more scrutiny than small loaded ones.
Disney disproportionately takes small (50–100 point) contracts because they're easiest to resell direct to first-time buyers at a markup. A 100-point Poly contract at $150/pt gets taken far more often than a 250-point Poly contract at the same per-point price, because Disney can flip the small one for $255/pt direct with a "starter package" pitch. Stripped contracts (no current or banked points) rarely get taken because Disney has to eat the missing points to remarket them. If you want to price aggressively, target larger stripped contracts.
In-demand use years (August, September, December) get taken slightly more often than sparse use years (April, October) at the same price because Disney has a waiting list of direct buyers targeting specific use years. If your offer is on a borderline price and a common use year, add $2–3/pt to reduce ROFR risk; if the use year is rare, you can price more aggressively.
Practical approach: pull the last 30 days of "passed ROFR" data from a public tracker (DISboards ROFR thread or the ROFR feed at dvcresalemarket.com), find the lowest priced contract at your target resort that passed, and offer $2–$3/pt above that. That's usually enough cushion to clear without giving up meaningful savings. Avoid the false economy of shaving another $3/pt only to eat a 45-day ROFR wait and then start over.
Getting ROFR'd is not a personal loss — Disney is buying at your offer price, so you never had a real "deal" to lose. Move immediately: contact your broker the day of the take notice and set alerts for similar listings. Inventory turns weekly. Members who chase 20 taken contracts before landing one are common; the members who close in 90 days are the ones who submit an offer on every viable new listing rather than emotionally attaching to a specific one.
Direct pricing at the Cabins at Fort Wilderness and Cotino (Disneyland's forthcoming DVC property) has kept direct-buyer demand strong, which historically correlates with higher ROFR activity 6–12 months later. Expect ROFR to tick up modestly through late 2026 as Disney pulls resale contracts to restock direct inventory at Riviera and to seed inventory at newer properties. Members planning to buy resale in the next 12 months should not delay if they find a fair-priced contract — waiting for prices to drop rarely rewards you in a rising ROFR environment.