| Jan 1990 | The Disney Decade: Disney reveals that it plans to enter the timeshare industry |
| Nov 1990 | Site work has begun on the first time-share units at Walt Disney World |
| Jan 1991 | Disney has taken construction bids for the first 190 villas at Disney Vacation Club; the entertainment giant's foray into the time-share business |
| The original 3-mountain DVC logo |
| May 1991 | Disney's initial plans for the Disney Vacation Club resort |
| Jun 1991 | DVC Preview Center under construction |
| Sep 1991 | Memberships for the Disney Vacation Club go on sale today. Owners will receive free admission to the Magic Kingdom; Epcot Center and the Disney-MGM Studio Tour until Dec. 31 1999. |
| Disney issues press release |
| Oct 1991 | DVC Preview Center opens - Press takes notice |
| Where the Magic Never Ends brochure |
| Dec 1991 | The Disney Vacation Club Resort opens |
| Jan 1992 | Disney files declaration of condominium |
| Sep 1992 | Boardwalk plans stalled |
| Oct 1992 | Disney Vacation Club West |
| Feb 1993 | First year sales of $50 million dollars |
| Mar 1993 | News that Disney is buying 70 acres of oceanfront property near Vero Beach |
| May 1993 | Disney files master plan and holds community meeting in Vero Beach |
| Aug 1993 | Plans for Boardwalk resort |
| Sep 1993 | Disney plans Hilton Head Island resort |
| Nov 1993 | A small community of affluent homeowners successfully stops a plan by the Disney Vacation Club to build 68 beachfront villas in Hilton Head; S.C. - a key component of Disney's new resort. Around 100 units will still be built on an island. |
| Mar 1994 | DVC announces a Newport Coast project in Southern California |
| Jul 1994 | Groundbreaking ceremony for Vero Beach Resort |
| Nov 1994 | Disney Marketing and Development Plans |
| Dec 1994 | Groundbreaking ceremony for Hilton Head Island resort |
| Feb 1995 | Disney reveals details surrounding Southern California DVC |
| Early promotional materials |
| Boardwalk resort under construction |
| Sep 1995 | Disney files declaration of condominium for Vero Beach |
| Disney files declaration of condominium for Hilton Head Island |
| Disney Magazine publishes article on the Boardwalk construction |
| DVC Logo revised - one mountain disappears |
| Oct 1995 | Vero Beach Resort opens - the first expansion of the Disney Vacation Club |
| Jan 1996 | Disney Vacation Club resort renamed to Old Key West |
| Mar 1996 | Hilton Head Island opens and becomes the 3rd DVC resort |
| Jun 1996 | Disney files declaration of condominium for Boardwalk Villas |
| Jul 1996 | BoardWalk Villas opens and becomes the 4th DVC resort |
| Feb 1997 | DVC announces they are cancelling the Newport Coast project |
| DVC now marketing four resorts: "Creating Magical Memories" |
| Aug 1998 | DVC announces plans for small expansion at Old Key West after tearing down the sales center (Commodore House) |
| DVC announces plans to build a resort on 4 acres of land next to the Wilderness Lodge |
| Jan 1999 | Disney files plans for Villas at the Wilderness Lodge |
| Apr 1999 | DVC breaks ground on the Villas at Disney's Wilderness Lodge |
| May 2000 | DVC announces plans to build a 205-unit resort called Beach Club Villas |
| Sep 2000 | Disney files declaration of condominium for Villas at the Wilderness Lodge |
| Nov 2000 | Villas at the Wilderness Lodge opens and becomes the 5th DVC resort |
| Jul 2001 | DVC announces their plans to build their 7th resort - the largest to date with 600 units - on a 61-acre site along the award-winning Disney's Eagle Pines Golf Course; with an estimated opening date in 2004. |
| Dec 2001 | DVC celebrates its 10th anniversary |
| Jan 2002 | DVC announces plan to develop a resort on the site of the Disney Institute |
| Feb 2002 | Sales begin for Beach Club Villas |
| Jul 2002 | Beach Club Villas opens and becomes the 6th DVC resort |
| Sep 2002 | DVC announces plans to build Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa |
| A look back at how Saratoga Springs Resort came to be |
| Aug 2003 | Saratoga Springs Resort sales begin |
| Nov 2003 | Jim Lewis now heads Disney Vacation Development |
| May 2004 | Phase 1 of Saratoga Springs Resort opens with 184 units and becomes the 7th DVC resort. DVC announces plans to expand the resort by another 644 units by 2007. |
| Satellite view of Saratoga Springs Resort history |
| Oct 2006 | DVC announces Animal Kingdom Villas |
| Jan 2007 | Disney starts demolition of the 3-story garden wing building north of the main A-frame building |
| Jul 2007 | Animal Kingdom Villas (Jambo) opens and becomes the 8th DVC resort |
| Aug 2007 | Disney offers 15-year extension of Old Key West |
| Sep 2007 | DVC announces Villas at the Grand Californian at Disneyland |
| Oct 2007 | DVC announces Hawaiian resort at Ko Olina on Oahu |
| Nov 2007 | Vacation Magic becomes Disney Files |
| Disney files plans for Treehouse Villas Rehab |
| Disney files plans for Kingdom Tower next to the Contemporary resort |
| Jan 2008 | The new tower being built next to the Contemporary is rumored to be DVC based on building-permit applications filed with Reedy Creek Improvement District |
| Feb 2008 | South Florida Water Management District approves Disney's plans to replace the Tree Houses. DVC rumors begin. |
| Disney receives approval to start selling the unannounced "Kingdom Tower" DVC resort next to the Contemporary |
| A look back at the site for Bay Lake Tower |
| May 2008 | Internet service is now free for DVC members |
| Jun 2008 | Changes made to book 11/7 months of check-in date rather than departure date |
| Sep 2008 | DVC formally announces Bay Lake Tower at the Contemporary and Treehouse Villas at Saratoga Springs Resort |
| Nov 2008 | Groundbreaking ceremony at Ko Olina; Oahu resort |
| Dec 2008 | Disney files paperwork for Villas at the Grand Californian |
| Jan 2009 | DVC reallocates points charts |
| Feb 2009 | On-line resort check-in launches at Walt Disney World for DVC members |
| Mar 2009 | Sale of Villas at the Grand Californian begins to the public |
| May 2009 | Kidani Village as an expansion of Animal Kingdom Villas |
| Disney purchases land at Maryland's National Harbor for a possible resort. DVC rumors fly. |
| Jun 2009 | Treehouse Villas open as part of Saratoga Springs Resort |
| Disney provides ability to book Walt Disney World ADR's online |
| Aug 2009 | Bay Lake Tower opens and becomes the 9th DVC resort |
| Sep 2009 | Villas at the Grand Californian opens and becomes the 10th DVC resort |
| Jan 2010 | The Hawaiian resort is named "Aulani: A Disney Resort & Spa, Ko Olina, Hawaii" |
| Jun 2010 | DVC announces it will now, for the first time, sell fixed weeks |
| Jul 2010 | Sales begin for Aulani |
| A look back at Aulani construction |
| Jan 2011 | DVC announces it will impose new restrictions on buyers who purchase their time shares from existing owners - rather than directly from Disney. |
| Remember Deevy See? |
| Mar 2011 | Disney files plans for a DVC resort at the Grand Floridian |
| A satellite view of Villas at the Grand Floridian history |
| Jun 2011 | DVC announces new logo |
| Jul 2011 | DVC suspends sales of points for Aulani after discovering annual dues calculation errors |
| Aug 2011 | Financial issues surrounding Aulani prompts DVC to fire three executives; including the president of DVC - Jim Lewis. Claire Bilby will take over as DVC president. |
| Aulani opens and becomes the 11th DVC resort |
| Sep 2011 | Annual dues for Aulani increased 33% and sales resume |
| Disney files plans for a Fort Wilderness DVC |
| Nov 2011 | Disney's plans to build a resort in Maryland's National Harbor are reported to be cancelled |
| Dec 2011 | Disney officially announces the DVC resort at the Grand Floridian |
| DVC celebrates its 20th anniversary |
| Jan 2012 | Online booking of DVC reservations is introduced |
| Jul 2012 | Aulani expansion plans announced |
| Jan 2013 | Claire Bilby announces she will step down and Ken Potrock will lead DVC |
| May 2013 | Villas at the Grand Floridian sales commence |
| Jun 2013 | Permits and plans filed for Polynesian bungalows with the South Florida Water Management District |
| Sep 2013 | DVC officially announces the Polynesian DVC |
| Oct 2013 | Aulani expansion is completed |
| Villas at the Grand Floridian opens and becomes the 12th DVC resort |
| Jan 2014 | Plans for a DVC resort at Fort Wilderness from 2011 are published |
| Dec 2014 | DVC releases more information regarding the Polynesian; including concept art of bungalows and studios |
| Jan 2015 | Polynesian Villas & Bungalows sales begin to existing members |
| Apr 2015 | Polynesian Villas & Bungalows opens and becomes the 13th DVC resort |
| May 2015 | Permits and plans for cabins at the Wilderness Lodge filed with the South Florida Water Management District |
| Sep 2015 | DVC confirms that it will open new units; including waterfront cabins; at Disney's Wilderness Lodge - which will be the 14th DVC development and the second at Disney's Wilderness Lodge. |
| Jan 2016 | DVC announces special events for the 25th anniversary of DVC |
| Apr 2016 | DVC announces loss of benefits to resale buyers |
| May 2016 | DVC announces name for Wilderness Lodge DVC expansion |
| June 2016 | DVC looks back 25 years |
| June 2016 | DVC Member Lounge opens at Epcot |
| Rumors surface that the next DVC will be at the Caribbean Beach Resort |
| June 2016 | Copper Creek model room construction at SSR |
| Jan 2017 | Caribbean Beach Rumors Persist |
| Feb 2017 | Copper Creek Declaration |
| Mar 2017 | Copper Creek Details Released |
| DVC Announces the Start of Sales for Copper Creek |
| The Future | The Future of DVC |
