I'm really sorry to hear that they took it. But it wasn't unexpected, certainly. I do wish you better luck next time.
Like a lot of people I'm probably of two minds when it comes to ROFR. On the one hand, I have been ROFRed and didn't like it at all. Plus, it increases what we have to pay to buy more. But, on the other hand, I guarantee that ROFR is helping to maintain the price, and even increase it. Eventually, when we sell, that will theoretically benefit us.
Do you know what happens to most timeshare? You buy it. You use it. And when your needs change and you get tired of paying maintenance fees, you essentially throw it in the garbage. You can try to sell it and people will give you PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR. Literally. Just go out on the market and look. You will be able to buy a week at a great resort, somewhere, for a few hundred dollars, or less. I have had brokers try to GIVE ME weeks. That is what happens when there isn't a company like Disney, supporting the price with ROFR.
I know a lot of people say, "Disney doesn't need to do this. They don't make that much money on ROFR. Why wouldn't they focus on selling their unsold inventory, exclusively?" Well, the reason they don't focus exclusively on their own inventory is that they want to sell that inventory for $182 per point (Copper Creek). They couldn't sell it for that price if people could go out and buy Copper Creek at 100 shares for $100 bucks, like happens with other timeshares. So, by establishing a floor, with ROFR, Disney is really just helping themselves. It is hard, and sometimes some of us need to 'take one for the team,' but in the end it is necessary.