Disney’s Aulani Resort in Ko Olina, Hawaii will be playing host to ABC’s hit reality TV singing competition “American Idol.” This will be the second season of Idol on ABC, but the first of all the seasons to film in the Aloha state. The big… Read More »American Idol to visit Disney’s Hawaiian Resort Aulani
Disney has a hotel in Hawaii. Do you remember? It’s reportedly the best hotel in the Disney chain. But event the best Disney property doesn’t come out of the gate in perfect form. There’s always a period of what Imagineering calls “Test and adjustment.” Sometimes… Read More »Aulani Construction Update
We now know the amount by which Disney Vacation Club was undervaluing their Aulani contracts — 33%. That’s the amount of the raise Disney has been given permission to add to their previous fees. According to a Disney spokesperson quoted in the Orlando Sentinel, sales… Read More »Aulani Officially Opens, Receives Permission to Sell DVC Again
Yesterday we got a sneak peek at Disney’s new Hawaii resort Aulani via a couple hundred snapshots. Today here’s a video tour of the lobby and grounds of the Ko Olina property. This was taken about on the 12th, about 15 days before the grand opening.
Via the always excellent DisneyByMark.com.
Bonus video of the kids water play area is below the jump:
Flickr user Coconut Wireless is recently uploaded a huge collection of photos taken in and around Disney’s Hawaiian resort Aulani, located in Ko Olina near Honolulu, Oahu. He’s also published them under creative commons which means I get to share some of them here. However,… Read More »Aulani Photo Update
Disney has just released this bird’s eye view of their Hawaii resort and DVC complex Aulani. Looks beautiful, even with some work remaining. It’s a bit hard to get the scale of the towers, but you can expect that beach to be a lot more… Read More »Aulani Resort – A Bird’s Eye View
Some of my favorite video footage from Disneyland is the time-lapse footage of the park under construction. Since Disneyland, the Disney Imagineers have made a habit of installing special time-lapse cameras to observe most of their other projects. The one pointed at Aulani, a Disney… Read More »Aulani – Disney’s Hawaiin DVC Hotel Time-Lapse Construction Video
Just found a great set of 200 photos taken of the construction at Aulani, Disney’s Hawaii DVC Hotel being built on island of Oahu near Ko Olina. The resort is a lot bigger than the models indicated it would be. Phase one is expected to… Read More »Aulani Construction Update – Disney’s Hawaii Hotel