If you’ve been looking for the next big thing to be built by the Walt Disney Company, you’ll want to point your satellite to the middle of the Pacific Ocean. There on the island of Oahu in the resort area of Ko Olina you’ll find… Read More »Photos from Construction of Disney’s Hawaii Resort
Editor: Please welcome back guest author ThemeParkMom Leigh Caldwell to The Disney Blog. Bay Lake Tower, the newest Disney Vacation Club property at Walt Disney World, has been rising next to the Contemporary Resort for months now. Nearly every time I ride the monorail from… Read More »Bay Lake Tower DVC Resort Preview
The Hall of Presidents update to include President Obama and otherwise update the attraction is just about done. We’ve known for some time about details like the new narrator and speaking lines by George Washington, but yesterday Orlando Sentinel writer Dewayne Bevil got a sneak… Read More »Hall of Presidents Set to Re-open, new details revealed
We’re getting our first look at the new African dining experience that is part of the Kidani Village expansion of Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge. Two new photos and the official logo for the new restaurant reflect the African heritage of the lodge while providing a… Read More »First Look at Sanaa Interior and Logo
The Grand Californian Disney Vacation Club Villas went on sale today. Any bets as to how fast they sell out. I understand it’s just 50 units, so you can only sell so many weeks.
The full press release from March is below the cut:
Near the Disney Vacation Club booth in the 2009 International Flower and Garden Festival at EPCOT there’s a sign with a few suggestions Disney has to help green your vacation. It’s easy to vacation green. Here are 5 simple ways Keep your cool Shut the… Read More »Disney suggests simple ways to Green your Vacation
If you’re a member of the Disney Vacation Club, or planning on renting some points for your next vacation, you’ll want to see how your typical vacation pattern is affected by the recent reallocation in how points are used in the DVC. Disney is prevented… Read More »Disney Vacation Club Shifts Points Around
Disney Resort on O’ahu Scheduled to Open in 2011
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts broke ground for its first family destination resort in Hawai’i today with a traditional Hawaiian blessing ceremony on its 21-acre oceanfront property, located at the Ko Olina Resort & Marina development on the western side of O’ahu. Scheduled to open in 2011, the new family friendly destination will overlook breathtaking crystal blue lagoons and white sand beaches and is planned to include 350 hotel rooms and 480 Disney Vacation Club timeshare villas.