Our friend Joel at Coconut Wireless has just shared with us some new photos of the Disney Vacation Club Aulani Resort out in Hawai’i. It looks like the resort is progressing along nicely and I can’t believe there is only a year left before this resort opens! If anyone at
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Doggy Day Camp – Best Friends Pet Care is now Open
Best Friends Pet Care associate Whitney Jansen let the dogs out for a session of Doggy Day Camp at the new luxury pet resort at Walt Disney World Resort. Located across from Disney’s Port Orleans Resort-Riverside, the Best Friends resort can accommodate up to 300 pets, including cats and “pocket”
Big Thunder Suite a New Incentive and a New Frontier at Disneyland Hotel
Hang onto your hats and glasses because the new Big Thunder Suite at the Disneyland Hotel is the wildest suite in the wilderness. Located on the 11 floor of the hotel’s Dreams Tower, the new suite offers 1,400 square feet of rustic accommodations inspired by the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Disney Adds Enchancements to 2011 WDW and Disneyland Vacation Packages
Travel agents can now book 2011 vacation packages to the Disneyland Resort and Walt Disney World Resort for their clients through Walt Disney Travel Company. These packages, for travel from Jan. 1, 2011, through Dec. 31, 2011, feature plenty of new and exciting elements for a magical family celebration. At
Disney Resorts Wake-up Calls Go International
Guests staying at owned-and-operated Walt Disney World Resort hotels, Disney’s Vero Beach Resort and Disney’s Hilton Head Island Resort can now receive their wake-up calls in not just English, but also French, German, Japanese, Portuguese or Spanish. The enhanced service began in late July. To use the service, guests press
H2O! FUN FACTS: ‘Count’ on Having a Waterful Time at Walt Disney World Resort
Even its hometown suggests a beautiful place of water. And Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista does not disappoint: There are more than 850 acres of lakes featuring nearly 130,000 feet of shoreline. And that’s just on “the surface”: Beneath the surface of the seven largest lakes are
More Pictures & video of Disney Hawaii Resort – Aulani Resort & Spa
I got an email from viewer Joel who lives on O’ahu and has been following the construction over at the Aulani resort since Disney originally announced the project. Joel took some video of the Aulani property back in 2008 before there was anything on the island and follows up with
NEW! Aulani Disney’s Resort & Spa Construction Photos
Our good friend Mike from TimeStream Software, the developer of the “Walt Disney World Guide” Notescast was recently in Hawaii. Through a series of unanticipated events, he ended up staying at a resort in Ko Olina…right next door to the new Aulani, A Disney Resort & Spa. He took these
Buy Two Nights, Get One Free At Disney World’s Swan And Dolphin
For Florida residents and families, stay 2 nights with rates starting at $149* per night and get the third night FREE! PLUS, book a second room for 2 nights for only $119* per night and get the third night FREE! Also, receive a coupon book worth $100’s of dollars off
New Disney Resort in Hawaii Begins Taking Reservations for 2011 Stays
Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa, Ko Olina, Hawai’i, will begin accepting reservations for hotel rooms and vacation packages Aug. 2, 2010, through the Walt Disney Travel Company. Aulani is scheduled to welcome its first guests on Aug. 29, 2011. “Aulani will represent a new way for every member of
Orlando Hotel Gets Quirky, Celebrates Epcot’s Return of ‘Captain EO’ With Free Upgrade to Fans
In a bit of an “off-beat” promotion, the new Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek is giving a complimentary “Disney-view” upgrade to Captain EO fans who wear a white sequin glove during check-in. The offer is in honor of this summer’s return of “Captain EO” to Walt Disney World’s Epcot. “Captain EO,”
Disney Vacation Club Launches Sales for Aulani, First Resort in Hawaii
Disney Vacation Club began selling real estate interests for the company’s first family-friendly destination resort in Hawaii today. Aulani, Disney Vacation Club Villas, Ko Olina, Hawaii, is scheduled to open its first phase in fall 2011 and will mark the eleventh resort for Disney Vacation Club. “We are thrilled to
Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek Offers Special Values for Summer Visitors to Disney
No matter what the reason for visiting Orlando this summer, Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek has an option for everybody, with standard summer rates starting at $139 per night. Nestled within a nature preserve and surrounded on three sides by Walt Disney World® resort grounds, Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek combines with
Childproofing on Vacation.
Bad parenting confession: Despite the fact that I was then living in the kind of suburban DC neighborhood where you would occasionally see a van pulling up to a neighbor’s house with some catchy name like “If You Don’t Childproof with Us Your Baby Will Not Get into Harvard!” I
