Disney is Going to Hawaii
Disney has announced plans that they will open a new 800 room hotel, including Disney Vacation Club villas, in Hawaii. Contstruction is already to start next year with a planned opening for 2011.
Disney already announced they would show their interest in more stand alone resorts away from the regular theme parks. If the Hawaii project would become a hit (And I am sure it will be) I expect more of these to open in the future.
“This resort hotel will give our guests another way to visit an exciting part of the world with a brand they trust,” Rasulo said in a statement.
It also marks another major expansion of the rapidly growing Disney Vacation Club, the company’s Celebration-based time-share arm. Vacation Club President Jim Lewis said half — and possibly more — of the resort’s 800-plus rooms will be time-share villas.
“Hawaii is just an ideal location for us as we continue to venture outside of the theme-park berm, if you will,” Lewis said. (Orlando Sentinel)
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