Posted on Saturday, 11th June 2011 by Dave Parfitt

The grand opening of Aulani, the newest Disney Vacation Club property in Hawaii, is rapidly approaching.  Major construction has completed, and workers are finishing up interior details.  Disney released the video below explaining some of the storytelling that will occur nightly around a beachside firepit.

Tags: Aulani, Disney Vacation Club, Hawaii, Imagineers, Sayre Wiseman, Walt Disney Imagineering
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Posted on Friday, 22nd April 2011 by Dave Parfitt

Disney announced that major structural construction work is complete for their Hawaiian Vacation Club property, Aulani.  On April 21, construction workers from Hawaiian Dredging Construction Company, Inc. handed over the property to the Disney Imagineers and Cast Members who will add the final details and theming to the resort.  Continue after the break for Disney’s [...]

Tags: Aulani, Disney Vacation Club, Hawaii, Walt Disney Imagineering
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Posted on Saturday, 19th March 2011 by Nancy Johnson

Are you the type of traveler that would like a little more space when you travel?  If you aren’t a Disney Vacation Club owner like me, you do have some options at the hotels of the Disneyland Resort.  One of these options is the one-bedroom suites at the Paradise Pier Hotel.   Sleeping up to 6 people, they [...]

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Posted on Friday, 25th February 2011 by Nancy Johnson

    9/17/11 PHOTO UPDATE!! We’ve added nearly 800 photos of Disney’s Aulani Resort & Spa. CLICK HERE FOR THE MOST RECENT PHOTO GALLERY Aulani Resort and Spa Information I’m very excited.  Last July, I talked about the design and development of Disney Vacation Club’s newest destination resort , Aulani, in the Ko Olina resort [...]

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Posted on Friday, 19th November 2010 by Dave Parfitt

Construction rolls on for the stand alone Disney Vacation Club property Aulani in the Ko Olina resort area of Oahu, Hawaii.  Back in August, the 53 contestants for the Miss America pageant visited the Magic Kingdom, and during the visit Disney asked Jalee Fuseller, the current Miss Hawaii, her thoughts regarding the coming resort and [...]

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Posted on Thursday, 14th October 2010 by Dave Parfitt

Disney released a video where Joe Rohde, Senior Creative Executive for Walt Disney Imagineering, discusses the story behind Aulani, the Disney Vacation Club property currently under construction in Hawai’i.  Djuan Rivers, Vice President for Disney Vacation Club and Resort in Hawai’i, says the resort is meant to be a reflection of Hawai’i culture. Disney’s Aulani [...]

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Posted on Sunday, 11th July 2010 by Nancy Johnson

Hawaii.  Warm tropical breezes, rich cultural tradition, and that spirit of “ohana” (family) that makes even the most stalwart visitor melt in the warmth of this island paradise.   Walt Disney felt that way too and now, decades later, his company is constructing its third “off-property” resort in the Ko Olina Resort area of Oahu, on [...]

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