Tag: Hawaii

  • Video: Timelapse Construction of Disney’s Aulani Resort in Hawaii

    John Magi and Kevin Klose of the DIS Unplugged and Dreams Unlimited Travel were invited for an exclusive hard hat tour of Disney’s Aulani Resort and Spa.  The highly anticipated Disney Vacation Club property in Hawaii is nearly completed and scheduled to open on August 29, 2011.  Continue after the break for a time-lapse video of the construction of…

  • Video: Storytelling at Disney Vacation Club’s Aulani around the Fire

    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.

  • Major Construction Completed for Disney Vacation Club’s Aulani

    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…

  • New Ports and Destinations for Disney Cruise Line in 2012

    Disney Cruise Line (DCL) has released the remainder of the 2012 itinerary, and it’s full of new ports and destinations.  They have finally confirmed the rumor that families will be able to cruise on the Disney Magic from home ports in New York City and Galveston, Texas.  The Disney Wonder will continue to summer in Alaska, but…

  • Aulani Update! Latest Construction Photos!

        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…

  • Video: Miss Hawaii Discusses Aulani, Disney’s New Oahu Resort

    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…

  • Video: Disney Executives Discuss New DVC Property Aulani

    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…