Walt Disney World Hotel Guide
‘Hotels and Resorts’
Disney discounts continue, though they aren’t as deep
Walt Disney World, navigating a still-soft economy, has extended a sizable hotel discount deep into 2011, though the resort continues scaling back the scope of its promotions.
Disney on Monday added a series of new travel dates in 2011 for vacation packages that pair hotel rooms with free meals at Disney...
August 16th, 2010 | Featured, Hotels and Resorts, Jason Garcia, News, Tickets and Deals | Read More
Walt Disney World Resort is a wine lovers paradise
International Food & Wine Festival Oct. 1-Nov. 14
Delicious Discoveries is the theme for the 15th annual Epcot International Food & Wine Festival Oct. 1-Nov. 14. It’s no wonder that this festival has grown in popularity. With a Walt Disney Resort wine list of 250 varieties that’s updated...
August 13th, 2010 | Dining, Epcot Food & Wine Festival, Heather McPherson, Hotels and Resorts, Things to do | Read More
Hawaii resort Aulani may be key to Disney growth
Aulani, an 841-room Disney time share and hotel in Hawaii, is set to open in fall 2011. (Rendering by Walt Disney Co.)
By Jason Garcia Orlando Sentinel
Nineteen months after breaking ground, Disney today will begin selling time-share interests in Aulani, a high-rise resort in Hawaii that company executives...
June 30th, 2010 | Featured, Hotels and Resorts, Jason Garcia, News | Read More
The California Grill celebrating its 15th birthday in 2010
The California Grill
The California Grill at Disney’s Contemporary Resort has been on top of the world since May 15, 1995. The restaurant’s 15th floor perch offers spectacular views of the Magic Kingdom, the Seven Seas Lagoon and the surrounding areas. The interior of the restaurant is upscale-casual...
May 13th, 2010 | Dining, Heather McPherson, Hotels and Resorts, Things to do | Read More
Disney to build 2,000-room hotel dubbed Disney’s Art of Animation Resort
Walt Disney World is about to begin building its first new hotel in seven years, a 2,000-room resort that will open in 2012.
Disney’s Art of Animation Resort will feature 1,120 suites with room for as many as six people each and another 864 traditional hotel rooms, with a design theme based on four...
May 11th, 2010 | Featured, Hotels and Resorts, Jason Garcia, News | Read More
Is Disney fully on board with plans for high-speed rail?
By Dan Tracy, Orlando Sentinel
Every day, Walt Disney World draws an estimated 46,500 people to the Magic Kingdom, or nearly eight times the number of passengers expected daily on the planned high-speed train for Central Florida.
“That’s a hell of a lot of potential [riders],” mused...
May 3rd, 2010 | Featured, Hotels and Resorts, News | Read More
Southwest on board with Disney’s Magical Express shuttle service
Driver Javier Palacio helps guests leaving Disney's All-Star Resort with their bags. (Joe Burbank, Orlando Sentinel)
March 30th, 2010 | Featured, Hotels and Resorts, Jason Garcia, News, Park Tips | Read More
Disney turns to ’storybook’ themes to fill hotel rooms
Rick Allen, general manager of Disney's Caribbean Beach and Pop Century Resorts, talks about the "storybook" theming of select rooms at Caribbean Beach, at Walt Disney World, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010. The specially decorated rooms feature custom made themed-furniture, pirate artwork, nautical...
February 23rd, 2010 | Featured, Hotels and Resorts, Jason Garcia, News | Read More
African House Salad at Mara in the Animal Kingdom Lodge
At some restaurants, house salads can generally generate “ho-hum” responses. That’s certainly not the case when the culinary team is creative. The African House Salad at Mara, an express restaurant in Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge, is a great example. In 2003, the food and beverage...
January 4th, 2010 | Dining, Disney Recipes, Heather McPherson, Hotels and Resorts | Read More
High-tech wheelchair causes Disney ruckus
Myron Rosner and his ibot wheelchair at Walt Disney World on Sunday. (Rosner family / November 28, 2009)
By Jeff Kunerth, Orlando Sentinel
Myron Rosner, a paraplegic, has a fancy, high-tech wheelchair that allows him to elevate on two wheels. But two wheels are too few for Disney.
On Sunday, security...
November 29th, 2009 | Featured, Hotels and Resorts, News | Read More
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