Walt Disney World Update - June 6, 2000, Resorts

Walt Disney World Update - June 6, 2000
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The Resorts and The Rest

  • Near the Wilderness Lodge a new Disney's Vacation Club resort is under construction, The Villas at Wilderness Lodge, scheduled to open in January 2001. Some information on the new resort:
    • 136 units including deluxe studios, 1- and 2-bedroom vacation homes.
    • The architect is Peter Dominic Jr of Urban Design Group of Denver Colorado
    • The new resort will share the same lobby, check-in area, main pool, merchandise shops, restaurants, public areas and transportation as the current Wilderness Lodge.
    • There will be a new quiet pool and health club.
    • The new resort is designed by the same architect of the Lodge and the AK Lodge too.
    • Disney Vacation Club members will be able to start booking with their membership in September. Reservations are now being accepted for the general public via (407) WDISNEY.

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  • Disney has also announced yet another Vacation Club resort to be built at Walt Disney World, this one near the Yacht and Beach Club and scheduled to open in late 2002. For more information see the press release.
  • More construction is underway near the Caribbean Beach where Disney's is building a resort themed to culture throughout the century.

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You can see a bit of the Caribbean Beach resort on the right side of this picture.

  • And still more construction is on going near Animal Kingdom where the Animal Kingdom Lodge is being built. See the press release for more details on this resort which is currently accepting reservations. It is scheduled to open in Spring 2001.
  • Effective July 1st, the Disney Institute will no longer offer programs and classes to day guests. Classes will only be offered to groups.
  • The Grand Floridian is scheduled to begin a Villains Character Dinner at 1900 Park Fair on June 4th.  Construction also continues on some of the buildings of the Grand Floridian.

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  • At DisneyQuest two new attractions are debuting this month. The first, is a 3D attraction called Pirates of the Caribbean: Battle of the Buccaneer Gold. The second is a create-your-own-CD system called Radio Disney SongMaker. Unlike the current CD creation systems and Walt Disney World, this one is used to create original songs by selecting styles, song lyrics and a singer.


-- Posted June 6, 2000
-- Story by Doobie Moseley
-- Pictures by the Chris Peters and the LaughingPlace.com staff

Some facts are from the Walt Disney World Eyes & Ears