Walt Disney World Resort News

90 day booking window for dining, tours and reservations to become standard

Beginning today, there will be a 90 day advance booking window for dining, tours and reservations. This replaces the previous 180 day window. Any existing reservations made with a…

· Dec 23, 2008

A look at the 2008 Contemporary Resort holiday decorations

· Dec 22, 2008

Photos of the newly refurbished Coronado Springs Resort rooms

Along with the Caribbean Beach, Boardwalk, and Beach Club, the Coronado Springs Resort is also under guest room refurbishment. The new rooms look very nice with completely new…

· Dec 19, 2008

Parts of the scaffolding now removed from Bay Lake Tower

Some parts of the scaffolding have now been removed on one corner to reveal what must be close to a finished portion of the building. Check out the photos below.

· Dec 19, 2008

Theme park passholders are offered free and discounted admission to ICE! at the Gaylord Palms

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (Dec. 19, 2008) – For theme park passholders, the Christmas season quickly changes from green to black… as in “holiday black-out periods” when some Orlando passes…

· Dec 19, 2008

Best of Florida Christmas at Gaylord Palms - Featuring ICE!

Just Chillin’ ICE! promotion starts at $139.00/nt* and includes 2 tickets to ICE! ICE runs from November 17th – January 4, 2009 As the Orlando host to the Christmas holiday…

· Dec 17, 2008

Contemporary Resort to get new pool area enhancements

The main pool is set to get new landscaping, and a new state-of-the-art water play area. The area will incluide water fountains, similar to those found at Epcot, that are arranged…

· Dec 15, 2008

A look at the Grand Floridan Resort holiday decorations for 2008

Photos of the Holiday decorations at the Grand Floridian Resort - including the famous Gingerbread House, which in 2008 celebrates it's 10th year! It's made of 1050lbs of honey…

· Dec 11, 2008

Boardwalk Resort Holiday decorations photos

Here are some photos from the 2008 holiday decorations in the Boardwalk Resort lobby.

· Dec 07, 2008

Disney launching online resort check-in beginning 10 days prior to arrival

Disney’s Online Check-In service enables Guests to simplify their arrival by allowing them to go online and provide information related to their upcoming stay. On a Guest’s…

· Nov 21, 2008

Latest Bay Lake Tower construction photos

Many thanks to ScottJ for the photos

· Oct 25, 2008

Latest Contemporary Tower construction photo

· Oct 23, 2008

Bay Lake Tower added to the monorail audio

The Bay Lake Tower at the Contemporary is now mentioned as coming soon on both the express and resort monorails.

· Oct 13, 2008

Latest Animal Kingdom Lodge Kidani Village construction photos

Thanks to MicroConn for the photos.

· Oct 07, 2008

Latest Contemporary Tower construction photo

· Oct 07, 2008

BeachClub Stormalong Bay pool refurbishment

Stormalong Bay Pool Refurbishment will take place from January 5 – April 15, 2009. Sections of the feature pool will be closed. Guests may continue to use the three leisure pools…

· Oct 03, 2008

Yacht Club Stormalong Bay pool refurbishment

Stormalong Bay Pool Refurbishment will take place from January 5 – April 15, 2009. Sections of the feature pool will be closed. Guests may continue to use the three leisure pools…

· Oct 03, 2008

La Marina at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort to become seasonal

La Marina at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort move to seasonal operation, effective Sunday, September 28, 2008.

· Sep 29, 2008

Disney officially announce the new Treehouse Villas

See the announcement and more details in the Treehouse Villas section.

· Sep 16, 2008

Disney officially announce Bay Lake Tower

See the announcement in the Bay Lake Tower section

· Sep 16, 2008

Disney officially announce the new Treehouse Villas

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla.(Sept. 16, 2008) – Two highly anticipated resort developments announced today will expand the Walt Disney World experience and continue the rapid growth of…

· Sep 16, 2008

Disney officially announce Bay Lake Tower

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla.(Sept. 16, 2008) – Two highly anticipated resort developments announced today will expand the Walt Disney World experience and continue the rapid growth of…

· Sep 16, 2008

Latest Contemporary Tower construction photo

· Sep 13, 2008

Grand Floridian Resort and Spa wins major travel award

Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa was named North America's Leading Resort at the 2008 World Travel Awards, which were held Saturday at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin…

· Sep 11, 2008

Caribbean Beach Pool area refurbishment complete and open to guests

The new pool area at the Caribbean Beach Resort today reopened to guests after it's complete rebuild.

· Sep 10, 2008

Caribbean Beach Resort pool to open very soon

As you can see from today's construction photos, the new pool area is VERY close to reopening. The construction walls are down, and everything looks great. Even small details like…

· Sep 06, 2008

Latest Contemporary Tower construction photo

· Aug 29, 2008

Disney sells 298 acres of land to Four Seasons Hotels to go ahead with luxury expansion

This update was put out by Reuters today http://www.reuters.com/article/industryNews/idUSN2539791920080825 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Walt Disney Co said on Monday it has sold…

· Aug 25, 2008

Latest Caribbean Beach Resort pool refurbishment photos

The new pool area is now looking very close to being ready. The new zero entry pool is full of water, as is the spa. The only visible major work that remains appears to be tiling…

· Aug 25, 2008

Contemporary concourse ceiling gets a new color

The ceiling of the Contemporary is getting new taupe color scheme. As you can imagine, its quite a task, so Disney are using overhead tracks built into the ceiling for maintenance…

· Aug 24, 2008