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News in brief
From Tribune news services
October 28, 2007
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Digg Del.icio.us Facebook Fark Google Newsvine Reddit Yahoo Print Single page view Reprints Reader feedback Text size: DISNEY COMING TO HAWAII: The Walt Disney Co. plans to build a family resort in Hawaii, but it won't be an island Disneyland.
Walt Disney Parks & Resorts recently announced it has bought 21 acres of oceanfront property on the western side of Oahu that it will use to build an 800-room hotel complex.
The resort, Disney's first without a nearby theme park, will emphasize family-centered vacations while respecting Hawaii's culture, said Disney Parks & Resorts chairman Jay Rasulo.
Disney spent $144 million to buy the land at the Ko Olina development, near the existing J.W. Marriott Ihilani Resort and Spa.
Disney has several themed resort hotels near Disneyland in California and Disney World in Florida, but it has never built a hotel resort that will stand on its own. Hawaii has no full-scale amusement park.
Construction on the resort is expected to begin next year, with opening set for 2011. Rasulo said there were no plans to expand the resort into a theme park.
The resort's designs and amenities won't be finalized until early 2008, but Rasulo said it will include educational and cultural activities, including local entertainers and hula dancers.
"When our families go home, they will know much more about Hawaii," Rasulo said. "To call it a hotel would be a vast understatement of what we're trying to achieve."
News in brief
From Tribune news services
October 28, 2007
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E-mail Share
Digg Del.icio.us Facebook Fark Google Newsvine Reddit Yahoo Print Single page view Reprints Reader feedback Text size: DISNEY COMING TO HAWAII: The Walt Disney Co. plans to build a family resort in Hawaii, but it won't be an island Disneyland.
Walt Disney Parks & Resorts recently announced it has bought 21 acres of oceanfront property on the western side of Oahu that it will use to build an 800-room hotel complex.
The resort, Disney's first without a nearby theme park, will emphasize family-centered vacations while respecting Hawaii's culture, said Disney Parks & Resorts chairman Jay Rasulo.
Disney spent $144 million to buy the land at the Ko Olina development, near the existing J.W. Marriott Ihilani Resort and Spa.
Disney has several themed resort hotels near Disneyland in California and Disney World in Florida, but it has never built a hotel resort that will stand on its own. Hawaii has no full-scale amusement park.
Construction on the resort is expected to begin next year, with opening set for 2011. Rasulo said there were no plans to expand the resort into a theme park.
The resort's designs and amenities won't be finalized until early 2008, but Rasulo said it will include educational and cultural activities, including local entertainers and hula dancers.
"When our families go home, they will know much more about Hawaii," Rasulo said. "To call it a hotel would be a vast understatement of what we're trying to achieve."
