As of June 1, 2007 a new smoking policy started at Walt Disney World resorts. ALL rooms are non-smoking and you can only smoke in designated smoking areas. If you are caught smoking in your room, WDW reserves the right to fine you and add the fine to your room tab (up to $500, I believe).

Holiday sleigh rides are back at the Wilderness Lodge! They will be offered from December 1, 2006 - December 30, 2006. The sleigh ride is 25 minutes in length and it departs every half hour from 5:30 pm - 9:30 pm. The cost is $35 and the sleigh can accomodate 4 adults (or 2 adult and 3 kiddies, ages 9 and under). You can make your sleigh ride reservation by called 1-407-WDW-PLAY.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, FL — Disney Vacation Club announced Oct. 11 that it is building a new timeshare resort on Walt Disney World property to meet ongoing strong demand for its unique vacation-ownership program.

Disney’s Animal Kingdom Villas will be part of Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge, which readers of Travel & Leisure Family magazine recently honored with the No. 4 spot on their list of the 50 greatest family resorts in the United States and Canada. The Disney Vacation Club accommodations will feature intricate African-inspired details and home-like amenities, and most will offer sweeping views of an expanded savannah inhabited by a variety of African animals. These new accommodations are scheduled for development in phases with an anticipated opening beginning Fall 2007 and a completion date planned for Spring 2009. The project’s first phase will include 134 remodeled accommodations on the fifth and sixth floors of the existing Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge building, and subsequent phases will include the construction of 324 vacation homes in a new building on the resort property, for a total of 458 Disney Vacation Club homes.

The project also calls for construction of a new table-service restaurant, themed pool and water-play island, fitness center, merchandise shop, sports and recreation facilities and more.

“We continue to see strong demand from families who want to build a lifetime of unforgettable memories by vacationing in ways they never dreamed possible,” said Jim Lewis, President of Disney Vacation Club. “I am delighted to announce that our members will have yet another place to call home with Disney’s Animal Kingdom Villas. This begins another exciting new era for Disney Vacation Club as we continue to explore future destination possibilities both domestically and internationally.”

Disney Vacation Club, now celebrating its milestone 15th anniversary, is an innovative timeshare program that lets families enjoy flexibility and savings on future vacations at Disney destinations and more than 500 other popular vacation sites around the world. Since 2000, Disney Vacation Club membership has doubled to include more than 300,000 individuals from over 100 countries and every U.S. state.

Disney’s Animal Kingdom Villas will be the eighth Disney Vacation Club Resort, joining five others at the Walt Disney World Resort, one in Vero Beach, Fla., and one in Hilton Head Island, S.C. Disney Vacation Club has sold out of memberships at its first six resorts, and sales remain ahead of schedule at its seventh property, Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa, which opened in May 2004 near the Downtown Disney area at the Walt Disney World Resort.

Source: Disney Vacation Club

When my husband and I got married, we decided to go all out and stay at the Grand Floridian. Since I needed lots of space for my dress and to get ready for the wedding, we decided to go with the Lodge Tower room. It basically gives you an extra sitting room at the end of the room with a whole lot of windows (good natural light for make-up). Here are some pics of our not-so-neat Lodge Tower room at the GF:

Unfortunately (if you’re on your wedding or honeymoon trip at least), the Lodge Tower rooms only come with 2 queen beds, rather than 1 king bed.

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