Aulani Reviews Coming In

A few more reviews for Disney’s Hawaiian resort are trickling in. Most note how Disney has emphasized telling the story of Hawaii over traditional Disney touches, but I would argue that storytelling is the quintessential Disney touch.

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Aulani Reviews Coming In

Aulani Resort – A Bird’s Eye View

Disney has just released this bird’s eye view of their Hawaii resort and DVC complex Aulani. Looks beautiful, even with some work remaining. It’s a bit hard to get the scale of the towers, but you can expect that beach to be a lot more crowded when the resort opens.

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Aulani Resort – A Bird’s Eye View

New concept art from Aulani, the lobby revealed

Pictured above we have a newly released rendering of the main lobby area for Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa. Disney Imagineer Joe Rhode has been dispatched to keep an careful eye on the project and it looks like his background will come in very handy. The highly anticipated Disney destination resort currently under construction on the Hawaiian island of O‘ahu now has an official name and a dynamic new Web site offering an inside look at the project.

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New concept art from Aulani, the lobby revealed

Aulani is name of Disney’s Hawaii Resort at Ko Olina.

Disney just announced the name of their Hawaiian Resort and for good measure, launched a web site as well.

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Aulani is name of Disney’s Hawaii Resort at Ko Olina.

Shanghai’s Disney Theme Park, an early visit

Theme Park Guy, whose mission is to visit and chronicle every theme park on the planet, has an extra-early report from the future site of Disney’s next theme park. As has been rumored for months, it will be located outside of Shanghai, which is on mainland China, and will be Disney’s third resort in Asia. Visit Theme Park Guy’s report from the scene and you’ll enjoy beautiful scenes of trees, farmland, and a village (which may or may not need to be moved to make way for Disney).

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Shanghai’s Disney Theme Park, an early visit