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27-658: Disney's Riviera Resort is a Disney Vacation Club resort at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida . It was built by Disney Experiences between Epcot and Disney's Hollywood Studios . It is the first newly constructed resort to be served by the Disney Skyliner gondola system and the 15th Disney Vacation Club property to be built. The resort is themed after Walt Disney 's trips and experiences in Europe and

54-638: A 2015 resale value list (having a score based on resale volume and prices) which saw memberships in Disney Vacation Club locations crowded out the competitors. Saratoga Springs, Bay Lake Tower at the Contemporary and Animal Kingdom Villas were the company's timeshares near the top of the list. In November 2019, plans for a 12-story club tower attached to the Disneyland Hotel were filed. The tower opened on September 28, 2023. In 2022 plans to expand

81-456: A Disney Resort & Spa ; villa homes, and the oceanfront Beach Villas at Ko Olina, a luxury condominium. Approximately 150 additional long- and short-term rentals are managed by owners directly or through authorized agents. Stone and partners also have added a full-service marina; two commercial centers with retail and dining; four wedding chapels; an activity center, and a beach and sports club for residents. Currently, approximately 50 percent of

108-528: A love of the French Riviera and Italian Riviera . A collection of his travel images are incorporated into the resort's decor. Popular Disney characters are also painted into the overall theme of the resort including known characters' boat storage. It opened on December 16, 2019. Plans for the 300-room resort were released during the D23 Expo in 2017. The Riviera resort is also one of two hotels announced during

135-548: A new hotel, which will be opening in 2027 at Walt Disney World Resort. To be a DVC member, one must purchase a one-time real estate interest in one of the Disney Vacation Club Resorts, and thereafter pay annual dues. All memberships are sold as either a ground lease or a term-for-years. Their timeshare may not be sold in Nebraska. Disney includes a right of first refusal clause in their membership contracts and uses

162-422: A nonjudicial foreclosure process. The company has only two approved resale companies, Fidelity Resales and Vacatia. Disney also provides time-share loans for the purchaser. Additionally, participating non-Disney owned destinations are available via exchange through Interval International Ko Olina Resort Ko Olina Resort is a 642-acre (2.60 km ) master-planned vacation and residential community on

189-523: A recreational retreat for army and navy servicemen. In the mid 1980s, Hawaii developer Herbert Horita and his Japanese investment partner, Takeshi Sekiguchi, purchased the Ko Olina Resort property and entitled, designed and built the four man-made lagoons, marina basin, golf course and all infrastructure. After the Japanese real-estate bubble burst in the early 1990s, development at the resort stopped after

216-453: Is the Disney merchandise store on-premises. Resort guests are also given access to Early Theme Park Entry, which allows guests to enter the Disney parks early. As with other Disney resorts, The Riviera uses Magic Bands for room key access. 28°21′59″N 81°32′25″W  /  28.366389°N 81.540278°W  / 28.366389; -81.540278 This article about a hotel or resort in

243-474: The 2017 D23 Expo, the other being Star Wars : Galactic Starcruiser . The Riviera Resort is one of the 23 improvements to Disney Parks announced during D23. It is the first entirely new Disney Vacation Club Resort built since Aulani . Being a part of the Disney Vacation Club, The Riviera Resort offers guests multiple room styles ranging from Tower or Deluxe studios to one-, two-, or three-bedroom villas. Villas include accommodations for up to 12 guests. Within

270-753: The 642-acre resort is developed. Ko Olina Station and Center was developed by Honu Group, with its first phase, Ko Olina Station, opening in 2009. Ko Olina Center opened in 2010, and unlike Station, featured a second floor for office space. Located directly across from Aulani, the center's purpose is to "offer office space, speciality stores, restaurants, amenities and other services" to Ko Olina. Together, they consist of 56,000 square feet (5,200 m ) of retail and office space, with Station consisting of sixteen tenants and Center consisting of fourteen. In 2014, Ko Olina Station and Center added several new retailers to their lineup, including Wyland Galleries , Island Sole, and Honolua Surf Co. After this announcement followed

297-616: The Beach Villas at Ko Olina and The Four Seasons Resort O'ahu at Ko Olina, and villa homes at Ko Olina Kai, Kai Lani, Coconut Plantation, and Hillside. Previously, the JW Marriott at Ko Olina occupied the Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts property. An Atlantis Resort , similar to Atlantis Dubai , was being designed as an international destination for millennial travelers, before plans were scrapped due to financial issues. The property

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324-641: The Concierge Collection luxury hotel group. In April 2016, Disney Vacation Development also ended the extension of Membership Extras benefits to those who purchase DVC contracts through secondary markets. Disney was one of the last major timeshare companies to eliminate these benefits according to the American Resort Development Association. In 2019, DVC announced further restrictions on resale purchases. On resale purchases made after January 18, 2019, DVC resale contracts purchased for

351-586: The Ewa Plain, where Ko Olina is situated. In the late 1800s, after purchasing 41,000 acres (166 km ) of arid, barren land, he had water wells drilled for irrigation and built a plantation for sugar-cane production. In the 1930s, his daughter Alice Kamokilaikawai Campbell moved to what was then a secluded shore in the area. During World War II, Ms. Campbell allowed her property at Ko Olina, which she called Lanikuhonua (“where heaven meets earth” in Hawaiian), to serve as

378-516: The Orange County Clerk of Court's office. In May 2016 DVC approved Vacatia for DVC resales. This would be in addition to such sales through Fidelity Resales. In May 2016, DVC announced that its new property at Disney's Wilderness Lodge would be called Copper Creek Villas & Cabins. A brisk aftermarket with a perceived high resale value exists for the Disney timeshare memberships. In May 2016, Sharket time-share market research company issued

405-770: The State of Hawaii annually. Ko Olina is part of an original royal land division that extended from the waters off Pearl Harbor to the summit of the Waianae Mountains . The area was a sacred place used for rest and relaxation by Hawaiian chiefs, like Kakuhihewa, and Hawaiian royalty. Kamehameha the Great and his wife Ka’ahumanu were frequent visitors, bathing in the protected water of its reef-sheltered coves, fishing, and participating in religious ceremonies. Hawaii's last monarch, Lili’uokalani , also came to Ko Olina for time away. The industrialist James Campbell helped develop much of

432-621: The United States is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Disney -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Disney Vacation Club The first Disney Vacation Club property, known as the Disney Vacation Club Resort (later renamed Disney's Old Key West Resort in January 1996), opened on December 20, 1991 at Walt Disney World . In 1991, Disney had registered its time share plan with

459-674: The Vacation Club Resort at Vero Beach, Florida . Disney would then open Disney's Hilton Head Island Resort just five months later on March 1, 1996 in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina . Disney's Animal Kingdom Villas opened its first phase in 2007 at $ 17,000 for a membership. By September 17, 2008, Disney Vacation Development had two new time share properties being built, Bay Lake Tower and Treehouse Villas in Orlando at existing Disney park hotels and both were to open in 2009. Bay Tower

486-502: The Villas at Disney's Grand Floridian were announced. In 2022, plans to construct a new tower at Disney's Polynesian Village Resort were announced. On May 10, 2024, it was announced that the name of the new tower would be Island Tower at Disney's Polynesian Village Resort, which will open on December 17, 2024. On November 26, 2024, it was announced that change the name of Reflections – A Disney Lakeside Lodge into Disney Lakeshore Lodge as

513-631: The completion of the golf course and just one hotel, which was the Ihilani Resort & Spa, which opened in December of 1993 and is now the Four Seasons Resort Oahu at Ko Olina. In 1998 developer Jeffrey Stone, President of The Resort Group, and partners bought the property from Herbert Horita's lender, The Industrial Bank of Japan, and began its revival. To date they have added two vacation resorts, Marriott's Ko Olina Beach Club and Aulani,

540-522: The expansion of Pineapple Boutique, a luxury apparel retailer, that stated the opening of a second location within the mall. However, when the JW Marriott Ihilani, a former resort in Ko Olina, announced its closure, the center's tenants became worried about their businesses; Frank Mento, the owner of Pizza Corner, a local pizzeria, joked that his pizza parlor would "lose a slice of its sales". The mall

567-403: The leeward coast of Oahu , 17 miles (27 km) west of Honolulu . Ko Olina has 2 miles (3.2 km) of coastal frontage and includes three natural and four man-made lagoons with white-sand beaches. The master-planned resort community, owned by Honolulu-based The Resort Group, is home to four hotel and vacation-club resorts: Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa , Marriott's Ko Olina Beach Club ,

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594-523: The original 14 resorts at Walt Disney World, Disneyland, and 3 stand-alone locations will only be able to use their points at those 14 existing resorts and not at the upcoming Riviera and Reflections resorts. Additionally, resale buyers at Riviera will only be allowed to use their points at the Riviera resort. Starting in mid-2015, DVC began using a nonjudicial foreclosure process forcing auction bidders to be present instead of allowing online bid submissions with

621-459: The resort, guests have four options for food and beverage: In addition to four restaurants, the "La Boutique" gift shop in the lobby offers a small selection of grocery options like frozen, canned, and pre-made meals, due to the fact the resort largely offers suites with kitchens and caters to Disney Vacation Club members. The Riviera Resort has a full-size pool, a leisure pool, and a shallow interactive splash area for small children. La Boutique

648-648: The state of Hawaii but did not establish an escrow agreement with Hawaii at the time of its creation. This allowed Disney to advertise its time share company in the state but did not allow for sales. On January 17, 1992, Disney Vacation Club was incorporated as Disney Vacation Development, Inc. On March 30, 1993 Disney Vacation Development Inc announced plans for a 440-unit time-share resort 95 miles (153 km) south-east of Walt Disney World in Florida with ground breaking on July 28, 1994. This resort hotel, today known as Disney's Vero Beach Resort, opened on October 1, 1995, as

675-778: Was expect for its timeshares to open at $ 18,000. On October 3, 2007, Disney announced it would open its latest Disney Vacation Club resort on 21 acres it had purchased in Ko Olina Resort , Honolulu / Oahu , with building slated to begin in 2008 with completion in 2011. The resort would offer both DVC units as well as standard hotel rooms for guests of the resort. With the announcement, DVC filed its remaining paperwork to allow its timeshare units to be sold in Hawaii. Three top executives were fired for selling 460 Ko Olina timeshare units for what were deemed unprofitable prices. The Hawaii resort opened as Aulani on August 28, 2011. In early 2011 it

702-707: Was planned to be adjacent to the condominiums located on the Honu lagoon. Major events hosted at Ko Olina Resort include the LPGA Lotte Championship , the Ko Olina Children's Film & Music Festival and the Hawaii Food & Wine Festival. Ko Olina is a spot frequented by celebrities. Under The Resort Group's ownership, Ko Olina has created a $ 10B master-planned waterfront community, created over 5,000 jobs and generates approximately $ 2.5B in economic impacts for

729-524: Was reported that Disney had purchased land near National Harbor, Maryland , a suburb of Washington, D.C., to potentially build a resort similar to the three Disney Vacation Club resorts not located at Walt Disney World. In late November 2011, however, Disney announced that it had canceled plans to build a 500-room resort hotel at National Harbor. In 2011, the company announced that it would no longer allow secondary market DVC points purchasers to use their points on Disney Cruise Line , Adventures by Disney or

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