Posts by David Mumpower
DVC Resale Market’s Disney News for September 2018
The city that The Walt Disney Company turned into a tourist mecca is feuding with the theme park inexorably associated with it. Yes, Anaheim and Disneyland are in a public tiff, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg in this month’s Disney news. Downtown Disney Hotel Project on Hold Over the past year, Disney’s […]
Keep Reading >Guide to Boulder Ridge Villas at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge
A Brief History of Boulder Ridge Villas at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge The history of Boulder Ridge Villas is a bit convoluted. It’s a hotel that The Walt Disney Company built in 1994 that didn’t add Disney Vacation Club (DVC) inventory until 2000. Then, Disney changed the name of the existing villas in 2016 while announcing […]
Keep Reading >DVC Resale Market’s Disney News for August 2018
June of 2018 represented peak Walt Disney Company news thanks to the arrival of the biggest Pixar movie ever and TWO new themed lands in North America. July’s news items aren’t as exciting, but how could they be? A few of them are every bit as important, though. Disney has gone green, they’ve provided some […]
Keep Reading >Guide to Disney’s Boardwalk Resort
Under the boardwalk, we’ll be having some fun. Under the boardwalk, people walking above. Under the boardwalk, we’ll be falling love. Perhaps no locale better embodies the ideal Americana vacation of yore like the boardwalk. Tourists from landlocked areas would flock to these waterfront areas. Here, they would spend their days on the beach, luxuriating […]
Keep Reading >DVC Resale Market’s Disney News for July 2018
Disney fanatics just experienced one of the best months during the entire 21st century. Two different themed lands opened, one at each American park. Plus, another Pixar movie entered theaters and became an instant classic. We’ve got all the details on these three events and much more in this month’s DVC Resale Market News. Pixar […]
Keep Reading >Guide to Bay Lake Tower at Disney’s Contemporary Resort
A Brief History of Bay Lake Tower at Disney’s Contemporary Resort Since the inception of the Disney Vacation Club (DVC), members lustily anticipated the introduction of monorail resorts to the program. Any self-respecting Disney fan understands that the properties on the Resort Monorail loop claim the best logistics at Walt Disney World. Fans waited impatiently […]
Keep Reading >DVC Resale Market’s Disney News for June 2018
Summer has started at Disney theme parks. The Memorial Day holiday is the unofficial kickoff of one of the busiest times on the theme park calendar. With park traffic about to increase dramatically, The Walt Disney Company has announced a lot of exciting details about the short-term and long-term aspects of their parks. Let’s take […]
Keep Reading >Guide to Disney’s Grand Californian Resort & Spa
A Brief History of the Grand Californian Disney’s Grand Californian Resort & Spa signifies one of the most important yet flawed expansions in the history of theme parks. After more than 40 years in operation, Disneyland’s need to grow was inarguable. Park officials led by then-CEO Michael Eisner chose to build a second theme park […]
Keep Reading >DVC Resale Market’s Disney News for May 2018
The Walt Disney Company has announced a lot of exciting changes at their various theme parks over the past month. They’ve also introduced some new features at the parks and on the My Disney Experience app. They’ve even broken the most important of all movie box office records. Let’s take a look at Disney’s most […]
Keep Reading >Guide to Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa
A Brief History of Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort Through no fault of its own, Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa is one of the most controversial DVC properties. The cause of its controversy stems from its construction. In 1996, Michael Eisner, who was CEO of The Walt Disney Company at the time, oversaw the building […]
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