HotelChatter - Tag: Disney Hotels

National Harbor: A Disney Resort For the D.C. Area?

Jenna — 2009-05-19T09:16:16-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/disneyresortMD2.jpg" class="top"> About a decade ago, Disney was in talks to build a history-themed park called Disney's America near D.C. It never happened. But Disney is coming to the D.C. area, except this time they're not planning a goofy theme park for history nerds: they're planning a big hotel that will "put a recognizable Disney footprint in the Washington area," according to a spokesman who talked to the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/18/AR2009051803201.html?hpid=topnews">Washington Post</a>. <A href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Disney%20Hotels">Disney</a> has just purchased a 15-acre piece of land at Prince George's County's National Harbor development near D.C. to build a 500-room hotel resort. But as we entertained visions of what we imagined Disney's America's dorky history-themed Disney-ness to be, our fantasies were squashed by this:<blockquote> "The

Lake Buena Vista: Is Pop Century the Best of the Disney Pack, Man?

jennm — 2009-02-25T11:34:44-05:00

We've stayed at the likes of Gleneagles, as well as a fabulous little hostel in Tarifa, but no hotel has managed to provide us with as much fun as a stay at a Disney World resort.

While we haven't stayed here ourselves, it seems from TripAdvisor reviews that there's few better places to stay in Orlando than at Pop Century Resort, which is sort of like I Love The 80's (and in the case of some rooms, 90's) in hotel form.

Hotel News Briefs :: Add This To Our Bucket List

juliana — 2008-10-22T17:23:30-05:00

<![CDATA[ <embed src="http://services.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1348330576" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=1685994583&playerId=1348330576&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&servicesURL=http://services.brightcove.com/services&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&domain=embed&autoStart=false&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="400" height="339" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swLiveConnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed>There's tons of hotel news flying around this week and we don't have time to give each and every story the love and attention it may deserve, so you will have to settle for some news briefs.· <a href="http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--livinglarge1022oct22,0,7755363.story">This is How We Want to Go Out: </a> A dying woman from Vermont spent the last 10 weeks of her life in a suite at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Carlyle+New+York/local/627">Carlyle Hotel</a>. It cost her family about $30,000 to support this bucket list wish but honestly, it sounds amazing. [Newsday] · <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27320214/">Not All Hotel Projects Are Dead</a>: <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Caesars+Palace/local/107">Caesar's Las Vegas</a> just topped off their sixth tower. No word on

Express Check-Out: Unskinny Bop at the Hard Rock Hotel Orlando

juliana — 2008-05-06T17:49:39-05:00

<![CDATA[<p<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/bretmichaels.jpg" class="imgborder">Poison frontman and Rock of Love star Bret Michaels is performing at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hard+Rock+Hotel+Orlando/local/1201">Hard Rock Hotel</a> in Orlando on May 29th for the hotel's Velvet Sessions. The cost of a chance to dance near the extension-wearing aging rocker? $50 and that includes specialty drinks from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The concert starts in the hotel lobby at 8:30pm. [<a href="http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/features_orlando/2008/05/bret-michaels-s.html">Orlando Sentinel</a>]· Speaking of Orlando, About.com just released a Disney World Resort Map. Prepare to do a lot of reading. [<a href="http://hotels.about.com/b/2008/05/01/disney-world-resort-map.htm">About.com</a>] · Intercontinental Hotels might be lagging in the WiFi department but they are determined to stay green in the future. The hotel brand just unveiled its Innovation Hotel website which showcases sustainability of hotels. [<a href="http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/?p=1825">LAT

LAKE BUENA VISTA: WTF News: Disney Wants to Brainwash Your Wine Drinking Tastes

amandak — 2007-12-19T08:57:47-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/WinETastingDisney.jpg" class="imgborder"> Seems like last year's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/10/10/123233/43/hotels/Walt+Disney%27s+Swan+and+Dolphin+Resort+Gets+a+%2460+Million+Upgrade">$60 million upgrade</a> of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Walt+Disney+World+Dolphin/local/1028">Walt Disney Swan and Dolphin Resort</a> wasn't enough to impress all of their guests: now they've taken service to new extremes and you can get your own personal, certified sommelier to take care of your wine drinking while you're staying at the resort, because, of course, that's the kind of thing you have in mind when you book into a Disney hotel.The resort itself describes the personal sommelier program as an experience "designed to subtly educate guests and elevate the wine and culinary experience" by giving you somebody to advise you on every single wine you drink. "Subtly educate" sounds like it belongs back in communist