The American Automobile Association (AAA) has released its Four Diamond Award List for 2014.  Twelve Disney-owned and operated resorts currenly hold Four Diamond status, including nine resorts which are also home to Disney Vacation Club timeshare villas.  

On Thursday, January 23, 2014, Walt Disney World will permanently shutter the last of its paper ticket FASTPASS machines.  Going forward, all 4 parks will only support the FastPass+ product which features precise online scheduling of attraction return times while (presently) allowing only 3 FastPass entitlements per guest, per day.  

While the daily cap--and tiering of attractions at 2 theme parks--is restrictive, the new system does eliminate all guesswork involved in predicting attraction return times and the effort involved in both collecting and later redeeming the paper tickets.    

Topic: How do you feel about the new FastPass+ system?  (Excited?  Angry?  Ambivalent?  Confused?  Optimistic?  Disappointed?)

The formula for Hawaii's Transient Accommodations Tax includes the annual dues figure for stays at Aulani, Disney Vacation Club Villas.  Following is an overview of how the tax amounts have changed with the new 2014 dues.