Walt Disney World

Our friend John Van Meter of Owner's Locker was featured on an NPR segment from Saturday, February 21, 2009. The interview includes a look at the Owner's Locker product and discussion of the risks involved in being an small business owner in today's economy.  

Visit the NPR website for details and click on the Listen Now link to hear the original audio presentation.

Owner's Locker is a vacation storage solution which allows customers to rent their own plastic tub to store possessions in the Orlando area rather than packing, re-packing and re-re-packing the same items trip-after-trip.  For details visit their website at www.ownerslocker.com.

Thanks to daleNchip for the heads-up!

The folks behind the annual MouseFest gathering in early December have reluctantly announced that the 2009 event has been canceled.  Complete details can be found at MouseFest.org. 

We'll use this as an opportunity to remind everyone that the folks who help bring you DVCNews.com are setting up some events for the week of October 25, 2009.  Planning is already under way.  

The events are expected to be very low key--just an organized opportunity to put faces with names from this site and its forum.  If you will be visiting Walt Disney World during that period and wish to participate, please let us know in this forum thread.  

A new feature as appeared on DVCmember.com as a tie-in with Disney's current "What Will You Celebrate?" campaign.  Disney Vacation Club members are invited to specify any personal celebrations occurring during their upcoming stays.  

Disney has confirmed rumors of resort package delivery charges that we reported several weeks ago.

Disney Charging for Resort Packages??

With airlines charging up to $100 round trip for a single suitcase, many Walt Disney World guests have begun mailing items to their resort ahead of time.  Shipping a box of items via UPS or FedEx can be a more economical alternative to the airline fees.  But it seems that Disney may soon absorb a bit of that savings.

Website WDWInfo.com speculates that Walt Disney World may be in the midst of a Norwalk Virus outbreak following multiple reports on its message boards from recent guests.