Disney Parks Blog

Copper Creek Villas & Cabins at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge, the newest Disney Vacation Club Resort, opens on July 17. Offering five accommodation options, including Deluxe Studios, 1- and 2-Bedroom Villas, 3-Bedroom Grand Villas and even unique waterfront Cascade Cabins, this Resort will be a great place to call your “home base” during a Walt Disney World Resort vacation.

In today’s Disney Doodle, artist Ashley Taylor imagines what Cinderella would do if she had the chance to visit a Walt Disney World Resort hotel.

If you’ve been to Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa in Ko Olina, Hawai‘i, you have hopefully noticed the many Disney touches at the resort. One particularly special surprise can be heard in our elevators and throughout Aunty’s Beach House. If you listen closely, you’ll hear classic Disney songs being sung in Hawaiian!

Copper Creek Villas & Cabins, the newest Disney Vacation Club Resort, is scheduled to open at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge on July 17 (not offered in all states). This rustically elegant vacation getaway, which is currently under construction, will offer a variety of accommodation types all themed to the Pacific Northwest, using natural elements and traditional building materials from this region. Charming details throughout the Resort also pay homage to the Transcontinental Railroad and Walt Disney’s love of trains.

The quintessential all-American treat, chocolate chip cookies get their very own holiday on May 15. So we asked the pastry chefs at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa to share their recipe. Below you’ll find Chef Erich’s chocolate chip cookie recipe – a delicious and easy sweet you can make at home for memories of a Walt Disney World Resort vacation.

The older I get, the more I find myself pausing to appreciate extraordinary moments in my life. More than just excuses for an out-of-shape, out-of-his-prime magazine editor to stop and catch his breath, these life- and career-defining moments allow me to step off the proverbial treadmill and just be present for something I may never have experienced before and may never experience again.