Mouse Announces Hawaiian Resort

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Walt Disney Parks & Resorts, the division of the global media giant that operates the world famous amusement parks and resort properties, has unveiled plans for a resort scheduled to open on the Hawaiian island of Oahu in 2011.

The mixed-used resort includes 350 hotel rooms and 480 vacation villas for Disney Vacation Club members. It will be located on 21 acres at the Ko Olina Resort & Marina in West Oahu.

Disney officials expect the project to generate 1,000 new jobs, ranging from entry-level positions to management.

Jay Rasulo, chairman of Walt Disney Parks & Resorts, declined to provide to Pacific Business News cost estimates for the project, room pricing, whether employees might have labor representation, or how much access to the property local residents will have.

The resort will feature two towers, gardens, pools, water slides, a fake volcano caldera, spa, banquet and meeting space, and wedding facilities.

Disney film characters played by humans, such as mermaids, are expected to play a regular role at the resort.

This is Disneys first vacation club-hotel venture to be separate from its theme parks in California, Florida, France and Japan.

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