Aloha Disney!

Disney has named their new Hawaiian resort “Aulani” pronounced “ow–lonee,” means “the place that speaks for the great ones” or “the place that speaks with deep messages.” The Aulani will be located on 21-acres of oceanfront property in the Ko Olina Resort & Marina development.

The Resort is planned to have 360 hotel rooms and 481 two-bedroom equivalent Disney Vacation Club villas. Among the recreational highlights planned for the resort are pools and sunset-facing hot tubs, a snorkeling lagoon, a variety of Kids Club programs for children, and a river, suitable for tube floating, running through a specially created volcanic outcropping. The resort will also include an 18,000-square-foot spa, a golf course and marina for adults. The Resort, built adjacent to a blue lagoon and a white-sand beach, will also have two restaurants as well as ballroom, meeting space and event lawns.

The Travel Professor needs to schedule some aloha time to check this place out!