Grumpy
10-16-2008, 08:30 PM
David Briscoe
KAPOLEI, Hawaii — Seventy years after his first ride on Hawaii surf, Mickey Mouse is finally coming back to the islands.
Disney's plans for a Hawaii hotel complex are far from another Disneyland, both in distance and concept.
But Walt Disney Parks & Resorts first venture in the islands will add 830 hotel and vacation time-share rooms, a fantasy-laden water play area, and an 18,000 square-foot spa to the rapidly expanding Ko Olina resort on West Oahu.
Preliminary architectural plans with a detailed scale model of the complex were unveiled in a news conference with Disney officials and Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann.
It'll be the first such complex for Disney, combining a 350-room hotel with 480 vacation villas on one of Ko Olina's four man-made lagoons.
KAPOLEI, Hawaii — Seventy years after his first ride on Hawaii surf, Mickey Mouse is finally coming back to the islands.
Disney's plans for a Hawaii hotel complex are far from another Disneyland, both in distance and concept.
But Walt Disney Parks & Resorts first venture in the islands will add 830 hotel and vacation time-share rooms, a fantasy-laden water play area, and an 18,000 square-foot spa to the rapidly expanding Ko Olina resort on West Oahu.
Preliminary architectural plans with a detailed scale model of the complex were unveiled in a news conference with Disney officials and Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann.
It'll be the first such complex for Disney, combining a 350-room hotel with 480 vacation villas on one of Ko Olina's four man-made lagoons.