Vacation Club Resort, Vero Beach, Florida

Vacation Club Resort, Vero Beach, Florida Ground was broken on Jul. 28, 1994, for a new Vacation Club Resort in Vero Beach. This was the first Disney resort built separately from a Disney park. Disney’s Vero Beach Resort opened Oct. 1, 1995, with an inn and villas, Shutters and Sonya’s Steak & Chops restaurants, Bleachers …

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Vagnini, Steven

Vagnini, Steven After several years as a Walt Disney World cast member and an intern at the Walt Disney Archives, he joined the staff of the Archives as an archivist full time in 2010. He has written articles for Disney publications, spoken to Disney groups, and produced programs for D23 events. In 2018, he transferred …

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Vacationland Campground

Vacationland Campground Campground across West Street from Disneyland. It closed at the end of 1996 to make way for construction on the Disneyland Resort.

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Val de France

Val de France Hotel district at Disneyland Resort Paris containing “selected hotels”: Hotel Kyriad, MyTravel’s Explorers Hotel, Holiday Inn (all 2003) and Mövenpick Dream Castle Hotel (2004).

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Utilidors

Utilidors Web of tunnels, called Utilidors, which connect all areas of Magic Kingdom Park at Walt Disney World. Actually, because of the high water table in Florida, the Utilidors had to be built on top of the ground. Then the park was added on top of that, essentially putting it on the second floor. The …

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Vacation Club Resort

Vacation Club Resort Time-share hotel facility at Walt Disney World; opened October 1, 1991. Guests can learn about time-share ownership in the Commodore House. The resort includes dining at Olivia’s Cafe and shopping at the Conch Flats General Store. In January 1996 it was renamed Disney’s Old Key West Resort.

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Vacation Club Resort, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina

Vacation Club Resort, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina This 123-unit resort opened on March 1, 1996. Adjacent to Shelter Cove Harbour along the intracoastal waterway, it was designed as a 1940s Carolina Lowcountry vacation lodge. Separate from the lodge itself but part of the resort is Disney’s Beach House in Palmetto Dunes, featuring private access …

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Ustinov, Peter

Ustinov, Peter (1921-2004) Actor; appeared in Blackbeard’s Ghost (Blackbeard), One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (Hnup Wan), Treasure of Matecumbe (Dr. Snodgrass), and provided the voices of Prince John and King Richard in Robin Hood.  On The Disney Channel, he played the grandfather in The Old Curiosity Shop.

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