Sales begin for The Villas at Disney's Grand Californian Hotel®

**MickeyBabe** · 03-26-2009, 06:09 PM

This just in on the DVC Website:

Sales begin for The Villas at Disney's Grand Californian Hotel® & Spa

With construction of The Villas at Disney's Grand Californian Hotel® & Spa on schedule for a late 2009 opening at the Disneyland® Resort in Anaheim, sales have officially begun for this West Coast Disney Vacation Club Resort.
While Disney Vacation Club has maintained sales operations at the Disneyland® Resort since 2005, the 50 two-bedroom-equivalent vacation homes in development at The Villas at Disney's Grand Californian Hotel® & Spa will be the first Disney Vacation Club Resort accommodations in the Golden State.
"We're excited to bring Disney Vacation Club to the West Coast," said Disney Vacation Club President Jim Lewis. "Like most Disney fans, our Members have great affection for the original Disney vacation destination, and we're thrilled that this expansion project will allow our Members to call the Disneyland® Resort 'home' for the first time."
Beyond the new vacation homes, the 2.5-acre expansion project on the iconic hotel's south side is scheduled to include 200 new traditional hotel rooms, a new pool, about 300 underground valet parking spaces and more. The late Peter Dominick, architect for Disney's Grand Californian Hotel® & Spa, as well as Disney's Wilderness Lodge and Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge at the Walt Disney World® Resort, designed the ambitious expansion, calling on the same California Arts & Crafts architectural styles that define the original hotel.

Disney's Grand Californian Hotel® & Spa currently features 745 Guest rooms, including 44 suites. Upon completion of the expansion project, the hotel will feature 945 Guest rooms, including 44 Guest suites and 50 Disney Vacation Club two-bedroom equivalent villas.

**MandaBella** · 03-27-2009, 12:04 AM

Now if they could figure out a way to get airfare from the East Coast to the West Coast cheaper....

BTW, we really enjoyed staying in the Grand Californian.

**NC_WDW_Daddy** · 03-27-2009, 07:28 AM

It certainly looks nice and it is good to see them expanding in the current economy.

**DVC Mike** · 04-01-2009, 05:46 PM

After reviewing the new incentives announced today, I decided to add-on points at The Villas at Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa at Disneyland.

I purchased 125 points at VGC @ $96/pt.

I now have a total of 1,125 points spread across 6 home resorts.

I'll be staying a week at Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa at Disneyland in May, so I'm looking forward to seeing the progress that's been made at my newest home resort.