May Member ClubHouse

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FYI - I just received this via e-mail. Annmarie

 

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For the members that did not recieve it...........



Inside Scoop
Now appearing at Disney's BoardWalk Villas: More magic!
Fun and excitement are always close at home at Disney's BoardWalk Villas. From restaurants, shops, and entertainment along the boardwalk to the fantastic wonders of nearby Epcot® and the showbiz magic of nearby Disney-MGM Studios, you're right in the center of it all. And with additional inventory at Disney's BoardWalk Villas now available exclusively to Members, you can continue your family's Disney tradition at this enchanting seaside village. Click here for details.

News of Note
Extra! Extra! Perk Pages now available at the beach!
Many of you have seen and read Perk Pages while staying at Disney Vacation Club Resorts at the Walt Disney World® Resort. Now this popular newspaper, packed with benefits for Disney Vacation Club Members, is also available at Disney's Vero Beach Resort and Disney's Hilton Head Island Resort. Inside Perk Pages, you'll find special offers, Member discounts, and resort updates, plus information about recreational activities that everyone will enjoy! Be sure to look for Perk Pages in your check-in folder when staying at any of the Disney Vacation Club Resorts and make your trip Home even more magical.

Changes to booking fees
Certain Member Getaways bookings are subject to a nonrefundable transaction fee, which helps to cover the costs associated with these bookings. To offset the rising costs of processing Concierge Collection and Adventurer Collection reservations, transaction fees for these bookings have increased to $95, effective May 1, 2003. All other transaction fees remain the same, including vacation exchanges made through Interval International®. Please note that there is no additional fee required for existing reservations. However, if a reservation made before May 1, 2003 is changed, this is considered a cancellation and new reservation that would require paying the new fee.


Member Perks
Just 'fore' you
If you love to golf, you'll love to tee it high and let it fly with the exclusive Disney Vacation Club Golf Membership. Members who purchase this plan (Cardholders) and up to three guests (when playing with the Cardholder) receive special rates for one 18-hole round of golf per day at the following courses: Disney's Magnolia Golf Course, Disney's Palm Golf Course, Disney's Lake Buena Vista Golf Course, Disney's Osprey Ridge Golf Course, and Disney's Eagle Pines Golf Course.

Now through September 30, 2003, the Disney Vacation Club Golf Membership rates per round are $35 plus tax. Tee times may be booked 90 days in advance for this special rate, which applies only for tee times after 10:00 am; regular Walt Disney World® Resort golf rates apply prior to 10:00 am.

To participate in this plan, Members present their Disney Vacation Club Member Card at the Pro Shop and purchase a Disney Vacation Club Golf Membership (valid for one year from date of purchase) for $85 plus tax. Cardholders also receive a 20% discount on golf instruction at Walt Disney World Resort golf courses. Your Member Card and the Golf Membership Card must be presented together to receive discounts.

Spa specials
The Spa at Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort has created additional savings exclusively for Disney Vacation Club Members. For the next several months, select treatments will come with a 30% Member discount. Offering pure indulgences reminiscent of the healing spas of Saratoga Springs, New York, this wonderful facility remains open for your enjoyment during construction of Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa. In fact, readers of Condé Nast Traveler recently named The Spa one of the top five Destination Spas in North America and the Caribbean.

Extra Disney Vacation Club Savings - May and June 2003:
May 2003
New Aroma-Stim Hydro Bath - Excite your senses as the Aroma-Stim bath pebble bubbles away, releasing a revitalizing burst of eucalyptus, cardamon, and nutmeg. Relax as Aroma-Stim essential elixir oils are applied to your body before you're treated to a gentle scalp massage. Your experience culminates with a refreshing mist of exotic plant essence and essential oils. (50 minutes)
June 2003
New After-Sun Replenishment - This replenishing treatment is designed to hydrate and nourish your skin, helping to relieve the effects of the sun. A cooling body wash calms the skin, while the benefits of lavender in a hydrating gel and therapeutic body oil provide comfort. (50 minutes)
As a Member, you can pamper yourself and your pocketbook by saving 30% on these monthly specials. You'll also receive a Member discount of 20% off all other Spa services. All discounts are applied when you present your Member Card, excluding gratuities. Discounts may not be combined.

The Spa at Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort is open daily from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm. To ensure availability, reservations should be made three weeks in advance by calling (407) 827-4455. Cab vouchers are available; inquire about this free transportation to and from The Spa when you call for your reservation.

Everyone loves Hollywood secrets. And this month, Member Clubhouse columnist and Disney historian, Jim Korkis, lets us in on some secrets behind Central Florida's piece of Tinseltown magic—Disney-MGM Studios. More..

Walt Disney World® Events & Attractions
Go wild over flowers
The 10th anniversary of the Epcot® International Flower and Garden Festival is in full bloom. This popular event continues through June 8, 2003, with a dazzling display of blooms, fantastic flowers, and favorite Disney character topiaries.

You won't want to miss any of it including a chance to relax under the stars while you groove to the "Flower Power" concert series. Performers include Paul Revere & The Raiders, Gary Puckett, Arlo Guthrie, and more of your favorites from the 1960s and 1970s.

New this year is Disney's DogGone Maze, an interactive, child-friendly maze with canine topiaries of Pluto, 101 Dalmatians, Lady and the Tramp, and more. You'll also find a new display, "America's Timeless Trees," featuring descendents of famous trees such as President George Washington's Tulip Poplar and Elvis Presley's Pin Oak.

For more information about the Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival, including additional event highlights, click here.


Developer News
The 3-H 'Club'
"Health, History, Horses." The city of Saratoga Springs, New York, uses those three words as its tagline, a tribute to the town's mineral springs and soothing spas, its colorful architecture and storied past, and of course, the community's rich horseracing tradition. About a thousand miles southwest in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, this tagline has been adopted as a sort of blueprint for Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa. The new proposed Disney Vacation Club Resort will encompass three themed areas—one 'health,' another 'history,' and the third, 'horses.'

Jacki McNicholas has been giving those same three words some careful thought. As a Development Manager for Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa, Jacki oversees its interior detailing. Her team is using "Health, History, Horses" as a design checklist, with each 'H' represented in some way throughout the resort's interior spaces. Or as Jacki says, "We sort of weigh out each room, so they're not totally horse-filled or totally history-filled...[achieving] a good balance."

Artwork is especially important in bringing a resort's theme to life. So while doing design research in Saratoga Springs, Jacki met with Mary Hannah of Kay Hannah Associates, the Art Consultant for Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa. They visited with several resident artists and also spent time at the Historical Society of Saratoga Springs. Of their stop at the latter, Jacki says, "We wanted to get some older photographs to use [at the resort], so we've been working with them on that."

According to Jacki, the photographic reproductions she proposed would be framed and displayed inside the entrance of each Vacation Home: "It sort of looks like a photo album...with ovals and squares and different cutouts...black and white photos and sepia photos of different things from Upstate New York." While 'History' is immediately checked off, 'Health' and 'Horses' also have their place here. A photograph of a pergola, a trellis-like structure traditionally built over a mineral springs, serves as a reminder of the area's famous springs and the healing powers they were believed to have. Pictures of visitors to the Saratoga Race Course, dressed in their finest, may also be included. Of the photo display, Jacki says, "I think it's a really neat piece, because it shows a variety of things that happened in Saratoga."

As noted in Member Clubhouse last month, the furniture, fixtures, and fabrics at Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa are all custom-designed and produced specifically for the project. The same is true for art pieces, whatever their form, including the framed paintings in the Vacation Homes. Above the sofa in the living room is "The Field of Dreams," horses that have won various races in Saratoga, painted by a local artist. In the Master Bedroom, there are two paintings, one of a steamship that used to travel on Lake Chautauqua in Upstate New York, and another of a Ferris Wheel, a nod to the county fairs once popular with residents. And in the bathroom, a picture of an old lifeguard station and nearby beachgoers is placed above the spa tub.

But, says Jacki, "We're trying not to have everything be a framed piece of art. We have a painting on a piece of wood that has some flowers on it, sort of Victorian, and it will have a crackle finish so it will look a little bit older." Jacki states that this "more dimensional" piece is slated to go above the armoire in the living room. Serving as a table lamp in the same space is a small Victorian house with a silhouette shade. "When it's off, it looks like a regular lampshade, but when you turn it on, there's a silhouette of a racehorse," says Jacki.

Some artwork will be unique to a particular configuration of Vacation Homes. Studios, for instance, will "have a piece of artwork with lots of pictures of Saratoga Springs in its heyday, like the Grand Hotel and street scenes," says Jacki. Whatever the size of your resort accommodations, you'll feel the spirit of Saratoga Springs in every space. Thanks to the work of Jacki, Mary, and the entire design team, a fourth 'H' now comfortably joins "Health, History, Horses" at Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa—"Home."


Home Resort Spotlight
The forecast for fun
While there's really no such thing as a rainy day at the Walt Disney World® Resort, light showers do make the occasional appearance. But with a wide variety of indoor activities available for your enjoyment, there's no reason to let a little rain spoil your Disney day. In fact, it may just be the perfect excuse to go exploring! Below are just a few suggestions, including several you may want to consider for those times when the weather's perfect, but you need a break:
Shop along Main Street U.S.A. in the Magic Kingdom® Park. Most shops are connected, so you can stay dry while browsing and buying to your heart's content.
Enjoy entertainment for all ages at Downtown Disney®. Sit back with some popcorn and catch a movie, like Finding Nemo opening May 30, at the AMC® Pleasure Island 24 Theatres Complex. Or use your Member admission discount and visit DisneyQuest® Indoor Interactive Theme Park—five floors of indoor thrills!
Discover the exciting world of tomorrow (under one roof), at Innoventions, in FutureWorld at Epcot®.
Catch an afternoon baseball game at ESPN Club at Disney's BoardWalk Resort.
Indulge in a spa treatment at Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa—and save with your Member discount.
Get fit with a quick workout at your resort's fitness center—most are free to Members.
Grab some quarters and head to your resort's arcade or game room for some fast-fingered fun.
Relax in your room with a movie—Disney Vacation Club Resorts offer free DVD and video rentals to Members.
Curl up with a good book in a quiet area, like The Drawing Room at Disney's Beach Club Villas or The Iron Spike Room at The Villas at Disney's Wilderness Lodge. Another great place to go 'under covers' is the Back Porch at Disney's BoardWalk Resort, which features comfortable wicker rocking chairs.
At your Home Resort, be sure to consult the schedule of daily resort activities (usually included in your check-in folder). There are opportunities to explore your creative side with arts and crafts activities, test your knowledge with trivia games, engage in pin trading with fellow Disney enthusiasts, and more. If a little rain begins to fall and you've got options in mind, you'll be the hero in your group!

Special notice - Pool refurbishment at
Disney's Old Key West Resort
In May and June, the pools at Disney's Old Key West Resort will be refurbished. No more than one pool will be closed at any time; at least three pools will be open at any given time. The schedule is as follows: Sport Pool 2 (Turtle Shack) will be closed May 1 thru May 9. Sport Pool 1 (near Building 19) will be closed May 12 thru May 23. Sport Pool 3 (near Building 56) will be closed May 28 thru June 6.

Childcare at Disney's BoardWalk Resort
The Harbor Club childcare center at Disney's BoardWalk Resort is closed until further notice. Childcare operations in this area have been consolidated with the Sandcastle Club at Disney's Yacht & Beach Club Resorts to provide the best experience for Guests 4-12. The Sandcastle Club is available daily from 4:30 pm to Midnight. Charges apply.