Monday, August 29, 2011 marks the grand opening of the eleventh Disney Vacation Club resort:  Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa.  Contained within are links to numerous recent news stories and articles published as the highly anticipated property welcomes its first guests.

Updated 8/30/11, 8:27am EST

Early purchasers of the Aulani timeshare resort in Hawai'i are poised to receive a 50-year reduction in their annual dues payments as a result of the internal bookkeeping error. 

Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa is just a few short weeks from opening.  Theme park passholders and D23 members who wish to be among the first to experience Disney's tropical paradise can currently take advantage of some appealing discounts off of the standard room rates.

The official Disney Parks Blog has been busy promoting Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa. Recent blog entries have shed new light on resort restaurant offerings and several guest activities.

Disney's Aulani resort in O'ahu is just one month away from opening day.  As we approach its magical debut, Werner Weiss from Yesterland.com has published the ninteenth story in his series on this Hawaiian paradise.  The latest feature includes a number of photographs taken from within the resort itself (like the gorgeous image below) and a look at the surrounding area.

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Visit Yesterland.com for Disney Goes Hawaiian, Part 19: Aulani and O‘ahu

In creating Aunty's Beach House at Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa, designers have taken a page out of the Disney Cruise Line playbook.