It is opening day for the Villas at Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa.  Disney Vacation Club President Jim Lewis and Disneyland President Ed Grier are on hand for the grand opening ceremony, and DVCNews.com is covering all of the festivities.

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Newly-expanded Disney's Grand Californian Hotel--now home to 203 additional hotel rooms and 50 Disney Vacation Club villas

The grand opening of the Villas at Disney's Grand Californian Hotel is just nine days away.  With construction largely complete, let's take a look at the current state of the resort and all of the new bits of information we accumulated during the D23 Expo.

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Looking up at the Disney Vacation Club villas from the pool area

On September 23, 2009 Disney Vacation Club will open its tenth property--the Villas at Disney's Grand Californian Hotel.  To help members celebrate the newest (and smallest) DVC property, Disney will host a webcast providing an inside look at the brand new resort. Also highlighed will be special incentive pricing available only during the webcast.

Orange County (CA) has begun recording deeds for the first wave of buyers at the Villas at Disney's Grand Californian Hotel.  Disney Vacation Club purchases are real estate transactions and thus are a matter of public record.  Deeds can be located on the Orange County Recorder website at http://cr.ocgov.com/grantorgrantee/index.asp

DVCNews.com has updated our DVC sales statistics page for June 2009 to include the Grand Californian numbers.  

Thanks to DisneyGeek for the tip!

Disney has taken the wraps off of an on-line version of the Blue Sky Cellar.  Featured are numerous photos and video clips showcasing changes planned for Disney's California Adventure.

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With little more than 11 weeks to opening day, work on the Villas at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel is moving at a feverish pace.