Doorway to Dreams opens in Chicago

Post by **rdeacon** » Aug Mon 06, 2007 8:23 am

The Disney Vacation Club has opened its first off-property preview center at the Woodfield Mall in the greater Chicago area. "Disney's Doorway to Dreams" celebrated its grand opening on Saturday.

The 6,300-square-foot location provides an "interactive family vacation discovery zone," comfortable discussion areas and a supervised children's play area. It also includes a full-scale model of a two-bedroom vacation home, designed to represent accommodations at Disney's Animal Kingdom Villas, the newest property current being offered for sale.

"We are delighted to bring Disney's Doorway to Dreams to Chicago, which is one the top markets for our rapidly growing membership base, so that more people can discover all that Disney Vacation Club has to offer," said Jim Lewis, president of Disney Vacation Club.

The location will be among the first retail environments in the country to utilize a technologically advanced visual display system, where an eye-catching, flat panel screen will feature holographic-like 3-D video images appearing as a glasses-free 3-D display at the storefront.

Doorway to Dreams

Rich

Disneynut · Post by **Disneynut** » Aug Mon 06, 2007 9:15 am

What a great location for the preview center. I have been to that mall many times. Its always busy. Thanks for the info.

danimal3114u · Post by **danimal3114u** » Aug Mon 06, 2007 10:50 am

That's pretty cool. It should be intersting to see hwo well it does and if the locations will be sustainable. If it's anything like the Disneyland location, it will be very inviting and the staff will be excellent!

boilerbabe · Post by **boilerbabe** » Sep Thu 13, 2007 7:38 pm

Thanks for the info. I'll have to check that out, we're not far from that mall!

stinoi · Post by **stinoi** » Feb Tue 05, 2008 8:32 pm

I'll have to remember to visit it the next time we visit my parents.

AKLRULZ · Post by **AKLRULZ** » Feb Wed 06, 2008 7:47 am

Interesting concept - it will be interesting to see if/how it catches on.

DisBeamer · Post by **DisBeamer** » Feb Thu 07, 2008 2:35 am

That looks pretty cool. If any of the people who've mentioned they're close to the mall go to see it, I'd be interested to hear a review.