Our friend Werner Weiss from Yesterland.com has published some additional photographs and commentary regarding yesterday's groundbreaking ceremony on Oahu.  Check it out !

The Walt Disney Company took the next step toward it's planned resort hotel / Disney Vacation Club timeshare on Oahu with a traditional Hawaiian blessing ceremony and groundbreaking.  The following press release details the ceremony, and shares a few new details regarding this eagerly-anticipated development.

The groundbreaking ceremony for Disney's Hawaiian resort was set to occur today at 10:30am (3:30pm eastern) and local station KGMB was on-hand throughout the day to cover the event.  Some of their early coverage including a 3 min, 30 second video clip can be found HERE.

Stay tuned for additional details.

Thanks to DVC Mike for the link!

We recently got a look at some of the permits for Disney's new resort hotel / Disney Vacation Club complex at Ko Olina.  The permits provide some interesting new details regarding the Hawaii resort project. 

It has been over a year since Disney announced plans to build an 800+ resort hotel / timeshare on the Hawaiian island of Oahu.  Despite rumors suggesting the project may be delayed, physical construction is set to begin on November 19, 2008.