This week on Mouse Management and More, we are heading
to the newest Disney Vacation Club resort at Walt Disney World, one of the most beautiful places I have ever walked into at Walt Disney World. Disney's Riviera Resort opened in December 2019,
inspired by Walt and Lillian Disney's love of the European
Riviera, and it shows in every single corner of this property. We
are covering the origin story, the mosaic murals that stopped
me in my tracks the first time I walked through, the Skyliner
gondola that makes the transportation here unlike anything
else in the DVC system, the Tower Studios that are a room type
entirely their own, and Topolino's Terrace --- a rooftop
character breakfast where Mickey shows up dressed as a
painter. Yes, really. If the Riviera has not been on your radar, it
is about to be.

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We are heading to Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort and Spa, the resort with three promises right there in its motto: Health, History, Horses.
Inspired by the legendary Victorian spa town in upstate New
York, this is a DVC resort with genuine personality, the largest
footprint in the entire Disney Vacation Club system, and one of
the most underrated locations on Walt Disney World property.
We are covering the history of the real Saratoga Springs, what
Disney built when they inherited this site, the Treehouse Villas
that belong on every Disney bucket list, the Turf Club, the spa,
and why the proximity to Disney Springs makes this resort more
convenient than most people realize. Plus the hook for this
episode is personal, and if you have ever loved a horse, been
to a race, or watched someone walk into the Derby wearing a
hat the size of a small satellite dish, this one is going to feel very
familiar.

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Mouse Management and More is heading somewhere that almost nobody puts on their list, and that is exactly why we are going. Disney's Old Key West Resort is the original. Not one of the originals. The original. The resort that started the entire Disney Vacation Club, that opened its doors in December of 1991 with fifty units and a vision for what Disney could do with a timeshare, and that has spent the last thirty-plus years being perfectly content to let everybody else get the attention. This episode covers the full DVC origin story, the rooms that are the largest in the DVC system, the dining and activities that make a quiet resort far more interesting than the headlines suggest, and the case for why this sleeper pick might be one of the smartest stays on all of Walt Disney World property. For everyone who has ever scrolled past it without stopping --- this one is for you.

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