
Other than being shiny and brand-new when it opens later this year, what makes Disney’s Riviera Resort extra special is that you will be able to take the Disney Skyliner gondolas from the resort to EPCOT as well as Disney’s Hollywood Studios, home to Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge that is also set to open in late 2019. This soon-to-open DVC resort has just 300 rooms - small by Disney standards.

However, when it comes to new Disney Vacation Club properties located at Walt Disney World, the sizes tend to run much smaller. Similar to in Las Vegas, 2,000-room mega-hotels are the rule, not the exception at Disney - though Disney at least makes them feel like they aren’t 2,000-room resorts. PHOTOS: Disney’s Riviera Resort Rooms Now Available to Book for December 2019 /dARLebQkkkĭisney World is a city unto itself when it comes to hotel rooms. Smaller tower studios that sleep two can be booked from about $500+. Rates go up from there for multi-bedroom villas. Prices for available dates currently start at $600+ for rooms that sleep five. 16 (though we expect it to open before then). The love of Disney also runs in their family Patty and Brian’s daughter is a server at Kona Café in Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort, and she’s utilized Disney Aspire – an educational investment program for cast that provides 100% tuition paid up front at select schools – to complete her master’s degree in Creative Writing.Put on your Mickey or Minnie ears while simultaneously grabbing your credit card as a brand-new Disney World resort is now accepting bookings for late 2019! This is the first free-standing, all-new resort to open at Walt Disney World since 2012 when Disney’s Art of Animation opened its doors (Bay Lake Tower at Disney’s Contemporary Resort opened in 2009 and Copper Creek Villas at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge opened in 2017, both as resort add-ons).īut Disney World’s all-new Disney Vacation Club (DVC) property, Riviera Resort, is nearing its fall 2019 opening date and rooms are officially available for booking for dates beginning Dec. And working with my husband just makes it even more magical because we get to make these lifelong memories together!”

“I love the atmosphere and I still get excited when I make magic for guests. “Working for Disney is unlike anything,” Patty says. Whether it’s catching up with a family returning to the resort (they’ve had families come by La Boutique just to see them!) or finding that perfect pin for an avid collector, they love creating special moments for guests. “When we had the chance to make even more magic and work at Disney’s Riviera Resort, we were so excited!”īrian and Patty say there’s never a dull moment working together at Disney’s Riviera Resort. We had such a great time showing families the different nighttime merchandise and seeing their eyes light up,” Brian says. “We used to work at the glow carts together. in Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park, and they’ll never forget the magic they created there. They started their merchandise journey in DinoLand U.S.A. In 2017, they made their dream a reality and moved to Orlando to become Disney cast members. We thought, ‘Wow! What an opportunity to make our dreams come true!’” “She told us that lots of Disney couples come down to Florida and work together, and so we put the plan in motion to make it happen.

“The cast member we spoke to loved her role and the company,” Patty says.

On an anniversary trip to Walt Disney World Resort in 2016, they struck up a conversation with a Magic Kingdom Park cast member about her experience working at Disney. Patty and Brian have been married for 35 years, and they’ve always had a love of all things Disney. Have you ever had a job where you got to work with your best friend every day? What about a job where you got to work with your best friend AND make magic? Meet Patty and Brian – Disney couple and merchandise cast members at Disney’s Riviera Resort!
