Two highly anticipated new resort developments will expand the Walt Disney World experience and continue the rapid growth of Disney Vacation Club, Disney's innovative vacation-ownership program.

The 15-story Bay Lake Tower at Disney's Contemporary Resort is scheduled to join the Disney Vacation Club family of properties in fall 2009, while The Treehouse Villas at Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa, scheduled to open in summer 2009, will become the next room category offered at that resort, which offers accommodations from hotel rooms to timeshares.

Bay Lake Tower sales are scheduled to begin on Sept. 21 for Vacation Club Members; sales to the general public and for the newest phase of Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa will begin at a later date.

Bay Lake Tower promises to deliver some of the most dramatic views available anywhere at the Walt Disney World Resort. Most of the rooms will feature innovative touches, such as modern artwork designed specifically for Bay Lake Tower, flat-screen TVs, full kitchens complete with granite countertops and modern appliances, washers and dryers, and other home-like amenities typical of any Disney Timeshare establishment. Plus, many Bay Lake Tower vacation villas are designed to sleep up to nine. Meanwhile, nestled in natural forest glens just around the river bend from the bustling Downtown Disney area, the Treehouse Villas at Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa will mark the newest phase of what has become the largest Disney Vacation Club resort.

The Disney Vacation Club was established in 1991 to give families decades of affordable timeshare vacations at Disney destinations and beyond. Disney Vacation Club membership has more than doubled since 2004, expanding to include more than 350,000 individuals from approximately 100 countries and every U.S. state.