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Page 4B - THE CHARU)TTE POST - Thursday, May 19, 1988 TRIPS Silt I Staff members al WALT DISNEY WORLD Mickey Mouse They're Not! By WnUAM JAMES BROCK Post Entertainment Editor Lake Buena Vista, Fla. - Reser vations are now being taken for the first new Walt Disney World hotels to be built at the Central Florida resort in 17 years. Late-summer vacationers can book nights in the luxurious Grand Floridian Beach Resort beginning August 1 while those planning fall trips also have the choice of the moderately-priced Caribbean Beach Resort Hotel beginning October 1. Individual room nights for the two hotels can be reserved through Walt Disney World Cen tral Reservations (305-824- 8000). Package plans can be booked through local travel agents. The 900-room Grand Floridi an, described by Disney as "the jewel in the crown" of its seven resorts, recalls the glory days when the Rockefellers and the Roosevelts led the annual winter pilgrimage to the land of sun shine and citrus. Located on the n=monorall with a view of the Magic Kingdom, the Victorian- style hotel will be the most luxu rious on the Disney property. The 81 concierge and suite rooms in the 225,000 square foot main building will Include in-room facilities such as a wet bar and lavish decor plus pri vate elevator access to the con- clerge/sulte levels. In addition to the main building with its pa latial vaulted lobby, the complex includes five lodge buildings, four and five stories in height, with 819 additional guest rooms. Dining opportunities at the Grand lloridian will be diverse — from a top your own burger at "Gasparilla Grill and Games” to intimate, candlelight, gourmet dinners at "Victoria & Ebert's" with elegant service fit for royal ty- Largest restaurant will be "Flagler's," which will showcase a traditional Florida menu. "Narcoosee Nicks," a seafood bar restaurant on the 200-acre Sev en Seas Lagoon, will feature a show kitchen where cooks will broil, steam, saute and smoke the catches of the day. Hotel recreation is water- oriented — white sand beaches on the lagoon, a marina with rental craft, a 275,000 gallon swimming pool and a children's activity area. The health club will Include an exercise room, saunas and massage room. Nightly rates in the Grand Flo ridian will range from $165 to $225. Disney's Caribbean Beach Re sort will be made up of "villages," comprised of clusters of two- story buildings. Five distinct styles will carry the relaxed Ca ribbean feeling throughout the resort, blending cool pastel walls and white-wood fencing under darker metal roofs. A typical 300 square foot room will have two double beds and will accommodate four persons. Individual villages will have their own swimming pools. white sand beaches and laundry facilities. Located on a 200-acre site southeast of Epcot Center, the tropically themed hotel will sur round a 42-acre lake. Guests will be able to travel to other parts of the Vacation Kingdom on the Walt Disney World transporta tion system. Six counter-service specialty restaurants will feature baked goods, barbecue, native Caribb ean fare, soups and sandwiches and other beef and seafood fa vorites. The main beach will feature a swimming pool with a waterfall and slides, a playground and other themed elements. The ma rina will provide small sail boats, and paddleboats for rent. For further information, write Walt Disney World Central Res ervations, P. O. Box 10,100, Lake Buena Vista, FL 10,100. Phone 305* - 824-8000 (*After April 16, the area code changes to 407). Inn Crowd By Crystal Craft Charlotte Conventions Writer The number of hotel and motel rooms in Ihe Charlotte area has more tlian doubled in six years. Rooms, including those pres ently under construction or still in the planning phase, total 15,588. At the end of 1981, the Charlotte area had only 7,149 rooms. Much of the hotel/motel growth is taking place along I- 77, near the Charlotte-Douglas International Airport and its more Uian 350 daily flights. New hotels along 1-77 include The Royce, a full-service, luxuiy ho tel; Marriott Courtyard with 138 rooms; and Cricket Inn, offering 122 moderately-priced rooms. Other developers are exploit ing the enormous growth within the uptown area. The Gateway Center located near 1-77 and West Trade Street will offer a European-style, luxury hotel - The Compri. The old Mayfair Hotel, located in the heart of the city at 6th and Tryon streets, is under renovation and will reo pen as the Dunhill Hotel. Including the announced addi tions, Charlotte will have an ad ditional 1,700 to 1,800 new rooms uplown for a total 4,000 rooms uptown - more than most other N.C. cities have totally. Uptown and 1-77 are not the only locations to host new or ex panded hotels. Developers have recognized that Charlotte is a magnet for travel dollars; in fact, Charlotte is the top N.C. travel destination, attracting $804 mil lion in tourist spending, accord ing to the 1986 figures, the latest available from the N.C. Depart ment of Commerce. Growth of Lodging Industry in Charlotte Since 1981 Total rooms as of 1981 - 7,149. Rooms added in 1981 (108). Total rooms as of 1982 7,257. Rooms added in 1982-1984 (2,160). Total rooms as of 1984 9,417. Rooms added 1985 - Present (1,329). Total rooms at present 12,091. Rooms under construction or planned (3,497). Total rooms existing, under construction or planned 15,588. Take Off! By Janet Maizner Travel Writer Charlotte, N.C. — The sun and fun are better in Jamaica, as residents from North Carolina are finding out. In fact, accord ing to Charles Handal, south east regional manager for the Jamaica Tourist Board, the Ca ribbean island has seen a tre mendous Increase in visitors from Noidh Carolina. "Tourism from North Carolina tripled in 1987 and the numbers will continue to rise," stated Handal, "particularly with new service beginning in June." International Travel Arrang ers, the Jamaica tour operator, will Initiate weekly charter ser vice June 11 using a Continental Airlines 727-200 series air plane. The charter will depart Charlotte/Douglas Municipal Airport every Saturday for Mon tego Bay, Jamaica. ITA is offering 8 day/ 7 night summer '88 special packages starting from $299 per person, double occupancy. Hotel, round- trip air fare, airport transfers and hotel tax are Included. A nonstop two-and-one-half hour flight delivers vacationers to a diversity of accommoda tions and on-island activities that make Jamaica the perfect destination for single travelers, couples, families and groups. For more information on travel to Jamaica, call your travel agent, or the Jamaica Tourist Board, 1320 South Dixie High way, Suite 1100, Coral Gables, Florida 33146, at 305/665-0557. This Trip Is Murder! By Mike Blanton Arts Writer CHARLOTTE--an intriguing murder mystery will be an add ed highlight of Discovery Place's train excursion to Charleston, S.C., June 4-5. Mark de Cas- trlque Film Productions, Inc., has written an original mystery complete with villains, victims and heroes. The melodrama will be enacted while en route to Charleston and will challenge participants' powers of obser vation and deduction as pas sengers attempt to solve this perplexing murder. The fascinating Norfolk Southern Exhibit Car Vvih be another attraction on the train bound for Charleston and the Spoleto Arts Festival. This rol ling museum includes a working model railroad that is powered by solar energy and is complete with computer displays, videos, static models and a working hot box detector. Space is still available for this unique trip but seats are going fast. The "Discovery Express" will depart Charlotte at 7;30 a.m., Saturday, June 4th head ed for Columbia, S.C., where travelers will be treated to brunch at the California Drea- mln' restaurant in Columbia's restored depot. The train will then pull out of the station headed for the small railroad town of Branchville, S.C. Can- Can girls, gunfights, live music and a tour of the railroad mu seum await visitors in Branch ville. The "Discovery Express" is scheduled to arrive in Charles ton at approximately 5:00 p.m. Saturday afternoon giving trav elers plenty of time to prepare for a sensational evening at the Spoleto Arts Festival. The re turn trip departs Charleston Sunday, June 5th, at 9:30 a.m. and will arrive in Charlotte around 6:30 p.m. This unique train excursion costs $130.00 for museum members and $149.00 for non members. Hotel accommoda tions are separate and start a I $42.80 per person. All re served rooms are in hotels lo cated in the center of Charles ton's historic district. For more information or to register by phone, call 704-372- 6261. CLASS X/from page IB ready to channel what 1 learned in Class X into productive ac tion in the community." Leadership Charlotte Class X had many members who, like Thomas, were already seen as community leaders . Madine Fails is President of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Ur ban League. Rlclcy Hall is an area supervisor with the county Department of Social Services. Denise Jones is a Nursing In structor at Charlotte Memorial Hospital. Sherry Marsh is an Assistant County Manager. Laura McClettie is Chairman of the Board of the Afro- American Cultural Center. And Ronald Ross is Youth Program Director with the National Con ference of Christians and Jews. These are a sampler of commu nity activists in Class X "Leadership Charlotte Class X is the product of a mature or ganization," said Michael Evans. "They have come through and been tempered now. Their new community role will be to take on responsibility, set goals and then turn those into reality." Evans, who is Immediate past president of Leadership Char lotte, is the only black ever elected to head the community organization. He and wife Yvonne Mims Evans are the only black mar ried couple to complete the pro gram to date. Mrs. Evans is an alumna of Class V. Evans is an alumnus of Class VI. Another famed alumna of Leadership Charlotte Class X is television personality Beatrice Thompson. "It was one of the best experi ences of my life," Thompson said. "Our class was one of the most invigorating groups of people I have encountered. As a TV newswoman. I've been in some challenging situations. This program equalled anything I've experienced professionally." TITUS & CARLENA IVORY I'hoi-.' I ,iNi;y WILLIAM JAMES BROCK & Sen. 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