Disney to put time-shares near its amusement parks

Walt Disney Co. plans time-share resorts near its theme parksworldwide, part of a strategy to engage vacationers' attention -and pocketbooks - for days or weeks at a time.

The first resort, a previously announced 501-unit Key West-styledevelopment, is nearly complete at Walt Disney World in Florida.Apartments there range from studios to twin-suite, five-bedroomvillas.

Officials said Friday that Disney plans or is consideringresorts near its Anaheim, Paris and Tokyo theme parks, and inlocations such as Colorado ski country and California's desert. Aspart of the program, known as Disney Vacation Club, vacationers couldvisit different resorts at different …