<P> As of 2011, there is a 14 - year waiting list for new memberships . The membership waiting list was re-opened in May 2012 after being closed for five years . Corporate members pay an initiation fee of $40,000, and individual members pay $25,000 in addition to annual dues, which are about $10,000 . </P> <P> The entrance of the club was formerly located next to the Blue Bayou Restaurant at "33 Royal Street" with the entrance recognizable by an ornate address plate with the number 33 engraved on it . Following a major remodeling in 2014, the entrance was relocated to 33 Orleans Street in New Orleans Square, opposite the La Mascarade d'Orleans shop . </P> <P> When Walt Disney was working with various corporate promoters for his attractions at the 1964--1965 New York World's Fair, he noted the various "VIP Lounges" provided as accommodation for the corporate elite . This gave him the idea that culminated in Club 33 . When New Orleans Square was planned, this special area for corporate sponsors and VIPs was included . Disney asked artist Dorothea Redmond to paint renderings and hired Hollywood set director Emile Kuri to decorate the facility . While Club 33 was originally intended for exclusive use by Disneyland's corporate sponsors and other industry VIPs, when it opened on June 15, 1967, six months after Disney's death, individual memberships were also offered . </P> <P> To enter Club 33, a guest must press a buzzer on an intercom concealed by a hidden panel in the doorway . (At one time, a member needed to insert their membership card in a slot near the buzzer for entry, but it has now been upgraded to allow entry by simply tapping the membership card over the emblem .) For non-members, a receptionist will ask for the reservation name over the intercom and, if access is granted, open the door into a vestibule that used to be a small shop . Check - in occurs in this vestibule . Beyond is an open - air courtyard called Court des Anges . Members and guests are then escorted up an elevator or a curved staircase to the lobby on the second floor . From there, they can either dine in Le Grand Salon or retire to Le Salon Nouveau . Le Salon Nouveau contains the original antique - style glass lift which was used prior to the 2014 remodel to take guests to Club 33's second level . The lift was an exact replica of one Disney saw during a vacation in Paris, but the owner of the original refused to sell . Undaunted, Disney sent a team of engineers to the Parisian hotel to take exact measurements for use in the creation of a replica . A sample of the original finish was taken to ensure faithful reproduction . </P>

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