A/C problems at Polynesian Bungalows

Rob562

Rob562

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Minthorne said:
The cost of the room in DVC terms is the purchase of your interest in the Vacation Club and the on going maintenance fees on those points. How you use the points (longer stay in smaller room in less desirable location or shorter stay in larger room in more desirable location) is the only measure of "more expensive." Regardless of the kind of room you use your points on the housekeeping is a fixed schedule of after 4 days a trash/towel clean and after 8 days a full clean.

The reasoning is that in this arrangement the members are paying for any cleaning services in their dues as part of a contract they read and signed before buying. Since points can potentially be used at any resort or room the housekeeping is normalized. The ultra rich you are wondering about have the option to pay a fee each day for housekeeping.

If the person is renting the bungalow with cash direct from Disney they are paying more per night than the DVC member (based on the life of the contract) and getting housekeeping daily. If they are using DVC then services at a time share are limited. Like buying a summer home - it usually doesn't come with staff unless you pay for them over and beyond the house.
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Limited housekeeping is also the standard for most timeshares, whether it's Disney or not.

My parents' timeshare on Cape Cod has a similar arrangement on their week each year: a trash & towel (and possibly light cleaning) halfway through the week. I think they also make a new set of sheets available, but you have to change the bed yourself.

-Rob
 
danlb_2000

danlb_2000

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Master Yoda said:
Am I reading that correctly? Were they actually using water cooled heat pumps?

If that is the case and they were drawing directly from the lake it is no wonder why they were having AC problems.
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I wasn't familiar with that term, but after looking it up, yes that's what a "water source" heat pump is.
 
Master Yoda

Master Yoda

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danlb_2000 said:
I wasn't familiar with that term, but after looking it up, yes that's what a "water source" heat pump is.
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I had one in the house I grew up in. It uses water as a cooling medium instead of air.

From what I remember, they were actually more efficient than the air systems of the day and also did not require an external condenser unit. All you needed was about a 3x3 space inside a house and you could heat and cool a roughly 1800-2000 square foot house.

The problem I found with them is they did not work all that well when using warm water. Well water is about 72 degrees 24/7/365. The water in the 7 seas lagoon gets to 85 degrees + in the summer.

If they were using the water straight from the lake they would have just barely worked in the hottest days of the summer.
 
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mj2v

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Maybe they were trying to compensate for their small units with the high cost of the bungalows.... Bora Bora over swamp water.
 
Nubs70

Nubs70

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danlb_2000 said:
The units are being replaced but we don't know what the problem with them was.
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If the units were using lake water, the lake got too warm. If lake gets to 85F and outside air temp is 90F, the best one can expect inside is 87F. They can't use municipal water and discharge into lake. I also wonder how well insulated the underneath of the bungalows. The bungalow is essentially standing over a 85F warm water bottle.
 
Polydweller

Polydweller

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Nubs70 said:
If the units were using lake water, the lake got too warm. If lake gets to 85F and outside air temp is 90F, the best one can expect inside is 87F. They can't use municipal water and discharge into lake. I also wonder how well insulated the underneath of the bungalows. The bungalow is essentially standing over a 85F warm water bottle.
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There is a green building, relatively large, by sunset point that handles all utilities for the bungalows including water, sewage, electrical. You can see all the conduiting and piping running underneath the walkways. No lake water is used for anything.
 

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