Disney is going to scale back the Polynesian DVC plans in a big way.

Tom

Tom

Beta Return
danlb_2000 said:
The plans show lots of pilings out in the lagoon. All the little black dots in these two segments of the plans are for pilings. Looking close at the plans you can also see parallel pairs of pilings running back to the land which would be for walkways.

Poly1.png

Poly2.png
Click to expand...

Beat me to it :)

I was going to try to photoshop the outline of the bungalows, but you can make them out good enough in your snippets. Looks like there will be about 20 of them....completely ruining the view from Hawaii and Tahiti.
 
danlb_2000

danlb_2000

Premium Member
Tom said:
Beat me to it :)

I was going to try to photoshop the outline of the bungalows, but you can make them out good enough in your snippets. Looks like there will be about 20 of them....completely ruining the view from Hawaii and Tahiti.
Click to expand...

Great minds think a like, I started to do that also, but thought it would be easier to just post the plans.
 
tl77

tl77

Well-Known Member
Is there any word about the Tangaroa Terrace building and Luau Cove? I thought they were both going to be removed to make way for the lazy river pool and the DVC but it looks like that's been scaled back
 
Tom

Tom

Beta Return
tl77 said:
Is there any word about the Tangaroa Terrace building and Luau Cove? I thought they were both going to be removed to make way for the lazy river pool and the DVC but it looks like that's been scaled back
Click to expand...

Neither of those are shown to be affected on these plans, and they most certainly would be if there was any major construction that involved the change in the size, shape or location of buildings on the property. Thus, it appears that the Villas at Poly will be limited to the bungalows and Tahiti - with no work at the west end of campus.
 
tl77

tl77

Well-Known Member
Tom said:
Neither of those are shown to be affected on these plans, and they most certainly would be if there was any major construction that involved the change in the size, shape or location of buildings on the property. Thus, it appears that the Villas at Poly will be limited to the bungalows and Tahiti - with no work at the west end of campus.
Click to expand...

Yeah I could see from the new plans they would both still be there, and I guess Luau Cove is safe for a little while longer now? ...but the Tangaroa Terrace has sat empty for a few years now and I was wondering if there were any plans to reopen it since they just opened a restaurant with the same name at Disneyland
 
JWG

JWG

Well-Known Member
Tom said:
Neither of those are shown to be affected on these plans, and they most certainly would be if there was any major construction that involved the change in the size, shape or location of buildings on the property. Thus, it appears that the Villas at Poly will be limited to the bungalows and Tahiti - with no work at the west end of campus.
Click to expand...

I don't think these are the final plans, I think these are the "prep" plans. So, pre-work that has to happen to get to the full plans. Something tells me there will be more filings and that other areas will be impacted that maybe aren't mentioned yet. But, if they couldn't find a way to save/relocate Luau cove and the Spirit of Aloha, I imagine the won't eliminate what's there.
 
Tom

Tom

Beta Return
JWG said:
I don't think these are the final plans, I think these are the "prep" plans. So, pre-work that has to happen to get to the full plans. Something tells me there will be more filings and that other areas will be impacted that maybe aren't mentioned yet. But, if they couldn't find a way to save/relocate Luau cove and the Spirit of Aloha, I imagine the won't eliminate what's there.
Click to expand...

Filing plans with the Drainage Board is a big deal, and a huge ordeal. Water management in FL is pretty high on the list of priorities. That means these plans are fairly official, because once they're approved, that's what they have to build....or file an amendment and wait for approval again.

There's likely work that will happen that isn't shown on these plans, but that work won't affect water management - meaning there won't be any removal or addition of hard surface (buildings, pavement) beyond what is shown here. And the plans don't refer to a "phase", so these are likely the master plan.
 
Tom

Tom

Beta Return
Soarin' Over Pgh said:
Like this?

pulau-mabul-mabul-island.html


I thought you couldn't go in the water at the poly.... Am I wrong?
Click to expand...

I didn't scroll up to re-read all the posts, but did someone suggest the bungalows were going "in" the water? That was likely a type-o, or mis-interpretation if so. These will be similar to something you'd see at a Sandals resort, where they look like they're on stilts, hovering above the water.
 
danlb_2000

danlb_2000

Premium Member
Tom said:
Filing plans with the Drainage Board is a big deal, and a huge ordeal. Water management in FL is pretty high on the list of priorities. That means these plans are fairly official, because once they're approved, that's what they have to build....or file an amendment and wait for approval again.

There's likely work that will happen that isn't shown on these plans, but that work won't affect water management - meaning there won't be any removal or addition of hard surface (buildings, pavement) beyond what is shown here. And the plans don't refer to a "phase", so these are likely the master plan.
Click to expand...

I found one of the documents which has the question "Is this application for part of a multi-phase project?", which is marked No.
 
Rodan75

Rodan75

Well-Known Member
WDW1974 said:
My thoughts when I first heard of the idea. Yay, brackish swamp water so rubes who don't know any better can think they're in the South Pacific.
Click to expand...

They could go for a Louisiana vibe...they could seed some gators and make it a swamp people resort.
 
Soarin' Over Pgh

Soarin' Over Pgh

Well-Known Member
Tom said:
I didn't scroll up to re-read all the posts, but did someone suggest the bungalows were going "in" the water? That was likely a type-o, or mis-interpretation if so. These will be similar to something you'd see at a Sandals resort, where they look like they're on stilts, hovering above the water.
Click to expand...


Ok, gotcha. Thank you.


Still don't think I'd be ok with staying in one and not being able to/ not wanting to go in that water... I think it kinda ruins the whole idea of this plan. But what do I know. :/
 

Register on WDWMAGIC. This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.

Back
Top Bottom