News Kona Cafe at Disney's Polynesian Village Resort closing for refurbishment this summer

[castlecake2.0]

This really looks great and I struggle to understand how the same company just last year made
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I blame Covid era zoom meetings

 

[castlecake2.0]

I wonder if a costume update is planned, they don’t really match the theme anymore

 

[CaptainAmerica]

Although it does need a view, maybe some kind of giant waterfall / fountain / terrarium thing in the lobby to really up the tropical feel.

Yeah, nothing screams "tropical" like mold spores and upper respiratory infections.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Yeah, nothing screams "tropical" like mold spores and upper respiratory infections.

There’s a campy, S.E.A. themed resort hidden in there…

 

[CaptainAmerica]

There’s a campy, S.E.A. themed resort hidden in there…

As long as there's a cameo from Dwayne The Rock Johnson.

 

[LSLS]

A look inside the completed new-look Kona Cafe at Disney's Polynesian Village Resort​

A look inside the completed new-look Kona Cafe at Disney's Polynesian Village Resort

Koina Cafe has reopened at Walt Disney World's Polynesian Village Resort.

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Yeah, these pictures actually make me like it more, I'm impressed.

 

[brihow]

This has to be one of the best renovations Disney has done in decades. It is actually more fitting to the theme was also looking current and classy. I particularly love the rock walls and ceiling mural, which bring me some of that old-school Disney feeling.

 

[JohnD]

Meh. Still no return of The Samoan.

While not formally listed, I believe you can still request the Big Kahuna which is basically the Polynesian Egg Platter with the Macadamian Nut Pancakes.

 

[surfsupdon]

More in the same vein of Universal's Royal Pacific. Looks more fit for that Resort, than Moana themes at the poor Poly. But I do like it, great upgrade.

 

[UNCgolf]

This really looks great and I struggle to understand how the same company just last year made
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No no, this was perfectly themed and not at all generic chain restaurant!

 

[ToTBellHop]

No no, this was perfectly themed and not at all generic chain restaurant!

All they had to do was copy/paste Chez Remy…

 

[phillip9698]

This really looks great and I struggle to understand how the same company just last year made
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Where is this?

 

[CaptainAmerica]

Where is this?

I'm thinking it's Steakhouse 71.

La Crêperie de Paris in Epcot.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Where is this?

La Crêperie de Paris

 

[phillip9698]

La Crêperie de Paris in Epcot.

Yikes. Nothing about that says France or a Creperie.

 

[DznyRktekt]

La Crêperie de Paris

Wow, that is atrocious for EPCOT. It looks like some areas of Shades of Green (not owned by Disney so it gets a pass) or a Holiday Inn buffet seating area.

 

[Epcot82Guy]

Wow, that is atrocious for EPCOT. It looks like some areas of Shades of Green (not owned by Disney so it gets a pass) or a Holiday Inn buffet seating area.

It's actually from Disney's Pan Era...

 

[DznyRktekt]

It's actually from Disney's Pan Era...

Meaning pandemic? Is that a free pass?

 

[ToTBellHop]

Meaning pandemic? Is that a free pass?

I could forgive it if it closed this winter for a proper remodel.

 

[Epcot82Guy]

Meaning pandemic? Is that a free pass?

Haha. No. I was referencing Panera Bread - for which Creperie could easily double IMHO.