John park hopper
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Gonna take a lot of lip stick to make this pig look good
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News New Polynesian Resort DVC villas building to open 2024
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I wonder what the areas with the plywood are? It is a different window configuration than the guest rooms.Photos from today.
Ayla
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Lounges, maybe?
I would guess those are grand villas. The ones at BLT have similar 2-storey windows.
I think you are right.
build_it
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That’s where the monorail is going to weave through the building
Grand Villas are on top, one on each side (lagoon and standard/Monorail). They're two floors there and remind me of the Disneyland Hotel grand villa configuration. (and other things will be like VDH too, like flip flopped studio bed and sitting area locations).
(note, this is VDH and not Poly here)
The plywood areas from renderings appear to be open areas, maybe for guests to gather. It'd be great for standard room guests to congregate for fireworks. Before the plywood was up there was nothing really indicating rooms here.
Thanks!
surfsupdon
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Ehh, DVC has aesthetically ruined so much at the MK Resorts. So glad DVC intrusion around Crescent Lake has been minimal, and fits design!
AndyS2992
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As a stand alone resort it would look fine, shoved right next to the Polynesian however looks horrible 
They keep building more and more hotel rooms yet they aren't expanding the parks to match and attendance is on a downward swing, doesn't seem like they've thought any of this out.
They keep building more and more hotel rooms yet they aren't expanding the parks to match and attendance is on a downward swing, doesn't seem like they've thought any of this out.
Epcot82Guy
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As a stand alone resort it would look fine, shoved right next to the Polynesian however looks horrible
I agree. I think we're seeing the result of our current Wall Street culture. Growth-on-growth-on-growth. Unless you find another cash cow, you have to continually grow and milk the ones you have. Even when it seems counter-intuitive on the outside.
Vegas Disney Fan
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It reminds me of what Vegas did a decade ago, there used to be enough space between the resorts that the themes stood out, then they added towers in all the empty space and now it’s a mash up of themes because there’s no separation.As a stand alone resort it would look fine, shoved right next to the Polynesian however looks horrible
The free space between the resorts is vital to the themes, WDW is losing that separation and the benefits that space provides, and just like Vegas they’ll never get it back.
And There is the rub. DVC has always been a money grap. In fact pre Covid- they bragged at being the largest ROI in all the Disney company-by a far amount. So now how is this all going to play out? The new California DVC is not selling as expected. Riviera is not an exiting resort and with the resale restrictions is selling like a turtle - at the current rate will take over 5 more years to sell out. The Cabins will be interesting as it is totally new concept for DVC and the first to allow pets, but will most likely contain resale restrictions. I am not even going to go into all the issues with the Hawaii resort. That leaves their last hope at a money grab the new Poly tower. The fact DVC needs to hit a home run, I believe this will be part of the same association with no restrictions. At least the savy current DVC owner will be more interested in adding on with no restrictions and the MK resorts have sold well in the past.As a stand alone resort it would look fine, shoved right next to the Polynesian however looks horrible
Disstevefan1
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I totally agree with you, but I bet the this resort and the cabins will have the same restrictions as Riviera.
To figure out what TWDC will do for every and all decisions, think of the best, logical, right decision, and TWDCs decision will be the opposite of that.
Finally a description i can get behind explaining Disney’s thought process!
Jambo Dad
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Riviera is such a poorly executed expectations lowering crapfest. It just sits there plopped in the middle of the Carribbean with no context or thought process. Compare that to Wilderness or AKL. You are right - it won’t sell out.
They need to double park experience capacity to even have a chance to match the room capacity they have/are building.
Suggestions:
Magic - the whole back of the resort is empty. You can’t even walk between big thunder and fantasyland back there. Focus on classic animated properties.
Epcot
Some progress. Suggest focusing on two new pavilions (suggest Basil and India) and adding an attraction to each pavilion. Tap the original planned ideas for places like Germany and Japan.
Also - get rid of Nemo overlay to aquarium - restore the facility to a real aquarium.
Animal Kingdom
They are about to make a significant bad decision. AK doesn’t need Indy, Zootopia, or Encanto lands. It needs new lands representing Australia, North America and South America with as much thought as they gave Africa and Asia.
Hollywood
Make Star Wars a winner - it’s not that hard. Add streetscape, droids, overhead craft coming and going. Reuse the hotel as part of Star Wars - not in space but on the ground. Stop pretending anyone cares about the last trilogy - use the original characters! Get the deferred restaurant built.
Expand the old Hollywood experience to more streets. Bring back streetmosphere. Close off Rock n Roller coaster from Sunset and attach to new lands behind it that connect back to Toy Story and focus on new Pixar attractions. Retheme rock n roller to the long rumored Monsters Inc door coaster.
This is just a start- ideas welcome.