JoeCamel
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You see the big open skyliner launch points? Imagine tables and cupcakes in those.....
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News New Polynesian Resort DVC villas building to open 2024
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BrianLo
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Nothing to wait for - there's no rooftop dining. Which is a missed opportunity.
Just a pool bar spot that probably shares the kitchen with whatever the dining (?table service/quick service) will be on the main floor.
I'm thinking like Geyser Point combining some quick service, table service, and bar service in proximity to Wilderness Lodge pools. The bar itself in the middle there with seating around, not unlike Three Bridges and Geyser Point. But the whole thing is in the tower, like Bar Riva (acknowledging no mobile ordering here). All three have been pretty popular and I'm guessing this uses some of the same multipurpose functions people have liked.
You would have thought, and yet…here we are. Did anything come out today?
Not yet, no.
The Island Tower at Disney’s Polynesian Resort is projected to open on December 17, 2024.
Disney has released a look at one of the new Moana-themed rooms:
Here's a full room tour:
More details:
Disney has released a look at one of the new Moana-themed rooms:
Here's a full room tour:
More details:
Room Reveal! Island Tower at Disney’s Polynesian Villas & Bungalows
Take a first look inside the guest rooms at Island Tower at Disney’s Polynesian Villas & Bungalows!
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First Look Inside New Island Tower Guest Rooms at Disney's Polynesian Villas and Bungalows
First Look Inside New Island Tower Guest Rooms at Disney's Polynesian Villas and Bungalows
First Look Inside New Island Tower Guest Rooms at Disney's Polynesian Villas and Bungalows
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Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
…i mean…Waikiki Hilton 1985…
Gosh these are the best looking rooms in property.
Bummer about the kitchen layout.
Bummer about the kitchen layout.
It's certainly more interesting than the outside of the building, and I do appreciate that you're not bombarded with IP.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
It’s almost like the management hates parks customers…so they insist designs that are for business conference centers…
…you know?…to fill with park customers?
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
In Miami…maybe
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
The question is…does it fit?
It's the same galley style as Riviera, right?
A interesting addition is a dishwasher to studios, at least standard studio size. It's explained as a sustainability goal to not use disposables like in other rooms. It's interesting to me because Disney had real plates and silverware before swapping out for disposable so I wonder if other DVC resorts will return to real plates and silverware before 2030.
I'm torn on this. There was the original 70's plan for a tower, but that was an interesting design. This one is generic (ala the Riviera). It is certainly a big departure from the base Poly styling which seems lush and tropical by comparison (DVC rooms).
I don't hate it, but I don't love it. Maybe eventually I'll give it a shot but I'm not going to rush to do it.
John park hopper
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The room decor just scream your in Polynesia -------NOT
ToTBellHop
Well-Known Member
I can appreciate what they’re doing with the studios but I’d honestly prefer a washer/drier and the kitchen is right next to the bed where most kids will be. We can’t be the only parents who wake up and make coffee and breakfast before waking up the kids, can we? They‘ll wake up immediately here.
Did the recent graduates miss the part of design class where they are allowed to use more than shades of beige, white, and tan in a design? Or was that something that came from Burbank?
I think it's great that one resort can have both styling options, at least for studios. Differentiating the longhouse studios from tower studios seemed important.