News New Polynesian Resort DVC villas building to open 2024

[CastAStone]

Why would they do dishwashers as opposed to a stackable washer/dryer? A washer/dryer would be so much more useful.

It’s a tiny dishwasher. A washer dryer would have been easily 6x the footprint.

 

[Chef idea Mickey`=]

Gosh, it sure is nice one person can sit and eat at the table in the studio. I guess the other 3 are supposed to stand?

Literally! At least the mini couch can fit 3. I never understood why in hotel rooms they only offer one chair.

 

[Chef idea Mickey`=]

Anyone else not loving the design of the rooms? Very beige, bland, looks like it could be a hotel anywhere. I go to Disney for the over the top theming and immersion. I’m slowly realizing that is a thing of the past as the designs have trended more and more generic.

It's worse than beige almost grey beige, even the artwork and couch colors are either same exact color as the walls or one kind of icky blue not even an ocean blue. If you have kids they will be bored. Although I guess you can't get amazing because the location and view is unless there's a back view somewhere where you don't even see the monorail.

 

[Bocabear]

They put a lot of thought into the different elements, sadly the overall art direction does not make is feel Polynesian, but more like any Marriott hotel room USA. Again, the details are well thought out...just combinerd with the colors and overall design they fail to evoke a Polynesia...or match any other part of the resort. It's nice. but somehow feels like the justification for everything is trying too hard...Kind of like the Tiana Bayou Adventure... too much justification because the design story does not read...

 

[mattpeto]

I watched the video last night and came away more impressed that not. There are a ton of details in those rooms you wouldn't catch with a couple of photos.

 

[Bocabear]

True...Lots of detail but still doesn't feel like a fit for the resort as a whole... It still feels like a Marriott and not the Polynesian Village Resort. It is pretty...but looks a lot more like The Contemporary with some added details to say look! here is a manta ray! See it's Polynesian! ...lol The original Imagineering team understood how to use eveything to evoke a place and time... the new guard seems to just add a detail on top of their Marriott decor...

 

[akileese]

True...Lots of detail but still doesn't feel like a fit for the resort as a whole... It still feels like a Marriott and not the Polynesian Village Resort. It is pretty...but looks a lot more like The Contemporary with some added details to say look! here is a manta ray! See it's Polynesian! ...lol The original Imagineering team understood how to use eveything to evoke a place and time... the new guard seems to just add a detail on top of their Marriott decor...

I spent a lot of time traveling and usually at Hilton because I can book at F&F rates, so I can't speak to Marriott personally but from the full room tour, it doesn't feel like a Hilton at all. I think what people are really looking for here is that the theming and aesthetic is more subtle and muted, which is a fair complaint. Hilton has their own vacation club Polynesian style resort in Kissimmee already if you want to see what a hotel conglomerate's take on the Polynesian aesthetic is and it genuinely looks like every hotel room you've ever seen. The Riviera tower absolutely looks like an upscale new Hilton room, but to me, these don't. They're just very muted and not as vibrant as we'd like them to be.

 

[Doberge]

Based on the video and pictures, I like the 1-BR Villas having a 2nd full bathroom and the addition of the dishwasher to the Deluxe Studios, but the 2nd shower in the longhouse studios is a nice feature that didn't carry over to the new tower (not that anyone could have realistically expected it).

I don't like that even the "water themed" rooms have so much beige and very little blue/aqua anywhere. Would it have killed them to add a little color to the curtains??? Islands are more than just sand.

Another possible negative is the apparent omission of a 3rd bathroom in the 2-BR Villas that is present in the other DVC resorts that have a 2nd bathroom in the 1-BR Villas. That 3rd bathroom is clutch when you have a full room because whoever is sleeping in the living room still has their own bathroom so they don't have to go into someone else's bedroom at night if they need to use the bathroom.

The pictures and videos didn't show everything. There are second bathrooms in one bedrooms and third bathrooms in two bedrooms. They're behind the principal bedroom and accessible from near the main entrance door. Similar to Kidani but a little more off to the side.

See purple here:

But why they didn't share when trying to tell people to book, it's beyond me.

 

[Doberge]

The kitchenette location in the tower studio maximizes wall space. In most DVC studios the bed is near the bedroom and the wall shared with the bathroom is entirely unused. The rearrangement opened the space where the kitchenette used to be to allow for alternative uses. In this case, a dedicated spot for luggage and banquet seating + table. I think the tower studio is functionally well designed. And if it doesn't work for someone then the longhouse studios are there and very different.

 

[Chip Chipperson]

The pictures and videos didn't show everything. There are second bathrooms in one bedrooms and third bathrooms in two bedrooms. They're behind the principal bedroom and accessible from near the main entrance door. Similar to Kidani but a little more off to the side.

See purple here:
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But why they didn't share when trying to tell people to book, it's beyond me.

Thanks for posting that. That's good to know.

 

[Doberge]

Missed before the differences in principal bathrooms. Red is the standard principal bathroom in a one or two bedroom, and it's what was shared in the video. Green shows the layout of what looks like a handicap accessible principal bathroom (again one or bedroom unit). The space is more open to navigate and there appears to be a slightly larger shower.

Less confident here but this may be layout of a handicap accessible studio. The kitchenette appears to be on the TV wall (in place of luggage stand and table/banquet) instead of bathroom wall. Without the bathroom wall kitchenette these rooms should also be a little wider as well, all the better to handicap persons to navigate.

 

[Dayma]

I have no issues with the rooms honestly. Feels like DVC rooms tend to be a little more nuanced in their themes, which does not bother me. I don't miss the over-the-top theming of the 90s, but to each their own.

The view is going to be amazing from the tower!!!

 

[_caleb]

True...Lots of detail but still doesn't feel like a fit for the resort as a whole... It still feels like a Marriott and not the Polynesian Village Resort. It is pretty...but looks a lot more like The Contemporary with some added details to say look! here is a manta ray! See it's Polynesian! ...lol The original Imagineering team understood how to use eveything to evoke a place and time... the new guard seems to just add a detail on top of their Marriott decor...

What would make it "feel Polynesian" for you?

 

[JoeCamel]

What would make it "feel Polynesian" for you?

Hula dancers and lei's for me......

Oh, and fire, has to be fire

 

[_caleb]

Hula dancers and lei's for me......

Oh, and fire, has to be fire

I can see that. I think they're trying to avoid some of the cultural stereotypes that often go with the Hawaiian/Polynesian theme.

I like how the rooms are styled in a way to feature textures and patterns more than color. It seems like this could have a calming effect, which is important for a resort room!

 

[dreamfinding]

Hula dancers and lei's for me......

Oh, and fire, has to be fire

Eh, you’re about *checks watch* ~5~ years late.

 

[JoeCamel]

I can see that. I think they're trying to avoid some of the cultural stereotypes that often go with the Hawaiian/Polynesian theme.

I like how the rooms are styled in a way to feature textures and patterns more than color. It seems like this could have a calming effect, which is important for a resort room!

If they fixed the wave machine they could have outrigger boats ride in on the waves.....

 

[dreamfinding]

If they fixed the wave machine they could have outrigger boats ride in on the waves.....

Yes, but that would require them to fix the wave machine.

 

[_caleb]

If they fixed the wave machine they could have outrigger boats ride in on the waves.....

That would be cool!

 

[Sir_Cliff]

I think I'm with most on this in that I don't hate the interiors, but all that beige and neutral tones aren't really to my taste. Even just some natural wood colours and textures would help give some more life to the interiors.