DCLcruiser
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Yea, but that's the Empire State Building of Honolulu. Is the indoor mall w/ Penguins still there?
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News New Polynesian Resort DVC villas building to open 2024
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BrianLo
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They don't seem to be short at all. Sales are fine if you ignore the pandemic and multi-resort launch competition ever since. They are great if you do factor that in.
It's a very large DVC resort and fairly on track to sell out in a couple more years. It's 2/3rds sold out and 80% declared.
James Alucobond
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The rooms never felt authentically Polynesian nor terribly tiki. If you look at the rooms from when the resort opened, they basically just have a themed bedspread, quarter-canopy, and lamps, none of which looked especially custom. It was a clean, contemporary room for the most part. The redesigns since have variably brought in more or fewer elements of the surrounding resort, but the rooms are generally more themed today than they were originally regardless and were always at least somewhat reflective of design trends at the time of their refurbishment. IMO, concerns should be directed much more toward the exterior and common areas.
BrianLo
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The rooms quite nicely evoke Polynesia, for me.
They quite poorly evoke "Disney's Polynesia or Tiki Culture".
They don't really evoke Marriott, unless it was a Marriott Polynesian resort. Which I mean I think is kind of fair. The hotels are allowed to evoke hotels from the region they are mimicking, are they not? They probably should have called it the Waikiki tower though (or Wailea Tower or Lahaina Tower), instead of island tower.
They quite poorly evoke "Disney's Polynesia or Tiki Culture".
They don't really evoke Marriott, unless it was a Marriott Polynesian resort. Which I mean I think is kind of fair. The hotels are allowed to evoke hotels from the region they are mimicking, are they not? They probably should have called it the Waikiki tower though (or Wailea Tower or Lahaina Tower), instead of island tower.
nickys
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It did.
Disney Analyst
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Disney hotel pricing has always been wild to me… a night at Disneyland hotel, or off-site? Off-site please.
The prices do drop after the first of the year. It looks like they’re trying to gash people who HAVE TO be there opening night.
Like Jan 13:
SV Studio: $652 (same as longhouse Villa)
SV 1BR: $945
TPV 2BR: $1,620
2BR Penthouse: $2,535
Closest matching rooms at VGF:
SV Studio: $732
SV 1BR: $1,001
LV 2BR: $1,781
GV: $3,138
Disney Analyst
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Same! I look forward to staying here using my cheapo resale SSR points when the initial rush comes down. I paid as much for the entire contract as a week would cost here in cash.Even at dropped prices… I would never in my days spend so much on lodging
Every MK hotel at any time of the year is out of my price range.
It's not really a success until I can order a bald eagle leg at a Disney park.
BrianLo
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Even at dropped prices… I would never in my days spend so much on lodging
Hey kids, we can go stay in a 2 bedroom penthouse for a week (without park tickets)...
Or everyone in the family can get a new laptop, iPad, iPhone, Switches, we'll get a new TV and Playstation and we'll also go on a cruise.
It's the trouble with "DVC math" occasionally. Sure you are getting a 50% discount, but you're getting a 50% discount on something that's 250% overpriced to begin with. There's a reason these systems use points and not 'dollars'. There are lots of cases where DVC actually is a deal though.
I think the trade off is do you want a small table in your room and real dishes with a dishwasher, plus a restaurant in the building (probably), or do you want a larger room with 2 bathroom sinks and showers plus a 3rd sleeping surface so it sleeps 5 instead of 4 and better proximity to the TTC to walk over there for the morning monorail, but a walk to food/pools?
Disney Analyst
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The way I always look at lodging, I am basically never in the place except for when I’m sleeping. When I travel, I am doing activities the entire time.
So I want the most comfy, cleanest, possible choice, at an affordable price.
As others have noted, these prices are crazy. My wife and I are in our 40s, have no kids and have professional jobs. We live comfortably. But these prices would break the bank for us. Yes, we have the money to spend on them. But not within our budget. I don't know how people pay them!
December 13 starts Polynesian's highest pricing seasons of the year, according to MouseSavers. Left to right here are full prices for longhouse standard, preferred, and bungalow:
Prices in the season are a good 33-50% higher than the rest of the year.
networkpro
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They should rename the "Standard View" to "Monorail and Grand Floridian Parkway View"