News New Polynesian Resort DVC villas building to open 2024

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Not ... really a fan. This has always been such a peaceful stretch. This looks like it's going to really crowd the walkway.

It used to be peaceful…now I’d get run over by several box trucks if I dare run there again

 

[Calmdownnow]

I can’t imagine what these will cost.

I‘ll gladly just stay at the huge studios at the opposite end of the resort.

Unless the "huge" studios are a different booking category and possibly different points, you will stay in the dvc room you are allocated. That's how it works -- you can request, but it doesn't have to be honored. If I was selling DVC points, as long as points are unsold and that inventory can be sold legitimately by Disney Resort, I would be ensuring that people who are paying cash but may commit to a DVC purchase as a result get the big rooms and the members get the rest. It's a business, right?

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Unless the "huge" studios are a different booking category and possibly different points, you will stay in the dvc room you are allocated. That's how it works -- you can request, but it doesn't have to be honored. If I was selling DVC points, as long as points are unsold and that inventory can be sold legitimately by Disney Resort, I would be ensuring that people who are paying cash but may commit to a DVC purchase as a result get the big rooms and the members get the rest. It's a business, right?

…ummm…interesting take on how a 30 year old timeshare works

 

[CastAStone]

Where did Disney actually post this press release? Not seeing it on WDWNews.com

They only post perhaps 10% of their press releases. Most just go to a short list.

 

[Gringrinngghost]

Just am gonna wait for them to start to bill it more like an MLM

 

[UNCgolf]

Not ... really a fan. This has always been such a peaceful stretch. This looks like it's going to really crowd the walkway.

I'm glad my GF and I walked from the Grand Floridian to the Polynesian last time we were there to get that experience. It was such a peaceful, relaxing walk. That's definitely going away.

 

[Calmdownnow]

…ummm…interesting take on how a 30 year old timeshare works

I am assuming that the values that drove the original timeshare -- like the values that drove earlier resorts and the parks -- are no longer aligned. Some DVC members ( I am former, not current) have for several years noted some decision-making that seemed to be more about making Disney money than benefiting members. Re-classification of SSR rooms and the incorporation of the tree-houses, the massive distortion of poly points due to so many bungalows (which always seem available on the cash market, whilst studios are next to impossible to book) and the ever present (pre-pandemic) non-member Brits paying for discounted cash rooms at OKW, SSR, and AKL

 

[RSoxNo1]

They only post perhaps 10% of their press releases. Most just go to a short list.

Ahh, gotcha - I'm not no the DVC d-list.

 

[DC0703]

Top floor restaurant?

Based on the picture, it looks there may be a restaurant on the bottom floor.

 

[Prince-1]

It doesn't "fit" at all though...it is completely different than the rest of the resort... It is a nice modern looking hotel building...
It has no discernable theme at all.
unless by "fit" you meant is there room for it...and yes there is.

Fits just fine boca. It‘s going to be a great addition to Poly.

 

[the.dreamfinder]

Let's face it, the Disney that built hotels like that & DAK Lodge doesn't exist anymore. Can anyone imagine something like this being approved at WDW today?

This seems like a glimpse into what their real estate developments will look like, at any rate.

Aulani began under Eisner.

 

[Mickey5150]

The more people here hate it the more I love it. With prices being what they are Disney should just turn all deluxe resorts into DVC.

 

[rle4lunch]

Well if I ever want to sell my poly points I know I'll make some sweet profits in 2025 after they lower the initial buy in and then jack it up though the roof for January 2026.

 

[Movielover]

That redone Poly entrance is looking pretty good in comparison now isn't it!

 

[CastAStone]

Top floor restaurant?

Based on the picture, it looks there may be a restaurant on the bottom floor.

This, at the bottom, appears to be 2 restaurants (one on the ground floor and one on the first floor)

This, at the top, appears to be a grand villa:

 

[UNCgolf]

What's in the far right of the concept art? It looks like a Skyliner gondola going through the building.

That can't possibly be what it is, but I can't figure out what it's supposed to be.

 

[CastAStone]

What's in the far right of the concept art? It looks like a Skyliner gondola going through the building.

That can't possibly be what it is, but I can't figure out what it's supposed to be.

This?

 

[UNCgolf]

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This?

Yep, that. That must be a higher resolution version of the concept art because it's much clearer than what I was looking at.

Very obviously not a Skyliner gondola (I knew it couldn't be anyways), but still not entirely sure what that is.

 

[CastAStone]

Yep, that. That must be a higher resolution version of the concept art because it's much clearer than what I was looking at.

Very obviously not a Skyliner gondola (I knew it couldn't be anyways), but still not entirely sure what that is.

I don’t know how to post the full resolution picture without it automatically being downscaled. But yes, I have a higher res version.

Edit: here try this, you should be able to pinch and zoom on mobile

 

[UNCgolf]

I don’t know how to post the full resolution picture without it automatically being downscaled. But yes, I have a higher res version.

Any idea what it is? Everything I can think of that would normally be in roughly that shape doesn't really make sense because of both the location and the overall size.