News New Polynesian Resort DVC villas building to open 2024

[Doberge]

My kids have (thankfully) outgrown splash pad age, but my concern is that in addition to a lack of slides, buckets, cannons, etc, there are things that look like attractive hazards— you have a big slippery surface and then some poles and ropes that bored kids may try to climb, hang from, etc. — where are the lawyers and the insurance adjusters on this one?

I had the same thought. I love that they're going with it but It looks like a lawyer's liability nightmare.

 

[Doberge]

 

[ToTBellHop]

I’m shocked those boxes are basically firework lounges and not upcharge viewing locations. Nice perk.

Plus a gym for Poly!

 

[trainplane3]

So half the restaurant will be unusable 6 months out of the year. No one is going to eat outside in August.

I was about to say. That looks really nice but the "Designed in California, built in Florida" strikes again.

 

[Doberge]

I'm not really worried about the heat. It doesn't stop people from year-round enjoying the likes of Geyser Point and Three Bridges, neither of which has an indoor option for those that are deterred by heat.

 

[FutureCEO]

Yes the outside is hideous compared to other Disney hotels but the inside seems better looking than the Grand Helios Universal is building.

 

[JoeCamel]

I’m shocked those boxes are basically firework lounges and not upcharge viewing locations. Nice perk.

Plus a gym for Poly!

Why wouldn't they be upcharge firework viewing?

 

[Epcot82Guy]

Yes the outside is hideous compared to other Disney hotels but the inside seems better looking than the Grand Helios Universal is building.

I agree. I would say the inside is more detailed and stylized, with potentially higher end finishes. (Though it's tough to know until we see the finished product on both side.) But, the recent hotels really do feel like Universal hotels vs. Disney. To put Helios, Destino, Island Tower and Riviera (and even BLT, but it has a reason to look this way) in the same general boat is a very fair comparison, in my opinion. What's notable is it's tougher to distinguish Disney from the others. (I do think Destino, despite the exterior, is the most successful of them so far.)

The interior shots are objectively nice. But, they seem to be more "nice hotels with a theme" vs. "themed" (in the sense of detailed place setting). I would enjoy staying in the hotel. It's just not feeling very Disney or like I'm in some unique other world/place. And, I'm also not sure these will age well compared with the more "fully themed" Disney hotels.

 

[peter11435]

So half the restaurant will be unusable 6 months out of the year. No one is going to eat outside in August.

Three Bridges and Geyser Point don’t seem to have any problems.

 

[Doberge]

There's a what looks like a laundry room on the first floor. Three washers (W) and (likely) six dryers (D), like Riviera.

I'm trying to find a community hall and there are a few first floor possibilities but nothing I'm confident enough about to even speculate existence.

 

[Fido Chuckwagon]

and not upcharge viewing locations.

Give it time...

 

[surfsupdon]

I'd hate to have a room near the firework garden view boxes. Imagine the noise from the gardens and then the hallways traffic upon show being over, especially if you are on that floor. Everyone on the rear facing tower view will be jockeying for a position in one of the two gardens each night at fireworks time.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I bet sales were light

 

[BrianLo]

I bet sales were light

It's not on sale.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

It's not on sale.

I mean for all that other trash they’re trying to sell

 

[Andrew C]

Yes the outside is hideous compared to other Disney hotels but the inside seems better looking than the Grand Helios Universal is building.

Hideous is an understatement. It is complete and utter garbage and ruins the view around the lagoon. It sticks out like a sore, nasty, infected thumb. I still cannot believe this got through the approval process.

Woo, people get to see some fireworks...

 

[Disstevefan1]

Hideous is an understatement. It is complete and utter garbage and ruins the view around the ruin. It sticks out like a sore, nasty, infected thumb. I still cannot believe this go through the approval process.

Woo, people get to see some fireworks DISNEY makes MORE MONEY selling DVC...

FIFY

 

[bwr827]

Hideous is an understatement. It is complete and utter garbage and ruins the view around the lagoon. It sticks out like a sore, nasty, infected thumb. I still cannot believe this got through the approval process.

Woo, people get to see some fireworks...

I read your comment and then glanced up at your profile pic. Are they describing that picture too?

 

[nickys]

They kept Grand Ave. muppet fountain and have recently refurbished it.

They added one to Remy plaza.

JoW is a fountain replacement trading a large show for smaller interactive engagement.

Illuminous features top notch fountains.

EPCOT got a brand new entrance-fountain.

Pandora was built with impressive waterfalls (not counting the fake one featuring cotton on a wheel).

The Morocco fountain was retained despite the horrific re-tiling.

A water feature was included in the Rise queue (should have been visible from the main walkway, tho)

BLT also has a water feature.

 

[nickys]

There's a what looks like a laundry room on the first floor. Three washers (W) and (likely) six dryers (D), like Riviera.

View attachment 811088

I'm trying to find a community hall and there are a few first floor possibilities but nothing I'm confident enough about to even speculate existence.

I think it was a choice between a gym or community hall.