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News New Polynesian Resort DVC villas building to open 2024
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GimpYancIent
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Hey yeah, is there a made in China label on them?
Da Bird is Da Word
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Does anyone here have educated insight into how my Jan 20 thru 27, 2024 stay at Polynesian in Tokelau building will be affected by this construction ? thx 
correcaminos
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It won't really at all. The construction is on the other side of the resort. Unless you walk to GF you'll see a different path, but otherwise you won't really see anything at all from that side of the resort.Does anyone here have educated insight into how my Jan 20 thru 27, 2024 stay at Polynesian in Tokelau building will be affected by this construction ? thx
scottieRoss
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not at all.Does anyone here have educated insight into how my Jan 20 thru 27, 2024 stay at Polynesian in Tokelau building will be affected by this construction ? thx
CaptainAmerica
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Does anyone here have educated insight into how my Jan 20 thru 27, 2024 stay at Polynesian in Tokelau building will be affected by this construction ? thx
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We were just there a couple of months ago and the only time you were even aware of the construction was when you rode by on the monorail.
Da Bird is Da Word
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correcaminos
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I was there mid-March and the only thing I noticed was the darn path being so awful to GF. They fixed that after I left thank goodness!
vikescaper
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After seeing the construction progress in person, this still feels very out of place. I know it isn’t finished but it looks like it should be next to the Contemporary and not between the Grand Floridian and Polynesian.
correcaminos
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I still think seeing concrete like this is giving it a wrong vibe. It doesn't feel that much taller than VGF.
We saw it in person last week and it is impossible to really pass judgement due to just what you said. The decorative style can't even be discerned yet and no, it's not that tall.
I will say what we noticed is that it seems like it will be an abrupt change in theming from Polynesian to Grand Floridian just due to the closer proximity of the two hotels. Maybe that can be fixed with some kind of transitional landscaping? Although no clue what that would be.
Brian
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The concrete will eventually be themed to similar colors and tones of the rest of the resort. That said, the clash and break in consistency of the theme of the Polynesian will be broken by having a tower on the grounds. There's something about wandering the grounds of the resort that felt rather intimate, given the consistency of the theme and the low nature of the buildings, and that is broken now.
James Alucobond
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I kind of disagree. To be clear, I'm not saying it will be thematically consistent or that the transition from the longhouses to the DVC building won't be abrupt, but the intimacy of all but, like, two of the existing longhouses is completely undisrupted, and even for those two, only certain rooms are affected. You quite simply can't see this building from most locations on the grounds of the Polynesian. The loss to me is that the path by Luau Cove was a really peaceful one I enjoyed walking, but I imagine it will be a bit busier now.
Brian
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I haven't been to the Poly since they began demo on Luau Cove, so I'm glad to hear the tower can't be seen from elsewhere on the grounds. I had assumed it would be visible throughout.
I will miss the serenity of that area surrounding Luau Cove.
James Alucobond
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Yeah, I was concerned about it, but at least at this point, it's basically a non-issue from the majority of the longhouses that aren't Fiji and Aotearoa. You could look back from all the way out on the dock and see it, but I don't generally stand around out there. Only thing I could see being affected that I couldn't check on was the bungalows, but I couldn't go out to check since those are gated.
vikescaper
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I guess for me, since we stay at Shades of Green, I am not used to seeing the new tower there when leaving the hotel. I’m sure it will look much better once it has been themed.
Ayla
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I'm not sure it will.
Fido Chuckwagon
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We still don’t know if the Polyday Inn is going to be part of the same association or not?
nickys
Premium Member
No, not yet. May well not be until they are ready to announce an opening date.
DznyRktekt
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There is a difference in DVC hotel design and Eisner era buildings. Today scale is not considered. Large towers with high room counts within small footprints are the new formula. Towers are "themed" by adding some afterthought components (trim, awnings, etc). Look at the original Grand Floridian, Boardwalk, Yacht and Beach, Wilderness Lodge. Scale is completely different and architecture was present. Not so much anymore.