News New Polynesian Resort DVC villas building to open 2024

[ToTBellHop]

GF always had a problem of lower occupancy than other deluxes. They certainly weren't going to lower prices at the "flagship" so just reduce the hotel inventory and boost the DVC inventory.

Supply/Demand Curve Fixed!

They’re supposedly making it fancier, too. It has room service when the Poly doesn’t! How exclusive!

 

[monothingie]

They’re supposedly making it fancier, too. It has room service when the Poly doesn’t! How exclusive!

Unless you're slumming it in the Sugar Loaf Club Building. So when you get the munchies in your even more overpriced room, you now have to hike it to the main building for your Club Level fix.

I'm sure they have guest surveys that say it's more magical to not offer room service or some nonsense.

 

[CastAStone]

They’re supposedly making it fancier, too. It has room service when the Poly doesn’t! How exclusive!

They also went back and proactively put mini fridges back in all the GF rooms and VGF studios instead of those stupid beverage coolers. The other resorts are only getting the mini fridges back as the beverage coolers fail (other than new builds and renos)

Super, duper fancy.

 

[ToTBellHop]

They also went back and proactively put mini fridges back in all the GF rooms and VGF studios instead of those stupid beverage coolers. The other resorts are only getting the mini fridges back as the beverage coolers fail (other than new builds and renos)

Super, duper fancy.

Good. Those beverage coolers are terrible. Especially in a DVC room where members are encouraged to bring their own food.

 

[MisterPenguin]

The horror

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I'll have you know that that is authentic Tiki quilting!!

 

[ToTBellHop]

I'll have you know that that is authentic Tiki quilting!!

I can still smell those comforters.

 

[Bocabear]

well the 80s was kind of a down time for all kinds of design....while the arts seemed to explode... The previous rooms at the Poly were beautiful...not so thematic but very nicely done... The rooms in the 90s went very thematic with lots of details.

 

[Communicora]

I will say, the pictures that are posted with the room rates look less beige than what was in the video.

Headboard, Wall art and tub, and Shower are some areas I noticed differences.

I'd still prefer less beige, but I like the appearance of what's in the pictures more than I did when I saw it in the video. The shower looked white or grey with a little blue in the video and it appears black in the pictures. I'm guessing neither is 100% accurate, but I hope the rooms are closer to the pictures than the videos.

The color in that video was off. I don't know if it was just the lighting or a bad attempt at color grading, but it made everything appear more grey.

 

[Ayla]

well the 80s was kind of a down time for all kinds of design....while the arts seemed to explode... The previous rooms at the Poly were beautiful...not so thematic but very nicely done... The rooms in the 90s went very thematic with lots of details.View attachment 789994

That makes my eyes hurt...and it's in black and white. I can't imagine what the color photo looks like!

 

[easyrowrdw]

Good. Those beverage coolers are terrible. Especially in a DVC room where members are encouraged to bring their own food.

Among DVC rooms is it only the VGF Resort Studios that have beverage coolers? That was what I thought at least. Glad to hear they’re ditching them. They’re clearly a downgrade.

 

[John park hopper]

well the 80s was kind of a down time for all kinds of design....while the arts seemed to explode... The previous rooms at the Poly were beautiful...not so thematic but very nicely done... The rooms in the 90s went very thematic with lots of details.View attachment 789994

Is this just a black and white photo

 

[Disstevefan1]

I will say I am so glad they moved away from wall to wall carpet. There should be NO wall to wall carpet in any WDW resort.

Its not a matter if it will mildew its a matter of when it will mildew.

 

[CastAStone]

Among DVC rooms is it only the VGF Resort Studios that have beverage coolers? That was what I thought at least. Glad to hear they’re ditching them. They’re clearly a downgrade.

No.

VGF, Poly Tower, BWV, and VDH all are guaranteed to have mini fridges. Anything else will have a mix of beverage coolers and mini fridges.

For many years Disney only did Mini Fridges, then they switched to only beverage coolers, so as mini fridges needed to be replaced in individual rooms (or resorts were refurbished), beverage coolers went in. Now they’ve switched back to mini fridges again.

Which for a resort like BLT or VGC that hasn’t been renovated in nearly a decade, when they were still using mini fridges the first time, means it’s a total crap shoot what you’ll get, since so many of them have failed in the last several years and been replaced with beverage coolers.

The really interesting mini fridges they’re putting into some rooms now that actually have a totally distinct freezer compartment, which makes the fridge area smaller, but will be awesome for someone like me who wants to keep their insulin in the fridge without worrying it might accidentally freeze.

Photo credit Tidefan on Disboards

 

[easyrowrdw]

No.

VGF, Poly Tower, BWV, and VDH all are guaranteed to have mini fridges. Anything else will have a mix of beverage coolers and mini fridges.

For many years Disney only did Mini Fridges, then they switched to only beverage coolers, so as mini fridges needed to be replaced in individual rooms (or resorts were refurbished), beverage coolers went in. Now they’ve switched back to mini fridges again.

Which for a resort like BLT or VGC that hasn’t been renovated in nearly a decade, when they were still using mini fridges the first time, means it’s a total crap shoot what you’ll get, since so many of them have failed in the last several years and been replaced with beverage coolers.

The really interesting mini fridges they’re putting into some rooms now that actually have a totally distinct freezer compartment, which makes the fridge area smaller, but will be awesome for someone like me who wants to keep their insulin in the fridge without worrying it might accidentally freeze.

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Photo credit Tidefan on Disboards

Thanks. On the room reservation pages, the Resort Studios are the only studios that list beverage coolers. They should really correct that. I don’t think we’ve ever had a beverage cooler in a DVC room so I guess we just got lucky. Or maybe I just forgot lol

The fridges are so much better than the coolers. I like the separate freezer too so I’m glad if they’re going that direction.

 

[John park hopper]

I will say I am so glad they moved away from wall to wall carpet. There should be NO wall to wall carpet in any WDW resort.

Its not a matter if it will mildew its a matter of when it will mildew.

We had wall to wall carpeting in my kids room and our bed room -when the kids moved out I ripped out the carpet. OMG the sand the stains was disgusting put all hard wood floors in --then proceeded to rip out the master bed room carpet same thing. Will never have wall to wall carpet again not matter how much you vacuum or clean it still is nasty. Glad to see Disney is getting rid of it

 

[CastAStone]

Thanks. On the room reservation pages, the Resort Studios are the only studios that list beverage coolers. They should really correct that.

They should, they tossed all of those in I think February of this year. There were posts on the Disboards with pictures of dozens of boxes mini-fridges stacked outside the entrance being wheeled in 2 at a time.

 

[Sectorkeeper71]

We had wall to wall carpeting in my kids room and our bed room -when the kids moved out I ripped out the carpet. OMG the sand the stains was disgusting put all hard wood floors in --then proceeded to rip out the master bed room carpet same thing. Will never have wall to wall carpet again not matter how much you vacuum or clean it still is nasty. Glad to see Disney is getting rid of it

When me and my wife bought our house a year and a half ago, the living room and 2 of the 3 bedrooms had this old, disgusting carpet in them that we promptly tore up. The smell was…..something

 

[etc98]

The color in that video was off. I don't know if it was just the lighting or a bad attempt at color grading, but it made everything appear more grey.

Which is so strange because it’s not the first time they’ve done this. When they redid the rooms at the rest of the Poly, they did the same thing. The promo images they put out were much more muted and gray than what the actual rooms looked like. Especially when it came to the wood tones, Disney’s promo images sucked all the color out of them.

 

[Chef idea Mickey`=]

Which is so strange because it’s not the first time they’ve done this. When they redid the rooms at the rest of the Poly, they did the same thing. The promo images they put out were much more muted and gray than what the actual rooms looked like. Especially when it came to the wood tones, Disney’s promo images sucked all the color out of them.

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Whoah, I'm into color but the top one is absolutely perfect. To me the bottom one looks like an animated concept version.

 

[etc98]

Whoah, I'm into color but the top one is absolutely perfect. To me the bottom one looks like an animated concept version.

Honestly probably the second photo is edited to increase the saturation and the first is edited to decrease it, and reality is somewhere in between. But to me, the first one is way too dull and gray