News New Polynesian Resort DVC villas building to open 2024

[Doberge]

I thought Riviera's looked small but in practice works fine (and it's not like the quiet pool absorbs people, I've never seen more than about 20 people over there).

The problem is that this Poly pool doesn't look compelling enough to persuade guests to *not* walk to the Lava Pool. I think Disney needed to make this a second feature pool because the Lava Pool is already overcrowded, but from a rendering it looks like a miss. Hoping like Riviera I'm wrong again.

 

[Tha Realest]

That pool seems really small for the number of rooms there.

Obviously they can go use the other Polynesian pools too, but I think they're already pretty crowded.

At least they didn’t fumble the effect this overcrowding will have on transportation and food service options for Poly, right? Right?

 

[wedenterprises]

Updated concept art of the new pool View attachment 791020

Ooh. Where did you find this? I'm all for a true quiet pool. Nice view of the lake from there too, it seems. That's something I like about the Contemporary pool.
The pattern on the side of the building is interesting too.

 

[SobchakSecurity]

The people who approved this whole project should be fired and would have been under prior management.

I don't know who specifically designed this building (I think it was a local firm), but this is the type of building former WDI head Barbara Bouza would have designed, and she was fired earlier this year.

 

[Beacon Joe]

Looks like a hotel off the highway with a Benihana Raising Cane's restaurant next door.

(I very much enjoy hibachi/teppanyaki restaurants).

FIFY.

 

[Beacon Joe]

The horror

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I like Tikiman, but he's a way off the mark.

Most, if not all, of the criticism thus far of the Polyday Inn / Hale Moena Low Income Housing Complex (FL Annex) is about its exterior. But nice attempt at a strawman visual argument and deflection.

 

[LittleBuford]

I like Tikiman, but he's a way off the mark.

Most, if not all, of the criticism thus far of the Polyday Inn / Hale Moena Low Income Housing Complex (FL Annex) is about its exterior. But nice attempt at a strawman visual argument and deflection.

@Disney Analyst posted that at a time when the discussion was focused on the interior, so it was not deflection.

 

[Beacon Joe]

@Disney Analyst posted that at a time when the discussion was focused on the interior, so it was not deflection.

Aha. Makes sense.

 

[Incomudro]

some recent photos taken from the GF area:

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[Doberge]

I like Tikiman, but he's a way off the mark.

Most, if not all, of the criticism thus far of the Polyday Inn / Hale Moena Low Income Housing Complex (FL Annex) is about its exterior. But nice attempt at a strawman visual argument and deflection.

Exterior was the initial criticism (and continues to be criticized) but people have since added on interior critique about how plain the room color scheme is.

 

[nicb88]

Ooh. Where did you find this? I'm all for a true quiet pool. Nice view of the lake from there too, it seems. That's something I like about the Contemporary pool.
The pattern on the side of the building is interesting too.

I had heard from a MK-Poly boat driver last week that they were getting Polynesian artists in to decorate the sides of the buildings but I presumed it to be the typical rumour mill. But this seems to confirm it could be true!

 

[Dr.GrantSeeker]

At least they didn’t fumble the effect this overcrowding will have on transportation and food service options for Poly, right? Right?

I've brought that up in this thread before. Food options at Poly already can't handle current capacity. The Monorail is going to be even worse once this tower opens. Thank god they built the walking path on the west side of Seven Seas because staying at the Grand and getting on the Monorail to go to MK is terrible. The trains are already packed by the time it arrives at the GF!

 

[Beacon Joe]

I've brought that up in this thread before. Food options at Poly already can't handle current capacity. The Monorail is going to be even worse once this tower opens. Thank god they built the walking path on the west side of Seven Seas because staying at the Grand and getting on the Monorail to go to MK is terrible. The trains are already packed by the time it arrives at the GF!

Am I reading this right? The Polyday Inn doesn't add any dining options to the resort?

I guess that probably answers the unanswered question I've posted in this thread a few times before as to whether or not this monstrosity will give the Polynesian Resort its own gym space or if Grand Floridian guests will contend with a small gym now supporting 3 hotels instead of 2. Which was already ridiculous.

 

[IanDLBZF]

The Polyday Inn doesn't add any dining options to the resort?

I think they did say they're adding dining options to the new tower.

 

[Brian]

I SWEAR I heard that happened with the Riviera when it opened as well.

It did. They had to ask guests not to use them while a contractor was brought in to fix them.

 

[Marionnette]

I had heard from a MK-Poly boat driver last week that they were getting Polynesian artists in to decorate the sides of the buildings but I presumed it to be the typical rumour mill. But this seems to confirm it could be true!

Did he get that info from a bus driver?

 

[nicb88]

Did he get that info from a bus driver?

That’s what I suspect…

Maybe the bus driver creates the concept art too?

 

[Beacon Joe]

Is there a way to walk to the Polynesian from the Grand Floridian at the moment? Or do guests have to hoof it along Floridian Way?

 

[wdwmagic]

Is there a way to walk to the Polynesian from the Grand Floridian at the moment? Or do guests have to hoof it along Floridian Way?

Negative on the walkway.

 

[JoeCamel]

Is there a way to walk to the Polynesian from the Grand Floridian at the moment? Or do guests have to hoof it along Floridian Way?

Boat