KeithVH
Well-Known Member
Wow, you must have been with us on our Anaheim trip two weeks ago. GCR lobby is turning into a campground and picnic space (including some of the walkways). Makes you think twice about staying in that kind of atmosphere.
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PHOTOS - Disney reveals new lobby design and Trader Sam's lounge for the Polynesian
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Wow, you must have been with us on our Anaheim trip two weeks ago. GCR lobby is turning into a campground and picnic space (including some of the walkways). Makes you think twice about staying in that kind of atmosphere.
Gabe1
Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
Ahhh...nice to meet someone understands. But sorry you had to experience it too.
lazyboy97o
Well-Known Member
And by "Disney standards" they mean lacking in Disney franchises.
dgp602
Well-Known Member
It's like someone took a shrink ray gun and zapped the old fountain, and this is what's left.....
RSoxNo1
Well-Known Member
While that was a major component, the park itself wasn't up to Disney standards.
Lee
Adventurer
Well, DCA is a unique situation that had to be addressed.
I'm certain if it had performed to expectations, and there wasn't the need to justify spending a billion dollars on it, they would never have spoken ill of it.
Kman101
Well-Known Member
Those red seats ARE hideous. Poor choice, IMO. I don't mind the light floats (glass balls). The seating, eh, it's not that bad lol ... I don't see much difference than what was there before that was so much better in terms of that.
For a brand new hotel built that lobby would look fine (although it shouldn't look "fine"). I should be wowed and I'm not. I don't have the nostalgic connection to the old fountain but that was 'wow'. This is "nice". I don't see any guest going "WOW! Look at that fountain with the tiki statue! How great!"
For a brand new hotel built that lobby would look fine (although it shouldn't look "fine"). I should be wowed and I'm not. I don't have the nostalgic connection to the old fountain but that was 'wow'. This is "nice". I don't see any guest going "WOW! Look at that fountain with the tiki statue! How great!"
GrammieBee
Well-Known Member
So now we have a nice, but rather ho hum, generic warm climate hotel lobby lacking any "WOW" factor and having very little, if anything, to do with lush tropical images of Polynesia. What a shame.
Haymarket2008
Well-Known Member
I'm just pretty saddened by the loss of the Polynesian dressed Mickey, Minnie, etc. in the store...
Scuttle
Well-Known Member
Just got back from the Polynesian and it's even worse than I thought. This lobby went from spectacular to completly underwhelming. The Embassy Suites I worked out years ago had a nicer atrium/lobby. It's really really really bad. RPR has a more impressive lobby now by far!
note2001
Well-Known Member
RPR?
Edit: Royal Pacific Resort I'm guessing. And yes, I'd agree, it's not too hard to create better than what seems to be presented here. I'm quite shocked that Disney didn't design a tall, narrow fountain that cascaded from 30' up to the floor along an elaborately designed glass sculpture with the poly logo in it or similar. If you're going to rip out the heart of something, make it worth it. Make the change something to be proud of. The little lump of pseudo rocks with water dribbling down it is not coming through well in pics. Certainly has no appeal in online images which is where much of the advertising comes from these days.
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ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
It even could have fit in the 10x10 footprint of the current fountain, This was all about being cheap, WDW does not seem to understand that one of the things that drove demand for the Poly was it's amazing water/garden feature.
The malign influence of Paul Pressler ("The only moving part in a Park should be a cash register drawer") and the consequent 'Malliication' of WDW lives on.
Wonder if any of the 'Strategic Planning' folk ever looked at http://www.deadmalls.com
Communicore
Well-Known Member
The whole vibe is pathetic. The new seats are funky and are definitely artificial run of the mill style seats. The fountain was not running when I was there, or if it was, I didn't notice. I didn't even bother taking pics of this new area as I didn't want my phone to be messed up lol.
ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
Not to mention seats were VERY uncomfortable, Material was also very thin so I don't expect seats to have a long service life. Not at all like the chairs in the original Poly lobby which were very comfortable even though they were ancient.
Nick Pappagiorgio
Well-Known Member
Any one have an idea of how much floor space they opened up? Whenever I have been there at busier times it seems like the main problem with that lobby was that it was a little claustrophobic (too many people/area) and didn't have great traffic flow because of the big square water feature/plants in the middle. People waiting on restaurant reservations only made it worse. I figured traffic flow was part of their motivations but it hasn't really come up here.
ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
Probably 2X the floor space using the Mark VI calibrated eyeball.
disney4life2008
Well-Known Member
Wait this is the redesign? There is nothing tropical about this entire design. It looks more like a campground lobby in Wisconsin. Matter of fact, this is how several of the lobbies look in Wisconsin dell's. This is an embarrassment.
Disney Analyst
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I love the new seats... I love bold colours with greens and earth tones.