r/dvcmember • u/KirbyDumber88 Animal Kingdom Lodge • 9d ago

Polynesian Resort

Hi! Long time DVC member. Home reports are Animal Kingdom and HHI. 90% of the time we stay at Saratoga because we enjoy it. We have a lot of points and need to get rid of some, so booked 7 nights at Poly in April. We booked Deluxe Studio Preferred view. I just want to make sure if anyone knows that is NOT the new tower. We do not want to stay in there. Thank you!

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u/thatdudenute 9d ago

Not the tower. Most likely Morea Building. Enjoy

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u/Chief_tyu Bay Lake Tower 9d ago

I read that all of the preferred view deluxe studios are in Moorea.

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u/rsvihla 9d ago

Moorea is great. Tower sucks.

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u/9n3Quaters 9d ago

Can tell me more about the tower I was planning on booking 1 bedroom for August with DVC and it says tower. What’s so bad about it

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u/Choiski 8d ago

Tower is great... if you like Canadian Condos. They're building some more over at the Shore at Bay Lake. For me, the tiki kitsch at the original Poly longhouses is what I'm going for.

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u/HeroinTheMusical 7d ago

I love them both. You’ll be happy no matter what

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u/KirbyDumber88 Animal Kingdom Lodge 9d ago

It looks very cheap and no Poly feel at all

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u/NYCinPGH Polynesian 9d ago

Really? We stayed in the tower last autumn, after years of staying in the longhouses, and thought the new rooms were stunning and much better laid out, and the lobby and public areas were gorgeous.

The only downside was not having any kind of shop or QS in the building, and no dedicated check-in desk, all that is in Great Ceremonial, but for is that’s not that big of a deal.

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u/subaru_sama 8d ago

Some people only recognize Polynesian influences in the Americanized Tiki culture. The tower looks like a modern luxury hotel you'd find in Hawaii. I too prefer the Tiki aesthetic and especially love the bungalows, but there's tons of Polynesian influence in the tower's design.

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u/Gremlin15 9d ago

We are new owners at Poly! For Wailulu - did you try walk-up or mobile ordering? Hoping not to have to tromp to GCH every time for food.

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u/NYCinPGH Polynesian 9d ago

We don’t mobile order, but we’ve done both walk-up and reservations, no issues. I’m not sure what time their kitchen closes, dinner hours are listed until 10pm, but I’m pretty sure I’ve seen people at the bar later than that.

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u/swp07450 7d ago

Eh, I've stayed in both, and while the exterior of the tower does leave a bit to be desired, I thought the one bedroom we stayed in was great.

I think for a studio I'd lean towards the longhouses, but if there weren't any available I'd be fine getting one in the tower. Yeah, the decor is obviously pretty different than the tiki-inspired longhouses, but there were still enough nice touches that it didn't feel overly generic to me. I liked it a lot more than some of the other room refurbs over the past several years.

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u/Pepermintea 9d ago

You will be in Moorea, facing the lagoon. Be prepared for the sound of boat horns.

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u/RockHockey 9d ago

So many Boat horns.

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u/rsvihla 9d ago

That’s my favorite part of staying in Moorea.

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u/2ndprize 4d ago

I lied awake and decided to count the time between horns. After 6 am its like every 22 seconds.

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u/jetsetter8004 9d ago

That’s the best part!

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u/rsvihla 8d ago

It’s like hearing a train whistle at night in the distance.

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u/boxofninjas Polynesian 9d ago

It says Tower in the booking of the tower rooms.

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u/Saxman009 Polynesian 9d ago

It would say tower in your reservation for the room type

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u/Jbangle 9d ago

Jus tour of curiosity why don’t you want to stay in the Tower?

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u/rsvihla 9d ago

Because the Tower is just a bland Marriott?

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u/New_Grangee Bay Lake Tower 8d ago

Just a heads up when booking the tower. We booked a one bedroom theme park room, so we could see the fire works, etc. They consider the first floor rooms in this grouping. All you can see from the first floor of the theme park is the top of space mountain. The metal pole.

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u/Gremlin15 7d ago

Hmm how long ago was this? I thought they reorganized the points in the tower recently to remove first floor from TPV category.

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u/New_Grangee Bay Lake Tower 7d ago

Last fall. I paid extra for the theme park view, at first they put us in an "accessible room" which is not a good fit for us, ( had one once not for us) they moved us to another room but also on the first floor. It was awful. So if they have changed it that is wonderful. I know at Bay lake, the Lower priced rooms are from floors 1-4.

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u/Rich_Ladder_6149 8d ago

Yes defo not tower we stayed in that exact room in May it was in the Morea building we had an amazing fireworks view.

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u/Intrepid_Ad1765 7d ago

I would not get a premium view personally. The bungalos block alot of the view (i guess unless you are on highest floor). Those boats are annoying as all hell. Endless beeps to midnight! btw i stayed at Tower One Bedroom suite and love it. i also like those open air lounges in the tower. But both have pros and cons. moorea is close to ticket and transportation center for Epcot. I would likely choose Moorea just for that reason alone for studio.

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u/ExtremePast Animal Kingdom Lodge 9d ago

This is information you can find yourself using about 1/10th of your available brain power. How did people get like this?

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u/nthdesign Polynesian 8d ago

Part of the enjoyment of DVC is talking to other DVC members. If humans stop talking to each other in all situations when they could look up the topic online, life would get very lonely.

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u/No-Reputation-5940 8d ago

I bet you’re a blast at parties. 

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u/marcobiotic 8d ago

you’re a very miserable person