SeaSpray
Disney World fan since 1976
- Joined
- Jan 11, 2001
The Poly felt like home from the moment we walked through the door. This is a resort RICH in textures - love it! The young woman at check-in was very sweet. She had real flower leis for my husband and I (a very thoughtful touch) for our 15 year anniversary celebration. They also gave us "Happy Anniversary" pins and "We're Celebrating" buttons for the kids.
We arrived near noon and our room was ready. We requested and received Tahiti and were put in a 3rd floor GV room (3012). DH especially enjoys being able to go to the room and escape the theme parks even momentarily, so the view couldn't have been more perfect. From our balcony, we could see the side of Tokelau to the right and the walkway along the longhouse in front of us, but the palm trees totally blocked out any view of Rapa Nui behind us. This is a very quiet longhouse - most of the time we wondered if there was anyone else staying there.
The pools were never crowded and the line for the slide never exceeded 4-5 minutes; it was usually walk-on. The beaches were never crowded for Wishes. Even 5 minutes before the show we were still able to find chairs.
Our mousekeeper kept the room clean and gifted us with the traditional Mickey with leis, an elephant, and a bunny for the kids. With the exception of a neglected shower head, we didn't encounter any other cleanliness issues and no bed bugs. The room was in great shape and HUGE! Plenty of room for the 5 of us. We loved having the 2 sinks. The beds were very comfortable and my 12 year old DS was also very comfortable on the pull-out couch.
We found that not only the cast members were quite friendly, but so were the other guests staying at the resort and we loved staying at a monorail resort. The kids, of course, loved the parks, but we did have a difficult time dragging them from the pool and to the parks more than once. We nearly missed a couple of ADRs.
The grounds were beautiful. Immaculate. One of my most favorite things was getting up before the family and heading out for coffee, quiet, and early morning pictures. We came home with over 700 photos - probably a hundred or so just from the grounds. Our family is completely looking forward to returning. Since most of the views have been covered here already, I thought I might just include a few of my favorites from the resort.
Thank you to everyone on the board who helped make our Poly vacation magical!
Your pictures are amazing, excellent job!!