ALOHA! The Polynesian Resort Information Thread: June 2013

[psac]

Happy Saturday.

 

[cart-mom]

Does Poly have those thermostats that turn off if there isn't any movement in the room? If so, is there some sort of bypass mode you can activate to force it to stay at a certain temperature? We sleep so much better when it's nice and cold in the room.

Checking out today and have had no problem with the thermostat. Plenty cool at night. Did not shut off. It did make a loud bang sound when it cycles off though.

 

[tealnh]

I heard different on this. I know one of our posters stayed at CR who was testing and then moved onto the Poly who was not testing and she was not able to use her bands when she got to the Poly. When I called CRO the other day and found out POP is doing the bands during our Oct stay I asked if they would be good at the Poly in Dec. She said no because the Poly test started yesterday and ends Oct 31st and they still don't have a live date for all the resorts to begin using them. So we will have the bands for October but will have to go back to using tickets and keys in December.

We are going the last week of October (10/27-11/3) and were originally staying at CBR but upgraded to Poly after getting money back for the free dining plan. I was surprised to see that once we upgraded we are getting MBs. I am excited to try them out. Seems to me it will be easier than digging out the room key all the time. Plus I'm getting a pink one

 

[jdd]

Happy Saturday.

Thanks so much for that photo!! Having a rotten day, and would love to be sitting on that beach right now

 

[mickeynut1]

Arrived at the Poly today. I LOVE the new design but I must admit, I loved the cruise even more!!!

How was the cruise?? I can't wait to hear all about it . I am getting more excited about our cruise in December than I am for the WDW stays before and after . Hope you are having a great time at the Poly .

Thank you so much!!! You'll be hearing from me during my trip I'm sure!!!!

Have a great trip .

Enjoy your vacation!!!!! I am soooo soon behind you so please post lots of pics to get me excited!

Poly Vacation 9/14-9/21!!!!!

I hope you both have a wonderful trip and I am not to far behind you both. Save me some Poly magic.

Checking out today from Tahiti room 2038. Great room with an amazing view do the lake and Magic Kingdom fireworks. No problems, no bugs, just a great time

Glad you had a great trip .

Tonight we will be sleeping at the Poly!!!!! Can't wait to be back at my happy place! (a/k/a The Disney Bubble LOL)

Checking out today

Hope you had a great time .

 

[DznyCrzy11]

How was the cruise?? I can't wait to hear all about it . I am getting more excited about our cruise in December than I am for the WDW stays before and after . Hope you are having a great time at the Poly .

Oh my goodness, I absolutely loved the cruise!!!! I definitely wish we had come to the parks first and then the cruise. The cruise is so much nicer and much more relaxing. Castaway Cay was amazing!! Also, be prepared to eat a lot of food on the cruise. We thought everything was really good and service was excellent. What I liked the best was lounging in the pool or at Serenity Bay at Castaway Cay and not having to get out to get a drink. I am really missing the personalized service!! We have decided on taking a 7 night cruise next year.

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[mickeynut1]

Oh my goodness, I absolutely loved the cruise!!!! I definitely wish we had come to the parks first and then the cruise. The cruise is so much nicer and much more relaxing. Castaway Cay was amazing!! Also, be prepared to eat a lot of food on the cruise. We thought everything was really good and service was excellent. What I liked the best was lounging in the pool or at Serenity Bay at Castaway Cay and not having to get out to get a drink. I am really missing the personalized service!! We have decided on taking a 7 night cruise next year.

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Glad you had a great time.....it sounds amazing . I am really looking forward to CC as I've heard it is just so beautiful and relaxing . Congrats on another cruise next year. Are you cruising the Dream again or trying the Fantasy? Thanks for your mini report.....I can't wait to go .

 

[DisneyKings]

Does anyone have an activities guide from this month they could post?

 

[huntconn]

Returned from our annual Poly vacation 2 weeks ago. Had a great time as always but really bummed out with the amount of green lake grass ( or whatever the heck it is) that seems to be taking over the beaches at the poly. The beach in front of Tahiti is completely overrun with this crap. It runs all the way around Sunset Point and is starting to encroach onto the main beach in front of Hawaii. It's also over on the beach in front of Aotearoa. Is no one else bothered by this stuff? I'm surprised no one here on the boards mentions it (unless I'm not paying close enough attention). It's bad enough the lagoon water now looks like green murky swamp water, now our beloved Poly beaches are turning into typical Florida swamps!

 

[DznyCrzy11]

Did SOA tonight for the 1st time and really enjoyed it. Show was great, food was great. We would definitely do it again!!!

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[DznyCrzy11]

Something that we have noticed this year that we did not notice the last few years, is that they pipe in the music from Night of Joy. That will be a complaint of mine. We did not pay top dollars to hear any other music playing besides Hawaiian music. Even when we walked to SOA, that music from Night of Joy was blaring.

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[DznyCrzy11]

Something that we have noticed this year that we did not notice the last few years, is that they pipe in the music from Night of Joy. That will be a complaint of mine. We did not pay top dollars to hear any other music playing besides Hawaiian music. Even when we walked to SOA, that music from Night of Joy was blaring.

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Also, we were laying in bed around midnight and could STILL here the music from Night of Joy, it was that loud!!!

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[mickeynut1]

Did SOA tonight for the 1st time and really enjoyed it. Show was great, food was great. We would definitely do it again!!!

Glad you liked it . We did it a few years ago and had a great time. It's not something we would do every trip, but I can see us going back again .

 

[Wadewilk]

Also, we were laying in bed around midnight and could STILL here the music from Night of Joy, it was that loud!!!

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Is it truly piped into speakers or where you hearing it across the water?

 

[maiapapaya]

Is it truly piped into speakers or where you hearing it across the water?

Yes, a few times during our Halloween trips in the past if the wind was blowing the right way we could very clearly hear the villain show from the MK during MNSSHP, and it wasn't being piped through the speakers on the beach.

 

[astehlik30]

Glad you liked it . We did it a few years ago and had a great time. It's not something we would do every trip, but I can see us going back again .

Just curious, what is SOA?

 

[Cobern]

Just curious, what is SOA?

Spirit of Aloha. It is the luau dinner show

 

[astehlik30]

Spirit of Aloha. It is the luau dinner show

LOL, thanks!

 

[DznyCrzy11]

Is it truly piped into speakers or where you hearing it across the water?

That's a great question! I'm guessing it was being piped in because you could even hear it clearly at the side door of the GCH like it was being piped in. Also, they pipe the music in at the TTC. Thank goodness that only lasted 2 nights of our trip, lol.

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[Miss Potts]

Does anyone have an activities guide from this month they could post?

I'm going to second is question!!