my neighbor to the north! 
Woo hoo! We decided to go with lagoon view club level for our trip in July!!We started out thinking we'd book a garden view room, then decided on garden view club level, and finally today decided to go with LVCL!
How cool is that!!!
We cant wait for Nov. and back to the Poly. Already planning of course.
Thanks!!!!
I wondered when it would be put out there. . .his birthday and our daughter's are back to back. He said he was retiring around their birthdays. It is a sad day for the Polynesian. Dick is definitely a major draw for the concierge level. He will be missed. . .
He will be very much missed. I feel fortunate to have gotten to speak with him during a few our trips.
We are currently at the Poly Club Level lagoon view, first floor. This is the view from our room and it isn't considered Theme Park view. I am so thrilled with this room, that I changed our bouncebacks from Garden view to Club Level Lagoon in both October and December 2010.
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Excellent view!
I'm so happy for Dick.You're so right Tess, he has been such as asset to the Polynesian. Selfishly, I'm sad we won't get to say aloha to him as we are staying gardenview this trip.
Fair winds and following seas, Chef Dick.
I think we're going to miss him in July as well. He will be missed!
What sorts of snacks, beverages and hot appetizers do they serve? We are planning another Poly stay and wondering if CL would be our cup of tea or an added expense we wouldnt make good use of....
Scroll down on the first page of this thread and there's a scanned image of a list of the offerings in the concierge lounge. It's a continental breakfast, snacks midday (fruit, cookies, chips and salsa, gummy sharks), some hot appetizer type foods, veggies with dip, cheese and crackers at "dinner" time, then desserts and cordials later in the evening.
Yay! Very excited to read your post (bummer that you're cancelling the summer trip though ...) Hoping you can make the dates work!
I call her Maiapapaya and this is the first time I've ever seen it anywhere else....you must be a fabulous person
Sorry totally off topic. Just wanted to say that my daughter's name is Maia (same spelling and all
... my daughter is! I started using Maiapapaya on another board years ago when she was a baby and it's always just stuck (though for my younger daughter's sake I probably should have changed it so that she doesn't think I'm playing favorites).
We're in Maryland though and we're getting hit with a doozy of a storm today and tomorrow, and apparently there's a chance of more snow next week. I hope we can make our flight out of BWI on Wed. morning. 
We're hoping to embark on our first stay at the Poly next Wednesday!
Has anyone been in the past few weeks? My 5 year old DD has been talking about all the swimming she is going to do and I'm wondering if its even warm enough to swim right now.
I guess I may run into you! Our TA put in a request for a comp upgrade for us but I hear it's pretty close to sold out for our time period.
Oh hey stranger!
We're hoping to embark on our first stay at the Poly next Wednesday!
Has anyone been in the past few weeks? My 5 year old DD has been talking about all the swimming she is going to do and I'm wondering if its even warm enough to swim right now.
I'm right there with you ... anxiously waiting for June 1! In the mean time I've done our itinerary and am planning the kids' new autograph books, thinking of maybe making them some t-shirts ... It's crazy how a WDW vacation takes on a life of it's own!
We just got back from our Poly stay on Tuesday, and we are so thrilled with everything Poly!! We couldn't have picked a better place for our family to spend our first WDW vacation together. The room was nice, our "GV" room in Fiji (room 1302) was wonderful with a perfect view of the GF/beach/water. I couldn't have asked for a better room in this category! It was quiet, yet so close to the Grand Ceremony house and volcano pool. I could sit on the patio first thing in the morning and just enjoy my coffee in my PJ's and not worry about too many people seeing me.
Can't wait to go back!
And DH and I spoke about it, that if we could have this same room again, we would probably even pick it over a castle view room. IMO (and I'm sure I'll get flamed for this) the view isn't that spectacular. Yes, it's nice to see the castle from your room, but in all honesty, it is quite far away. That's just my opinion, though, and I'm stickin' to it
I just had to share that! I'm so excited!!!
I can't argue with the great views from Fiji, but I just love the Tahiti views - from all directions.
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