The good news is, the standard rooms at the Poly are amazing! Many rooms are very close to the pools and the GCH. They are my favourite standard rooms for location at any resort.
My best patio/ balcony memories are from poly and Cr /BLT .
Seven seas lagoon.
Ah that's so lovely. I've never stayed but it sounds like whatever room is going to be great!
A walk over to Grand Floridian is always nice.
Im no spring chicken and the FL heat gets me tired a lot faster than at home, especially with all the walking in the parks. I feel like its wasted vacation time, but without 1 - 2 hours to nap mid day (in the AC/off my feet), I would be asleep at the dinner table. With a quick nap, I am at all the shows at night and EMHs 
If "in a few weeks" you mean August or September, my best guess it they will want a nap
If "in a few weeks" you mean August or September, my best guess it they will want a nap
Yes, we're going in August, so cool relaxation/ nap time will probably be welcome! They were a bit sticker shocked by the Poly rates, and since they are only coming for 3 nights, I assume they want to get the most bang for their buck out of their time at Disney, but I always forget how oppressing the summer heat is.
It’s been better but be warned with thunder storms that are severe sometimes they “hold”. Also at times they hold to add or take off a rail. That’s usually midday and not rope drop.
The monorail was having large blocks of downtime between different beams on different days in 2015 for maintenance/enhancements (whatever they want to call it). It was definitely very annoying!
My kids are all grown. I have not seen a high chair in the hall before (like i have seen cribs) so not sure .I apologize in advance for the crazy amount of questions I might come up with over the next couple weeks before we leave for our trip.
-Can we request a wooden high chair for our room on the regular hotel side of the resort? We have the high chair that clips on any table at home, but if I could avoid packing that, it would save a lot of space!
- Can anyone jump in line to see Pluto outside of Ohana in the morning? We had a late breakfast there on our last trip and there wasn't anyone in line for most of our wait to be seated. Just curious if we walk by and see him without a line if we'd be allowed to meet him, or if it is only reserved for people dining at Ohana.
We haven't stayed there in probably six or more years, so there's been a few changes since then with pool refurbs and whatnot so I have a few questions...
We checked in on the 4th. It was our first time going on a holiday and our first time staying at the Poly. I was definitely worried about how it would go. Our plan was to avoid parks and just hang out at the resort until the fireworks. We were told we could get our “beach bracelets” at the marina where they would be checking names. When I asked about this at the pool(which was very crowded), a nice cm went and got ours for us but did take down our name and room number. We were not club level and got to the fenced in beach area about 45 minutes before fireworks after dinner at Kona. They were handing out towels to sit on and we got a nice spot to watch. The area did fill up but I’m not sure if anyone had trouble finding a spot. Everyone in front of us stayed seated and watched, so we did too. They absolutely were checking wristbands and there was some arguments with people trying to get in. It wasn’t until it was over that I saw how big the crowd lined up outside the fenced in area was. I’m not sure if they had dinner reservations or just came to see the show. The fireworks were fantastic and I would absolutely do it again. There was not a single first or third floor room available that night so we got a second floor room which was the only bummer, but understandable. The monorail was fantastic and we did not find the rooms run down(2 other things I was worried about after reading reviews). We switched halfway through our trip to AKL and I found it a much more relaxing hotel and pool, so it was a great balance. Enjoy your trip.
