Island Tower at Polynesian Villas & Bungalows

[maui22]

Warning: I'm not good at reading these, but here goes.

• Unit 88A - first floor.
  • Lagoon side
    • 2BR lockoff, next to lobby terrace
    • Duo studio
    • Studio (HA)
    • 2BR lockoff (HA in the 1BR)
    • 1BR dedicated
    • 2BR dedicated (HA)
  • Facing wedding chapel
    • 2BR lockoff
      

 

[JackosinDIS]

And we now know that the ‘portals’ are in fact ‘pocket gardens’

 

[maui22]

Second floor shows Unit 100A not includes in phase 88. This is everything that 88A has, except the 2BR lockoff facing the wedding chapel.

Unit 88B - second floor.

• Facing wedding chapel
  • 2BR lockoff
• Facing monorail
  • Duo studio
  • Studio
  • Studio
  • Studio
  • Studio
  • Studio
  • Studio
  • Studio
  • Duo studio (shower)
  • Duo Studio HA

 

[maui22]

Unit 88C - Second floor

• Facing front
  • Duo studio
  • 2BR lockoff
  • 1BR dedicated
  • 1BR dedicated
  • Duo studio
• Facing pool
  • Studio
  • 2BR lockoff
  • 2BR lockoff
  • Studio (HA)

 

[maui22]

Unit 88 D - 3rd floor

• Lagoon side
  • Studio next to the Pocket Garden Samoa.
  • 2BR lockoff.

 

[maui22]

Neat-o
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The fact they used Samoa in that one, makes me think each garden will have a unique name. This one is called Samoa.

 

[kneely58]

Here are all 5 docs they just recorded for this project

 

[Salokin]

Okay, don’t bash me. This isn’t fun & exciting, I’m just throwing it out there

Could this just be some kind of “Green” space to go along with Disney’s 2030 Environmental Goals that they mentioned a few times in their interior video?

I google lens just that area and kept getting “Green hotel” info & photos like the ones below. (Ya I have no life)

Maybe it’s just plants hanging all over like in “Living with the Land”. If you look at the first concept art (top) it has more plants. The newer concept art (bottom) looks more like it’d have some seating for viewing like at AKL or something like the “ROOF” photo below that it pulled up.

Maybe Disney gets tax breaks for the more “Green Spaces” it has with ‘eco friendly gardens’

Whatever it is, it’s very original though, coz I pulled every angle to zoom into that space for google lens to find me something similar and mostly only found AI generated sustainablity houses & hotels like the photos below.

Just a guess, who knows..


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Defo worth a repost!

 

[maui22]

Unit 88 D - 7th floor

• Lagoon side
  • 2BR lockoff
  • Duo studio
  • 1BR dedicated
  • Studio
  • 2BR lockoff

 

[Salokin]

Unit 88C - Second floor

• Facing front
  • Duo studio
  • 2BR lockoff
  • 2BR lockoff
  • Duo studio
• Facing pool
  • Studio
  • 2BR lockoff
  • 2BR lockoff
  • Studio (HA)

View attachment 882421

Apologies, what’s a Studio (HA)?

It’s something obvious right!

 

[maui22]

Unit 88F - 9th floor (penthouse 2BRs)

4 guest elevators on one side.
2 service elevators on the other side.

• Lagoon side
  • Terrace lookout area that appears anyone can go to since it's off the hallway.
  • Studio
  • 2BR penthouse.
  • Studio
  • Terrace lookout area that appears anyone can go to since it's off the hallway.
• Monorail side
  • Duo studio
  • 2BR penthouse
  • Duo studio
  • There appears to be a roof terrace that anyone may be able to access here.

 

[maui22]

Apologies, what’s a Studio (HA)?

It’s something obvious right!

Those are rooms that are handicap accessible. There may be others.
These rooms do not have sliding glass doors to the balcony/patio. Instead it is a glass door that opens out.
I believe the bathrooms will also have a different configuration.

 

[Salokin]

Unit 88F - 9th floor (penthouse 2BRs)

4 guest elevators on one side.
2 service elevators on the other side.

• Lagoon side
  • Terrace lookout area that appears anyone can go to since it's off the hallway.
  • Studio
  • 2BR penthouse.
  • Studio
  • Terrace lookout area that appears anyone can go to since it's off the hallway.
• Monorail side
  • Tower studio
  • 2BR penthouse
  • Tower studio
  • There appears to be a roof terrace that anyone may be able to access here.

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Could lift access be restricted a la BLT? Hope not!

 

[MarkNC2Disney]

So… what is a pocket garden?

 

[Salokin]

So… what is a pocket garden?

Probably a paid cabana style offering within the building!

 

[maui22]

If I calculated things correctly, here is a breakdown of the rooms being declared...

• Lagoon side
  • 1 Penthouse (1 on 9th)
  • 6 Studios (2 on 9th, 1 on 7th, 1 on 3rd, 1 on 2nd, 1 on 1st)
  • 3 Duo Studio (1 on 7th, 1 on 3rd, 1 on 1st)
  • 7 2BR lockoff (2 on 7th, 1 on 3rd, 2 on 2nd, 2 on 1st)
  • 2 1BR dedicated (1 on 7th, 1 on 1st)
  • 1 2BR dedicated (1 on 1st)
• Monorail side
  • 1 Penthouse (1 on 9th)
  • 7 Duo studio (2 on 9th, 5 on 2nd)
  • 2 1BR dedicated
  • 7 Studios (7 on 2nd)
  • 1 2BR lockoff (1 on 2nd)
• Wedding chapel side
  • 2 2BR lockoff (1 on 2nd, 1 on 1st)

 

[maui22]

Probably a paid cabana style offering within the building!

Sounds like a good option for weddings. Although, I would hope they realize they need access to bathrooms nearby for a paid offering. Making guests go to a different floor would seem odd.

 

[Tatebeck]

I'm hoping for more 2 BR dedicated and less 2BR lockoff please! I feel like lockoffs sound good in theory but in actuality they just end up booking as studios most of the time and then have a bunch of 1BRs sitting there because they are the worst "value"

 

[Salokin]

This is where y’all find me when I need to get away from it all / everyone

 

[SugarSweetLee]

And we now know that the ‘portals’ are in fact ‘pocket gardens’

Someone earlier in this thread suggested it might be green space! Glad that turned out to be the case