Niue or Samoa??

[corvair]

JUst wondering if anyone has advise on these buildings...we are not smokers..but would like to be near the volcano pool... are there balconies at Samoa....is Niue a good building....I would request ground floor there because I know there are not balconies...thanks...amy

 

[mirlow]

We usually stay in the Hawaii longhouse and will walk through the Somoa longhouse if it's raining. It reeks of stale cigarette smoke throughout the halls. We go in the summer and I don't know if that makes a difference or not. It's to bad it stinks so much because it's in a great location. I would go for Niue. Isn't the Somoa longhouse all smoking?

 

[dgaston]

Tokelau is just a hop skip and jump from the volcano pool. It's close to GCH and TTC too

 

[velmar]

We stayed in niue last september. We found it very convenient for both pools but the really big advantage we found was that is was so close to the restaurants and monorail station. At the end of a busy day the kids had only to walk a little back to their room and then we could bring back drinks from the cafe for them and ourselves.

 

[corvair]

Thanks for all of the replies... I was thinking of Tokelau also, but thinking it would be hard to get.. It seems like everyone requests this building...amy

 

[laurens mom]

Here is an excerpt from my upcoming book " The Luxury Guide to Walt Disney World". Maybe it will be of some help.

The newer longhouses of Tokelau, Tahiti, and Rapa Nui feature the largest rooms, all of which come with patios or balconies and a convenient location near the Ticket & Transportation Center.

The two-story Niue and Tonga longhouses, with the Tonga being an all-suite building, are small and intimate with ground floor patios and second floor balconies. Water view rooms in the Tahiti building front a lovely beach with great views across the lagoon but are also located very close to the TTC with noise from the ferryboat during park hours. One side of the Samoa and the Niue buildings face the rambunctious Volcano Pool, a plus or minus depending on your personality. One side of the Aotearoa, Tonga, and Rarotonga longhouses face the monorail, and one side of the Rapa Nui faces the parking lot, although these are actually considered garden views.

If staying in the Fiji, Tuvalu, Tonga, and Aotearoa you had better enjoy the beat of drums because the Polynesian Luau is held nearby. The worst view is from the so-called garden view side of the Tuvalu longhouse that stares at the next building only a few feet away.

 

[jillz]

Hi
We just returned from our first stay at the polynesian...We were in Fiji room 1314 garden view room but our room overlooked the marina and all the beautiful sailboats...what a view!! Very short walk also to the volcano pool and the gc house...Good luck!!! I thought this location was superb!!!!

 

[Tikiman]

Good review Laurens mom but it is false that Niue has a second floor balcony. Just FYI.

Aloha

Steve

 

[Samsma]

Tikiman-

Are there any garden view smoking optional rooms in Fiji? Not the island, the building!

 

[Samsma]

Just wondering if this is a smoking optional building, garden view?

 

[skiwee1]

Originally posted by corvair
JUst wondering if anyone has advise on these buildings...we are not smokers..but would like to be near the volcano pool... are there balconies at Samoa....is Niue a good building....I would request ground floor there because I know there are not balconies...thanks...amy

I don't think Nuie has any balconies. I had thought about requesting that building for this trip but if I remember correctly it was two stories and no balconies.