tiger4me2
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I am so happy that someone reached out with information, also glad to hear your room will be ok, now you can relax and work on your park touring plans!!
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I am so happy that someone reached out with information, also glad to hear your room will be ok, now you can relax and work on your park touring plans!!
Good to know we will be Poly CL 9/8-9/15!!!
Good to know we will be Poly CL 9/8-9/15!!!
Don't know how long the previous rehab of the volcano pool took, but if the rehab of the GF courtyard pool is any indicator, it could be at least 6 months.
By way of reference, Disney started on that rehab about exactly one year ago and didn't finish until early April of this year.
Also somewhat discouraging is the fact that they advertised that the work would be finished by December of last year (so it took more than three months more than they projected) and also didn't announce the pool closure until about 6 weeks before they started work.
So if the Poly pool refurb starts on, say Jan. 2, Disney may not announce it until around Thanksgiving. And the work may continue until well into next summer.
I emailed the IPO in regards to what type of noise they were expecting during our stay (CL Oct 30-Nov4) as we have a very light sleeping 1 year old and this is what I received in return:
" As for the construction we do not know exactly what is being done but there will be loud construction noise-most likely throughout the day when guests are normally in the park.
At this time we are not sure if construction will happen at night.
We apologize if this has caused any inconvenience. "
I emailed the IPO in regards to what type of noise they were expecting during our stay (CL Oct 30-Nov4) as we have a very light sleeping 1 year old and this is what I received in return:
" As for the construction we do not know exactly what is being done but there will be loud construction noise-most likely throughout the day when guests are normally in the park.
At this time we are not sure if construction will happen at night.
We apologize if this has caused any inconvenience. "
Tikiman said:They will have to offer some place for food. In the past they had options like Tangaroa Terrace (which they have mentioned opening when the restaurants are closed) and when they closed Captain Cook’s they relocated it to the old Snack Isle location until it was done. There is no guarantee as to what will remain open or if Kona and ‘Ohana will reopen as the same thing. When I can share more info I will but for now that is all I can say.
This sounds very cryptic, tikiman. We are planning on having my dd birthday at ohana in late Feb. 2014. We are looking at 15-20 people, some local. Should I take the risk or should I just book CM instead. Any thoughts? I already booked it so will they help me get somewhere else if they close it?
This is exactly what is worrying me. We are booked GV CL next August. I'm not concerned with the view since we are rarely in the room and I'm (don't shoot me) not as concerned on the waterfall. I am concerned about Kona and O'hana being open - as we don't like to deal with transportation for meals. I also would like to rent a cabana and hang by the pool, so a pool closure would be a real disappointment.
I'm debating making a second reservation some where (although I don't have the foggiest clue where, my heart is at the Poly next year, not a GF fan and am tired of AKL) as a back up. Best I can do is wait, watch and see. I just hope they get on with it sooner rather than later.
This is exactly what is worrying me. We are booked GV CL next August. I'm not concerned with the view since we are rarely in the room and I'm (don't shoot me) not as concerned on the waterfall. I am concerned about Kona and O'hana being open - as we don't like to deal with transportation for meals. I also would like to rent a cabana and hang by the pool, so a pool closure would be a real disappointment.
I'm debating making a second reservation some where (although I don't have the foggiest clue where, my heart is at the Poly next year, not a GF fan and am tired of AKL) as a back up. Best I can do is wait, watch and see. I just hope they get on with it sooner rather than later.
Im going this december. I thought they werent starting construction until 2014?
I will change to the wilderness lodge if i can find out for a fact there will be construction at that time
This sounds very cryptic, tikiman. We are planning on having my dd birthday at ohana in late Feb. 2014. We are looking at 15-20 people, some local. Should I take the risk or should I just book CM instead. Any thoughts? I already booked it so will they help me get somewhere else if they close it?
Im going this december. I thought they werent starting construction until 2014?
I will change to the wilderness lodge if i can find out for a fact there will be construction at that time