Poly Bungalows

[jerseyduke]

So DVCnews.com has some interesting info on the idea of a poly DVC.

I wonder what room class the over water bungalows will be? Any guesses?

 

[spruce]

Grand villa like Vero.

 

[hakepb]

There was some initial talk that some bungalows would be lockoff or split in 2, but I think that was before the talk of reducing the size of Poly DVC.

 

[DVC Mike]

This will make it very easy for my wife to dump my ashes in the Seven Seas Lagoon after I'm gone.

I wonder what the noise will be during the day with all those folks zipping around in their rental boats?

I'm not sure how the views from the Tahiti building will be impacted. I'm not sure I'd appreciate the addition from Tahiti.

I hope plumbing problems in the villas don't dump raw sewage in Seven Seas Lagoon if there is a problem. I don't want sewage messing with my ashes.

 

[WilsonFlyer]

This will make it very easy for my wife to dump my ashes in the Seven Seas Lagoon after I'm gone.

I wonder what the noise will be during the day with all those folks zipping around in their rental boats?

I'm not sure how the views from the Tahiti building will be impacted. I'm not sure I'd appreciate the addition from Tahiti.

I hope plumbing problems in the villas don't dump raw sewage in Seven Seas Lagoon if there is a problem. I don't want sewage messing with my ashes.

You can say it in jest if you want to but I like the way you're thinkin'.

{Y'all can thank me for the bungalows never being built when DVD reads this. }

 

[jerseyduke]

All good points. I am sure a no wake zone, like they have near OKW for the boats on the river.

Views from Tahiti is another good point.

If they only do some grand villa like VB beach cottage, I see a fixed week in December going for 60k+. You do not need 2 kidneys, right?

Also I wonder, if they use Tahiti, what it would do to a construction time frame. From VGF south Florida water management yada yada filings, it seemed to be about 2 years until sales started, and 2.5 until opening.

 

[lilpooh108]

Realistically, how bad will the bugs be during May (love bug season) and into the summer if you're staying over water and there's wood decks all around?

 

[luv2sleep]

Realistically, how bad will the bugs be during May (love bug season) and into the summer if you're staying over water and there's wood decks all around?

This and I'm not sure I'd want to be over bacteria or amoeba infested water that they've said you can't swim in. In places like Bora Bora and Tahiti one of the benefits of the over the water bungalows is being able to swim right from your bungalow. I guess the draw will be just for the view and being on the water? I don't know if I'd spend all those points to stay in one.

 

[dizfan]

I'm not sure how the views from the Tahiti building will be impacted. I'm not sure I'd appreciate the addition from Tahiti

That view will be replaced with watching people running to their GV during Florida downpours. Wonder how often people will slip before they realize Florida rain does not work so well for GVs on the water?

 

[disneynutz]

Realistically, how bad will the bugs be during May (love bug season) and into the summer if you're staying over water and there's wood decks all around?

I would be more concerned with snakes.

Bill

 

[DenLo]

So DVCnews.com has some interesting info on the idea of a poly DVC.

I wonder what room class the over water bungalows will be? Any guesses?

If they were smart it would be something like the tree houses at SSR. More BRs than a 2 BR but less cost than a GV. Twenty GVs at a small DVC resort is crazy. The points per night would be ultra high, maybe worse than VGF.

 

[wdrl]

That view will be replaced with watching people running to their GV during Florida downpours. Wonder how often people will slip before they realize Florida rain does not work so well for GVs on the water?

I suspect the walkways to the over-the-water villas will have some non-slip surface to minimize accidents. Remember, Disney resurfaced the skybridge from BLT to CR to reduce the slippage when the skybridge got wet.

I doubt whether the over-the-water villas will be Grand Villas. According to the plans submitted by Disney, TSMIII and tjkraz determined there will be 20 such villas. Frankly, I don't think DVD will put 20 GVs in a relatively small DVC resort like the Poly.

What I find interesting is that the orientation of the villas may require a significant departure from the standard layout if indeed these will be two-bedroom or larger vacation homes. Normally, a rectangular shaped two-bedroom vacation home has balconies and windows along one of the longer walls, and the entrance doors on the opposite long wall. If you look at the diagrams enhanced by TSMIII (see http://dvcnews.com/forum/showthread...uggest-Poly-work-imminent&p=158188#post158188), it appears the rectangular shaped villas are oriented with the short side facing the Magic Kingdom. In my opinion, the prime viewing area is along that short wall, so that is where I'd expect to have a picture window and balcony. But, in the standard two-bedroom layout, that is where DVD normally places the master bedroom. I don't think a two-bedroom layout that puts the best viewing area off of a bedroom rather than the living room would be the best idea.

Actually, if TSMIII's drawings are accurate, then it appears these over-the-water villas would be ideal for studios. The standard DVC studio layout runs lengthwise: entrance from one short wall and balcony on the opposite short wall. If DVD places studios in these locations, then they would be ideally suited to take advantage of the views toward the Magic Kingdom.

Of course, all of this is still mere speculation. Who knows what we'll end up with.

 

[DenLo]

Actually, if TSMIII's drawings are accurate, then it appears these over-the-water villas would be ideal for studios. The standard DVC studio layout runs lengthwise: entrance from one short wall and balcony on the opposite short wall. If DVD places studios in these locations, then they would be ideally suited to take advantage of the views toward the Magic Kingdom.

Of course, all of this is still mere speculation. Who knows what we'll end up with.

Bungalow studios? I see your point my DH (wdrl), studios would be ideal for the building shape. However, I think that the entrance could easily be on the side of each building if they just add a deck. It would still be a different configuration than most DVC villas because usually the living room is in the middle between the two or three bedrooms if a GV is involved.

 

[wdrl]

I would be more concerned with snakes.

Bill

Its only a matter of time before someone posts on the disboards saying they wouldn't stay in these over-the-water villas because of their fear of alligators. But I guess it could be worse. When we stayed at Coronado Springs Resort, there was this sign warning guests not to swim in Lago Dorado:

 

[SpaceMountain77]

Actually, if TSMIII's drawings are accurate, then it appears these over-the-water villas would be ideal for studios.

I had the same thought when I first viewed the speculated drawings on the Tikiman's webpage.

Although I am not an architect and have not seen these blueprints firsthand, 20 grand villas does not seem possible given their usual size and the proposed space. Twenty fixed-week studios seems more feasible to me.

I, too, wonder about the bungalows and views from both Hawaii and Tahiti. I would not pay for a concierge lagoon view room, in the Hawaii building, if it meant having a 1st floor room with a direct view of walkways and bungalows.

Personally, I think 20 villas, of some sort, is an overestimate.

 

[AquaDame]

I had the same thought when I first viewed the speculated drawings on the Tikiman's webpage.

Although I am not an architect and have not seen these blueprints firsthand, 20 grand villas does not seem possible given their usual size and the proposed space. Twenty fixed-week studios seems more feasible to me.

I, too, wonder about the bungalows and views from both Hawaii and Tahiti. I would not pay for a concierge lagoon view room, in the Hawaii building, if it meant having a 1st floor room with a direct view of walkways and bungalows.

Personally, I think 20 villas, of some sort, is an overestimate.

Why would they have to be fixed week...? We don't want to travel the same week every year, so that would mean no water bungalow for us ever.

 

[SpaceMountain77]

Why would they have to be fixed week...? We don't want to travel the same week every year, so that would mean no water bungalow for us ever.

I sincerely apologize AquaDame. I meant 20 bungalows with the option of a fixed week.

 

[jerseyduke]

It is is a studio bungalow, fixed week, I would be all over it. Plus I could get to know my neighbors!

I have a few questions about FWs but I will do it in another thread.

 

[DenLo]

With the two resorts that DVC has sold fixed weeks, both limit them to no more than 35% of each week and type villa and view. So even if DVC does a fixed week with the Poly it will be limited.

 

[sweetdana]

This and I'm not sure I'd want to be over bacteria or amoeba infested water that they've said you can't swim in. In places like Bora Bora and Tahiti one of the benefits of the over the water bungalows is being able to swim right from your bungalow. I guess the draw will be just for the view and being on the water? I don't know if I'd spend all those points to stay in one.

Maybe An engineer is figuring it out right now. A swimming pool/ swimmable option. Between bungalows, maybe a slide from your villa

I love the poly and intend to buy there, but it would also need to make sense too. I couldn't afford GV prolly ever but certainly would live a 1 bedroom, or to bring family some day to a 2 bedroom.