It was May 2001 and our first big Disney World family vacation. We were doing a split stay between CBR and the Grand Floridian (this trip was my DH's and DSs' first time ever to WDW and my first time ever to stay onsite), and during a trip to the Polynesian to have dinner at the Kona Cafe we decided to check out the resort to see if we'd be interested in staying there on a future trip, so after dinner we walked out the back of the resort towards the then-brand-new volcano pool and saw these views:
Right then and there, we KNEW this was the resort for us!

Little did I know back then that most of my future WDW trips would be spent there!