Poly Resort Stay July 2016 TR

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Hello folks!

Thought I would do a TR of our recent stay at Polynesian Resort. It was myself and my 7 y/o DD, a mom/daughter trip. We did not do any parks this time, as Floridians, we will return when the weather is more comfortable. I wanted to just spend the weekend relaxing and enjoying the resort amenities, restaurants and shopping. This TR will be pic heavy.

 

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This is our first time staying at Poly and our first impression was lovely.

 

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I can't wait to see all your photos. I will be there in a week and I'm so excited!

 

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Next order of business was breakfast-I have been craving these since last WDW trip which was last year! This was from Capt. Cook- Waffles with Bacon.

 

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We then went to the Ceremonial house where they were performing traditional dances.

 

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Next we toured the property. We got there 10am and our room was not yet ready. They would text us but my DD got restless at about noon/ 1:00pm and approached the Registration desk and they gave us a room! I had requested a balcony but got one on the ground floor at Rarotonga... location was perfect-right across the Ceremonial house, I could do a sommersault outside of the side doors and end up in the front entrance(not that I can a sommersault) lol

So my DD started playing with the hats that are for sale at the second story store.




BTW, DD loved getting the Leis at check in !

 

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After some frolicking and unwinding and another purchase of Mickey jewels for her magic band, we ended up at the Tambu Lounge. The CM was awesome! I got a Lapu Lapu (the buzz kicked in quickly) and DD got a pink lemonade. After this we were ready for our room and DD wanted to head out to the pool!

 

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And finally we arrived to our room! We loved it! It was large clean and nice theming. Our view was very private as it faced the monorail.






I asked mouse keeping for some more toiletries and got this!

 

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I liked this little guy

 

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We unpacked-we were staying for 3 day-changed into our swimsuits and spent the next couple of hours on the pool deck. It wasn't crowed, weather was perfect, pool water was warm-we also played a couple of pool games with the lifeguards-Fun Times!

 

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After some time, we both were getting hungry so we decided to eat something on the pool deck. We again went to Capt Cook since we still had on our swim suits and coverup a. I ordered the Polynesian seafood coconut curry. It was AMAZING! Got it twice during this trip. DD had flat bread pizza-plain.

 

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For dessert we got the famed Dole Whip-vanilla/pineapple swirl. Very refreshing!

 

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Now that our tummies were full and being tired from the pool and the sun, we decided to go back to our room to rest. DD had purchased a few toys she wanted to get her hands on and I just chilled in the air conditioned room. I was so glad we weren't at the parks as it was so hot unless you were in the pool or in the climate controlled indoors. Btw I love the scent in the Ceromonial house-it's not a familiar scent but it was so nice.

Upon our walk back to our room we encountered the lighting of the torch dance.

 

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After our rest and showering, we got ready to go out and tour a bit before having a late dinner. W had no plans or reservations, we were just goi g to wing it. So we got on the monorail and ended up here...

 

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So it was about 8:30om now and we decided to look for a place to eat in the GF. No reservations but I was sure some place could fit us in...we ended up coming across this....

 

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I had read about this place here on DISboards and new they had a Cinderella dinner so I decided to splurge and treat my daughter to a princess dinner. My DD is afraid of the larger than like characters up close but loves the princesses. We went up to the desk and there would be a 25 minute wait-we were fine with that and went exploring.