Poly Resort View Room - Possible to get Samoa?

[deno]

Hi

3 times we have stayed at Samoa and I love that location. However, we've usually booked through an agent and this time around we got a package through Disney directly with free dining plan.

I notice our reservation is for a Resort View Room. Can I request the Samoa building with this reservation? If not, does anyone have a similar building recommendation near both pools and the main building. We have 2 rooms for 14 nights so really want it to be right.

Thanks for any advice you can throw my way.

 

[Dug720]

No. Samoa is only Water View rooms.

For an equivalent location Fiji has some Resort View rooms - but not a ton. And it would only be a request.

 

[Disneylover99]

Rarotonga is right next to the main building and pretty much right in between the main pool and quiet pool. That would be my request.

 

[deno]

Thanks both, I thought as much. Looking at Rarotonga on the map, that looks like a good suggestion. I'm not bothered too much about the view, more the location. The room is for sleeping

 

[kylenne]

A few years ago Disney pretty much invented a “pool view” category entirely so they could charge people more to stay in Samoa given it was the #1 requested building for what was then called standard view. When Disney changed the view categories across the resorts a couple of years ago Samoa got lumped into the new Water View category due to that.

Rarotonga is imo the best resort view building bc as pp said it’s right next to the GCH and both pools but it’s also right by the bus stop and if you go out the back end of the building it puts you right on the path to the TTC for the Epcot monorail. Not even a 5 min walk.