The Official Polynesian Resort FAQ thread!

[WendyisDarling]

Another Question
Hello disers!

My family will be celebrating my brother's 5th birthday in Disney World. It is our first time doing a birthday in Disney and since my brother loved the Poly. when we went there last trip for Lilo and Stich character breakfast we have decided to stay there for a change. Should we order a cake from poly. or as suggested on another thread (thanks a lot) nudge the host at a restraunt about a b-day when we're going in for the slice of cake with candles or tell ahead and maybe get a full cake.
Suggestions, Experiances always apprieciated!
Thanks
missdramaqueen

I will add my $.02 that may be helpful if you are on the DP...
I would skip the extra cake and suggest mentioning the birthday. Not sure if you definitely will get a special dessert or not, but you could always ask about replacing the reg. dessert for a b-day dessert.
I've had 2 birthdays there. First was at Ohana and DH gave me a gorgeous cake. The prettiest cake I've ever seen. But, we ended up taking most of it back to the room. (In retrospect, we should have offered slices to guests near us). We could barely fit all the leftovers in the fridge (it had a mousse filling) even cut into several pieces. We thought we would eat it later in our stay. Nope. Way too much food from the DP. The last night we all "forced" ourselves to have one more slice of the delicious cake before throwing away the remains .
The next year on my BD we ate at Kona. It was on our ADR that it was my birthday. DH ordered a bottle of champagne rather than another cake. So, although we didn't mention it to the server, she knew it was my BD. We ordered our off the menu DP desserts and when the server came out she had an additional dessert! It was some sort of cream puff and was displayed beautifully. Happy Birthday was on it and maybe my name, but I would have to check pics to be sure of the name. Everyone had a bite of the BD dessert and that was plenty. Defintiely a magical BD dinner w/o an entire extra cake, esp. at the Poly.

 

[JJ&JSMOM]

This is just my .02 as well. My DD4 will be celebrating her 5th bday when we go to disney this fall - we're staying at the Poly. I'm planning on ordering her a bday cake through in room dining & having it delivered to our room w/balloons so when we come back she'll have a little surprise. She will celebrating her bday at CRT - when I scheduled the ADR I mentioned it to the CM & its noted on our ressies so I may order her a slipper dessert or just see what they offer.

I think a full cake is nice so that everyone gets the chance to have some as well. If you don't want to take it back to your room offer it to other guests.

Have fun!

 

[CDolacki2003]

There is a photo of Polynesian strawberries (and lots more poly pics in general) in this gallery here

Thanks for the strawberry photos. I am trying to decide what to order since when we go it will be my DH's B-Day and our 5th anniversary and my first trip to WDW. I got hooked into looking at all the photos. It has made me even more excited to go, but unfortunatly we dont go until October 2008. Fortunatly for my wallet we have sometime to save up, since my DH wants to go all out, 9 days at Poly conceriege lagoon view (he wants to see the castle from his bed ), park hoppers and the dessert will be 4 nights on the Disney Wonder. Oh I cant wait. I have been calling this trip my small car vacation becuse we can litterly by a small car, but you know what I dont care. It will be two romantic weeks with just me, DH and the mouse

 

[disneyfan67]

I'm beginning to think I decided to go to WDW in one of the busiest times of year or close to it. I was checking room availability on the WDW site and a couple other travels sites. The Poly, GF, CR, along with several others are showing no rooms available for my dates 7/28 to 8/4. I was surprised to see that considering it isn't a free dining period and the major holidays have passed. As long as I get the room category I paid for at the Poly, I'll be fine. I tell my wife it's going to hot and crowded at just about any family vacation spot in late July. I rather be at Disney and staying at the Poly if I had to be anywhere on those dates.

 

[PolyAddict]

I'm sorry but I don't actually know - they were a checkin gift from a friend

What a wonderful friend.

 

[scoutsmom99]

There is a photo of Polynesian strawberries (and lots more poly pics in general) in this gallery here

Those look delicious!! Thanks for posting the link to the pictures as well! I can hardly wait to look through all of them

 

[Castillo Mom]

Thanks for posting the pics bubblefactory - I'm so excited about our upcoming trip!

 

[bubblefactory]

Those look delicious!! Thanks for posting the link to the pictures as well! I can hardly wait to look through all of them

Thanks for posting the pics bubblefactory - I'm so excited about our upcoming trip!

Thanks, glad you enjoyed them

 

[ConcKahuna]

I think the strawberries are like $25 for 5, but I don't remember for sure. I will say that the nautilus shell holding the M&Ms is made out of white and milk chocolate swirled together, and tastes great!

 

[scoutsmom99]

I think the strawberries are like $25 for 5, but I don't remember for sure. I will say that the nautilus shell holding the M&Ms is made out of white and milk chocolate swirled together, and tastes great!

Thanks for the additional information. I wish I was eating them today

 

[ericamcl]

Subscribing....hoping for a room (and a code) in January. Want all the facts I could get!

Hi fellow January Poly visitor...I'm hoping for a decent code for January as well!
What dates in January are you booked for?

 

[Nursejilly]

Hi, we had booked BCV for our november trip but i was worried about the bus situation over there (we will be there 11/15-11/21 which i know will be on the busy side for much of trip and DD age 3 still needs her stroller). Having stayed at the Poly back in 2001 and loved it, i switched to the Poly for this trip. My DH has never been to disneyworld and i know he is in for a treat!! We booked a garden view and i requested either Tokelau or Tahiti building. I wanted to try for a building with no possibility of a parking lot view and like the proximity to the TTC. Any thoughts on these buildings?
Jill

 

[Nursejilly]

Hi! We had booked at BCV for our 11/15-11/21 trip but i read some not too good posts about the bus transportation over there. My DD age 3 will still need her stroller. Having stayed at the Poly back in 2001 and loving it, i switched our trip to the Poly garden view!! My DH has never been to disneyworld so i know he is in for a treat!! I put in requests for the Tokelau or Tahiti buildings because it looks like there is no possibility of a parking lot view and they are both closer to TTC. Any thoughts on these buildings?? We stayed at Tahiti in 2001 and loved it. We are soo excited. Has anyone had the breakfast at Ohana?? We booked this as well.
Jill

 

[mirlow]

It's been 3 yrs since we have been to our favorite WDW resort! We are looking forward to our stay. I was hoping that someone who has been there recently could help me out.

First I'm interested in finding out how the coffee is in the concierge lounge? Do they have a machine like the AKL CL does? Is there any oatmeal or yogurt available for breakfast? Was there some variety for kids during the evening snacks?

I remember reading about some treats you could order, but I can't seem to find them. I thought it was through dining. I believe they were specific to the Polynesian? Similar to the strawberry tuxedos at the GF.

Thanks a bunch.

 

[MsStinkerBelle]

WOOO HOOO!!! Just dropped the check off with my travel agent to pay for my August trip to the Poly! T-45 days until I'm back at my favorite-est resort in all of the World.

Okay, I'm off to Tikiman's website to daydream.

 

[frdeb1999]

We absolutely love the Poly too!! It's our favoriite. We will be there again in exactly 35 days!!!

 

[mickeysaver]

Well, it's official, we are switching from OKW to the Poly. My honey and I discussed it and with our plans focusing so heavily on MK and Epcot, it just makes sense to stay at a monorail resort and the Poly has been a dream of her's practically since birth. She was born in FL and her family took a lot of trips to WDW and when her grandma would come, they always stayed at CR, even when Gabby would beg to stay at the Poly for a special event, like her birthday. So, being that it's cheaper and we both have desires to stay there, I called AAA today and booked us a room at the Poly. If a good code comes out for October, I am hoping to upgrade to CL, but I am not holding my breath. Although, a free birthday upgrade would be super sweet!

So, now it's time to tweak the old itinerary once again to shift a few things around with the new resort in mind. Oh well, a planner's work is never done. Maggie

 

[aplejax76]

Yeah!!!! We just picked up our confirmation papers at AAA.

12 days and counting........

Someone slap me.... I can't believe we will be staying at our dream resort.

 

[JJ&JSMOM]

Well, it's official, we are switching from OKW to the Poly. My honey and I discussed it and with our plans focusing so heavily on MK and Epcot, it just makes sense to stay at a monorail resort and the Poly has been a dream of her's practically since birth. She was born in FL and her family took a lot of trips to WDW and when her grandma would come, they always stayed at CR, even when Gabby would beg to stay at the Poly for a special event, like her birthday. So, being that it's cheaper and we both have desires to stay there, I called AAA today and booked us a room at the Poly. If a good code comes out for October, I am hoping to upgrade to CL, but I am not holding my breath. Although, a free birthday upgrade would be super sweet!

So, now it's time to tweak the old itinerary once again to shift a few things around with the new resort in mind. Oh well, a planner's work is never done. Maggie

Congrats on the switch - we did the same thing a couple of weeks ago. We switched from OKW to Poly and then I added a couple more convenient ADRs since we'll be on the monorail! Have fun planning! We will be there in October also.

 

[JJ&JSMOM]

Yeah!!!! We just picked up our confirmation papers at AAA.

12 days and counting........

Someone slap me.... I can't believe we will be staying at our dream resort.

How exciting! We still have 98 days until our first stay at the Poly! Have a wonderful time!