The Official POLYNESIAN VILLAS & BUNGALOWS Owners and Fans info thread

[atthebeachclub]

I’ve been trying to talk myself into buying 150 points direct at Polynesian as non-restricted direct points. I even stayed in one of the older studios to test it out (not totally in love but it was good overall) and toured the new Island Tower (which was very nice, but you don’t have 3 sleeping surfaces in the studio there).

I’ve considered this primarily as a 2 bedroom option during January or occasionally as a studio, but digging deeper into this, it appears Island Tower contains no 2 bedroom resort view non-lock off rooms. This seems very surprising to me! I am not willing to spend more points on the view, and I wonder how tough the lock-offs will be for owners to access once more points are declared. The studios are popular at Island Tower, so I have to think if the studios get tied up with studio reservations, we will have fewer 2 bedrooms available to book.

I hope they declare more points soon and there is some more clarity around availability soon.

 

[CinCrisis]

I’ve been trying to talk myself into buying 150 points direct at Polynesian as non-restricted direct points. I even stayed in one of the older studios to test it out (not totally in love but it was good overall) and toured the new Island Tower (which was very nice, but you don’t have 3 sleeping surfaces in the studio there).

I’ve considered this primarily as a 2 bedroom option during January or occasionally as a studio, but digging deeper into this, it appears Island Tower contains no 2 bedroom resort view non-lock off rooms. This seems very surprising to me! I am not willing to spend more points on the view, and I wonder how tough the lock-offs will be for owners to access once more points are declared. The studios are popular at Island Tower, so I have to think if the studios get tied up with studio reservations, we will have fewer 2 bedrooms available to book.

I hope they declare more points soon and there is some more clarity around availability soon.

If you don’t love Poly, direct points may not be worth it, although a Poly contract will likely retain more long-term value than most of the other options due to lower maintenance fees and no resale restrictions on the O14 (assuming you think you may sell one day).

I can’t speak to the studio room concerns, but rest assured DVD is declaring more inventory for PIT on a regular basis as more points are purchased. Someone can correct me if I’m wrong, but there are a couple dedicated two bedroom villas now (which wasn’t the case a few months ago). DVCNews has the scoop there. Edit: I just realized you meant Resort View specific. So yeah, if that’s a concern then it might be a hard sell.

 

[atthebeachclub]

If you don’t love Poly, direct points may not be worth it, although a Poly contract will likely retain more long-term value than most of the other options due to lower maintenance fees and no resale restrictions on the O14 (assuming you think you may sell one day).

I can’t speak to the studio room concerns, but rest assured DVD is declaring more inventory for PIT on a regular basis as more points are purchased. Someone can correct me if I’m wrong, but there are a couple dedicated two bedroom villas now (which wasn’t the case a few months ago). DVCNews has the scoop there. Edit: I just realized you meant Resort View specific. So yeah, if that’s a concern then it might be a hard sell.

Yes. I can see staying there again. But I didn’t get that “wow” feeling, you know? I liked it. But it wasn’t love! I was sort of sad I didn’t love it like I hoped I would. And I think you are right: direct points may not be in my future, and I guess that’s ok.

 

[atthebeachclub]

I think my best bet is probably keeping my current points, and using the Polynesian’s older resort view studios again when I want a studio option that sleeps 3 separately, and have run out of BCV points.

 

[atthebeachclub]

I thought more about the question of getting 2 br standard view. If you buy a direct fixed week for a studio at your time of choice, you could likely book a 1 bedroom standard view fairly easily in addition, and save points vs a 2 br premium view. There’s still a lock off premium but it’s cheaper than the better view categories. You could always waitlist the 2 br standard to save points, too.