The Official POLYNESIAN VILLAS & BUNGALOWS Owners and Fans info thread

[tamitru32]

Yup toaster was in upper cabinet in kitchenette. (Tower studio room)

 

[DigitalOlli]

Hello,
Anyone knows if the lamp which is at the DVC Studio is still in the gift shop? Want to buy one or 2 at our next stay

+thanks

 

[Mle8308]

Hello,
Anyone knows if the lamp which is at the DVC Studio is still in the gift shop? Want to buy one or 2 at our next stay

+thanks

I saw it 2 weeks ago!

 

[Jwaire]

Hello,
Anyone knows if the lamp which is at the DVC Studio is still in the gift shop? Want to buy one or 2 at our next stay

+thanks

They still sell it. It's around $300 before discounts and they ship it directly to you.

 

[CinCrisis]

New Poly owner here! We recently came back from our trip to WDW and had to add on points when we toured the tower (GF is our other home resort but I think Poly is going to be where our heart is).

I know it’s only been a few months since the tower opening, but does anyone have a sense for 2BR standard view availability at the 10 month mark? I worry about the limited inventory.

 

[Tumnus]

Checking in here - Poly was our first DVC, bought when new owners were allowed to the Island Tower! Haven't gotten to stay as members yet, but will be there in November!

 

[Mattrg_2000]

Photos of Wailulu Bar & Grill. Bar is walk up first come first served. Restaurant is join the waitlist with a cast members tablet.

 

[chiisai]

I may need to work on our trip. Does anyone know how wide and deep the safes in the rooms are? Thank you.

 

[Mai Ku Tiki]

Aloha! Longhouse fan here but I've never stayed in Pago Pago. Was considering that if I could have a studio on resort/garden side... Anyone know if that is "preferred" now?

 

[maui22]

Aloha! Longhouse fan here but I've never stayed in Pago Pago. Was considering that if I could have a studio on resort/garden side... Anyone know if that is "preferred" now?

They didn’t change point charts so the following should be correct…
Lake view Moorea is now Preferred view.
All other longhouse DVC rooms were standard view which is now called resort view.

There is some discussion that this may not be true in the future. Some Island Tower rooms were clearly classified too high. Only way to fix this is to reclassify some rooms (likely requiring new point charts). BLT is an example where they did this. I trust @tjkraz and @wdrl information on the timeline (2010) https://www.dvcnews.com/wdw-resorts/bay-lake-tower/4533-bay-lake-tower-s-10th-anniversary

Edited: changed article link to Wil’s article

 

[downeyland]

do they give lei if you have the tower booked?

 

[Perdita&Pongo]

do they give lei if you have the tower booked?

Yes, the CMs in the Tower lobby pass them out.

 

[kmg1107]

They didn’t change point charts so the following should be correct…
Lake view Moorea is now Preferred view.
All other longhouse DVC rooms were standard view which is now called resort view.

There is some discussion that this may not be true in the future. Some Island Tower rooms were clearly classified too high. Only way to fix this is to reclassify some rooms (likely requiring new point charts). BLT is an example where they did this. I trust @tjkraz and @wdrl information on the timeline (2010) https://www.dvcnews.com/wdw-resorts/bay-lake-tower/4533-bay-lake-tower-s-10th-anniversary

Edited: changed article link to Wil’s article

Thank you, Maui22. Am I understanding that "Standard View" is now "Resort View" for the Poly Villas?
I'm putting in a room request for our upcoming stay. Do you know if Tokelau is still split between Resort and Lake view rooms? Or, did I read correctly that the only Lake view rooms are in Moorea, meaning that Tokelau is all Resort view?
Thanks!

 

[stace1214]

Hi! I booked a standard view studio for a couple nights in August. I'm thrilled to finally be staying at Poly. I thought I read somewhere that fireworks can be seen from the pool, is that accurate? Do they pipe the music in like I've heard they do on the beach?

 

[CarolynFH]

Thank you, Maui22. Am I understanding that "Standard View" is now "Resort View" for the Poly Villas?

Standard view has become Resort view for all Disney resorts, D.V.C. as well as cash.

I'm putting in a room request for our upcoming stay. Do you know if Tokelau is still split between Resort and Lake view rooms? Or, did I read correctly that the only Lake view rooms are in Moorea, meaning that Tokelau is all Resort view?
Thanks!

Tokelau has never has Lake view rooms, only Standard, now Resort. From the balconies of some of the rooms on the far lake end of Tokelau, you can see MK, but those rooms are still Resort category.

Moorea has Lake view rooms, only on the side of the building that faces the lake.

See map here: https://www.wdwinfo.com/resortmaps/polymap.htm