Recent info from Tikiman suggests that the volcano pool will close in January for an unconfirmed amount of time (could be anywhere from weeks to months) and that, at some point in the near future, the GCH will be gutted and redone (and the water feature removed
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The DVC conversion is however, reported to be less extensive than intially projected with only the Tahiti longhouse being converted to DVC plus building a lesser number of lakeside bungalows than initially projected. A Trader Sam's is also supposed to be added somewhere on the resort property.
Of the above, the only aspects that would be deal breakers for me are the Volcano Pool and/or the GCH being out of comission, particularly if either of the restaurants are closed (the GCH makeover is supposed to happen in stages and not all at once).
While I have no doubt that Tikiman's info is legit, I'm wondering if it warrants second guessing a Poly reservation for 2014. My reasons for thinking this are two-fold: (1) Disney often changes its mind; and (2) even if they don't change their mind, they often end up moving slower than their initial projections.
With respect to the second point, I note that one can make 'Ohana and Kona reservations into late January of 2014 and there have been no rumors of either of these restaurants closing in the near future (in contrast, there were a lot of rumors swirling about Cali Grill closing way over a year before the closure actually happened).
I would also think that they would want all of their flagship Monorail resorts running at full capacity when the new Fantasyland is completed sometime early next year.
Moreover, I wouldn't think Disney would be in too much of a hurry to push out a Poly DVC when they haven't yet finished the GF one.
In view of all this, I'm guessing that an extended refurb of the Volcano Pool and/or closure of either of the two TS restaurants in the GCH, won't happen until fall of 2014 at the earliest (and may get pushed back to early 2015).
In any event, even if a deal-breaker refurb were to occur in 2014, one could always switch to a different resort.
). The DVC conversion is however, reported to be less extensive than intially projected with only the Tahiti longhouse being converted to DVC plus building a lesser number of lakeside bungalows than initially projected. A Trader Sam's is also supposed to be added somewhere on the resort property.
Of the above, the only aspects that would be deal breakers for me are the Volcano Pool and/or the GCH being out of comission, particularly if either of the restaurants are closed (the GCH makeover is supposed to happen in stages and not all at once).
While I have no doubt that Tikiman's info is legit, I'm wondering if it warrants second guessing a Poly reservation for 2014. My reasons for thinking this are two-fold: (1) Disney often changes its mind; and (2) even if they don't change their mind, they often end up moving slower than their initial projections.
With respect to the second point, I note that one can make 'Ohana and Kona reservations into late January of 2014 and there have been no rumors of either of these restaurants closing in the near future (in contrast, there were a lot of rumors swirling about Cali Grill closing way over a year before the closure actually happened).
I would also think that they would want all of their flagship Monorail resorts running at full capacity when the new Fantasyland is completed sometime early next year.
Moreover, I wouldn't think Disney would be in too much of a hurry to push out a Poly DVC when they haven't yet finished the GF one.
In view of all this, I'm guessing that an extended refurb of the Volcano Pool and/or closure of either of the two TS restaurants in the GCH, won't happen until fall of 2014 at the earliest (and may get pushed back to early 2015).
In any event, even if a deal-breaker refurb were to occur in 2014, one could always switch to a different resort.
I almost had an aneurysm when I priced the room we stayed in 4 years ago( club level lagoon view).
