Latest look at the new Disney Vacation Club tower construction site at Disney's Polynesian Village Resort

May 12, 2023 in "Disney's Polynesian Villas and Bungalows"

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Posted: Friday May 12, 2023 6:36am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

The new Disney Vacation Club tower at Disney's Polynesian Village Resort continues to grow as more sections of the building take shape.

Polynesian Resort Disney Vacation Club tower construction - May 12 2023

More of the foundations are visible that will support another section of the building that is yet to go vertical.

Polynesian Resort Disney Vacation Club tower construction - May 12 2023

The new DVC tower at Disney's Polynesian Village Resort has a planned opening in 2024.

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Doberge3 hours ago

My guesses are based off FW. I think shorter time lines work great to sell a few points before opening but maintain a larger cash inventory. All new rooms open with big cash demand so maximizing opportunity on cash side makes a lot of sense, imo.

ToTBellHop3 hours ago

It is well-established that 10-story buildings are built faster than 10-layer cakes. You can’t rush pastry.

MagicRat6 hours ago

Given this analysis of 5-15 floor Marriott hotels and it’s similarities, would the OG Disneyland Hotel qualify?

nickys9 hours ago

Yeah, I must have had the wrong timeline in my head. But the timelines are getting shorter. Riviera sales started in March and opened in December - 9 months. The Cabins at FW sales started in February and opens in July - 5 months. I can understand that one because they don’t need all cabins done to open. If Poly Tower sales start in July and it opens in December, that would also be 5 months.

Brian14 hours ago

This tower may very well be started and finished in less time than the Cake Bake Shop.

DCBaker14 hours ago

Within the last week, Thomas Mozloum said "And we’re so excited to offer even more magical experiences later this year with the openings of The Cabins at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort and a new tower at Disney’s Polynesian Villas and Bungalows."

Doberge14 hours ago

Did I miss a schedule change? I thought we were still on at a late 2024 opening? I've been looking forward to April/May teasers, May/June news, and Julyish opening sales to open tower in November/December.

nickys1 day ago

No it isn’t. They still haven’t announced an opening date or declared rooms into DVC inventory. We should hear sometime in the Summer about an opening date, with sales starting November / December. It probably won’t open until Spring 2025. Usually it’s a few months from sales to opening.

nickys1 day ago

Maybe not a theme as such but I found a lot to interest me. The library / lounge room is chock full of photos and memoribila, and two hallways full of photos. The mosaics in the tunnel through to the Skyliner. I loved the splash pad, nice to see Fantasia get some love at WDW. All of that is literally Walt Disney themed. I also liked the style of the “formal gardens” around the pool with Primo Piatto (? Spelling) opening out onto it .I enjoyed visiting and spent far longer there than I’d anticipated. That though is separate from the design aspect of say AKL, WL or the (original) Poly. I certainly wouldn’t claim the design of Riviera compares favourably to those resorts.

lazyboy97o1 day ago

Per code a high rise has occupied floors more than 75’ above the lowest level of fire department vehicle access.

UNCgolf1 day ago

You're right -- it's shorter than I realized. It seems taller than it actually is, likely due to the location.

Animaniac93-981 day ago

Riviera's height is more noticeable because is so close to the rest of Caribbean Beach's 3-story structures (a byproduct of it being on a former section of that hotel). Wilderness Lodge is nestled in the trees and doesn't have another building so close to compare.

BrianLo1 day ago

Is also a mid-rise. I know it's semantics, but it matters when the definition of a mid-rise is 5-15 stories and Riviera is smack in the middle of that range. The Riviera's issues really are not its height, the lodges are very well received I think, despite being in the same range.

BrianLo1 day ago

Completely and I was not meaning to entirely get caught up in semantics, though people were using high rise technically too liberally. I did forget Aulani though, that would qualify! I think my broader point is that "DVC" somehow gets the blame for being the issue. It's really just hotel design in general from modern WDI. It just so happens that DVC leads to a lot of the hotel builds at WDW There is nothing wrong with mid-rise hotel design or even a few of the high-rise designs (Disneyland Hotel that is sort of grandfathered in and I personally think Aulani is great). I think that gets misattributed. I'd argue my personal favourite resorts at WDW are all actually mid-rises. Poly suffers obviously because it's a mid-rise being added to a low-rise resort. But more to my point about how this problem is not purely "DVC" related: the Disney Fantasy Springs Hotel in Tokyo. That thing is an atrocious mess and it is all hotel based from a provider who is willing to spend money. They just can't figure out how to design hotels these days, even if some of the rooms are nice.