Latest look at land clearing for the new DVC tower at Disney's Polynesian Village Resort

BrianLo4 hours ago

What recent 15-ish story DVC towers are you referring to. VDH, BLT? Nothing else is within range of being a 'high rise'. The only example of a high rise actually being added to a resort without being high-rise based is Gran Destino... and that's on the hotel side. Apart from that I think we have to go back to Swan/Dolphin? Is it mid-rises you dislike? The low-rises had their time, but they lead to a certain amount of sprawl that actually isn't that popular with modern guests.

HauntedPirate8 hours ago

RADP… now I feel really old. Bring up a Disney mIRC channel and I may curl up in the fetal position. 😂

Virtual Toad11 hours ago

Let me just say I am thankful for the support and eager to move on. Thinking about it is always difficult for survivors. But sometimes reflection can be a good thing too. So there is always a silver lining. What I (and probably most everyone else at this point lol) want is for everyone on these forums to stop nitpicking over words and/or semantics and simply discuss the topics at hand. And most of all, approach someone else's opinion with respect, even if you disagree. I've been part of the Disney fan community for nearly a quarter-century now, dating back to the RADP days. I stick around because despite our differences, we really are a community. We may all be "pixie dusters" or "haters" or somewhere in between. Some of us tend to be hyperbolic or overly dramatic (and yes I am well aware that applies to me) but that's just how some of us choose to express ourselves. But we're all deeply passionate about the same thing and that has to count for something. At the end of the day, we're all here for opinion and discussion, so let's not let it devolve into something else. This community is better than that, and like just about everyone these days, we all have so much more in common than we realize. So enough said. Hugs to all and let's move forward. 🙂

LittleBuford12 hours ago

To clarify, the metaphor neither offends nor upsets me. I just find it overly dramatic and disproportionate in relation to a Disney holiday. I would say the same of any extreme language (disease-related or not) used in this context.

Sirwalterraleigh12 hours ago

I booked the poly for Memorial Day about 3 weeks ago…the place isn’t overflowing. You may be ok when the windows open. You usually are most spots.

Sirwalterraleigh12 hours ago

It’s a metaphor…not a literal comment or slight. We have the ability to use all the English language intelligently and that’s not something that should be snuffed out. Much more inappropriate is the thinly veiled, repeated attacks on character by posters. It’s quite frequent. Usually it’s a way of excusing mistakes by Disney…which is not a person, doesn’t have feelings, and cares not for what any of us say or think. Personal attacks are small and sad when that’s the “slight”. Don’t apologize. Both my parents had aggressive forms when they were 41/40…one was ripped apart for the next 18 months before - thankfully - his body gave out. He had run 2 marathons in the 18 months prior to the diagnosis The other fared “better”…she got another 12 years. But the trauma of everything brought out the latent manic depressive/schizophrenic traits she wrestled to control her whole life and could barely function afterwards. So I more or less had to raise myself day to day starting at 14. Zero need to apologize to anyone. What you said was not mean or vindictive at all.

LittleBuford13 hours ago

I don’t believe anyone was offended. I certainly wasn’t.

HauntedPirate14 hours ago

Rooms cannot be declared until they and the facility in general are actually completed.

HauntedPirate14 hours ago

Don't apologize. People need to grow a backbone and some thicker skin. I've lost people I knew and loved to cancer and suicide. Doesn't change my use of the word, or my enjoyment of the HM pre-show, and I'm nowhere close to being offended if someone uses the word to describe something in an accurate fashion. Instead of blight, what about a virus? But I still think cancer is a more apropos analogy to use - it keeps spreading throughout the host, taking over more.

pdude8115 hours ago

you would see them listed as an option but unavailable. I don't believe they are there yet.

GeoDonJac3416 hours ago

Sorry if someone already asked, but does anyone know if the new tower rooms are already in the DVC inventory for booking. We are planning an early January trip. We rent from a family member, he can't book until June. Right now only studios in SSR and GFV available. We were really hoping for Poly

James Alucobond1 day ago

I mean, they could dress the gravity building ever so slightly in deference to the fact that it’s frequently on stage and most people would stop complaining. I suspect the same is true here where the Polynesian character of the building for some reason terminates two floors from the top on every wing (switches to glass balcony railings, diminishes the faux wood details, and flares out into a generic roofline). Fix that and you’d probably have 60% fewer people complaining.

Incomudro1 day ago

Great creative minds don't give the people what they ask for. Instead, they create great art - which a portion of the people inevitably like.

pdude811 day ago

Clearly I disagree with you on some of the basics, so I won't litigate each piece. But keep in mind that the hive mind or "mob" as I might say is really aggressively mad about this resort and many others. I do understand the concerns and even agree with them in some cases, but what "some" are missing is that this is what people have asked for. Convenient transportation, 1 and 2 bedroom units, no more bungalows or high priced cabins, views of nighttime entertainment. Guardians gravity building is a great example of this. It's an eyesore and I would prefer it not be there if there were other options... but if given the choice I'd do exactly the same thing. Epcot can't have any more e-tickets that shut down every summer afternoon. They could have used 3x the space and made it much shorter, but for what?