... makeover also. What is now Hook's Pointe, Croc's Bites and Bits, The Wine Cellar and the Lost Bar will become a new restaurant reminiscent of the original Tahiti an Terrace that was in Adventurland and ...
Thursday, 03 June 2010
... Tahiti were flooded. Must have been a bad one since I have been through a few bad storms there with a first floor room and never had any water come in. Well they had the rooms re-carpeted and cleaned up ...
Monday, 27 July 2009
... could be heard throughout about 2/3 of the resort. I heard it in many of the longhouses, over near Aotearoa, the pool area, around Hawaii, over near Tahiti and Rapa Nui. Torches seemed to be working fine ...
Wednesday, 17 June 2009
Thursday, 23 April 2009
... enjoy having the ground floor patio so I can stretch out and walk to the beach. I had a lagoon view room in Tahiti one year on the second floor with a balcony and it was nice but sitting in the chair you ...
Sunday, 12 April 2009
... or a bad smell of any type. The newly refurbished longhouses done now have automatic doors that you need a key to enter after a certain hour but Tokelau, and parts of Tahiti do not have the auto doors ...
Friday, 10 April 2009
... be the truth because they are not being told yet. Tahiti will be the temp concierge building and there are more rooms and they are larger with double sinks. The lounge will be over there but will not have ...
Friday, 10 April 2009
... and were redoing the cement. Looks like some of the exterior things were finally fixed on Tahiti longhouse but I hear that there are still rooms that did not get all the new items. Until someone from ...
Monday, 30 March 2009
... the exterior wood and stairs were finally replaced at Rapa Nui (which was the last to have this done) but I hear not all the new items are in the Tahiti rooms yet. There are still things to be ordered ...
Monday, 30 March 2009
... The larger rooms in Tahiti , Tokelau and Rapa Nui have an added chair in the room but those rooms are 4 feet longer and can fit it. I heard complaints about lighting in the bathrooms but the bathrooms were ...
Monday, 30 March 2009
11.
2000s
(Resort/History)
... The lobby waterfall was rebuilt. Also parking lot lights were replaced. Some other rehab done in 2002 October 2001 Tuvalu (minor work) June 2002 Fiji Aotearoa, Tokelau and Tahiti had some minor work ...
Friday, 30 January 2009
12.
1990s
(Resort/History)
... same year the Coral Isle Cafe closes.
Polynesian 1997 Guest rooms in Tonga (now Hawaii), Bora Bora (now Niue), Maori (now Rarotonga) and Moorea (now Tahiti ) were redesigned. These buildings also were ...
Friday, 30 January 2009
13.
1980s
(Resort/History)
... the removal of the Moonlight Tropical Review and Mickey's Tropical Revue was tested and continued after this year. Construction on Moorea (Later Tahiti ) and Pago Pago (Later Rapa Nui) started this year. ...
Friday, 30 January 2009
14.
1970s
(Resort/History)
... divided between eight guest longhouses across 39 acres. The original buildings were Bali Hai, Bora Bora, Fiji, Hawaii, Maui (later changed to Maori), Samoa, Tahiti , and Tonga. The resort was designed by ...
Friday, 30 January 2009
... comes from many Pacific Island designs. The Disney designers spent time in places like Samoa,Tahiti ,and Hawaii to come up with the designs. The design for the Great Ceremonial House (GCH) was inspired ...
Friday, 30 January 2009
16.
Hawaii
(Planning/Longhouses)
... and the pool are right outside your door. Hawaii has the best view of the Castle since it looks between the two islands out in the lagoon instead of over them like Tahiti , Aotearoa and Tuvalu.
Cons: The ...
Thursday, 08 January 2009
... resorts. The garden view toward Tahiti is very nice.
Native Name: Rapa Nui
Local Greeting: Rata
English Name: Easter Island
Island Size: 69 square miles
Population: 2,700
Longhouse Number: ...
Thursday, 08 January 2009
18.
Tahiti
(Planning/Longhouses)
Tahiti is one of the newest longhouses that was part of the 1985 expansion of the Polynesian. Tahiti happens to be my favorite longhouse for Lagoon and Theme Park view rooms. The beach on this end is very ...
Thursday, 08 January 2009
... on the other side Tahiti will start to block your view. Rooms 2914 and 3914 are considered a lagoon view room and you will have to pay a lagoon view price but the surrounding rooms still give a great view ...
Thursday, 08 January 2009
20.
Tuvalu
(Planning/Longhouses)
Tuvalu is one of the smaller longhouses but can be a nice location. I stayed in a lagoon view room in this longhouse in 1998 and it was much different than my stay in Tahiti . Most lagoon view rooms have ...
Thursday, 08 January 2009
... Club was nice but took a little while and if it was raining was no fun at all.
Walk time around the resort.
Now if you were staying in Tahiti you would take 2 minutes off your walk and if you were ...
Thursday, 08 January 2009
... that will help improve this page (including photos) Some of the information can be considered more opinion than fact.
Handicap Accessible rooms are located in some of Rapa Nui, Niue Hawaii, Tahiti , ...
Thursday, 08 January 2009
... all of the original longhouses including the Hawaii Club Level longhouse are the same layout and size (415 sq-ft) except Tonga suites. The newer longhouses (Tokelau, Rapa Nui, and Tahiti ) have slightly ...
Thursday, 08 January 2009
... should we stay in?" and "what view should we pick?" Hopefully these next few pages will help answer these questions.
Aotearoa
Fiji
Hawaii
Niue
Rapa Nui
Rarotonga
Samoa
Tahiti
Tokelau ...
Thursday, 08 January 2009
... walk. If you are staying over in Tahiti or Rapa Nui than there is another parking lot that is next to Rapa Nui that will put you closer to your room.
If you are a Club Level (concierge) guests, ...
Wednesday, 07 January 2009
... to many of the islands that the longhouses are named after you will see those dark Earth tones and natural materials used. The Disney designers spent time in places like Samoa,Tahiti ,and Hawaii to come ...
Sunday, 10 August 2008
Well I am back from the guys trip and working on the trip report but I had a few updates. The resort looks great from what I could see. There are still some rooms in Tahiti that still do not have all the ...
Sunday, 15 June 2008
