There is SO much going on in Disney World right now — it’s hard to keep track of everything!
Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort
Splash Mountain is long gone and is becoming Tiana’s Bayou Adventure. New restaurants are being built at Disney’s BoardWalk and Disney Springs. The Moana attraction in EPCOT is coming right along. Now, let’s take a look at Disney’s NEW Disney Vacation Club villas that are coming together at Disney’s Polynesian Resort!
So the last time we checked in with updates on the new DVC buildings, we noticed that the buildings were growing taller. This is what it was starting to look like.
Construction from May 2023
Well, now, we’ve noticed some blue scrims over parts of the building — could these be actual villa rooms where guests will someday stay?
Are those rooms?
You’ll also notice that there are still plenty of cranes, trucks, and other equipment on the work site, too.
Plenty of equipment still around
It’s hard to believe this site was once just mostly dirt — these buildings have been going up pretty quickly. Here, you can see how close the villas will be to the rest of the Polynesian Resort. There’s still a pile of dirt between the villas and the existing structure, but it looks like something might going there eventually. Could this be the site of a future pool, maybe?
This was once ALL dirt
The DVC villas are already the tallest buildings at the Polynesian Village Resort.
Tallest buildings at the Polynesian
These villas will have amazing views of the water, though. See how close they are?
Water views
We’ll continue to keep an eye on the construction progress of these new villas and let you know when Disney announces an official opening date. It still looks like there’s quite a bit of work to be done, though, so it may be a while! It’s been interesting watching the structure of the resort go from a pile of dirt to this, though!
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Ugly. Looks like a modern college dormitory. – Really sad that Disney has slid this far downhill that they can’t even realize what makes Disney special.
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The writeup stated: “It’s hard to believe this site was once just mostly dirt.” That’s not true. What used to sit in that area was the Polynesian’s Luau Cove. Instead of tearing that structure down and getting rid of the Luau dinner show in order to build yet another hotel, Disney should have saved their money until they were ready to build another theme park (a so-called “fifth gate”). They can build all the hotels that they want to, but that’s NOT going to fix the overcrowded situation with their theme parks. Until they can give their guests another location to spend their time in, Disney isn’t fixing anything. Their parks’ problem still exists. Of course, their greed appears to have caught up with them since their theme park numbers are down this year. Good. Hope springs eternal that they’ve finally learned their lesson, but I’m not holding my breath.
Definitely. We own at the Beach Club but honeymooned at the Polynesian in 1975. The villas over the water are too expensive and we prefer vacation club villas built and designed as vacation club units. We love our family history with the Polynesian and love its access to the Magic Kingdom monorail. I may even add points to get earlier access to booking at the Polynesian.