Island Tower at Disney's Polynesian Resort Officially Opens to Guests at Walt Disney World

Dec 17, 2024 in "Disney's Polynesian Villas and Bungalows"

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Posted: Tuesday December 17, 2024 8:25am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney's Polynesian Villas & Bungalows has officially welcomed its newest addition, the Island Tower, which opened to guests today, December 17, 2024. The debut marks the latest expansion at the resort, offering Disney Vacation Club Members and guests new accommodations and amenities inspired by the beauty and culture of the South Pacific.

Island Tower at Disney's Polynesian Resort

A Modern Addition with Polynesian Charm

The Island Tower features modern design elements while maintaining the signature Polynesian theming that has defined the resort since its opening. The addition brings new options for guests, including spacious accommodations, exclusive terrace gardens, and new dining and recreation areas.

Island Tower at Disney's Polynesian Resort

Exclusive Guest Amenities

Wailulu Bar & Grill: Located within the tower, the new dining space features flowing water, lava rock-inspired details, and sweeping views of Seven Seas Lagoon and Cinderella Castle. Guests can enjoy an on-the-go breakfast, a full lunch and dinner menu, and a walk-up pool bar for drinks and snacks.

Island Tower at Disney's Polynesian Resort

Cove Pool: The new pool area offers a relaxing escape, complete with a sandy beach courtyard, whirlpool spa, and views of Seven Seas Lagoon.

Island Tower at Disney's Polynesian Resort

Moana's Voyage Splash Area: Designed for younger guests, this interactive water play area features Moana, her outrigger canoe, and fun water features.

Island Tower at Disney's Polynesian Resort

Guest Rooms and Suites

Duo Studios

With inspiration from the stars and the sky that the wayfinders used for celestial navigation, the bright and airy duo studios is the perfect retreat for two.

Duo Studio

Studios for Families of Four

Celebrating the lush flora and fauna of the islands, the deluxe studios will sleep up to four and include a first-of-its-kind feature for Disney Vacation Club deluxe studios – a dishwasher. The deluxe studios in the Island Tower will have a new layout, including a cozy seating area across from the kitchenette.

Deluxe Studio

One- & Two-Bedroom Villas for the Entire Family

You and your family and friends will be able to spread out in a one- or two-bedroom villa, sleeping up to five and nine, respectively. Through unique artwork, each villa will showcase a voyager's journey both on land and under the sea. Embracing the beauty of water or earth, these spaces will feature a kitchen with full-size appliances, a dining area, a washer and dryer, and an outdoor patio area.

NEW Two-Bedroom Penthouse Villas

2 Bedroom Penthouse

Disney Vacation Club introduces a brand-new type of accommodation in Island Tower: two-bedroom penthouse villas. Themed after the calming balance between water and the islands, the villas will sleep up to eight and boast a spacious living room, and spectacular views of the Seven Seas Lagoon and Magic Kingdom Park from an expansive patio balcony.

2 Bedroom Penthouse

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DisneyFanatic128 days ago

The tower has a small lot, without a guard booth or anything (just an arm). You pretty much have to try and use your phone to enter and hope it’s part of the 30% of the time that MDE actually works to unlock a door.

networkpro8 days ago

Imagine spending 3200 a night on a bungalow sandwiched in between an Elks club and the dockyard (free friendly toots every 20 minutes! )

Sirwalterraleigh8 days ago

Kinda defeats the purpose to sleep in your car out back when it’s 84 at 3 am, doesn’t it? 🤔

JoeCamel8 days ago

Did they not add any parking for this? Google does not show any but does show the building

Sirwalterraleigh8 days ago

I mean…I think this one is of particularly poor effort… So save the “but I think it’s worth it to ME” (the sign someone just blew $30,000 without thinking) But the the greater point is when they slap cookie cutter “villas” in on top of existing 55 year old spaces…everyone loses. They added trader sams, refurbed the lobby (not well…but whatever) and redid the pool before they did a straight conversion 10 years ago… Now they add about 250ish? And do what? Just raises everyone’s frustration level…period. I’d say the last dvc convert where they did “enough” might be…I don’t even know? I guess wilderness lodge 2?

networkpro8 days ago

I w I walked past it a few hours ago leaving Tambu. Only thing missing is a few chopped veggies and you'd have human soup. You could easily call the Polyday Inn a parasitic load on the existing amenities. Fortunately they can't stumble away from the large open bar downstairs over to Tambu.

Sirwalterraleigh8 days ago

Well that’s good (for the 4 people it fits) I looked on the satellite and couldn’t find it

Tuvalu8 days ago

PIT (gotta love the acronym!) has a hot tub.

Sirwalterraleigh8 days ago

Because that’s not the scam…I mean…”model” I try not to harp…but it’s been obvious since Saratoga that the game has been to replace rack rooms with dvc and not add to services for the occupants unless they deem it “statistically unavoidable” to do so…and then only at the basic minimum This isn’t hard for those of us that are legally adults here to figure out in the last 15 years…let’s do better

Sirwalterraleigh8 days ago

And that pool looks just ok…a puddle with water in it. Which we can get at the holiday inn Apparently a hot tub is WAY too much to ask…cause when you charge $750 a night…that only goes so far 🙄

Sirwalterraleigh9 days ago

And that’s why it’s bad management They see if they can slide by with minimums and they keep doing it Part of the explosion of on property wdw hotels was they were built well equipped to encourage return visits. That was 101% MICHAEL D EISNER…and it was never “broken”…so it never needed fixed

Sirwalterraleigh9 days ago

Very sad to hear Atrocious asset management…which is becoming standard

MickeyCB9 days ago

It's true. We were very busy with the parks and didn't spend a whole lot of time at the resort, but it was sad. They have the sandy beach out front that my granddaughters loved, but it's small and there was no way to clean off their feet and though we tried I'm sure we dragged sand into the lobby. (It's probably not really meant for play but there wasn't a whole lot else to do to let them unwind.) They have a fake grass area with one chess set and I think some cornhole set up. We never used the pool because it just didn't seem worth the hassle. I still love these resorts and they have areas of beautiful landscaping, etc. I just wish they would spend a little more effort (and money) thinking things through from a guest experience perspective. Regarding food service, I was thinking something as simple as a few themed food trucks would be better than the crazy they have going on there. 🤣

Chef idea Mickey`=9 days ago

It's funny they are so concerned about capacity numbers for the parks especially the three outside of Magic Kingdom, except when they build on capacity to their Premier existing resorts they don't care or concern if they can accommodate the rise in population.