mickeynut1
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- Apr 16, 2007
Today is pool day then dinner at California Grill!
Sounds like a great way to spend the day!
That sounds like a PERFECT Sunday to me.
At the pool. Glorious!!
Enjoy your pool time
Today is pool day then dinner at California Grill!
That sounds like a PERFECT Sunday to me.
At the pool. Glorious!!
At the pool. Glorious!!
I just got our room ready text. We got Aotearoa 3rd floor. From the room# I know we'll be on the side facing the monorail.
So it does seem like they are sticking to new view categories.
Thanks for taking the time to update. Enjoy your trip.Thanks for the replies everyone. I am so super excited to be back at the Polynesian. I just took a quick break from the pool to go to the room to check it out and have our bags delivered. It's actually nice. There's a view of a beautiful tree and we can see the monorail going by.
I still think it's a matter of luck at this point. There is no one who has paid for a pool view as that category doesn't exist yet. So unless they are keeping those views empty for future pool view bookings, people who paid for standard views are still staying those rooms.
With the uncertainty of the room categories and assigning.....I'd appreciate the input of the experts here. I check in on Sat 9/2, check out on Sat 9/9. I'm thinking Disney would give request priority to "longer staying" guests, as opposed to the guests visiting for just the labor day weekend, but who knows.
Specifics:
Booked - 2 Standard View Rooms
Requested - connecting rooms
Requested - 1. Samoa & 2. Nieu
I did use a travel agent this time....not my favorite choice.....the TA actually thinks it would be best if I don't check-in until I arrive. I've felt at times I'm more aware of things at Disney than the TA. I believe the TA is unaware of the category change.....when I asked TA about it, the response was...."yes, Standard view is in place of the old Garden view" - of course I knew that! LOL
I've been thinking about changing my request to Rarotonga, as I feel if they are truly not giving Samoa to standard view bookings, I'd have a better shot at getting a longhouse closer to the TTC/GCH.
Appreciate thoughts/input.
Just curious, has anyone tried calling recently to see if they can book a new reservation and/or change their existing reservation to a pool view? Obviously it's not on the website, just curious if results are any different when calling?
I wonder if getting a discount on the room affected our room assignment. We got a really good discount through a TA. Maybe people that paid rack rate are still getting pool/marina views with a standard room booking? IDK. It's hard to figure out how Disney does stuff!!
Off to get ready for dinner.
At the pool. Glorious!!
I just got our room ready text. We got Aotearoa 3rd floor. From the room# I know we'll be on the side facing the monorail.
So it does seem like they are sticking to new view categories.
Enjoy your trip!!! We will be there in 73 days, facing the monorail I'm sure!
I think you're right about the standard views. We checked in on Friday (two days ago) and got the same building as you and also 3rd floor, but we are on the other side of the building on a corner. We can see the marina on one side of the balcony and about the top 2/3s of the magic kingdom fireworks on the other side, plus parts of the GF.
We booked the same standard room deal last year and got Samoa 3rd floor. This year, we requested 3rd floor Samoa, 3rd floor Figi marina, or 1st floor Aotearoa.
Anyway, I gotta say I REALLY miss the ceiling fan. It circulated the air and made the room feel more refreshed. Our first day or so, the room felt damp to me, so we had maintenance come up and he said we had to lower the AC from 73 to 68. Feels less damp now... but cold. We were just at the Boardwalk Inn 3 nights before Poly and didn't feel damp like this, but it's been really wet the past two days.
Monorail has been running just fine to the person who asked. I think it's faster than the boat, but we've come back twice from magic kingdom via boat.
I did use a travel agent this time....not my favorite choice.....the TA actually thinks it would be best if I don't check-in until I arrive. I've felt at times I'm more aware of things at Disney than the TA. I believe the TA is unaware of the category change.....when I asked TA about it, the response was...."yes, Standard view is in place of the old Garden view" - of course I knew that! LOL
Agreed. That's exactly what I said back to the TA. If rooms are assigned about 3 days in advance, I don't see how checking in online vs at resort would have any impact on room requests.I don't really agree with the bolded. Rooms are assigned several days in advance regardless if you have done online check-in or not. I wouldn't worry about its impact on you getting your room requests, one way or the other.
Also FWIW, I always like to mention that doing online check-in ahead of time doesn't mean you can't physically check-in when you get there. I will often do both.
Does anyone know where the pool view category came in? If it's not on the Disney booking site (which I looked and didn't see it) then is this simply something being stated at the resort by the front desk?There is no bookable pool view category yet - no one is paying for a pool view, they are still included in standard views. Not sure why front desk is telling people it's not standard view, the only people staying in those rooms would have paid for standard view at this point.
Even if they changed the categories tomorrow, there would still be way more standard views booked than anything else for the next few months, so you would still have a shot at being in those rooms. Unless people upgrade packages.
There is no bookable pool view category yet - no one is paying for a pool view, they are still included in standard views. Not sure why front desk is telling people it's not standard view, the only people staying in those rooms would have paid for standard view at this point.
Even if they changed the categories tomorrow, there would still be way more standard views booked than anything else for the next few months, so you would still have a shot at being in those rooms. Unless people upgrade packages.