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We stayed at Aulani last May and enjoyed the luau there. I’m excited to see all the things the new tower has to offer.A new dinner show makes sense as there is a current dinner show at the Aulani DVC resort in Hawaii. The name is some what of a mouth full and I had to look it up but it is know as KA WA‘A – A Lū‘au on Oʻahu at Aulani.
Link: https://www.disneyaulani.com/activities/luau/
Dave
Did you book the princess 2 bedroom in Tonga? Or the VP suites? Dd and I tried the 1 bedroom princess and loved the view!We stayed at Aulani last May and enjoyed the luau there. I’m excited to see all the things the new tower has to offer.
Just booked our family in the 2BD CL for summer 2025 and I spent the last week reading this entire thread Hubby and I have only stayed in studios here and we are looking forward to spending time with our kids and grandkids in larger square footage!
VP Ambassador Suite! Hard to pass up that square footage!Did you book the princess 2 bedroom in Tonga? Or the VP suites? Dd and I tried the 1 bedroom princess and loved the view!
Oh good please come back and post pix. I haven’t seen many from that one.VP Ambassador Suite! Hard to pass up that square footage!
And The Voyager is my favorite Poly drink!Latest look at the Patios at the Oasis Pool.
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Half end table/half cooler for the included beverages.
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The Oasis Salad remains one of my top picks anywhere on property. So good on a hot day.
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Number one, thank you for these! Question, it would be ok if we brought another lounger into the patio? That is only if I am fortunate enough to get one for a night we are there! The menu looks amazing and I would love most anything from it! Now to decide what day to try for. I suppose we would just plan our days around a patio/pool day. And if we didn’t arrive until noon or so? The chair configuration would guaranteed to be there, right? We are a party of 6 adults and 3 littles.Latest look at the Patios at the Oasis Pool.
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Half end table/half cooler for the included beverages.
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The Oasis Salad remains one of my top picks anywhere on property. So good on a hot day.
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tbh I would just tell them how many people you have in your group when you call to book. I'm sure they will accommodate you, the Recreation CMs are extremely good about that.Number one, thank you for these! Question, it would be ok if we brought another lounger into the patio? That is only if I am fortunate enough to get one for a night we are there! The menu looks amazing and I would love most anything from it! Now to decide what day to try for. I suppose we would just plan our days around a patio/pool day. And if we didn’t arrive until noon or so? The chair configuration would guaranteed to be there, right? We are a party of 6 adults and 3 littles.
Unfortunately they only accommodate up to 6 guests, per Disney's website.Number one, thank you for these! Question, it would be ok if we brought another lounger into the patio? That is only if I am fortunate enough to get one for a night we are there! The menu looks amazing and I would love most anything from it! Now to decide what day to try for. I suppose we would just plan our days around a patio/pool day. And if we didn’t arrive until noon or so? The chair configuration would guaranteed to be there, right? We are a party of 6 adults and 3 littles.
Yes, guests with a dining reservation are allowed to park at the resort. Theoretically it's limited to 3 hours. I don't think anybody stands there with a pair of binoculars and a stopwatch, but the rule is in place to prevent people from having breakfast at 'Ohana and then heading into the parks for the day.1) We're staying at Animal Kingdom Lodge but will have a car rental with us. Will the resort allow us to park there if I just show them our 'Ohana reservation?
Yes.'Ohana questions and advise for visiting the Polynesian for the first time...
DW and I are celebrating DD graduating from college in May. So the 3 of us will be doing a quick trip over Memorial Day weekend. Now that we are at the 60 day mark, I was able to reserve dinner at 'Ohana and had a couple of questions.
1) We're staying at Animal Kingdom Lodge but will have a car rental with us. Will the resort allow us to park there if I just show them our 'Ohana reservation?
2) Any suggestions to help give us the best chance to sit at one of the "window" tables? Is this something I can try to request ahead of time or just talk to the cast member when we arrive?
Visiting the Polynesian for the first time, I wanted to see if anyone had any recommendations on what to do and what to see? Our 'Ohana dinner reservation is at 5pm and from what I read, it usually lasts 60-90 minutes. So we would be able to explore the resort around 6:30pm. Here are some of the things we're considering if we have time...
- Campfire to roast marshmallows: I believe the Polynesian offers this on Monday, Wednesday and Friday's between 6pm to 7pm.
- Visit Pineapple Lanai for a Dole Whip.
- Sit at the beach in front of the seven seas lagoon: Possibly watch the fireworks if we find good seats.
Any other recommendations? Thanks
- Ride the Disney Monorail loop: DW and DD have never been on a monorail, plus this might be a good way to see the property before we leave.
Yes. In my experience though I’d definitely recommend valeting at the Poly. It’s always been an adventure trying to find a spot for me.1) We're staying at Animal Kingdom Lodge but will have a car rental with us. Will the resort allow us to park there if I just show them our 'Ohana reservation?
Yes. In my experience though I’d definitely recommend valeting at the Poly. It’s always been an adventure trying to find a spot for me.
Worst-case scenario: if the lot was completely full and you had to park at the TTC, it's a short monorail hop or a pleasant 10-minute walk from the TTC gates over to the Poly.Thanks for the suggestion. Hopefully with a early dinner reservation at 5pm, I'm hoping there might be a parking spot open.
I know the later the dinner reservation, the harder I'll be to find a parking spot.
10 is a super conservative estimate imo, it’s really more like 5. 15 if you had too much drinking around the world and are stumbling down the Epcot monorail ramp.Worst-case scenario: if the lot was completely full and you had to park at the TTC, it's a short monorail hop or a pleasant 10-minute walk from the TTC gates over to the Poly.
Unless something has changed in the past few weeks, they aren't booking the rooms in Aotearoa and Fiji that have a view of the construction.Tower construction has really only been an issue when booking what used to be standard and is now "resort" view. A bunch of those rooms have potential view of construction. If you want to avoid it, you'll need to book water view and request the Samoa longhouse...Fiji has some resort view which has some rooms overlooking the construction site and some rooms that are water view that face the marina. The marina view rooms you might hear noise during the day when they're working, if you are a midday nap family. We are, and stayed in Samoa last summer and did not hear or see construction, we were totally unimpacted.
Painting is another story, but that sort of thing is far less intrusive as a rule.
Unless something has changed in the past few weeks, they aren't booking the rooms in Aotearoa and Fiji that have a view of the construction.