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The Hard Hat Tour As a representative of Magical Vacations I went over to Oahu to get a hard hat tour of the new Disney resort Aulani before it opens in August. I wanted to share with those going with us in July 2012 and those considering going so you could get excited about next … [Read more...] about Aulani tour

Premium Cabana review When the Cabanas at the Polynesian first opened they had two standard cabanas available. Later they constructed a Premium Cabana using the area that use to be for hair wraps because there was already a structure there. The main differences is size, price and … [Read more...] about News, tips and Premium Cabana review

  Aulani visit Many of you know I just returned from a hard hat tour of the new Disney Resort in Hawaii. The good news is I can tell you all about how great the resort is going to be but the bad news is I can only show all the behind the scenes photos to those of you that … [Read more...] about Back from Aulani and updates

40th celebrationSo every year on October 1 the Polynesian does something for its birthday. Officially it opened on October 1 (actually beating the Contemporary) but officially its birthday is October 24 because that was the day of the opening ceremonies. Well this year the … [Read more...] about News and Rumors

Tangaroa Terrace is back! Well the Tangaroa Terrace at the Polynesian is not back or I should say open but a tribute to all things tiki is opening up in California’s Disneyland Hotel as part of an extensive renovation of the parks and hotel. Along with the new pool area and the … [Read more...] about Tangaroa is coming back and news around the resort.

News around the resort Well a few have observed that the East Pool was not closed on its scheduled dates in January. As with all the dates that the Polynesian has for things to happen, they are subject to change. As of now the East Pool (aka Quiet Pool) is now scheduled for … [Read more...] about News around the resort

  What if you won a trip to stay at the Polynesian? Another friend of mine wrote a great report from her first stay at the Polynesian and to make it even more special it was a visit she won. Here is Stacey Lantz's report Not many people can say that they went to Walt Disney … [Read more...] about Stacey’s trip

Christmas at the Resort I had been to Disneyland many times when the Christmas decorations were out and thought it was a great transformation but I had never made it out to Disney World. We finally went in 2006 and while I was not a fan of the cold weather I was glad I got to see … [Read more...] about End of the year report

Disney and Polynesia join up for a new project. If you have read my "ALOHA" page you would see how the idea for the Polynesian started with the Tiki room. Many of the same tikis and designs were used at the Polyensian. Well Disney is continuing that theme with a new film. Here is … [Read more...] about November Update

  Better late than never Well after reporting the beginning of last year that there were going to be Cabanas built around the Volcano Pool and still not seeing them on my visit in June 2009 I had found out they were stopped because of budget cuts. Well Darrin and his wife … [Read more...] about News from Polynesian

News around the resort I am back from my Pacific island tour so not a lot to report. I did some asking about Aulani and I will  discuss what some locals had to say about the resort and its location later. I do have some great reviews from recent stays to share and some news … [Read more...] about Guest reviews and resort news