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So now that you have decided on what level of service you want than you should decide what type of view and location you want.<\/p>\nSo now that you have decided on what level of service you want than you should decide what type of view and location you want.<\/p>\n
The most asked question for new visitors to the Polynesian is “what longhouse should we stay in?” and “what view should we pick?” Hopefully these next few pages will help answer these questions.<\/p>\n
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The Polynesian has three classifications of room views when you make your reservations, Lagoon View, Theme Park view (aka Magic Kingdom view) and Garden View. The Club Level (or concierge level) has all three classifications also but before 2010 use to only have garden and lagoon views.<\/p>\n Lagoon View rooms <\/strong><\/span>are rooms that are facing the Magic Kingdom or the Seven Seas Lagoon but may have the castle partly or fully blocked. Some are blocked partly by foliage (mostly ground level rooms), tree-tops (mostly 3rd floor rooms) or blocked by Beachcombers Island off the shore of the Polynesian (rooms in Tuvalu).<\/p>\n Theme Park View <\/span>(new as of 2006) are lagoon view rooms with unobstructed views of the castle. See longhouse pages for Aotearoa<\/a>, Tuvalu<\/a> and Tahiti<\/a> for a list of Theme Park View rooms. All other rooms on the lagoon side of these buildings are considered Lagoon View<\/p>\n Garden View rooms <\/span>are all rooms except lagoon view rooms. Your view in a garden view room could be anything from a partial view of the lagoon, a pool view, a marina view, a view of the garden areas, a monorail view or a parking lot view.<\/p>\n There were many questions when the Theme Park View was introduced and I had my own concerns. After finding out more about it I believe it is a good thing. The rooms that were selected to be Theme Park View were selected because they have an unobstructed view of the castle. The price for these rooms are about the same as a Garden View Club Level room and in the past that is what a standard Lagoon View room cost. Now a standard Lagoon View room cost less than a Garden View Club Level room. Also there are a small handfull of Lagoon View rooms that have quite a few plants blocking the view but most of the remaining Lagoon View rooms still have a great view and infact many still have a view of the castle.<\/p>\n Although some of the buildings are older than others, they were all completely refurbished in 1998 and additional refurbishing in 2001 and 2002. Completely redesigned rooms were added from 2005 and completed in 2007. Also when you hear a longhouse is one of the “new ones” the newest is still 26 years old, which is only 3 years older than the Grand Floridian.<\/p>\n The Polynesian is constantly being kept up. You can see areas being refurbished all year with little impact to the guests. Since it has the highest repeat guests, it gets a lot of traffic. I have never seen any signs of wear myself but if you think there are areas that look worn, don’t blame the Polynesian. Any areas of wear are from the traffic and abuse from the few thoughtless guests that are not respectful of the resort. The Polynesian staff works hard to keep the resort in excellent shape. With even the wood on the outside of the longhouses being replaced in the last few years much of what you see has not been around since it opened in 1971. I know many think it looks dated and needs to be redone but much of the resort is new and is again being changed in the next few years. The look and theme is what it is and what makes it special and you may not like it but you would be incorrect in calling it old.<\/p>\n If you have decided what level of service and what type of view you would like than that information will help you decide on a longhouse you might want to request.<\/p>\n![\"poly_map_aerial\"](\"..\/images\/stories\/maps\/poly_map_aerial.jpg\")
<\/a>Grab your map and lets check out the longhouses. If you need a map click here<\/a>. This is an arial view of the Polynesian. The buildings in RED are Club Level (or King Kamehameha Club level for suites) Longhouses. The buildings in BLUE are Longhouses with Lagoon View and Magic Kingdom View rooms. The buildings in GREEN are buildings with Garden View rooms only.<\/p>\n
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<\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/span>Tikiman’s Picks: <\/strong><\/span>This is just based on my experience and my opinion but below I have ranked the longhouses in order of how I would pick staying in them if I had a choice <\/p>\n