So let’s play a little “DIS Construction Schedule Expert” with the room work to date. Just for kicks. Because of course we're all experts here.
Mid November 2020 - Scaffolding/Walls Erected outside of Tuvalu (56 rooms), Fiji (66 rooms), and Aotearoa (89 rooms) (total of 211, or 44% of Poly's regular hotel room inventory)
Late December 2020 - Images of gutted first floor rooms, plastic up on the rest
Early March 2021 - Finished room in Tuvalu revealed (seems like it was 3414)
So in round numbers, 3.5-4 months.
Now, are all three longhouses on similar schedules with rooms at/nearing completion? Or was what they showed us just an early completion and the rest are a long way from being done? Million dollar question I guess.
With walls/the beginnings of work now moving to the other longhouses - Rarotonga (89 rooms), Niue (22 rooms), Somoa (54 rooms) and Hawaii (102 rooms) (total of 267 rooms, or 56% of Poly's regular hotel room inventory)....4 months puts it at mid-July.
I'm still going to say 7/19 opens with some longhouses open and others still being completed - but TBD of course!!!!
(Note, room counts are approximate, did not include Tonga suites in the above for simplicity)
I’m stressing over what to request bc I really want an updated room and we check in opening day woohoo! Now, if the CL rooms get done and that opens I’ll change for sure!
We always have a car, so we definitely prefer driving to the parks. We like knowing we can come and go as we please without waiting for transportation to arrive. I’m sure others might feel differently. Either way, you can’t go wrong... you’re in Disney World!! Have a great time!
