The first part of our vacation was spent with good friends at Spooky Empire's Ultimate Horror Weekend which you can read all about here. Following SEUHW, we moved over to Disney. Previously when visiting WDW, we've stayed at Disney's Pop Century Resort (and also off-site), but because this year we received a coveted 40% pin code, we decided to take the opportunity to stay at one of Disney's Deluxe Resorts we both liked - Disney's Polynesian Resort. As mentioned previously, because we were able to snag such a great discount, we decided to go for it and booked Club/Concierge Level with a Theme Park View.
We were up fairly early the morning of our departure from the Wyndham and SEUHW, and arrived at Disney around 10:30 am. (by the way - you can click on most of the pictures in this blog for a bigger picture)
After arriving at the Polynesian, we headed to the Hawaii building where the CL/Concierge check-in was located. Unfortunately our room wasn't yet ready, so Bell Services stored our luggage and we headed upstairs to check out the King Kamehameha Club Concierge Lounge.
For those not familiar with Concierge/CL at the Disney Deluxe Resorts, benefits for guests staying in these accommodations include personalized front desk services, turndown service, exclusive access to the Club Level Concierge lounges, refreshments throughout the day and personalized itinerary planning for dining, childcare arrangements, recreational activities, tours, transportation plus any other needs the guest may have.
The King Kamehameha Club Concierge Lounge at the Poly offers a variety of food and beverage served throughout the day.
Kakahiaka (morning service) 7:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. offering muffins and pastries, tropical fruit, cereal, milk, orange juice, pineapple guava juice, ice tea, coffee drinks and hot chocolate from coffee machines, glass bottles of water, and toasters are available. Yogurt available as well as other items by request. Just ask at the counter.
Auinala (afternoon service) 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. offering fruit juice, bottled water, soda, ice tea, cookies, tropical fruit, gummy worms and m&m’s for the kids.
Ahiahi (evening service) 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. offering different themes each day.
Aumoe (late evening service) 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. offering wine and cheese as well as cordials and desserts. Beer is also available by request.
Every evening they also serve a wonderful tropical alcoholic beverage, the Ku’ulei Special (we just call it Hawaiian Punch). If you are so inclined to whip up a batch at home, the wonderful CMs in the lounge gave me a copy of the recipe - just ask and I shall share (we're seriously thinking of making a batch or two of this for May-Hem).
After spending some time in the lounge, we decided to head on over to Epcot to take in some of the Food and Wine Festival as unfortunately our room still wasn't ready. We had just gotten on the monorail on our way to transfer to the Epcot monorail at the TTC when I received a text message from Disney indicating our room was ready, so back to the Polynesian we went.
When we reserved our room, we had requested the top floor of our building (3rd floor) as all rooms on that level had balconies whereas the second floor only had a sliding glass door and the first floor was a walk out patio. Luckily our request was granted and the room we received was 3511.
... there was even a phone in the bathroom
... and of course the view from our room
What can I say ... Concierge/CL level at the Poly was magnificent - you really can't beat waking up to a view of the Magic Kingdom every day!!
We caught the fireworks twice from our balcony as well as the Electrical Water Pagent. Food and drink offerings in the lounge were most delicious. .. and yes we are hooked - I'm on the lookout for AP rates for our May stay already!!
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