Walt Disney World’s Polynesian Village Resort Will Have A New Addition In 2024

Disney has announced a new expansion for the popular Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort that will bring more Disney Vacation Club villas to the popular resort. The new villas coming to Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort will be located on the edge of the man made waterway, Seven Seas Lagoon, and be part of the fan-favorite monorail resorts. This is the same area where Disney’s Contemporary Resort and Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort and Spa is located.

“It’s no secret that our Members and Guests love the monorail resorts at Walt Disney World,” said Bill Diercksen, senior vice president and general manager of Disney Vacation Club, in a statement. “Expanding our Disney Vacation Club offerings at the Polynesian would give our Members and Guests yet another incredible option for staying close to the magic while making vacation memories that last a lifetime.”

Disney Vacation Club is a timeshare program run by Disney where people buy-in for a set amount of time and receive an allotment of points to use each year. The main difference between Disney Vacation Club and traditional timeshares is Disney offers a flexible, vacation points-based system rather than the traditional fixed-week timeshare model. Everyone who buys into Disney Vacation Club has a “home resort” at either Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney’s Vero Beach Resort, Disney’s Hilton Head Island Resort, or Aulani, A Disney Resort and Spa.

This isn’t the first time Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort has been part of the timeshare program. In 2015, the first phase of the Disney Vacation Club expansion debuted at the resort with 360 deluxe studios and 20 over-the-water bungalows.

The expansion for the resort will be located between the existing footprint of Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort and Disney’s Wedding Pavilion and is set to open in late 2024. Disney fans will notice this was the location of the Spirit of Aloha dinner show, which is now permanently closed to make way for the new building. The building will feature new recreation and dining options for those choosing to stay there.

The announcement of more Disney Vacation Club rooms coming to Disney’s Polynesian Village comes on the heels of sales beginning for the new Villas at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa, which includes 200 proposed resort studios, a Disney Vacation Club room type unique to this hotel. The new rooms are currently available to book through Disney Vacation Club for stays starting in late June.

Disney Vacation Club has continued to expand its portfolio of options over the years. When the timeshare program first went on sale to guests in September 1991 there wasn’t even a Disney Vacation Club resort to actively look at while touring Walt Disney World. Then in December 1991 what’s now known as Disney’s Old Key West Resort officially opened as the “Disney Vacation Club Resort.” Since then, Disney has opened more than 16 resorts with varying themes, room sizes, and point values. It’s estimated that there are more than 250,000 Disney Vacation Club member families.