I had a reservation for S71 on my Epcot day, the idea being to visit CR and enjoy the monorail to Epcot.
But I wasn’t thrilled about it because you have to change monorails at the TTC and, besides, we have another opportunity to visit CR.
So my mind turned to the Poly. I didn’t want to do Ohana because my boys aren’t into character dining and, anyway, character dining is expensive and impossible to get ADRs for.
But then I read about Kona reopening and thought that might be a good choice. I couldn’t find an ADR so I set up the TP reservation finder.
Last night it found a perfect reservation twice. On both occasions I was on my phone when the e-mail arrived and I instantly clicked through. On both occasions the reservation had gone. Really? Is that how fast these things go?
This afternoon it found two and again I clicked frantically. The first one had gone. I went straight to MDE and did a manual search and got the second one. Though I don’t like the time and will endeavour to modify.
Questions:
Does anyone have any reviews of Kona since it reopened. Did they remodel?
I think the Poly Tree is my second favorite; second to WL’s tree. I don’t know how Kona changed, but you can always do Kona To Go and sit outside on the patio or anywhere in the lobby area, both spots are prettier than the restaurant itself.
I have found that often the reservation link won’t work but if I log into MDE and look for a reservation I can often find it. Sometime the exact time will not work but if I search an hour or two later/earlier my desired ADR pops up. The dining system is broken. It was a more dependable/stable platform five years ago.
My two cents: I would find a way to visit the Poly for drinks instead – Trader Sam’s, the outdoor Tiki Terrace or even Tambu Lounge would be a nicer way to visit either at the end of a MK day or as an afternoon break.
Review from December 2020 - no memory of how the place looked. Food - portions were enormous. We were mostly there for the dessert glasses and should have just ordered them and skipped the bahn mi, poke bowl, whatever.
Polynesian Resort - probably worth visiting because it’s an original resort. Example of Walt’s ideas of what Disney World would be. Escape to your fantasy.
I prefer Poly to CR but if you are going to them for the Christmas decorations this might be an unpopular opinion but I don’t think either is “special”.