Join us for a room tour of a stunning Bora Bora Bungalow at the Disney Vacation Club at Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort at Walt Disney World.
Disney’s Polynesian Villas & Bungalows are part of the mid-century tropical resort, which recently celebrated its 50th anniversary alongside Walt Disney World. The bungalows are available as part of the Disney Vacation Club, and with so few, they are a rare find. We were lucky enough to stay in one and have a full photo and video tour to share.
If you have seen inside these Bungalows before, you will notice they have been updated relatively recently.
In the entryway, there is a nice wooden table with a catch-all bowl and an occupied sign for the door. The blue accent colors with the darker wood encapture the tropical aesthetic.
Above the table is a beautiful art piece featuring the bungalows and a ship sailing in the water. The end table and ceiling lamp demonstrate how the bungalows artfully capture the mix of mid-century and Polynesian styles.
A ceiling lamp lights up the hallway leading to the rest of the bungalow.
The bungalow has a lighting control pad near the door. You can change the brightness of the lights or simply turn them on and off.
The first door to the left is one of the bedrooms.
This one has a queen bed. The carpeting is brand new. And much more color was added to the decor.
The first thing that catches your eye is this beautiful headboard, made out of three surfboards from the “7 Seas Surf Company.”
On the left side of the bed is one of the nightstands, with plenty of USB outlets available on the wall and the alarm clock.
This bedroom boasts a great view of Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort.
There is a sunshade and black-out curtains. The cushioned window seat has drawers beneath it for extra storage.
These windows can be opened outward and face away from the lake.
Across from the queen bed, you’ll find a television above a pull-down bed.
It is a single sleeper with a light that can be turned on with a switch.
If you look closely, you can see Lilo and Stitch asleep on a hammock.
The end tables have colorful drawers, bringing a little joy into the room.
The closet in this secondary bedroom offers quite a bit of space. There are shelves and drawers in the center, with hanger rods on the sides.
If you’re wishing for more closet space, don’t worry — the neighboring bathroom also has a closet before it.
This closet has a safe, laundry basket, and iron, along with extra linens and pillows.
You’ll also find a luggage rack.
Behind the door directly across from that closet is a washer and dryer for laundry.
This basic G.E. model is seen in many Disney Vacation Club rooms.
Next, we have the bathroom. There’s one room with a toilet and sink, and another with a tub and shower.
On a shelf, we have a large conch shell and a hula dancer figurine.
A few framed pictures are on the wall, all featuring tropical Disney themes. As our regular readers know, we here at WDWNT love good, themed bathroom art, so let’s take a closer look.
The small, thick frame has an image of Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse from the 1937 cartoon short, “Hawaiian Holiday.”
There’s also cover art from Mickey Mouse Club Alum Annette Funicello’s 1960 album, “Hawaiiannette.”
When the attraction we know today as “Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room” first opened at Magic Kingdom, it was called “Tropical Serenade,” and poster art can be seen here.
The sink has some storage space underneath for extra towels.
The shower room is through a sliding door. There’s also another sink in here.
Lanterns are hanging on each side of the mirror.
The bungalows have more vanity products than other rooms, including a shower cap, dental kit, vanity kit, and shaving kit.
There’s storage space beneath the sink, and the hairdryer can be found here.
The bottom half of the walls are covered in light blue tile, which then extends to the entire shower.
An extra stripe of tiles in several shades of blue runs down the shower.
The curtain is made up of diamond shapes in similar shades of blue.
In the hallway are three reproductions of original Enchanted Tiki Room artwork.
Next up is the primary bedroom. The carpet in this room is new as well.
Like most other modern Disney Resort updates, the bed has space underneath intended for storing luggage or other large items.
Above the bed is a long piece of art with images from various Polynesian-inspired attractions, buildings, and restaurants at Disney Parks over the years.
Across from the bed is a desk.
These Maui lamps are also sold at Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort.
There are outlets sitting on the desk.
The end tables have drawers.
One end table has a phone while the other has an alarm clock.
There are narrow windows with shades next to the end tables.
A door leads out onto the deck.
There’s a sleek wooden ceiling fan.
This room has its own thermostat.
It also has a spacious closet.
The primary bathroom is behind a sliding door.
It has small square windows above the mirror and a tall window above the tub.
This bathroom has blue-gray tile on the walls.
There’s a shower separate from the tub, behind a glass door.
It has a rainfall showerhead and a wall-mounted showerhead that can be removed and used as a handheld shower as well.
Disney’s H20+ line is mounted on the shower wall for easy access.
The stall has a pebble-style tile floor.
Another door inside the bathroom leads to the toilet.
The artwork here is of the “Peter Pan” mermaids.
The tub has black marble around the edge of it.
A carved piece of woodwork featuring tropical flowers hangs above the tub.
The windows in here have frosted glass.
There are controls in the tub.
The vanity is framed with lanterns.
There are two sinks. Baskets for storage are beneath them.
This remote controls a TV hidden inside the mirror.
At the end of the hallway are the living, dining, and kitchen spaces.
Above the couch is some “Lilo & Stitch” artwork.
A small table is next to the couch with a phone.
A bed folds down over the couch.
It doesn’t take up too much space in the living room if you prefer to leave it down during your stay.
There’s more storage here.
The painting on this wall features a Jungle Cruise boat.
Another small bed folds down beneath the TV.
We love the artwork above this sleeper, which features several floats in the Electrical Water Pageant. The Polynesian can be seen in the background.
There are two armchairs, with another small table between them and a coffee table in front of them.
There’s a long oval dining table with eight chairs around it.
The chairs have teal blue seats and patterned backs.
The kitchen backsplash is teal blue tile.
It has black marble countertops. There are an array of appliances, including a stovetop and oven.
There’s a toaster.
A microwave is mounted over the stovetop.
In the cabinets, you’ll find wine glasses and baking dishes.
There are plates, mugs, bowls, and standard glasses.
Above the kitchen are more merchandise items on display.
And some non-merchandise themed display crates.
The drawers hold silverware.
And pots and pans are in a bottom cabinet.
The kitchen trash can is tucked away in a sliding cabinet.
There’s a window with shade above the sink.
A coffee maker and all the supplies you need for your morning cup.
The bungalows are currently stocked with the 50th anniversary Joffrey’s blend.
There’s a dishwasher.
And a full-size fridge and freezer.
There are a few more thin sliding cabinets next to the fridge. This one had extra coffee supplies.
This room also has lighting controls.
Now let’s step out onto the back deck and take a look at the main feature that makes the bungalows truly unique.
There are signs with the balcony rules.
Polynesian music plays out here and can be controlled with this knob.
A safety gate separates the rest of the deck from the plunge pool. The fencing resembles bamboo.
Each bungalow has a small, personal plunge pool through the sliding glass doors of the living room.
This pool has a railing and steps/seats inside it.
We got a good view of one of the Magic Kingdom ferryboats going by.
There’s a small table with four chairs, and then two cushioned deck chairs that can lay flat.
There are lots of fun, colorful lanterns hanging in macrame and wooden shades.
Around the corner are a pair of hanging wicker chairs.
They have blue cushioned seats.
A small orange table sits between them.
The door next to them leads into the primary bedroom.
The window across from them is above the sink.
Cinderella Castle and Space Mountain are visible from these decks.
We returned to the deck at night to hang out in the pool and watch “Disney Enchantment.”
Check out the incredible view.
The music for the show is played on the deck as well.
We also got a great view of the Electrical Water Pageant.
Watch our full walk-through of the Bungalow below:
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My husband and I wanted to stay here but the rate was something like $1,800 per night, not stay, per night. WDW is for the top 1%, thanks to Darth Chapek. Can’t wait to vote on March 4th!! :)
WOW! Spectacular! It’s bigger than most apartments in Boston!
I would not mind if I could live there all year!
The absurd thing is that I can fly my entire family too Bora Bora to stay at the bungalows that those are copying for significantly less money then Disney would charge to stay overlooking green alligator infested water that I can’t swim in.