Disney Vacation Club Sales for the Polynesian Island Tower Open Oct. 1 for Members, Oct. 29 to the Public
Disney Vacation Club has set its sales calendar for Island Tower at Disney's Polynesian Villas & Bungalows: current members can buy in starting October 1, with sales opening to the public October 29. The tower itself opens December 17 on Seven Seas Lagoon at Walt Disney World Resort.
Disney Vacation Club has put dates on the sale of Island Tower at Disney's Polynesian Villas & Bungalows. Current members get first access on October 1, and sales open to the general public on October 29. The tower opens to guests December 17.
Key Details
- Member sales open: October 1
- Public sales open: October 29
- Tower opens: December 17
- Where: Disney's Polynesian Villas & Bungalows on Seven Seas Lagoon, Walt Disney World Resort
- More information: DisneyVacationClub.com
A four-week head start for existing members
The four-week gap between the two dates is the standard Disney Vacation Club pattern for a new home resort, and it matters more at the Polynesian than at most properties. Existing members who add points at Island Tower before October 29 lock in the eleven-month booking advantage at a resort where the seven-month window has rarely been generous.
What Island Tower adds to the resort
Island Tower sits on the shore of Seven Seas Lagoon, on a monorail-loop property that has been part of Walt Disney World since October 1, 1971. Disney Vacation Club arrived at the resort in 2015 with the villas and the over-water bungalows, and the tower is the first expansion of that inventory. The building carries the resort's South Pacific theming across its interiors, and its lagoon-facing sightlines take in Magic Kingdom Park.
Why the home resort choice matters here
Disney Vacation Club runs on a two-tier booking window. Members can reserve at their own home resort 11 months ahead, and everywhere else in the system opens at 7 months. At most properties that gap is a convenience. At the Polynesian, where lagoon-view rooms and the bungalows clear out well before the 7-month mark, it is often the difference between staying there and staying somewhere else. Buying into Island Tower is a decision about which resort a member wants first dibs on for the next several decades.
The location argument is the rest of it. Disney's Polynesian Village Resort sits on the Magic Kingdom monorail loop and has boat service across Seven Seas Lagoon, so it is one of the few Walt Disney World hotels where the park is reachable without a bus. Trader Sam's Grog Grotto, Ohana and the resort beach all stay on the property map, and Island Tower adds a pool deck and Wailulu Bar & Grill on the lobby level.
What this means for buyers
Anyone weighing a Polynesian contract has two decisions to make on separate clocks: whether to buy at all, and whether to buy before October 29. The purchase details, point charts and pricing are posted at DisneyVacationClub.com, and members can work through the numbers with their assigned Vacation Club Guide before member sales open. Disney Vacation Club sales material is, as always, a solicitation for the sale of vacation ownership interests.