Demolition crews onsite at Disney's Polynesian Village Resort to clear land for new Disney Vacation Club tower

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Demolition crews at Disney's Polynesian Resort dinner show

Posted: Tuesday May 17, 2022 9:19am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Demolition crews have arrived at Disney's Polynesian Village Resort to begin clearing Luau Cove ready for construction of the new Disney Vacation Club Tower.

Demolition crews at Disney's Polynesian Resort dinner show

D.H. Griffin Wrecking of Tampa is carrying out the work, which has started promptly after filing a demolition permit in late April.

Demolition crews at Disney's Polynesian Resort dinner show

The new tower will be built on the site of the former Spirit of Aloha Dinner show at the Luau Cove with a planned opening in 2024.

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Tha Realest11 hours ago

I used a Time Machine to go back to Epcot in 2000 and you could barely see the Millennium Wand while you were in the queues for most of the attractions

Adventureland Veranda13 hours ago

You're doing it wrong. You're supposed to only try to view the tower from the monorail.

Communicora1 day ago

I just watched a video featuring the tattoo artist who designed them. He also worked on Kona Cafe.

Haymarket20082 days ago

When you walk outside from the Great Ceremonial House and out over the lawn, it is towering over the whole sightline on the left.

DCBaker2 days ago

A few photos from the monorail earlier today: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54159804626_4ceffcb94f_k.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54160075513_408e4b8251_k.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54160111899_9381aa96c0_k.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54160111924_dd3c87bfe3_k.jpg

Disney Analyst6 days ago

Those palms trees are blocking my view of the Grand Flo 😤

cookiee_munster6 days ago

😆😆😆

Andrew C6 days ago

Dang...so ugly... Sad that they just don't care anymore.

JD806 days ago

The Grand Floridian is such a distraction and a stain on the horizon. All that giant un-adorned white should just be burned to the ground obviously to preserve Walt's original vision of never putting hotels near the Resort Kingdom of the World.

MisterPenguin6 days ago

You're doing it wrong. You're supposed to use a telephoto lens to exaggerate its looming presence. Photos that replicate what one would see in real life are just so uneditorial.

JD806 days ago

Few More - Ferry to WL If I had to guess, this tower is visable in some way or another from these locations at the monorail: Otherwise it's not very visable at the Poly or the Grand Flo unless you're in certain rooms. Bonus shot of a rainbow above Space Mountain:

JD806 days ago

These were taken 2 weeks ago, just to give everyone an idea of view. From the monorail leaving the Contemporary. From Trader Sams Tiki Terrace On the Monorail to Grand Flo - you can't see the building until this point: From the Monorail going in to Magic Kingdom. You can't see the building until this point coming from Grand Flo Example, here is the view from the Monorail heading to MK (this is from a video, excuse the resolution) 826187826188 Here you finally see the top: 826189 Walking from the buses to MK, it becomes more visable as you get in front of the train station. 826190