Walt Disney World Resort (Orlando Area - FL)

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Disney's Polynesian Resort is a relaxing tropical paradise, featuring lush vegetation, thatched roofs, koi ponds and white-sand lakebeaches and offering a warm, welcoming world that celebrates the spirit of the South Pacific and ensures 'Ho'Onanea' the passing of time in languid tranquility. With 11 2-story and 3-story village longhouses that flank the Great Ceremonial House built to resemble a royal Tahitian assembly lodge the Resort has 847 luxurious rooms, decorated with rich tropical colors and furnished in traditional bamboo and rattan. Inside the Great Ceremonial House, water cascades over craggy volcanic rocks, while coconut palms tower over more than 75 different indigenous species. Also inside is shopping, dining and an awe-inspiring torch-lighting ceremony a Polynesian welcoming of the night that includes a traditional fire-knife dance, accompanied by authentic drumming and chants.