 Hey friends, today we are going to be checking out a Disney inspired Polynesian Tiki home right here in Kissimmee, Florida. You can actually stay here and have your own private tropical hideaway with the Trader Sam themed bar and all of the amazing Polynesian feels that you would get from Disney's Polynesian Resort. Any hoos, let's go do this. This vacation rental is the perfect place for anyone that's a fan of the Jungle Cruise, the Enchanted Tiki Room, the Adventurer's Club, the Disney's Polynesian Resort or even Trader Sam's. Like I said, you can actually stay here and you can rent it out through Airbnb or through its own website and it's only about 15 minutes away from Walt Disney World, so it's easy to get to the parks and actually come back and just enjoy. It's really really beautiful and I'm going to give you a grand tour once we get inside. A lot of the furnishings inside here is actually Disney authentic, like they come from the Disney Polynesian Resort, from the Jungle Cruise and from all over the place and I absolutely love it. I love this beginning intro right here when you walk in, Adventurer's Club Open House. Come in a stranger, leave a little stranger. That is so awesome. I would love to have this at my house. As most of you may already know, the Polynesian went through a big different refurb where it kind of lost its like Polynesian feel or the old Polynesian feel and I feel like this place really brings that back. It makes you feel like you were at the Polynesian in the early 80s and 90s and I like that. It's got that really awesome feel to it. We're going to start here on the porch and you can see it's got so much detail to it. This is a Polynesian couch from the Polynesian Resort and here is the name of the house itself. Maybe right there but if you look up at the ceiling, the ceiling has Chinese newspaper actually all across it. I think that is so awesome and this is kind of a big thing in Tiki culture and I really, really, really like it. I don't know if you can see it. Oh yeah, right there. I wonder who that is. You may recognize these carved panels on the bottom of the porch and these are the design that's actually in an adventure land right next to the kiosk as soon as you walk in there. Look at how nifty this is. This is so awesome and like I said there is so much detail in here. Once we get in there, I'm going to show you everything. Now we're going to actually step inside and wait till you take a look. I mean I think you can already see it from here but look at this. It's so amazing. I love it. I love the lighting. I love the ceilings. Like I said it's your personal tropical hideaway. Look at blueprints for the jungle cruise. You got Polynesian small world right here. I really, really, really do love this. This has such a good mixture of retro Polynesian feel to it but with updated appliances and all the convenience of like this time century, this time period but you can see a lot of good feeling nostalgia items in here and I can't wait. Like I said I'm going to try to just point them out as we go about the whole entire home. Once we're inside we get to meet the creators of Mananui. This is... How's it going? Good. Typhoon and Tommy. Nice. And welcome to Mananui. And you guys, this is all your brain project and all your hard work and your little baby right? This is it. I'd say it's almost mostly Tommy. Yeah? That is awesome. I did this with Gil's collection basically. I built a showroom for Gil's collection. That's the way though. Look at this bar. Oh wow. It's got all the different like old Disney. These pictures are just random... Yeah a lot of clippings of old print ads and some family photos. Some family photos. That is so awesome. And then of course he's got his private collection of tiki mugs up here that he's got out and the drummers. Do you see them up there? That is so awesome. The bar itself is really cool and it has a whole bunch of different things on the top but below take a look at these amazing items. This is so awesome. I actually would have loved to have one of those. And then on this side take a look at this. Isn't that so cool? And the lighting is just perfect in here. I really love everything in here. Before I mentioned it's a little bit of a mix of everything from Jungle Cruise to the Polynesian to the Enchanted Tiki Room to the Swiss family Robinson because you can see a book up there and we got the backside of water. Right here Welcome Explorers Jungle Cruise Wildlife Expeditions. This is so amazing. Wake up Jose. Look at all the lighting in here and you can actually control the different moods inside the room and this one is really nice and relaxing. Look at this. The lights even change at the bar. I love the ceiling in here. This is actually from the Polynesian this main beam that's going right through and this is from the lobby of the Polynesian and just look at the detail in here. Another cool thing is it smells like the poly in here and it's got the poly music and if you wanted to you have a nice collection of different records from like the 60s and you can just listen to some Tahiti records and enjoy your time here. Call of the Coral Isles that is really nice. The kitchen cabinets are actually shipping crate and look at all the detail inside the handles that's so awesome it comes with all of course Polynesian village coffee mugs. You need the pineapple juice and a lot of stuff that you can actually make all your drinks with definitely the painkillers and then just take a look as it all goes downwards. I like all of the light fixtures in here and some of them are custom made right here in Florida. This one right here is taboo relics and they actually make Tiki mugs too. There's a Tiki mug that matches this light right there. I think it's up on the shelf here. Look at that. Isn't that amazing? That is really really well put together. Yeah he's great. Of course we got some of the Tiki birds actually up here as well just hanging out and I just love all of this stuff. I feel like I'm going to say that a lot but I just get excited about it. Get a little giggly because I think it's so cool and fascinating. So Typhoon Tommy actually custom made a lot of the woodwork and different things inside the house and if you want to tell me about some of them real quick you could. So the little bracket that's holding the shelf up is a copy of the brackets that hold up the Tiki's that go around the Aloha aisle right next to the Tiki room and then the shelf that it's holding up is a custom sign that I had made and hand painted that's based on the jungle navigation company banner that's at the Jungle Cruise in California and painted on the wall. Oh wow. So I made a copy of it. I aged it down to kind of look old and that's right here. That is really cool. It's just a little hidden detail just to give somebody else something that's sitting at the bar like oh my gosh I didn't notice that five seconds ago. So a lot of it's just about discovery and getting into the escapism of the whole room. Yeah and then Gil this is a picture of you right? You said? That's my old man. You guys are at the Jungle Cruise. Yeah way to the line of the Jungle Cruise. That is really awesome. 1967. Wow. 1967. I would have loved to see Disney in the 60s. Absolutely. Oh wow. As you're making your way through you can see all these old Polynesian photos and this one right here it's got a little glare on it. This is Gil's uncle who actually did the fire walk at the Tahitian terrace in Disneyland and there's even a video where he's in the background. And it's cool that it pays homage to all of this. And some of the artifacts that are actually on these photos are here inside this home. So it's got a real level of authenticity to it. And then we can see some more Disney props up here. This is a cast members only sign from Shanghai Disney for the Jungle Cruise and then over on this side you may get wet little splash mountain tie in and everything is just so themed well. But my favorite spot is the bathroom. Look at this wallpaper. This is the wallpaper that's in the Disneyland Tiki, well not Disney, the Trader Sam's in Disneyland's bathroom and it is just so amazing. I love it. I love the actual mirror. This is from the Polynesian. The little Polynesian light post right here. So nice. Definitely can take a lot of selfies in here. I'm going to put all the listings for this in the description so you guys can check it out. And in case you ever do want to rent it and like I said it's a perfect little hideaway, your own personal tropical hideaway. That just keeps on, it's stuck in my head now. The sink itself is a vanity from Animal Kingdom Lodge and it's funny because the pattern for Animal Kingdom Lodge actually fits in really well here. Doesn't that look like a Tiki inspired pattern? The detail is what I like the most. Everything is just put together so perfectly well. And check out these sliding doors. Oh, I almost fell into the sliding doors. But look at that. That is amazing. I think these are from Animal Kingdom Lodge, these doors. And I love it. Even the closet. All themed. Now it is just a one bedroom vacation rental, but the bedroom is actually probably my next favorite spot. I mean, I love the bathroom just because of the wallpaper but this bedroom is so amazing. I cannot, I don't know how to describe it. I'm just going to try to show it all to you. We'll start off with the old radio over here. And look at your little back scratcher. Of course that is definitely always needed. And then just take a look at all of the different framed artwork and pictures. We got Walt up there. And then the United Airlines Disneyland sign. That is awesome. Jose. And then of course, as we get over to this side, the bed. And take a look at this. Isn't this amazing? Some nice lays. Some more enchanted tiki room artwork over here. The music is just really setting. These are actual tiki lamps from the Polynesian on the nightstands. These are from the rooms that actually just recently got renovated. And I like these a lot better. And then this backdrop. Holy moly, right? These are from the Polynesian too. I love it in here. This is really, really cool. And a little Moana. A couple more pictures. This is the 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Walt talking about the Florida Project. Ba-da-bing. And then Walt in the enchanted tiki room too. Look at that. It's so amazing. I'm still kind of in awe. So look at this chest. I don't know what's in there. But it's so like, oh wow. This is beautiful. I think this is just for display. But I love this. If you see any of the cool things in here, Typhoon Tommy actually makes a lot of this stuff. So I'll put his Instagram in the description. And if you're ever interested in buying some of the pieces, like what are some of the pieces? Like I know you did the Skipper Canteen, the Jungle Navigation Company, right? That sign? The navigation sign. The lights that are in the bathroom actually are reproductions of the Poly ones because they're almost impossible to find now. So I make reproductions of those. Shelving, you know, just most of this kind of stuff. Like if you wanted a tiki bar or a tiki home, you know, that's kind of my thing. But if you want props, if you want props, you know, I also make those in lamps and a lot of stuff like that. Okay, we'll do. Reach out with questions and I'm always open to answer anything. Nice. That was so cool that they allowed me to come in and show you guys that beautiful vacation home. It's so amazing in there. I really love the vibes and I wouldn't mind staying there. It's not that big. It's very small and very compact but really, really well-themed. And I absolutely love it because I love the Polynesian things. I even wore the shirt to match. You know what I mean? Any hoos. We went through it, we toured it and being on the subject of Polynesian, Ohana brought back the skewers of meat. They brought back the chicken, the steak and the shrimp. So I decided since we just got done touring a Polynesian-themed house, maybe we go have a Polynesian-themed dinner at Ohana. It's so crazy to go from that house to the Polynesian here and you can see the panels. Those panels, that same pattern was actually in the house and it's just so amazing. I really, really do love the Polynesian. I think it's become my favorite resort and I've stayed here the most out of all the resorts I've stayed at. The Poly's been the most. If you guys recall, Ohana, if you guys recall Ohana reopened but without the signature meats without like the shrimp on the skewers, they substituted it for a shrimp casserole and I came out and naturally we ate here and I said that if you've never been at Ohana before, then your first experience, even if you didn't get the skewers, was gonna be great. But I have eaten at Ohana before and I love the skewers. I miss the shrimp the most and the chicken. So that's why I decided to come out and we're not gonna do a full dining review. We're just gonna kind of just enjoy, eat and show off the skewers again. Nobody really needs an excuse to come to the Poly and go to Ohana. I mean, I don't need an excuse but I thought it was fitting that I actually did both of these in the same video because you know, it was kind of like the same theme. Polynesian, Airbnb and Polynesian dinner, Ohana. Let me know in the comments what you think. If you've come here, why re-open and you have the shrimp casserole and the cabasi and let me know, like, I mean, I feel like a lot of people are gonna say they want the meats back and they're happy they're back but I bet you there's a small percentage of people out there that actually like that shrimp casserole. My mom liked that shrimp casserole and I was shocked. Inside the house, I was showing off all the different designs and see this design right here, this pattern. This was actually going through the main beam of the house. I thought that was really interesting. I really wanted to come to Ohana and eat tonight but I did not have a reservation so I wanted to join the walk-up list. I had to actually drive all the way here because there is a location on the My Disney Experience app so if you're not in the radius of the restaurant you can't join the walk-up list. So I drove all the way here just thinking maybe I would be able to get on the walk-up list and I did and it told me about a 45 minute wait so I figured I'd come up, hang out and just kind of relax at the poly until it's time to eat. If I wasn't able to actually get into Ohana I have other options. I could have went and eaten at Kona Cafe or I probably would have just went down to Captain Cook's and got myself some meatballs or rice because those are my second favorite meal here at the Polynesian. Ohana's number one but coconut meatballs and rice? Number two. Now I'm at my table and I really lucked out because I got a fireworks view and the fireworks are at 8.45 and the time is enough, it's eight o'clock. So we're gonna be able to watch happily ever after from Ohana while eating Ohana. That's amazing. This is my table right here. Good old Nathan Morrow and take a look at the view I got. Well it's gonna be a little bright but we're gonna focus in. Ba da bang, ba da boom, right there. Cinderella Castle, you can see Space Mountain and we'll be able to see all the fireworks as well. And I think they're gonna pump it the song in through the music here. And we got the ukulele playing right now but like I said at 8.45, happily ever after will actually be pumped out to the speakers but I kinda like it both. If you guys wanna see my first original video for Ohana when it first reopened I'll put a video link in the description but this one's gonna be a lot better. Like I said, all I'm happy about is the skewers are back. The peel and each shrimp, the chicken is gonna be way better than the chicken on the bone that they added to the skillet. And it's a little bit, like you know what I mean? The little things actually matter. The chicken and shrimp on the skewers is what I feel like made this restaurant. So I'm happy that they're back and we're gonna enjoy them. And the first thing that has come out is the chicken. Now these are the way that they were cooked before. Now they're not coming around with the skewers I don't think, but they bring everything out in these little tiny plates. But this is exactly how it's cooked. And I bet you it's cooked on the skewer. I can't wait to cut into these. Get these bad boys. Oh yeah, perfect. I can't wait to get to the shrimp but the chicken is so, so good. There we go, now we got the trifecta. The chicken, the shrimp, and then the steaks. I think the steak is the same way that it was being served but look at these shrimps. Oh my Lord, I cannot wait. Before I get to the shrimps though, take a look at that beautiful sunset. I can see the lights turning on at the train station. Cinderella Castle is starting to get all lit up. And like I said, this is gonna be a nice firework view. It's all gonna be right there. Oh look, the boat's actually going on the water as well. I don't eat a lot of peel and eat shrimp actually. I haven't really been eating shrimp for a long time. I recently just started liking it, like discovering it. So I think the only way I know how to actually peel it is that usually I start on the top like this and then I spread it out. Just let me know in the comments if you guys know how to peel shrimp any better. And then I start just making my way right down to the tail and then a little bit and then I just pop it right out. And I get that extra meat that's inside the tail. And it all comes off pretty good. And I think I get the majority of the shrimp. Yeah, see? The majority of shrimp there. But let me know if there's a better way. This is really good for me though. Seriously though, I have to say, now this is just me here. I'm not having anybody join me, but look at all the food they brought out. I can't even ask for more because there's no way I'm gonna finish all this. I mean, that is a lot. Let me give you like 15 shrimp, three chicken. Look at all the pot stickers. They gave me about four or five wings and then the steak. And then don't forget, we still got the Ohana bread pudding coming out. So like that is a lot, a lot of food. They give you these hot towels because you're peeling and eating so many shrimp. And look at how hot those bad boys are. I don't know if you can see this steam pouring off there, but it is, that is hot hot. Oh yeah, you can see the steam. Holy hot towel. Don't put that on your face. I do love me the noodles though. And can I just say that the service at Ohana is like probably the best service I've ever had. I have unsweet lemonade, half and half, on a farmer's yard. And I didn't even ask for refills. They just keep on bringing me out more and more and more. I had never run out of a drink since I've been here. Look at that. They've got backup. The backup, they've got backup for the backup. From our hot throws to the kitchen behind, please put your hands together for the chefs of the evening. Woo! So I'll be taking you to Paul's food. It's getting almost time for happily ever after. And I think I'm ready to jump right to the bread pudding. I am so looking forward to the bread pudding. I got my own little dish. Look at this. They made like a little tiny dish and they gave me my own sauce right here. So we're gonna pour the sauce on. Oh, that's the way. I don't like to do it in one big lump, just a little bit. Oh, perfect. Now we're gonna grab some ice cream. Ooh, slippery. There we go. The best thing is that we get to enjoy this while watching happily ever after. So I'm gonna like take it to the side here, set the camera up and just sit here and eat and watch the fireworks. That was so, so good. And being able to sit there and watch happily ever after, while eating ohana bread pudding was so, it was like heaven, it was blessed. Absolutely loved it. Always good time in here. And now gotta be making my way out here. So hard to actually get up and go after you eat at ohana. You feel like just stay in there. I would go to Trader Sam's, but I don't got it in me. I did wanna run down to the Boutique and see if they have any of my Polynesian fedoras. They sold out and the ones that I had ended up getting kind of ruined. So I wanted to see if I can get a new one, but it looks like that's a negative. No, I don't see any. They do got the Trader Sam's chip bowl set, which is a very popular thing. And also, I think these are new. Is this Corsical? Oh wow, it is. Wow, I don't think I've seen these before. It does look like they've got the coconuts back. You can actually mail somebody a coconut from Walt Disney World. Look at that. Greetings from Walt Disney World. And it's actually already marked priority mail. And you write their address on it and it actually ships just like this. How cool is that? And I guess with that, I think we're gonna call it a night here. It was so good to come back to Ohana. Now I must confess, I did come to Ohana with my mom and sister. But being the name of the restaurant Ohana, I thought it would be great to sit down, have a family dinner. And we didn't vlog it. I didn't make any video. We just kind of enjoyed a nice day at the Polynesian and it was really nice. And they didn't get the shrimp because at that time they only had the shrimp casserole. My mom loved the shrimp casserole, which is really awesome. But I'm all for the shrimp that they have now. And I hope you enjoyed the video. I hope you enjoyed the Polynesian themed house. And of course Ohana. So I guess we'll see you next time. Bye.