 Hey friends, today I am hanging out at Disney's Polynesian Village Resort for the grand reopening. I am so excited to just check out the whole resort and also I hear tell that Trader Sam's is gonna open up tonight and that would be amazing. Trader Sam's is my favorite place to grab a drink. It's probably the coolest themed bar at Walt Disney World and if we can get in, it's gonna be the greatest day ever. Anywho's, let's go do this. It looks like a lot of the construction walls are down and most of the resort is actually finished. I do see some areas that are still under construction. Oh and another fun fact, it's National Dole Whip Day. So I think we're gonna be getting ourselves a Dole Whip and then probably some drinks from Trader Sam's if we can get in. It wouldn't be a proper poly day without a proper poly lay. Well, that kind of rhymed. I like it. Before we hop in line to grab a Dole Whip, I do want to check out the lobby area and also see if people are in line for Trader Sam's. It is gonna be very difficult to get in so hopefully we can. It is opening up at 3 o'clock, but in the past people would wait hours just to get in here. So we're gonna do our very best, but this is very a very hot spot in Walt Disney World. Oh, are these free? Yes, they are. They're Pog juice. Pog juice, fancy. Some free Pog juice. Thank you. I guess that's a good way to celebrate the reopening of the resort. Give it out some free Pog juice. Thank you. As I spoke earlier, I was saying Trader Sam's is a very busy place. It is 12.30. Doesn't open until 3 o'clock, so we're gonna go check and see if there's people waiting in line beforehand and there probably is gonna be a line. Like I said, this is something of the norm and today it being in the grand reopening, it's gonna be extra long. Oh, yeah, it's definitely looking like there's a line here, and we got a couple hours to go. I think we're gonna hop in line and just wait it out. So as long as we're in line right now, three hours prior to it opening, we're definitely gonna be able to get in. Now it's open from 3 p.m. to midnight, but you don't know like how quick this fills up. So it's definitely worth waiting it out for. It also looks like the Trader Sam's Tiki Terrace is gonna open today at 3 o'clock as well. And they have a nice little photo opportunity over here. How awesome is that? I love when they get in like the spirit of things. Like this is a big deal for Disney fans, so I like that they actually go all in and just add the little details. They mean a lot. Looks like I've got a friend to keep me occupied in line, Jackie, super enthused, and we're gonna kind of tag team it, so that way if we need to leave the line, one of us can stay, one of us can go. That's how you do things in line. That's how you do it. That's how you fix that. That's the way. Looks like we've got some good news. We might be doing a virtual line here, so we might not have to wait in here for another hour and a half, two hours. Does that mean we get to go have some dole whips? Oh, you're so excited. Yeah, dole whips. Finally checking in here. And just like that, we have been informed. We are gonna be amongst the first people inside Trader Sam's when it opens up. I am so happy they're doing a virtual queue, and I'm so happy we waited around for it, and now we can go about the resort and hang out, and then as soon as it opens at three o'clock, we can just go in. We're ready to go. This is amazing. I feel so honored. Now it's time we can actually get some dole whip for dole whip day, and they have a couple of different flavors here, and they have a tematowa cone. I'm really excited for the tematowa cone, but it being dole whip day, I think I should just get the traditional dole whip. Here is the tematowa-inspired cone, and it's looking very shiny, and it's got a gold sugar cone, and then they've got pineapple, vanilla, raspberry, and orange, but we're gonna go with the classics. I got myself a swirl, and you went just regular pineapple. Ah, cheers, dole whip. Nothing like getting a dole whip on dole whip day and going to Trader Sam's and hanging out to Polynesia. I'm so happy. I'm gonna go up top here first. But you do have to eat these dole whips pretty quick. They melt fast, especially in this hot Florida weather, and I feel like it's a must-do. Like, you need to have a dole whip whenever you come to Disney. Whether you like dole whips or not, you still get a dole whip. Don't you think? Right? If you don't like dole whip, you do like dole whip. Right? If you don't like dole whip, you do like dole whip. You do like dole whip. Now that we got ourselves a dole whip, I wanted to come back over to the Trader Sam line, because I want to see how long the wait is at now. We already have our spot, but how long the virtual queue was up to. It is 2.06 now, so Trader Sam's opens in 45 minutes, and the wait times are going up to five hours. So the virtual queues are getting return times up to five hours, but that all goes on how long people actually sit and actually drink. So it could be all night. They're not even guaranteeing seats at this moment. We have 25, maybe 30 minutes before Trader Sam's opens. So I actually want to get myself some of the chocolate covered bacon they have here. And it's over at Kona Island. They have an amazing selection, and they're all very special. They even have a seasonal one. So we're going to see what they have, and just have a little bacon before drinks. Here is all the different bacon they got. They got dark chocolate covered bacon, dark chocolate chili bacon, and then pineapple coconut as a seasonal bacon. Just a little nice little treat. Oh, what's this one too? Is that popcorn? Oh, that sounds good. I went with the seasonal bacon. Pineapple and coconut. Look at that in chocolate. There's a lot happening there, and it's heavy. Like this is really, really thick. They don't give you a plate. They just kind of threw it in a bag, and like you just kind of like hold it. Like it's so strange. Like this might be the weirdest thing to eat, like freehand. I'm just going to go in and just like eat it. I don't know. Just going to bite into it. That is delicious. Like I don't even know what to say about that. And it was only $4. $4. Look how thick that bacon is. It's thick. Now it's time we get ready to get into Trader Sam's. But before we head in there, I'm going to make a little pit stop, because I feel like I forgot something today. So I think I'm just going to buy it. I'm going to buy it again. We're going to stop into the boutique here and get ourselves the Polynesian fedora. Look at this bad boy. I already have one, but I didn't wear it today. I keep this one at home, because it's so pretty, but I can't go to Trader Sam's without the hat, especially without my little Maui. So I'm going to buy a brand new one just for this occasion. There we go. Now I feel like the look is complete. I've got my Maui hat on, and I've got my Trader Sam's shirt. If you guys like this shirt, I'll put the link for the shop that I got it from. And now it's time to get in line to get our return time for Trader Sam's. We're ready. You want to go by a name, okay? You know, I text you everybody. You find their name. We all got the text. Okay? Beabody. Bury up three. Beabody. First people. Everybody at work is two. I'm the first. I'm the first to go! Got ourselves a nice seat at the bar. We've already got our first drink put in, and it is going to be a celebration. And there's so many great friends here. We've got Deb and Bianca back there. You've got JoJo, Kyle. It's a Trader Sam party. A Trader Sam party. We're so happy to be back. Oh my gosh, already? Is this the first zombie head? Holy moly. The first one. I believe we have got the first Oowa back. Oh yes, we do. We've got the first Oowa back. Okay, perfect. The altar has been placed. Oh boy. Everybody, it's been too long, but we have displeased the mighty Oowa with all of this early drink ordering. There's a beverage in her name. Oowa, Oowa. Oh, it's raining! Oh, yeah! Accept this. Trader Sam's, since the reopening. Our first drink, an Oowa. The best. To share. Yes, to share. So we have two straws. Two straws. And we go five seconds. Five seconds. Rules in this. Okay. Five seconds. Okay. Drink five seconds. You ready? Ready? Ready? Ready? So then it's time for the first drink. So then it's time for the first drink. So then it's time for the first drink. So then it's time for the first drink. Oh. I know we were going like one one thousand two one thousand three three thousand. We did it! Everybody swim! This is the Oowa in our first drink of the night. It is big enough to split between two, but some say they can't finish it on their own. I think up next we might get ourselves a Nautilus and we're going to try to get as many as we can. I know I can't leave here without getting a zombie. I love the zombie, but either way this is just so amazing. There it is. Get it all in there. Here it is. A big group cheers. This is some good stuff. Trader Sam's is back. It gets really crazy in here. So I'm sorry if everything is kind of like bam bam bam bam, but so much happened. So fun and then we're also here with tons of friends. Like how crazy is that that we all got together and there's so many people here that we know and we just always been friends with and it's great to like, you know what I mean? Trader Sam's reopening. We're finished. Well just about finished. Two shots around. Just about finished with the Oowa. We're going to get the Nautilus, but we already have the Nautilus, but we got to finish first. So done and proceeding on course. Oh, so along with amazing drinks, we ended up getting some food. So we got some sushi and some pot stickers here. I'm all about the pot stickers, but see it's nice that you can have a good mix of drinks and food in Trader Sam's. We're going to try a nice little dumpling here. I'm excited to see what they taste like or if they're anything like the ones from Ohana. So we have one Oowa down. The Nautilus is just about finished. We have some dumplings and sushi. I think I'm going to get myself a zombie. I feel like that is appropriate. Oh, there it is. Oh my Lord. There it is. Deb's got the Mai Tai. I got the... Yeah, and we're going to get another drink, right? We're doing it. We're doing it big. We're doing it big. Cheers, my friend. Cheers, buddy. Jackie's going to work on the... And I got the zombie headstone cheers. Cheers. Look at you. Look at this. The waters are even fancy. I'm going to eat the fanciest water in the house tonight. Oh my gosh, I got a umbrella. All right, I do feel special now. And oh my goodness. Oh wait, I'm not done here. You still have done here? Oh no. He isn't not done yet. I'm going to take a picture and that's me too. And a piece of chicken. And a piece of chicken. Chicken water. Give her Robin. Thank you. That is amazing. I feel like since we're here with all of our friends, I think we should do like one big like drink celebration. And I think the best way to do it is maybe with a uh oah. Would you know what I feel like? What? Chicken tonight. All right, this is yours. Oh, grab your thing. Here it is. Okay. Everything about tonight, or today actually, just being able to be here for the grand opening. So many Disney fanatics and people who just pumped about Trader Sam's re-opening. You can just see smiles and everyone is getting along. And it's amazing. And look it, we got a black pearl here. A lucky black pearl. Oh yeah. That is fancy, right? And I believe we are on probably round three? Four? Three or four? I don't know, but everyone is having a great time. And that's all that matters. You know? Yes. So cheers. Now it's time I think we're gonna head out. Seems like we've been in here for ages. And now I think we decided to come on out and leave Trader Sam's. Let some other people in there. We were in there for a little bit over an hour. And it felt like hours went by. You know how Trader Sam's can do that. And I feel so happy that I'm actually staying at a resort tonight. So that way I'm not too worried about transportation. But this was absolutely amazing. I absolutely loved all of the high energies. Even all of the skippers. And just everyone like Disney enthusiast will all just pump about it. And yeah, now we'll kind of hang out a little bit here before we wrap things up. Look at this. We decided to come out to the Trader Sam's Terrace. And it's really nice out here because they have some nice live music. Look at this. Hey friend. It's just so peaceful, isn't it? So happy to see they're serving up drinks out here too. Mahalo. Speaking with some of the skippers at Trader Sam's. They did put a hold on allowing people in. So I don't know if anyone else can get in tonight unless they had a reservation. Or a virtual return time. But you can still get the drinks outside. They're the same exact drinks. But without the show. And I don't know how fun that is. But at least you get some nice music. You know what I mean? It's very nice out on the terrace. They've got just about all the fancy drinks that you can get inside. Now the only thing is is out here I don't know if they put glass out. So you can't actually get it in like the fancy cups either. So I think you just y'all get it in plastic cups. And like honestly I don't know what it's like to drink a Nautilus out of a cup though. I don't know if they do that or not. So yeah any drinks that you do get out here I just got confirmation. Will be served in like a plastic cup. So all the drinks that we got inside that were like two drinks. Like for a person like the OOA or the Nautilus. They'll just give you two cups full of drink. And I decided since I had a lot of liquor drinks. I think I might switch to a nice little Kona big wave. Which I don't mind you know what I mean? Keep it in spirit. But still keep the party alive you know. Anywho's here you go. Cheers to the Tiki terrace. And now before we actually head out. I think we'll grab ourselves some meatballs. Some Captain Cooks. Now we could go up and get our Ohana noodles. But you know what? I've been craving a little meatballs. You know what I'm saying? A little little coconut meatballs. It's good stuff. It is. And as I was thinking about it. Why can't we have the best of both worlds. So since we're actually up here at the Tambu lounge. We grabbed ourselves some noodles. And then we got some meatballs and rice from Captain Cooks. And we're gonna have a little bit of the best of Ohana. Or the best of the Polynesian. As I say. And enjoy. And we decided like I said. To get a little bit of the coconut meatballs. With a little bit of the noodles. And now we're gonna sit here and eat them. At the Kona Island kind of like bar area. And it's not so cool like we're getting a little bit of Ohana. A little bit of Captain Cooks. And then I got myself some juice from Kona. So we have like all of the Polynesian like specialties. All in one. There we got the coconut meatballs. With rice. And then the Ohana noodles here. So we're gonna kind of combine them. And it's gonna be so delicious. Look at I don't even know how. Look at this. Oh wait. There we go. Scoop these right on over to here. That's the way. Wow this is gonna be so good. I'm so pumped about this actually. First things first. The Ohana noodles. I love these. These are the things that I love the most about Ohana. So the fact that I can get these with my coconut meatballs. And my pongo juice. Can't go wrong. So cheers. Cheers to Trader Sam. This might be the greatest meal ever. Honestly like I love Ohana. But if you can get the noodles and the rice and the meatballs. And then the Pog juice itself. So the noodles cost like $10. How much are the meatballs? $12 or? I don't remember. So I think honestly. Yeah so this whole entire meal is under $30. And it's like the perfect combination of everything Polynesian. I agree. And now I'm gonna dive into the meatballs. I've already had the noodles. But these meatballs right here are the best. I don't know if I can cut it with a fork because it seems like a slippery little sucker. There it is. That's the way. And I guess with those coconut meatballs and Ohana noodles. I think we're gonna call it a night. This was so amazing. What an epic day I have to say. So many great friends and making great memories. And welcoming back the Polynesian resort. Honestly I couldn't ask for a better day. Now I get to go home to a nice cozy Disney resort. And kind of just enjoy. So I hope you enjoyed the video. I enjoyed making it. We'll see you next time. Bye. Before we go though. Take a look at this monorail coming into station. Isn't that amazing? So so cool. And look there's our buses over there. Gonna head on over to Dory. It says Dory.