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Polynesian Resort Hotel: Traveler Reviews

3.0 of 5
857 N. Frontage Rd., Wisconsin Dells, WI 53965
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Polynesian Resort Hotel
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Rating summary
  • Location
    4 of 5 stars
  • Sleep Quality
    2.5 of 5 stars
  • Rooms
    3 of 5 stars
  • Service
    3.5 of 5 stars
  • Value
    3.5 of 5 stars
  • Cleanliness
    3 of 5 stars
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Fargo, North Dakota
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5 reviews 5 reviews
5 hotel reviews
Reviews in 3 cities Reviews in 3 cities
10 helpful votes 10 helpful votes
“Polite employees!”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed November 1, 2012

The front desk staff and housekeeping staff were very friendly. The rooms are not very modern but were clean. We had a nice patio outside of our room on the first floor. The only downfall was the kiddie pool was freezing! The adult pool was nice and warm though.

  • Stayed October 2012, traveled with family
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Poly123, Manager at Polynesian Resort Hotel, responded to this review
November 10, 2012
Thank you for your review of the Polynesian. We appreciate your kind words about our friendly front desk and housekeeping staff. They work hard to overcome the age of the hotel through friendliness, great service and cleanliness. We have noted your comment about the temperature of the kiddie pool and have forwarded to our staff for corrective action to be taken. We look forward to having you return to our hotel on your next visit to the area..

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4 reviews 4 reviews
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3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
“Prefer it over bigger resorts”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed October 8, 2012 via mobile

We stayed for one night, wasn't expecting much and braced ourselves considering the reviews. . I was pleasantly surprised!! We are at chula vista right now and man do I wish we were back at Polynesian. Maybe its because our children are younger and we are pretty simple people. We loved how small and quaint it is. Food was Good and waterpark was perfect Size for 7&4 year old. We are leaving here a day early to go back there. For $74 a night its a steal!

  • Stayed October 2012
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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“It really wasn't that bad!”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed September 12, 2012

We stayed here in early August for 3 nights. We were pleasantly surprised considering all of the bad reviews. This is by no means a new resort and they really do need to put some money into renovations. We didn't use the indoor pool, I have to agree that the water looked murky but that may have something to do with the bad lighting. The outside pool was really cold so we didn't spend any time in there. Our family enjoyed the slided indoor and out along with both lazy rivers. I can't say anything bad about the waterpark, we were ok with it. Our room big but not the cleanest. In order to not ruin my stay I made a conscious decision to not look too closely. We booked the hotel through Blue Mountain resort, so we didn't pay much for our 3 nights so we just made the best of it. If you're planning to spend all day and night at this hotel, this is not the place to stay, you won't be happy. If we would've paid the regular rates I would not have been happy and probaly would've considered staying someplace else.

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  • Stayed August 2012, traveled with family
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 2 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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3 reviews 3 reviews
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4 helpful votes 4 helpful votes
“disgusting”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed August 21, 2012

We picked this hotel only because I had hotel points to redeem, and the hotels I wanted wouldnt accept point for the weekend. I figured it couldnt be THAT bad, we are not terribly picky people.
I was able to check in early on a saturday, which was great since we were just in the car for 2.5 hours and my daughter was dying to go swimming. There were flies all over in the lobby, but I ignored that. Got to our room and PU! What a stench! I couldnt tell what it was, kind of like mold + b.o.? I opened the window but we were on ground floor facing the parking lot so we couldnt leave it open while we were out. The shower had a fresh coffee cup ring on the side of the tub. Not sure if housekeeping had coffee, or if it was cleaned at all. The carpet and the furniture almost had a greasy sheen to it. I kept telling my daughter to put a towel down under her butt on the couch, it was so nasty.
We get to the waterpark, and it would have been great if the water wasnt 50 degrees. Granted the weather that day was only 70, but we couldnt swim in ANYTHING outside. It was torture going in even up to your thighs. So we had to do the indoor pools-- so gross. The lazy river and big slide were CLOSED saturday. The only options we had were the indoor pool, full of about 100 people, or one of 2 hot tubs thAT HAD ABOUT 4 inches of brown scuzzy foam on them. Thye big pool was so disgusting, you couldnt even see the bottom, it was so murky. I kept feeling chunks of stuff under my feet and was completely grossed out but tried not to complain because of course my 4 year old daughtrer didn't notice. There were band aids and smashed crackers all soggy by the pool, and the next day still there. So gross.

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  • Stayed August 2012, traveled with family
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 2 of 5 stars Service
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“Not for kids hotel is horrible but nice day stay at waterpark”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed August 20, 2012 via mobile

Iky floors in rooms lazy river was best part we should have paid for a different hotel then went there during the day will not be going back seriously save your money go to super 8 even has better conditions smelly room floors not vacumed under bed I took a lint catcher and found hair on carpet and on bed outside waterpark has some major issues with safety ice cold water except for lazy river and only 6 to 12 inches on most I thoughr it would have been perfect for my 9 month old but he couldn't even put on a floater very unhappy we left halfway into our stay

  • Stayed August 2012
    • 2 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 2 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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Also Known As:
Polynesian Hotel Wisconsin Dells
Polynesian Resort Wisconsin Dells
Polynesian Hotel
Address: 857 N. Frontage Rd., Wisconsin Dells, WI 53965
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Region: United States > Wisconsin > Wisconsin Dells
Amenities:
Fitness Center Free Breakfast Free Parking Restaurant Room Service Suites Swimming Pool
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Ranked #51 of 76 hotels in Wisconsin Dells
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Hotel Class:3 star (3*)
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