▁property . ▁The ▁resort ▁originally ▁opened ▁with ▁ 4 8 4 ▁guest ▁rooms ▁in ▁ 8 ▁long h ouses , ▁B ali ▁H ai , ▁B ora ▁B ora , ▁ ▁F iji , ▁Hawai i , ▁Mau i , ▁Sam oa , ▁T ah iti ▁and ▁T ong a . ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 8 , ▁the ▁O ahu ▁long house ▁was ▁added . ▁The ▁Moore a ▁and ▁P ago ▁P ago ▁long h ouses ▁were ▁added ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 5 . ▁Between ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁and ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁ 2 0 ▁over - the - water ▁D VC ▁b ung al ows ▁were ▁constructed ▁in ▁a ▁new ▁area ▁named ▁B ora ▁B ora . ▁ ▁On ▁October ▁ 2 8 , ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁resort ' s ▁long h ouses ▁were ▁renamed . ▁Today ▁the ▁long h ouses ▁are ▁named ▁for ▁islands ▁on ▁the ▁Pol yn esian ▁is le ▁map , ▁with ▁chosen ▁long house ▁names ▁matching ▁the ▁relative ▁ge ographic ▁position ▁of ▁their ▁names ake ▁island ( s ). ▁Ten ▁of ▁the ▁eleven ▁long h ouses , ▁ex cluding ▁F iji , ▁were ▁renamed : ▁B ali ▁H ai ▁became ▁T ong a ; ▁B ora ▁B ora ▁became ▁Ni ue ; ▁Hawai i ▁became ▁Sam oa ; ▁Mau i ▁became ▁R ar ot ong a ; ▁Moore a ▁became ▁T ah iti ; ▁O ahu ▁became ▁Tok el au ; ▁P ago ▁P ago