I wanted to add some observations about Nanea that our friends offered us after going on WKORV explorer pkg. Their first room was terrible and not clean, as in toilet not flushed after the previous guest used it. The front desk moved them and the room was awful and looked at the electrical area. The noise was so loud they couldn't open the window. They had no lanai as they were in a studio. Why would management give potential customers such a crappy room if you are trying to entice them to buy?
So our friends went down to Nanea where another couple they knew were on an explorer pkg. They had upgraded them to a 2 bedroom so our friends didn't even stay at WKORV. Our friends have stayed with us in building 5 and building 8 at WKORVN. She said hands down they liked our villas better, clearly she didn't experience OFD which is another animal altogether. These were some observations:
The sewer smell was really bad. Our friend who was a guest at Nanea got out of his car and commented on the bad the smell was and the valet acted as though they didn't know what he was talking about. Our friends said that they didn't want to stay on their lanai for very long because it smelled so bad. I was there in Feb and never smelled anything. I was there in Oct 2016 and never smelled anything either. So is it intermittent?
Speaking of eating on the lanai, they said there was no light on their lanai. They brought a lamp out on the lanai so they could see what they were eating.
She hated the kitchen layout. The counter space is too small and if you are eating at the table it is hard to use it as a prep area. If you don't cook in much then it might not be an issue but we cook when we are there.
The dishwasher is awkwardly located. My friend said that a water ends up on the floor as you bring the dishes from the sink to the dishwasher.
The lack of space where the lock off area would be was troublesome. We usually set our snorkel bags and rented beach chairs in that area and they missed having that option at Nanea.
The smell is not continuous. It depends on wind, and perhaps processing by the waste treatment plant. It could go from bad to no smell at all. It was really bad a few times.
Note: the smell is beta-mercaptoethanol which has different sensitivity between individuals. My sensitivity is much more than Robin’s.
I am familiar with the smell from my experience with protein electrophoresis (biochemistry).
We spent no time on the Nanea balcony (unlike our WKORV stays).
Mainly because it wasn’t conducive due to overall noise (and occasional smell).
The lack of counter space was an issue. In fact, it lead us to cook less often (that and the BBQs were quite a distance away. Just making coffee took up the only usable counter space.
The soaking tub (IMO) is a waste of space - and the moving wall between the bedroom and bathroom is a bad design (although it looks cool). I don’t want to sleep with an open bathroom area, and getting up at night to use the toilet for Robin is a hassle (move wall from corner, and cross bathroom in dark). Bad design.
We did like the pantry area.
The couch was more comfortable than our WKORV couch.
The parking fee...
it costs $15/day to self-park (this totally sucks). The valet is only $5 more, but personally do not want to depend on the valet to pickup/dropoff our vehicle. And the tipping that goes along with it...
And certainly do not want to pay $15/day to self park.
I like the foyer of the WKORV villas - it gives separation from villa and hallway noise, and makes it feel more secluded. We never hear anyone in our WKORV villa except occasionally the people in the adjoining lock off coming and going.
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