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I was lucky and loved Bay Club. (Updated my album)

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Recently I and my wife stayed at Bay Club for three nights.
We had a reservation for a penthouse one bedroom.
Luckily we were assigned to Building #1. The unit is very roomy.
We could see both sunrise and sunset from lanai. It was ocean view.
We loved it very much.

I have updated my album with photos of Bay Club #137 and GW #2310.

https://55hawaii-timeshare-resale.blogspot.com/p/hgvc.html
 
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Thanks for sharing. We love the location as well. We usually stay at Bay Club, but have a stay at Kohala starting this weekend. We're going with family who've never been and thought that the access to the HWV pools might be worth it. We'll see :)

Cheers.
 

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Awesome pics! Loved looking through them. Thanks for sharing!
 

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Last time we visited Big Island, Kohala Suite was just completed and we stayed there.
It's already 13 years ago. :wall:
 

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But it wasn't called Kohala Suites back then. What was it called? I remember they changed the name about a year before we stayed there. I loved Kohala Suites more than Kingsland; although, a person could live on the lanai at Kingsland with that furniture, which was so comfy for reading.
 

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Those are terrific pictures, thank you for posting them! I loved the sunset picture -- do you think there would have been any view from the other rooms in Building 1 or was it your top-floor/corner location that enabled that? Those are terrific pictures -- thanks again!

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If I remember correctly, Hilton people were, from the beginning, calling HGVC Waikoloa, Kohala Suites to distinguish it from Hotel Waikoloa Resort.
So called Kohala Suites became official from when I do not know.

Regarding the sunset, it's hard to tell but when it comes to one bedroom, I believe the only end unit at top and maybe on the second floor
should have a view of sunset. Seeing the google map, I suppose you could see the sunset from two bedroom units of Building #1.

I have added some more sunset photos. As you could see, we were able to see the ocean and the sun set there between coconut trees.
May was the perfect month. We were lucky in all terms of unit location, floor, month and weather.
 

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And it's not a vacation thing, but I used to use Nikon D300. This time I took photos with Olympus E-M5 Mark ii.
 

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the location is about the best of the 1 BRs available.

I love the lanais at BC.
 

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If I remember correctly, Hilton people were, from the beginning, calling HGVC Waikoloa, Kohala Suites to distinguish it from Hotel Waikoloa Resort.
So called Kohala Suites became official from when I do not know.

Regarding the sunset, it's hard to tell but when it comes to one bedroom, I believe the only end unit at top and maybe on the second floor
should have a view of sunset. Seeing the google map, I suppose you could see the sunset from two bedroom units of Building #1.

I have added some more sunset photos. As you could see, we were able to see the ocean and the sun set there between coconut trees.
May was the perfect month. We were lucky in all terms of unit location, floor, month and weather.

Nice pics! I am surprised you could see sunrise, well sun rising over the mountains.
I think the 2 bdrm 'B' size units, 126 & 136 at the side would have some sunrise/sunset views too. Here is an old illustration which shows the unit #s and unit type layouts per building.
 

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the location is about the best of the 1 BRs available.

I love the lanais at BC.

Me too!
the lanais and unit size were two big pluses for me buying in to the Bay Club :)
 

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Me too!
the lanais and unit size were two big pluses for me buying in to the Bay Club :)
Us three ... we're en route to The BC at this very moment. Just a mere 14 hours to go :D
 

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David M. I look forward to seeing your photo of Ocean Tower. A garden view room was available for our stay.
But I avoided parking charge and preferred to Bay Club roominess and lanai.
 
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