jestme
Guest
We checked in this morning. No wait. Always a good thing.
First thing to know, ALL the 1 BR and 1BR+ are on the Ilikai side of the building, and the 2BR and 2BR+ are on the Diamond Head side. We are in a 1BR+ and are somewhat disappointed with the view. At the desk, I said that a "partial ocean view" wasn't what I was expecting from a "plus" room, when the Kalia 1BR+ rooms are all full ocean view, and this building was supposed to the the top of the line, supreme luxury site. After the desk clerk had a discussion with the manager, we are in an end unit, facing the marina, but not very high up. Our bedroom window faces the parking garage side wall.
The building, and rooms are all new, naturally, and therefore, IMHO should come with current appointments like fridge, stove and HD TV. They do. To a point. The stove top is current, black, glass top, and the microwave is a massive, current, top of the line model. The fridge is just a black two door GE model, with an ice maker inside the freezer, not stainless, like I would expect for "top of the line" new appliances. They also have HD cable, so you can actually see the HD TV's (2, one 42" and one 32") in HD, along with a 1080P DVD player. The floors appear like the wood grain as in the Kalia, but is really medium quality interlocking.
Bathroom has a gigantic stand alone shower, separate from the tub, which is also large, but in this unit is not a whirlpool type. I don't know if others are. The bathroom sink counter, however, is small, and doesn't have much room for personal things like shaving cream, razor and DH's myriad of tubes, lotions, makeup and stuff. There is a washer and dryer in the unit, the compact, front mount type. Good quality.
The lanai door also has a screen. Rare to see here, and nice to be able to open the door and get a breeze.
The pool area is not open as yet, I'll be posting pictures of the room and the pool when I get a chance to upload some pictures. (Apparantly, dinner, amongst other things are more important).
So far, all in all, if I had bought a 1BR+ in this building and paid the premium prices they were asking, I'd be disappointed. But I've only been here for 4 hours so far, maybe that will change. It is nicer to be a bit closer to the beach than our building.
First thing to know, ALL the 1 BR and 1BR+ are on the Ilikai side of the building, and the 2BR and 2BR+ are on the Diamond Head side. We are in a 1BR+ and are somewhat disappointed with the view. At the desk, I said that a "partial ocean view" wasn't what I was expecting from a "plus" room, when the Kalia 1BR+ rooms are all full ocean view, and this building was supposed to the the top of the line, supreme luxury site. After the desk clerk had a discussion with the manager, we are in an end unit, facing the marina, but not very high up. Our bedroom window faces the parking garage side wall.
The building, and rooms are all new, naturally, and therefore, IMHO should come with current appointments like fridge, stove and HD TV. They do. To a point. The stove top is current, black, glass top, and the microwave is a massive, current, top of the line model. The fridge is just a black two door GE model, with an ice maker inside the freezer, not stainless, like I would expect for "top of the line" new appliances. They also have HD cable, so you can actually see the HD TV's (2, one 42" and one 32") in HD, along with a 1080P DVD player. The floors appear like the wood grain as in the Kalia, but is really medium quality interlocking.
Bathroom has a gigantic stand alone shower, separate from the tub, which is also large, but in this unit is not a whirlpool type. I don't know if others are. The bathroom sink counter, however, is small, and doesn't have much room for personal things like shaving cream, razor and DH's myriad of tubes, lotions, makeup and stuff. There is a washer and dryer in the unit, the compact, front mount type. Good quality.
The lanai door also has a screen. Rare to see here, and nice to be able to open the door and get a breeze.
The pool area is not open as yet, I'll be posting pictures of the room and the pool when I get a chance to upload some pictures. (Apparantly, dinner, amongst other things are more important).
So far, all in all, if I had bought a 1BR+ in this building and paid the premium prices they were asking, I'd be disappointed. But I've only been here for 4 hours so far, maybe that will change. It is nicer to be a bit closer to the beach than our building.
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