Marriott - View from the Balcony

[HDiaz1]

Ocean Pointe

 

[jme]

@ Steve,
Watching your video would be plenty enough for me..........
but the pics ARE magnificent and we have every intention of visiting that part of this great country, albeit in a safer way.
We've flown over these types of areas many times, but never got to be there on the ground. I will say that from the air, it's incredibly beautiful.

Enjoy the pics, really do. I don't think anyone here minds, either. It gives us all an appreciation of what's really out there.
"Travel" includes far more than physical balconies......and I'd say enthusiastically that the most amazing vistas are more likely NOT from a balcony. (They're just the easy way to see where we typical Marriott people go, hence the thread.)

I once thought, until I saw them myself, that the Eiffel Tower, Big Ben, English castles and French chateaux, the Roman Colosseum,
and the towns of the Cinque Terre, for examples, were "only contained in a book", but we were quite wrong.
And so my perception of the Grande Canyon and the several national parks have always seemed equally ethereal to me since
we've never actually made plans to see them......but we WILL, and your pics help to inspire us now to make it happen.

After all, considering how the pandemic made us re-think life in general and travel in particular, what are we waiting for????

 

[Steve Fatula]

@ Steve,
Watching your video would be plenty enough for me..........
but the pics ARE magnificent and we have every intention of visiting that part of this great country, albeit in a safer way.
We've flown over these types of areas many times, but never got to be there on the ground. I will say that from the air, it's incredibly beautiful.

Enjoy the pics, really do. I don't think anyone here minds, either. It gives us all an appreciation of what's really out there.
"Travel" includes far more than physical balconies......and I'd say enthusiastically that the most amazing vistas are more likely NOT from a balcony. (They're just the easy way to see where we typical Marriott people go, hence the thread.)

I once thought, until I saw them myself, that the Eiffel Tower, Big Ben, English castles and French chateaux, the Roman Colosseum,
and the towns of the Cinque Terre, for examples, were "only contained in a book", but we were quite wrong.
And so my perception of the Grande Canyon and the several national parks have always seemed equally ethereal to me since
we've never actually made plans to see them......but we WILL, and your pics help to inspire us now to make it happen.

After all, considering how the pandemic made us re-think life in general and travel in particular, what are we waiting for????

Reread my previous post, updated comments to you. About the PT...

You should come here one day. Of all the places we have been to in the world, for us, most beautiful. Very glad to provide inspiration, though, don't want to inspire anyone necessarily for that trail! Forget the trail, the mountains here are gorgeous, but very popular national park. Come before summer. You really don't want to hike any trail at 110 degrees, as is forecast in a few days, yes even without humidity. It will quickly dehydrate you.

I DO want to inspire folks to step outside their Marriott timeshares at times, the world is huge And seemingly endless places to go.

 

[jwalk03]

Marriott's Ocean Pointe- Sailfish Building- 1 bedroom oceanfront- 1st Floor

 

[Quiet Pine]

9th floor balcony, Marriott BeachPlace Towers, Fort Lauderdale, FL.

 

[dioxide45]

View attachment 36807 Westin Cancun Lagoon view top floor balcony.

Vistana has its own thread for views from the balcony.

 

[Theiggy]

View from our room at Aruba Surf Club. Just checked in to Compass 3rd floor. It’s an exchange. View of the lazy river.

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[hangloose]

Barony Beach Club - Garden View
Jasmine Tower
4th Floor - Room 9248

Partial overlooks the fire pit and Bleu’s Lagoon pool and splash zone.

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[DanCali]

Frenchman’s Cove St John building 4th floor - July 2021

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[heckp]

Tonight's sunset MKO Kona tower.

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So beautiful! What floor would this be and is this a 2BR Lockoff? Thank you

 

[frank808]

Yes lockoff and IIRC it was 11th floor Kona tower. Only got this room because of covid. Besides this time, have only ever gotten the end rooms in Kona tower facing ocean like this twice before in 10 years of trading into MKO.

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[gln60]

Beach Place Towers intracostal view 11 floor corner unit

 

[gln60]

Ocean Watch 8th floor Oceanside,Scallop building

 

[Luvtoride]

Marriott Aruba Surf Club, Spyglass building, 3rd floor

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[disneymom1]

OceanWatch 5th Floor Scallop building (Myrtle Beach, SC)

 

[cory30]

First photo is the famous parking lot view at Ko Olina (Moana building, 4th floor, 2 bdrm, Mountain View). This was an II exchange last month (June 18th) so we went in understanding this was likely where we would end up. In spite of the less than stellar view, we loved the resort and hope to visit again some day.

Second photo is from our 2nd week at Kauai Beach Club (Kilohana building, 8th floor, 1 bdrm x2, ocean front). This was also an II exchange so we were pleasantly surprised to receive this room placement for both rooms. Interestingly the resort contacted us about two weeks prior to check in date to let us know they had assigned both our rooms close together on the eighth floor.I thought that was a nice touch.

Both resorts honored the view category that was attached to the initial exchanges.

 

[AlmostRetired]

Monarch 4th floor Azalea building, fixed week 3843 deeded garden view.

 

[AlmostRetired]

Monarch 4th floor Azalea building fixed week 3846 deeded oceanfront.

 

[vacationlover2]

Springhill Suites, Zion National Park UTAH, still here. Used a cat6 7 night certificate. Going rate is over $700/night here due to summer demand, unreal for a Springhill. So, good use of cert! Got 1.35 cents value per Bonvoy point.


I also stayed here on a 5 night certificate. This is one of the nicest places I've ever stayed, and I've stayed at a lot of places. Breakfast outside on the patio looking over those mountains is unbelievable. Did you do the Narrows? One of the most fun things I've ever done.

 

[Aviator621]

Frenchman Cove, Jost Van Dyke, 3rd Floor

 

[gln60]

Stayed in Jost Van Dyke building 4 years ago....loved the view of Charlotte Amalie in the distance...especially early evening...photo brings back memories..

 

[dioxide45]

Marriott Shadow Ridge Enclaves - Building 4300 3rd floor pool view.

 

[dioxide45]

Desert Springs Villas II - Building 426 first floor. All the duck poop on the patio made this one just about unusable.

 

[dioxide45]

Desert Springs Villas I - Building T - One of the few corner studios in DSVI with a parking lot view. We were moved from this to another because the AC wasn't working.

 

[jme]

Desert Springs Villas I - Building T - One of the few corner studios in DSVI with a parking lot view. We were moved from this to another because the AC wasn't working.
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Nice pics.

two things......
1. you're traveling entirely too much...so much so that we can't keep track. (maybe I'm just jealous)
2. so you're tinkering with the A/C units now when you dislike the villa location?