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Marriott - View from the Balcony

hangloose

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Resorts Owned
Marriott's Grande Vista (x2)
Marriott's Maui Ocean Club
Marriott's Ko Olina Beach Club
Marriott's Ocean Pointe
Maui Ocean Club

Lanai Tower
  • Oceanfront Studio
  • 9th Floor
  • Room 9111
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hangloose

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Marriott's Grande Vista (x2)
Marriott's Maui Ocean Club
Marriott's Ko Olina Beach Club
Marriott's Ocean Pointe
Ko Olina Beach Club
  • 3 Bedroom 3 Bath Oceanview
Na’ia Tower
  • 16th Floor (Top Floor while no deeded Penthouse for 3BRs)
  • Rooms 31623 (Master) and 31621 (Studio)
From 31623 Main Balcony
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From 31623 Master Bedroom (…and yes the master bedroom has vaulted ceilings with the extra ‘penthouse’ window)
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From 31621 Studio balcony (small)
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Not sure why these are posting horizontal vs vertical (original)?
 

trev

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Resorts Owned
Marriott KoOlina
Marriott Maui Ocean Club
Marriott Mountainside
Newport Coast Villas, second floor of building 4200. No elevator, but not a problem for us.
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Lv2Trvl

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Newport Coast Villas. Bldg 4100 2nd floor ( with elevator). Tonight's sunset.
Arrived yesterday afternoon. First get-together for the entire family in two (covid) years! Been meeting here every September or October for a long time. NorCal, SoCal & East Coast.
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Great pictures! They bring back lots of memories for us. For many years we spent the winters in unit 4142. I'm guessing you're in 4120? Enjoy your reunion! Looks like you'll get a good rain storm tomorrow, then some nice Santa Ana's for a couple days.
 

dmbrand

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Resorts Owned
Harbor Ridge(3)
Coral Sands-Cayman
Frenchman’s Cove in St. Thomas. We are non Marriott owners, and were happy to get 3rd floor in the St. John building. Cruise ships are back; one in port yesterday, and Carnival Magic just pulled in this morning.
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jme

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Marriotts:
Grande Ocean x 6
Barony x 2
OceanWatch x 1
Manor Club x 1
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Waterside by Spin x 2
Sheraton Bdw Pln x2
ChurchSt/Charleston x2
Hilton Head's Grande Ocean.........Sand Castle top floor.......3rd week of December 2021

Two sunrises & one sunset

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Minnesota
Resorts Owned
Marriott Newport Coast (Platinum Plus and Platinum), Marriott Mountainside (ski week), Marriott Maui Ocean Club Lahaina (week 34,35 and 49,50), DSV 2 (red)
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December 2021. Maui Ocean Club Lahaina Tower. Room 11208
 

Link

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Connecticut
Resorts Owned
Wyndham Steamboat,
Wyndham Grand Desert,
Colonies at Williamsburg
Marriott OceanWatch
Maple building
4th Floor Garden View
You can see a sliver of water between the resort and the hotel.
 

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JIMinNC

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Marriott:
Maui Ocean Club
Waiohai Beach Club
Barony Beach Club
Abound ClubPoints
HGVC:
HGVC at Sea World
We were very pleased to get 6th floor Napili Villas on a 1BR OF Destination Points reservation for our stay at Maui Ocean Club this week. It's a great view for a DP reservation. We came in on Sunday after a week at HGVC KIng's Land on the Big Island and have been doing some whale watching, and yesterday we also rented an airplane and flew around Maui for about an hour and a half (I'm a pilot). The weather has been gorgeous.

We also enjoyed a Trilogy sunset cruise and dinner at Kimo's with @TXTortoise and his wife.

This is our first time staying in the Lahaina/Napili Villas (we own in the original MOC section), and we love the Villas!

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pedro47

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Marriott OceanWatch
Maple building
4th Floor Garden View
You can see a sliver of water between the resort and the hotel.
Great photos from the Maple building in Myrtle Beach, SC.
The Maple and The Pine are not ocean front buildings.
 

KS2beach

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Kansas
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WRF 2007
WKV 2019
SMV 2006
MVC 2020
Ocean Watch- Myrtle Beach
Scallop building
2nd floor
 

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Disney Vacation Club (Aulani,SSR,VGC,VGF) Hilton Grand Vacation Club(Bay Club, Kohala Suites, The District) Marriott Vacation Club (Aruba Surf Club, Grand Residence, Grand Chateau, Grand Vista,Harbour Lake, KoOlina,Willow Ridge & DC points)
MKO Moana 20914 2br of 3br unit. We actually got a unit above 5th floor!
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We were very pleased to get 6th floor Napili Villas on a 1BR OF Destination Points reservation for our stay at Maui Ocean Club this week. It's a great view for a DP reservation. We came in on Sunday after a week at HGVC KIng's Land on the Big Island and have been doing some whale watching, and yesterday we also rented an airplane and flew around Maui for about an hour and a half (I'm a pilot). The weather has been gorgeous.

We also enjoyed a Trilogy sunset cruise and dinner at Kimo's with @TXTortoise and his wife.

This is our first time staying in the Lahaina/Napili Villas

Do DP reservations typically receive lesser views than owners?
 
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JIMinNC

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Waiohai Beach Club
Barony Beach Club
Abound ClubPoints
HGVC:
HGVC at Sea World
Do DP reservations typically receive lesser views than owners?

Based on my understanding of room assignment priorities at Marriott's Maui Ocean Club (based on posts by others here on TUG), MOC week owners get top priority for room assignments within their room size and view category. Points reservations come after that, but before Interval International trades. I'm not sure what the tie breakers might be within that broader hierarchy. It is possible that since we are also MOC weeks owners, plus Presidential level, that somehow that helped us snag a better room assignment even though we were booking with points for last month's trip.
 

Dean

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Do DP reservations typically receive lesser views than owners?
The short answer is yes. There is a fair amount of variability between resorts, not so much in the order but some add a few additional tweaks and some are more rigid than others. You'll get the view reserved but owners of weeks using their weeks will get priority. For most resorts a points owner will get the same priority as a Marriott exchanger but now that II doesn't transmit that info through to the resort. One of the treats might include owners at that resort not using their week would move up a little. Concurrent or consecutive weeks will be at the top of their group assuming the same view type and unit type. I have extensive experience on this subject at Grande Ocean with 12-15 units (2BR) including a mix of views and a mix of reservation methods (exchange, points, owned). The buildings are 5 stories and during the time we go (peak summer), we've never had above a 3rd floor and I believe all but one were first or second floor. This is c/w their provided information. As long as their reasonable and consistent (always have been), I'm satisfied.
 
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