Marriott - View from the Balcony

[jont]

Grande Ocean Sand Dollar 5th floor

 

[dioxide45]

Grande Ocean Sand Dollar 5th floor

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You got a view of the new lazy creek!

 

[jme]

HEY GUYS, WHAT COULD BE BETTER THAN:

1. seeing a gorgeous "picture from the balcony" by any Tugger at any time (all are great, but for an example, see post #1126 above by "jont") ????
or
2. dining at a great restaurant from my Hilton Head restaurant list?


Easy answers..........
1. answer to question #1........It's "JUMPING INTO" that picture YOURSELF.
2. answer to question #2........It's dining at a great restaurant from my list ALONG WITH ANOTHER TUGGER!
.......(well then, try dining at THREE restaurants from my list with another Tugger)


Explanation & "the rest of the story":
TUG's "jont" was at Hilton Head's Grande Ocean this past week, and is still there, but he asked my wife and me
to join him and his wife Friday & Saturday nights, so we did. We drove over and spent two nights with them, and had three great meals
together----first evening at Santa Fe, breakfast the next morning at Kenny B's, and dinner that following evening at Ela's on the Water.
All three meals were outstanding. We're back home now, and "jont" continues to send me great pics from his culinary escapades
since he's still there. (He's a dear friend but he can be cruel!)

Re: question #1.
Below is a photo from that very same balcony, but taken with my camera after arriving.
I saw his photo two days prior.

Re question #2.
My dinner at Santa Fe.....the Cowboy Cut Ribeye, blackened.....(told it was 42 oz)

https://santafehhi.com/

My breakfast at Kenny B's......the Eggs Benedict with breakfast potatoes & patty sausages.......

Kenny B's - Hilton Head

Kenny Bs restaurant on Hilton head. Cajun restaurant. Kenny B’s Hilton Head

www.kennybs-hhi.com

My dinner at Ela's on the Water....Salmon Rockefeller (spinach/crabmeat/asparagus/parmesan & bacon
over mashed potatoes)......and a Manhattan!..................and a great view
https://www.elasgrille.com/........................................................................

 

[heathpack]

View from our exchange into SurfWatch, last week of August (we checked out today). We were in an Oceanside villa, a very lucky room assignment.

 

[chunkygal]

Myrtle Beach starfish rm 1344 14th fllot

 

[iftravel]

Does anyone also have problem posting a picture from iPhone? Perhaps because of the file size?

 

[jwalk03]

Does anyone also have problem posting a picture from iPhone? Perhaps because of the file size?

Yes I typically have to email it to myself first so that it get resized to a smaller file and then I can upload it.

 

[iftravel]

Yes I typically have to email it to myself first so that it get resized to a smaller file and then I can upload it.

The system needs an upgrade then.

 

[dioxide45]

The system needs an upgrade then.

I think there is a 2MB limit to files attached to a post. I understand the need for a limit, but perhaps @TUGBrian could consider allowing for larger files given that phones are taking better photos these days.

 

[TUGBrian]

I think there is a 2MB limit to files attached to a post. I understand the need for a limit, but perhaps @TUGBrian could consider allowing for larger files given that phones are taking better photos these days.

current limit is 4mb...and that is an utterly gigantic file size for a photo in this day and age especially when the forum is going to visually shrink it down to about 25% of that actual resolution. a 4mb photo with a modern phone camera would be more than 2x the size of your desktop.

chances are its the dimension of the photo more than the physical size. believe that is set to 1200x1200

 

[TUGBrian]

testing 2.5mb image upload (kids first day of school ice cream)

 

[TUGBrian]

testing 5mb upload (cape canaveral)

 

[TUGBrian]

same exact photo reduced to 30% of its resolution and uploaded, the file size is now 435k and its exactly the same size on the forum..

 

[Huskerpaul]

View from our patio at Village d’Ile-de-France.

 

[jwalk03]

View from our patio at Village d’Ile-de-France.
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I'm so excited to visit this resort in a couple of weeks!

 

[iftravel]

“The uploaded file is too large” for the photo I took from IPhone 15 Pro, about 3MB in size.

 

[TUGBrian]

can you email the photo to me @ tugadmin@tug2.net ?

 

[iftravel]

can you email the photo to me @ tugadmin@tug2.net ?

Oops I guess i find the issue. The file size indicated by iPhone is 3MB but if I actually sent it to myself, it is 5.4MB in JPEG. So likely you have to raise the limit even higher to accommodate new phones.

 

[trev]

Marriott Mountainside in Park City
Great time for summer mountain biking!

Sent from my SM-S908U using Tapatalk

 

[marmite]

Ko Olina, Nai'a building 8th floor. Early morning and sunset.

 

[GrayFal]

Ko Olina, Nai'a building 8th floor. Early morning and sunset.

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You ended up with a great room assignment! @marmite

I “should” have been able to see the ocean looking sidewards from my unit right above the entrance by the gigantic tree but there was a solid “privacy screen” on my balcony between me and studio unit blocking the view.
Very disappointing as it was categorized as an ocean view.

So there is ocean view and OCEAN View!

Second picture is me hanging over the railing to see the water.
First is the solid screen that block my view while sitting on tbd balcony

 

[marmite]

You ended up with a great room assignment! @marmite

I “should” have been able to see the ocean looking sidewards from my unit right above the entrance by the gigantic tree but there was a solid “privacy screen” on my balcony between me and studio unit blocking the view.
Very disappointing as it was categorized as an ocean view.

So there is ocean view and OCEAN View!

This location is great. The sunset picture is more accurate of how the room is oriented, ocean and some palm trees straight across from you so that's all you see from inside the unit at the dining table. The early morning picture is turned to the right and downward a bit to see the mountain and the pool fountains below me. I think all the 3BR LO units on the OV side would have the same view, because I think when I last saw the diagram they are all stacked on each other, near the center of the tower.

 

[melissy123]

@marmite You got lucky to get Naia though. There's 3 BR OV units in the other building as well, in Hale Moana.

 

[vacation dreaming]

@marmite You got lucky to get Naia though. There's 3 BR OV units in the other building as well, in Hale Moana.

Is the view from 3 BR OV units in Naia better than Hale Moana?

 

[klpca]

Oops I guess i find the issue. The file size indicated by iPhone is 3MB but if I actually sent it to myself, it is 5.4MB in JPEG. So likely you have to raise the limit even higher to accommodate new phones.

I take a screenshot of my photo then upload the screenshot after I edit out some of the extras from the phone screen. The resolution is fine for posting.