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Your 2 Bedroom Plus wasn't as nice as my 2 Bedroom Plus - at first - the odd # rooms face north and the Great Lawn - which for now is a direct view of construction. My plus room was on the south side (even #s) I will go back into my owner's documents for the property - it has the site plans and the "title" of each room. I was an owner of the 2-bedroom PH - there were only 3 of them opened on the 3rd floor of building 6 - on a previous trip and I as an owner was given the "accessible" room - we had 6 people - but only 2 chairs on the balcony. The plain BRs without ocean views are in the back rows buildings 8 and above.

Building 2 is the only building that will not have direct access to the parking lots.
We know that Buildiing 2 is the only building that will not have access to the parking lots. I just mentioned to the General Manager of Maui Bay Villas that they should get the County of Maui to put a Bus Stop right outside the resort going North toward the Airport; there is one across the street going South already. Then turn the negative of Building 2 into the positive that it is very close to the Bus Stop and you can stay at Maui Bay Villas without the expense of a car. This would also be a positive for those that are getting older and either can't or don't want to drive. Also for those that no longer have a car(like us) we would not have to pay extra for car collision as well as liability insurance on top of the cost of the car rental. That can add $40 or more to the cost of the daily car rental.

If you care, contact the General Manager and make your thoughts known.
 

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We know that Buildiing 2 is the only building that will not have access to the parking lots. I just mentioned to the General Manager of Maui Bay Villas that they should get the County of Maui to put a Bus Stop right outside the resort going North toward the Airport; there is one across the street going South already. Then turn the negative of Building 2 into the positive that it is very close to the Bus Stop and you can stay at Maui Bay Villas without the expense of a car. This would also be a positive for those that are getting older and either can't or don't want to drive. Also for those that no longer have a car(like us) we would not have to pay extra for car collision as well as liability insurance on top of the cost of the car rental. That can add $40 or more to the cost of the daily car rental.

If you care, contact the General Manager and make your thoughts known.
I would advise to use a credit card that has car insurance. Credit card insurance is usually secondary to primary. Because you have no primary car insurance, the credit card insurance becomes primary. Now this only covers collision damage to rental vehicle, there is no liability coverage.

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I would advise to use a credit card that has car insurance. Credit card insurance is usually secondary to primary. Because you have no primary car insurance, the credit card insurance becomes primary. Now this only covers collision damage to rental vehicle, there is no liability coverage.

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Thank you for your advice. I get primary insurance from using my American Express extra collision car insurance that I pay a flat rate extra for when I rent a car. Then I buy liability insurance per day from the rental car company when I rent the car.
 

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We know that Buildiing 2 is the only building that will not have access to the parking lots. I just mentioned to the General Manager of Maui Bay Villas that they should get the County of Maui to put a Bus Stop right outside the resort going North toward the Airport; there is one across the street going South already. Then turn the negative of Building 2 into the positive that it is very close to the Bus Stop and you can stay at Maui Bay Villas without the expense of a car. This would also be a positive for those that are getting older and either can't or don't want to drive. Also for those that no longer have a car(like us) we would not have to pay extra for car collision as well as liability insurance on top of the cost of the car rental. That can add $40 or more to the cost of the daily car rental.

If you care, contact the General Manager and make your thoughts known.
I consider the missing parking lot next to the building as a plus. I traveled by bus during my younger years - 20s-40s. I would never have thought to take a bus from OGG to Kihei! If I get old enough that I can't drive or don't want to, I will cab or Lyft. Luckily, I get CDW via my CC and My Hertz Disc Code.
 

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should get the County of Maui to put a Bus Stop right outside the resort going North toward the Airport;
TOWARD. For those following along, is there a bus that actually goes TO OGG or do you get off in Kahului, say at that mall, and then uber (etc) to OGG?
 

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I consider the missing parking lot next to the building as a plus. I traveled by bus during my younger years - 20s-40s. I would never have thought to take a bus from OGG to Kihei! If I get old enough that I can't drive or don't want to, I will cab or Lyft. Luckily, I get CDW via my CC and My Hertz Disc Code.
I am not suggesting that one must take the bus from the airport to the Maui Bay Villas. If we were not getting a rent a car we would Uber or Cab it to the resort also. But then what? The Maui Bus goes to Safeway to pick up some food. OK now we have dinner for tonight, breakfast and lunch for a few days. What about going into the Kihei town for a few drinks and dinner tomorrow night. With the Bus we wouldn't need to Uber or Cab it and we wouldn't be drinking and driving.

The Bus may not be for everyone. We live a BUS lifestyle without a car in Honolulu and it works for us. For numbers of reasons we believe in utiliziing public transportation; no car rental costs(car purchase costs if this is where you live), no parking concerns, no drinking and driving concerns, no burning of petroleum which contributes to global warming.
 

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TOWARD. For those following along, is there a bus that actually goes TO OGG or do you get off in Kahului, say at that mall, and then uber (etc) to OGG?
That is a good question. Notice I decribed the direction of the Bus as TOWARD THE AIRPORT. As I mentioned in my response to h2oflyboy we wouldn't bus it from the airport. Too much luggage. But we like to take public transportation when we go out to dinner. When we stayed at the Sands of Kahana in 2022 we bused it to Lahaina to have a few drinks and dinner. We don't drink and drive but we do drink. It would be great to be able to Stay at the Maui Bay Villas and bus it to dinner.
 

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I am not suggesting that one must take the bus from the airport to the Maui Bay Villas. If we were not getting a rent a car we would Uber or Cab it to the resort also. But then what? The Maui Bus goes to Safeway to pick up some food. OK now we have dinner for tonight, breakfast and lunch for a few days. What about going into the Kihei town for a few drinks and dinner tomorrow night. With the Bus we wouldn't need to Uber or Cab it and we wouldn't be drinking and driving.

The Bus may not be for everyone. We live a BUS lifestyle without a car in Honolulu and it works for us. For numbers of reasons we believe in utiliziing public transportation; no car rental costs(car purchase costs if this is where you live), no parking concerns, no drinking and driving concerns, no burning of petroleum which contributes to global warming.
ALL valid points - LOL! I too take THEBUS whilst in Waikiki - AND the blue bikes.
 

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ALL valid points - LOL! I too take THEBUS whilst in Waikiki - AND the blue bikes.
We walk or take the Bus all over Honolulu not just in Waikiki. Bikes have their issues. One is that they are prohibited from riding on the sidewalks in Waikiki and the cars and trucks make it dangerous to ride in the street without bike lanes. Also, if you use a bike to go anywhere what do you do with it when you get to a place you want to just walk into like you can when you walk.
 

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We're here now. quite pleasantly surprised - beautiful, quiet, very uncrowded. full review later.

But can anyone provide info about what was here before? It's quite a large parcel. When and how did HGVC acquire all the land?
 

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We're here now. quite pleasantly surprised - beautiful, quiet, very uncrowded. full review later.

But can anyone provide info about what was here before? It's quite a large parcel. When and how did HGVC acquire all the land?
The Maui Lu resort was what was in that space in the past. I went to a luau there on my first visit to Maui with my parents and sister in 1968.

THE MAUI LU RESORT: Before the 1970's most visitors that came to the Hawaiian Islands came to Waikiki on Oahu.

The Maui Lu was the only resort on Maui's south shore, this resort was built by a Canadian logger Gordon Gibson and named after a yacht he sailed across the Pacific, it housed the snowbirds that would hide out in Maui for the winter.

Gordon Gibson Sr. was a prominent business leader and politician in British Columbia. He represented Lillooet from 1953 to 1956 and North Vancouver from 1960 to 1966 in
Gibson was a millionaire timber baron whose nickname was "Bull of the Woods" due to his loud lumberjack's voice. He was dismissed as a rough, hard-drinking logger who had made it rich, but was loved by many small loggers as being one of the few people to be interested in them over the interests of big business.

He was born James Gordon Gibson at Gold Bottom Creek near Dawson City, Yukon. His father was working a small mining claim while his mother was the camp cook. The claim failed and according to Gordon, he and his brother Clarke were taken out of the Yukon in an orange crate. In the 1920s, he and his brothers ran the Gibson Lumber and Shingle Company. During the Depression, they were active around Vancouver Island, Vancouver and Seattle. The Gibson brothers built a $4,000,000 sawmill business starting at Nootka Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island.

They had more than 40 boats working the Inside Passage including the five masted 2,000 ton bald headed schooner, the Malahat, and the five-masted schooner K.V. Kruse. The Gibson family also owned a radio station in North Vancouver and a whaling station at Coal Harbour. Gibson ended up with a 132-foot pleasure boat called the Norsal which he renamed the Maui Lu (a
At his resort, Gibson had a totem pole which he had arranged to fly out from Nootka Sound to Maui. At its base was an inscription written in concrete that claimed that it was the first totem pole to fly the Pacific. Gordon took his grandson Mark on the voyage from Vancouver to Maui to give him an experience where the eleven day cruise was full of excitement and adventure. Pete Lovick and Alistair Melander came along who looked after the engines that almost failed and looked after the course to get the Maui Lu to Hawaii.

Gordon Gibson Sr. was one of four MLAs who managed to get elected in the June 9, 1953 election when the Liberals received 23% of the vote. In the Lillooetriding, Gibson received 27.63% on the first count (in a preferential ballot) but on the third and final count edged out CCF rival Gordon Dowding with 51.93%. In 1967, Gordon Gibson was appointed a member of the Northwest Territories Council.

In 1971, he married Ms. Gertrude Schneider and together they ran a hotel on Maui with a restaurant that was very popular. Gordon Gibson died of lung cancer in 1986.
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Here is a link to the article talking about the taking down of the Maui Lu in order for Hilton to develop. The article is from 2015. It says the first phase was to open in 2017. I think they were a bit behind that estimated date.


 

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We walk or take the Bus all over Honolulu not just in Waikiki. Bikes have their issues. One is that they are prohibited from riding on the sidewalks in Waikiki and the cars and trucks make it dangerous to ride in the street without bike lanes. Also, if you use a bike to go anywhere what do you do with it when you get to a place you want to just walk into like you can when you walk.
There is a blue bike storage area a few feet from the ride share p/u place adjacent to the Diamond Tower - AND... You can park a bike a lot of places - if you rent for the day, that bike is locked down at the station you parked at for you to use for your return. I agree, that traffic can be horrendous around Waikiki towards bicycles. I held my own on a trip from HHV to the pagoda hotel and many trips to Don Quijote's.
 

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The Maui Lu resort was what was in that space in the past. I went to a luau there on my first visit to Maui with my parents and sister in 1968.
SO.... I was searching google earth a couple of weeks back and found this old satellite photo! BLOWS my mind this is what the MBV used to look like and WHY hasn't Google Earth updated the pic! Do you remember this from 1968?
 

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One last post for today about the MBV - Here are the rooms types for BLDG 6,8,9,2,and 4. The floor plans for 1 & 3 - will mirror building 2; 4,5 will all be the same, 10 & 11 will be matching bldgs. If one of the Moderators could add this to the MBV sticky - I'd be grateful. ty
 

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SO.... I was searching google earth a couple of weeks back and found this old satellite photo! BLOWS my mind this is what the MBV used to look like and WHY hasn't Google Earth updated the pic! Do you remember this from 1968?
I don't remember much about our visit. As I said, we drove down from Napili just for the luau. As I recall it was held outside on a huge lawn area.
 

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There is a blue bike storage area a few feet from the ride share p/u place adjacent to the Diamond Tower - AND... You can park a bike a lot of places - if you rent for the day, that bike is locked down at the station you parked at for you to use for your return. I agree, that traffic can be horrendous around Waikiki towards bicycles. I held my own on a trip from HHV to the pagoda hotel and many trips to Don Quijote's.
I have seen the blue bike storage area by the Diamond Head Tower and others around Honolulu. However, it is not as convenient as just walking into the store or restauant that you want to go into when walking or getting off a BUS.
 

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BLOWS my mind this is what the MBV used to look like
Why? I went by there sometimes 20 yrs ago, maybe 15 yrs ago. I never strolled the grounds, but as I tried to picture it the last few yrs when people discuss MBV, that is basically what I saw from the road back then, especially the buildings on the oceanside.
 

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Anyone know what the room type on the website is to book building 2 or 4?
 

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Please see the attachments @h2oflyboy shared above (post #89) for the resort sticky thread.
Sorry, I must have forgotten about adding that early. It is there now.
 

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Hello All,

This is a great post and I appreciate the Pro's and Con's for the property. I visited in Oct 2023 when we went to Maui after the fires, and we stopped for a tour of this property. I agree with the comments made by the OP -- there is much to like about this property, but I have a fondness for the Kaanapali area -- perhaps unfair, but deep.

I found the comparison to Kingsland to be quite interesting. I love love love Kingsland, both the on-site amenities, combined with the easy access to the hotel, and the recognition that you have to drive to a beach. Thinking about the comments in this thread, Maui Bay Villas has some overlap there, but without the connection to the Big Island Waikoloa hotel, which has always been a favorite of mine.

Makes me think that MBV may not be well suited for me, and I use those HGVC points for Kingsland or HHV.

Interesting. Thank you for the comments!

Best,

Greg
 

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Hello All,

This is a great post and I appreciate the Pro's and Con's for the property. I visited in Oct 2023 when we went to Maui after the fires, and we stopped for a tour of this property. I agree with the comments made by the OP -- there is much to like about this property, but I have a fondness for the Kaanapali area -- perhaps unfair, but deep.

I found the comparison to Kingsland to be quite interesting. I love love love Kingsland, both the on-site amenities, combined with the easy access to the hotel, and the recognition that you have to drive to a beach. Thinking about the comments in this thread, Maui Bay Villas has some overlap there, but without the connection to the Big Island Waikoloa hotel, which has always been a favorite of mine.

Makes me think that MBV may not be well suited for me, and I use those HGVC points for Kingsland or HHV.

Interesting. Thank you for the comments!

Best,

Greg
We loved going to Lahaina so when in Kaanapali or Kahana area using RCI points so I understand you affinity for that part of Maui. The Last time we stayed at the Sands of Kahana before the fire we took the Maui Bus to Lahaina twice to have dinner so we didn't have to drink and drive. It was an inexpensive and easy round trip by bus which stopped right outside the resort. That is one of the reasons we suggested having a bus stop going North right outside of Building 2 at Maui Bay Villas.

We have used most of our points from 2009 to 2021 at the HHV so we certainly understand your using the points there. Since we live in Honolulu now we are using our points on the other Hawaiian Islands. While we feel that Kingsland is great and we have stayed there about 4 times already we like the other Hilton Timeshares in Waikaloa also. We stayed at the Ocean Tower last April for a week after the Merrie Monarch after we dropped off the car and we are planning to do the same this coming April. Paying for parking is not one of the things that we do. However, when we want to go to Maui we like staying at Maui Bay Villas using our Hilton Timeshare points.
 

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The newest issue at mbv is parking now. If you’re in building 6, 4 or 2 you all are using the same spots that last year building 6 was using.
 

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Hello All,

This is a great post and I appreciate the Pro's and Con's for the property. I visited in Oct 2023 when we went to Maui after the fires, and we stopped for a tour of this property. I agree with the comments made by the OP -- there is much to like about this property, but I have a fondness for the Kaanapali area -- perhaps unfair, but deep.

I found the comparison to Kingsland to be quite interesting. I love love love Kingsland, both the on-site amenities, combined with the easy access to the hotel, and the recognition that you have to drive to a beach. Thinking about the comments in this thread, Maui Bay Villas has some overlap there, but without the connection to the Big Island Waikoloa hotel, which has always been a favorite of mine.

Makes me think that MBV may not be well suited for me, and I use those HGVC points for Kingsland or HHV.

Interesting. Thank you for the comments!

Best,

Greg
For our trip to Maui next year, we are splitting our time between the areas. Starting with 3 nights at MBV, then moving over to the Kapalua area. Whole different set of beaches, places to eat etc...
 
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