Westin Ka'anapali Question

[w.bob]

I am not an owner of any Starwood properties but I was speaking with my sister who owns 2 Starwood locations other than Hawaii and came up with a question. She is thinking of going to Maui in the future and staying at the Westin Ka'anapali. While we were talking about the accommodations at other Starwood properties she said she liked the 1 bedroom unit with the lockoff because the studio side bed was in a separate room from the sleeper sofa. She has a large family and usually uses the 1 bedroom and lockoff together so if the younger kids retire early in the studio bedroom they are separate from her older daughter who stays on the sleeper sofa. The other kids stay on the sleeper sofa in the other unit and the parents in the bedroom. She said it sort of works out as 4 separate sleeping areas. She also said her & her husband have stayed in studio units with another couple and they had their privacy due to the bed and sleeper sofa being in separate rooms.

I told her that I thought the Westin Ka'anapali was set up differently. It appears that in pictures and according to the unit layouts I have seen, the sofa and the bed are in one large room. She was a little disappointed so I said I would ask the group at TUG to get the straight answer.

Are the lockoff units one open room or is the bedroom separate from the sofa area? Also I read somewhere that there are 3 bedroom units at the Westin Ka'anapali. Maybe that would work better for her.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

 

[LisaRex]

If you rent out the studio + 1 bdrm (also known as 2 bedroom), you get 3 separate sleeping areas.

1) The pull-out couch and queen/king bed on the studio side is one common area
2) The kitchen/living room area has a sleeper couch on the 1 bdrm side
3) The bedroom has a king bed on the 1 bdrm side

http://www.starwoodvacationownership.com/westin_kaanapali_ocean_resort_villas/twobedroom_lockoff.jsp

http://www.starwoodvacationownershi...an_resort_villas_north/twobedroom_lockoff.jsp

 

[ciscogizmo1]

Lisa is correct... Where does she stay that has 4 separate sleeping areas? I'm curious because that is pretty nice.

Anyways, you can send her the link my signature and she can check out the photos for herself.

 

[djp]

SMV in Avon....the 2br lo is actually two one br units. Onw with a full kitchen and one with a partial kitchen. One with a larger living area, the other one a bit smaller, but both with a pull out couch. This is great as both sides trade as 1br's not studios, and also great if you want to have the kids watch a movie in one living room and the adults chat in the other. The downside is neither living room is as large as some other timeshares that only have one living room. Vistana Villages has some units that are similar in set up.

 

[nell]

SMV in Avon....the 2br lo is actually two one br units. Onw with a full kitchen and one with a partial kitchen. One with a larger living area, the other one a bit smaller, but both with a pull out couch. This is great as both sides trade as 1br's not studios, and also great if you want to have the kids watch a movie in one living room and the adults chat in the other. The downside is neither living room is as large as some other timeshares that only have one living room. Vistana Villages has some units that are similar in set up.

Harborside has the same set up. Both br's have a door whether it's studio or 1 br side.

 

[w.bob]

Lisa is correct... Where does she stay that has 4 separate sleeping areas? I'm curious because that is pretty nice.

Thanks for the quick replies.

She owns at the Harborside in the Bahamas and Vistana Village in Florida. If you look at their layout (links below) of the 2 br lockoff it shows 2 bedrooms completely separate from the sofa beds resulting in four sleeping areas. It appears to be different than the units on Maui. She was surprise that the Westin was not the same. Does anyone know if there is a 3 br and how it is set up?

I will be on Maui in September and hope to be able to view the units.


http://www.starwoodvacationownership.com/harborside_resort_at_atlantis/twobedroom_lockoff_phase2.jsp



http://www.starwoodvacationownership.com/sheraton_vistana_villages/twobedroom_lockoff_am.jsp

 

[mindy35]

You're right...........the studio side at Harborside is more like the set up of an Embassy Suites room (which always works well for a family).

I don't know why they did not design WKORV this way. It makes much more sense.

 

[twz]

There are no 3BR units at WKORV or WKORV-N.

 

[pointsjunkie]

You're right...........the studio side at Harborside is more like the set up of an Embassy Suites room (which always works well for a family).

I don't know why they did not design WKOV this way. It makes much more sense.

it is not a studio, there is a full master br with full bath, a lr. tv, dining area, kitchen, with dw, stove, micro, w/d, more like a galley kitchen. it is quite large.

the hawaii units are studios, no separation between bed and sofa.

 

[Fredm]

it is not a studio, there is a full master br with full bath, a lr. tv, dining area, kitchen, with dw, stove, micro, w/d, more like a galley kitchen. it is quite large.

the hawaii units are studios, no separation between bed and sofa.

Mission Hills also has four sleeping areas. The guest suite has a separate enclosed bedroom, plus the sofa sleeper.

 

[dcdowden]

A 2 BR L/O at Westin Kierland also has 4 sleeping areas. Each side has a bedroom and separate living area with sleeper sofa. Each side of the L/O also has a balcony.
Doug

 

[DavidnRobin]

Back to the original question regarding WKORV...

There are 4 sleeping areas for a 2Bd LO.
- 2 on the 1 Bd side (the main Bd and the sleeper sofa in the LR) - sleeps 4
- 2 on the studio side (the bed and the sleeper sofa in the studio) - sleeps 4

As to 'separate' sleeping areas - there are 3 - the studio, the bedroom on the 1Bd side and the sleeper sofa on the 1 bd side.

 

[sayer7]

2BR lock off has three sleeping areas as liza said. Sleeps 8 non private sleeps six private