Which building to request for a low floor KoOlina Mountain View?

[Lakeshore]

Hello! I posted on a previous long thread, but just thought I’d start a new thread. We received a response from the prearrival team about our high floor request for our upcoming 2 Bedroom Mountain View interval exchange at KoOlina coming up soon. Their response Although your request is notated, anytime there is an exchange through Interval International, it is the size of the unit that is confirmed not the view. Please know that rooms are usually on floors 2-5 as those owners on their ownership occupy floors 5th and above. Our team will place you in the best possible room location based upon availability for your arrival day.
So, I’m wondering If anyone has any suggestions for the best low floor 2 Bedroom Mountain View room or even which building? I saw a picture of someone who had a 3rd floor in the Nai’a building(which was my original building request, but a high floor), and they were looking right into the parking garage. It was really bad. I would like to avoid something like that. But are all of the low floor two bedrooms like that? Thanks for any suggestions.

 

[PaulaC]

A lot of the mountain view units in Naia also have a lagoon view. Some of the mountain view units in Moana have a parking lot view, but you could also get a golf course view. Are you a Marriott owner? If so, you will have an advantage over a non- Marriott owner.

 

[Lakeshore]

A lot of the mountain view units in Naia also have a lagoon view. Some of the mountain view units in Moana have a parking lot view, but you could also get a golf course view. Are you a Marriott owner? If so, you will have an advantage over a non- Marriott owner.

Thanks so much! We are owners but at Newport Coast, not KoOlina. So perhaps I’ll request a lagoon view in Naia and golf course view in Moana….but maybe 4th and 5th floor specifically so we aren’t looking into a parking garage?? Do any of the mountain view units look into the property?

 

[James G]

Not trying to hijack this thread, but does the guest of an owner receive the same home resort preference of floor as if the owner was staying there? For example my home resort is Ko Olina with an Ocean view. If my son uses the villa without me as a guest, would he automatically be placed in a lower floor ocean view where he might be looking through palm trees?

 

[ljmiii]

Not trying to hijack this thread, but does the guest of an owner receive the same home resort preference of floor as if the owner was staying there? For example my home resort is Ko Olina with an Ocean view. If my son uses the villa without me as a guest, would he automatically be placed in a lower floor ocean view where he might be looking through palm trees?

If you put his name on the reservation when you booked the villa (and thus your name continues to be attached to the reservation with your son listed as an "Additional Guest"), then he will get 'your' villa preference.

If you fill out out the form afterward...I don't know partly because different resorts have different rules and I don't know Ko Olina's. I *can* tell you that when I spoke with the nice people at room assignment at Waiohai and MOC a few years back they told me that 'owner occupied' trumped guests/renters. And weeks owners trumped those who exchanged in using points. But I don't know how they view 'weeks reservation not occupied by owner' vs 'points reservation used by person who made reservation' (since I am weeks owner/occupier at both resorts).