A stay at Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa, on Oahu, goes way beyond Mickey Mouse and friends. The familiar characters are there, but so is five-star luxury and almost unparalleled aquatic fun. Aulani’s extensive pools include a river, rapids, tubing, caverns, and an extreme water slide. Even teens give the resort high marks for its teen-only pool parties and the all-teen spa. Adults have their own quiet pool with poolside bar. At this resort the whole family can enjoy.
Secluded Travaasa Hana, in quiet Hana town, is a plact to go for a taste of historic, laidback Hawaii. The resort is located at the end of an extraordinarily scenic 2.5-hour, 59-bridge drive from the rest of Maui (or an extra flight into Hana’s tiny airport). The luxury resort offers adventure, culinary delights, culture, fitness opportunities, a spa, and wellness activities.
The luxurious Four Seasons Resort Maui boasts Maui's largest hotel rooms (with the island's largest bathrooms as well), and all rooms also have private lanais. The resort’s quiet, subdued approach includes a two-to-one staff-to-guest ratio for maximum pampering (poolside Evian spritz or frozen cherries, anyone?). The Serenity Pool, with its underwater music system and panoramic views of Lana'i at its infinity edge, has swim-up bars and is adult-only; kids prefer the Waterfall Pool and its waterslide, anyway.
The lush Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa has a style that can be called casual elegance. The very comfortable, Hawaiian-style accommodations are classic – think 1920s and 30s – and offer every modern luxury (including pillow-top beds and premium linens). It's a low-rise hotel, carefully designed to sit at the beach but not tower over it. Located on Kauai (nicknamed "The Garden Island"), the resort boasts grounds that are lush and immaculately landscaped with truly beautiful Hawaiian gardens, multi-tiered water features, waterfalls and 24-hour pools.
The 25,000+ square foot pool complex at the beachfront Grand Wailea on Maui has a theme-park vibe. For instance, there’s a water elevator that rises from a volcano in the water – because how else would you move between nine pools that are on six different levels? A river, which meanders lazily in some places and has whitewater rapids in others, connects the pools, and there are waterslides, waterfalls, caves, and a rope swing. There’s even a baby pool.
The Big Island's Hilton Waikoloa Village is where local folks take their kids for a "stay-cation." Children love the resort’s pools, with their waterfalls and water slides (one pool extends into a cave). There’s a lazy river and also a private, saltwater snorkeling and swimming lagoon where you can kayak. Guests can even swim with dolphins and sea turtles. Travel between the huge hotel’s three wings by Monorail-style tram or a kid-popular boat ride.
Waikiki’s Halekulani Hotel (its name means "House Befitting Heaven") is home to La Mer, an award-winning restaurant with French influences, fresh Hawaiian ingredients and a stellar wine list. Orchids, its more casual yet still elegant oceanfront restaurant, offers what has been dubbed "Oahu’s Best Brunch" and an afternoon tea. And the legendary indoor/outdoor "House Without A Key" serves informal meals and cocktails under a century-old kiawe tree alongside sunsets, Hawaiian music, and hula by three former Miss Hawaiis.
At the Four Seasons Resorts Lanai at Manele Bay, the complimentary "Put a Ring On It" program is run by the "Manager of Romance" who will help anyone, from commitment-phobe to hopeless romantic, plan their perfect wedding proposal. A hike overlooking the Pacific? A private cooking class? A snorkeling adventure with the engagement ring pre-hidden? For the ultimate romantic meal, have a five-course gourmet dinner under the stars, with a Hawaiian guitar soloist playing nearby.
History abounds at The Royal Hawaiian Hotel, Waikiki Beach’s "Pink Palace of the Pacific" with its Spanish-Moorish architecture, opened in 1927 as a luxury destination for ship passengers who arrived with steamer trunks and sometimes their Rolls Royce. Now a charming, private oasis in the middle of busy Waikiki, its character, luxury and grandeur is still paramount. There’s free local limo service in the afternoons and evenings, in case you didn’t bring your Rolls Royce.
At Koa Kea Resort Hotel & Spa, a cleanly designed boutique hotel on Kauai’s Poipu Beach, guest rooms have bathrooms of Italian marble and also sport Egyptian cotton sheets, iPod dock stations and espresso machines. The clean, modern, and well-kept upscale hotel is small enough (121 rooms) that its friendly staff offers attentive and personalized service, but it’s large enough to provide luxury amenities, and commands breathtaking ocean views.
이중에 그랜드와일리아,호텔하나마우이(Travassa로 이름바뀜),포시즌(마우이),하야트(카우아이) 는 가봤고
가보고 싶은곳은 역시 Lanai 의 포시즌, 빅아일랜드의 힐튼이네요.
Kauai 의 Koa Kea 라는 곳은 처음 듣는 곳인데 역시 한번 가보고 싶습니다.
Grand Wailea만 가보고, Hilton Waikoloa랑 Grand Hyatt Kauai는 예약해뒀네요. 얼릉 가고싶어요~
빅아일랜드 힐튼 와이콜로아에 머물면서 수영장 한번 못가봤다는 가슴아픈 추억이...
배타고 들어간다고 들었는데 왜 수영한번 못해보시고 - -??
저도 내년 5월 하와이 계획중이라 한창 이것저것 알아보고 있었는데....아쉽게도 아가 포함 5명이라 이번에는 콘도가기로 맘을 먹었어요~ 콘도도 좋겠지만, 호텔로도 꼭 한번 가보고 싶네요~
포시즌이 그렇게 좋은가요???????? 사진 상으로는 엄청나게 장난아니다 이런 느낌은 없었는데...
스텝들이 친절하고 집기들과 가구들이 고급이며
무엇보다도 거기오는 손님들이 부티를 줄줄 흘리면서 다니는 사람들이 많아서
뭔가 좀 다른 호텔들보다 고급스럽다는 느낌인듯해요.
two-to-one staff-to-guest ratio for maximum pampering 라는 본문글처럼
손님들이 좀더 세심하게 케어받고 있는 느낌을 받을수밖에 없는 호텔이지요.
aulani가 아이들 있는 집엔 갑이죠. 좀 구석진 데 있어서 와이키키에 비해 먹을 것의 폭이 넓지 않은 게 흠이지만 차로 10분 거리에 safeway와 costco도 있고요.
디즈니 리조트에 마일리지나 포인트로 숙박할 수 있는 방법은 없나요?;;
따로 쓰레드 만들기는 그렇고 여기다 묻어가는 질문 하나만 할께요.
2014년 2월에 하와이 방문하는데요, SPG 플랫 달성하고 받은 35% 할인 쿠폰도 쓸 겸
"The Royal Hawaiian, a Luxury Collection Resort, Waikiki" 여기나 "Moana Surfrider, A Westin Resort & Spa, Waikiki Beach Resort" 여기 둘 중 한군데서 5박 할 생각입니다. 둘 다 가격은 20,000포인트로 동일하네요.
하와이는 처음 가보는거고, 3살짜리 올챙이가 한놈 있는데, 호텔에 가도 별로 수영하면서 놀아본 적은 없네요...
그러고 보니 일년에 호텔에서 1/4을 살면서도 어떻게 호텔 수영장 쓸 생각을 한 번도 안했네요.. 이번에는 좀 사용해줘야겠죠? ^^
둘 중 하나만 콕 찝어서 추천해주세요 ^^
개인적으로는 Moana Surfrider, A Westin Resort & Spa, Waikiki Beach Resort 추천이요.
로열 하와이언이 역사적으로 의미가 있는 호텔인것은 아는데 굉장히 오래되고
제 느낌으로는 westin 의 훨씬 좋았던 기억입니다. 아마 두 호텔이 나란히 있을거예요 같은 선상에 바다를 옆에 두고
위치는 둘다 좋기는 한데.. 웬지 로열 하와이언은 귀신나올것 같은 느낌도 좀 있었고 별로 개인적으로 인상깊지는 않았어요.
3-4 년전에 갔을때 westin 발렛파킹 하는 곳에 편한 의자에 앉아서 지나가는 사람들보면서 책보고 좋았던 기억이 있네요(거기 길다란 페리오가 있음)
감사합니다. 역시 검색하니 FT 아저씨들이 한번 이야기를 다 끝내긴했네요.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/starwood-preferred-guest/1225903-royal-hawaiin-vs-moana-surfrider.html
Moana:
Paid rate about 220/night or 90+ 4800 pts
Resort fee 20-free web, parking
Beach chair fee 20-per chair or per pair?
Free breakfast for plats
RY:
Cash and points 150 + 8000 pts
Resort fee same as above
Free beach chairs
Lunch for one each day for plats
가격은 Moana쪽이 Category가 올랐나 보네요... 근데 RH이 아침밥을 안주면 이건 좀 치명적인뎁쇼 ㅠ.ㅠ
포시즌 마우이도 좋지만 포시즌 코나가 정말 좋더라고요. 일단 애들이랑 놀수있는 풀이 무지넓고 물고기랑 같이 수영하는 풀도있고 서비스랑 음식은 말할거두없구요. 라나이에있는 포시즌 두개는 좀 많이 낡았답니다. 요즘 로비는 레노해서 좀 좋아졌다고는 하는데..
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