[ARCHIVE 2014 to 2017] Conrad Maldives Rangali Island {MDV}
Oct 23, 2016, 3:55 am
#3301
Join Date: Oct 2005
Programs: VS, BA, HH Gold
Posts: 397
Status & refurb?
First of 7 nights done here and the place is as magical as I anticipated. Thanks to everyone especially MaldivesFreak... I will do a detailed review at a later date but the weather has been decent for anyone checking in this week was partially sunny yesterday, rained a lot at night and was a beautiful morning with full sun until 1pm now its raining again perfect for nap time ... hopefully will stop soon enough for tea and happy hour.
Which room are you in, we like reef side 210-220ish
Any sign of more refurbs?
Oct 23, 2016, 8:29 am
#3302
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Montreal, Quebec
Programs: AC*SE100K , HH DIAMOND, MARRIOTT PLATINUM
Posts: 332
We are in a renovated beach villa - haven't used the extra day bed yet but if I had kids here with us that is were they would be staying.
Oct 23, 2016, 4:29 pm
#3303
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Back in Hell
Posts: 4,178
Does anyone think The Quiet Zone is unethical or it maybe peeves you off because it exhibits age-based discrimination? Somehow I don't think so. 
Oct 23, 2016, 5:29 pm
#3304
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Montreal, Quebec
Programs: AC*SE100K , HH DIAMOND, MARRIOTT PLATINUM
Posts: 332
Does anyone think The Quiet Zone is unethical or it maybe peeves you off because it exhibits age-based discrimination? Somehow I don't think so.
If I'm not allowed to hang out kids club (not saying I want to), why would kids be allowed at an adult area?
Oct 23, 2016, 5:42 pm
#3305
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: CLE
Programs: UA Gold, HH Diamond, Marriott Gold
Posts: 3,661
Does anyone think The Quiet Zone is unethical or it maybe peeves you off because it exhibits age-based discrimination? Somehow I don't think so.
Oct 24, 2016, 11:13 am
#3307
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 36
Has anyone taken a drone? Planning to be there in January with my new drone. Just curious to see other footage for ideas.
Oct 24, 2016, 11:24 am
#3308
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: ZRH
Programs: M&M SEN (*G), HH Diamond
Posts: 2,418
When we were there in April, there was a guy with a drone. It was annoying. Please leave your toy at home.
Oct 24, 2016, 12:26 pm
#3309
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Back in Hell
Posts: 4,178
Please, have some respect for others' privacy and the magic of the place. Who, in their right mind, would want to be sitting on a beach in the Maldives (which, just in case you didn't know, are so private it's possible you can sit there for hours and not see anyone else (Rangali is a perfect example of this)) and be disturbed by something flying overhead, its noise and potential for invading privacy and be concerned that your picture or video of you was being taken and might be uploaded onto Youtube or wherever. Not to mention the fact that you can be spied upon when having a shower naked in the outdoor bathrooms of the beach villas or swimming naked in your Deluxe Beach Villa or Over Water Villa pool. There is a time and a place for drones and that is at a public beach where there are hundreds of people and all in swimsuits where there is zero privacy to begin with. Think for a minute about what you're going to do. Have some common decency and, as goliath says, kindly leave your toy at home!
Last edited by MaldivesFreak; Oct 24, 2016 at 12:34 pm
Oct 24, 2016, 6:52 pm
#3310
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: DFW
Programs: AA EP/4MM, DL GM/1MM, HH ♦, Bonvoy LT PLT, Hyatt Globalist, AMEX Bus Plt
Posts: 620
So sad to hear this and that others are planning it too. Remove the privacy and peacefulness and the appeal is gone for me. Well at least the thought of drones has cured the Maldives withdrawals I have been having.
Oct 24, 2016, 7:03 pm
#3311
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Back in Hell
Posts: 4,178
Actually I like having that particular kind of withdrawl symptom..... 
Actually Part II: let's make an online petition to the Maldivian government to ban drones like they do alcohol! Who's in?!
Actually Part II: let's make an online petition to the Maldivian government to ban drones like they do alcohol! Who's in?!
Oct 24, 2016, 8:23 pm
#3312
Join Date: Sep 2014
Programs: VA
Posts: 27
I'm heading back there in a few weeks time and staying in the Sunset Villa and was thinking the same - a drone could get some cool pictures, then I realised that with the outdoor showers and honeymooners skinny dipping in their private pools it would be rude to do that and I don't think you'd make many friends.
Maybe go on a deserted island trip while there and take your drone to get some footage, but it's a bad idea and an invasion of privacy to use it on such a tranquil resort like Rangalia especially where there are outdoor bathing facilities
Maybe go on a deserted island trip while there and take your drone to get some footage, but it's a bad idea and an invasion of privacy to use it on such a tranquil resort like Rangalia especially where there are outdoor bathing facilities
Oct 24, 2016, 8:26 pm
#3314
Join Date: Sep 2014
Programs: VA
Posts: 27
Check if your points balance is sufficient. You'll need 380,000 in your account to even view five day availability and pricing.
Working fine for me currently.
Working fine for me currently.
Oct 25, 2016, 8:11 am
#3315
Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 13
Any recent visitors have any issues with mosquitoes? I visited in 2014 and we loved our stay. I can't recall any flying bugs. Headed back next month and someone alerted me to a possible zika risk. My sense and research show that the risk is low (compared to the Caribbean) and that it is endemic to the islands rather than the new and spreading strain in other places in the world. You also need mosquitoes for zika and I don't recall any from my last stay. Anyway, any thoughts from a recent visitor would be great.