I was at HWV Easter week of 2001 as a Gold, and we got access to the lounge, but they said they didn't have any rooms available in the Ocean Tower Executive Floor. The lounge access is a BIG benefit for the breakfasts, and if you are there in the evening, you can make a dinner out of the appetizers they serve then. There is an honors bar in the evening, where you serve yourself, so you can make the drinks as strong as you like, and I believe they were $5.00/drink which is less than the restaurants and bars in the resort charge. As mentioned elsewhere, the prices in the restaurants are very high, even for Hawaii, and the best food we had was actually in the lounge! I'd try eating most meals off property if I were you, but we enjoyed the resort a lot otherwise, and would return again.