Quite an interesting thread. My wife and I are staying there 3 nights, 12/29-1/1, using our Nights-After-Nights award. The only other possible option was the La Jolla property, however they would only allow us to stay 12/29 & 12/30. The La Jolla rooms manager did make us a wonderful offer of $499 for 12/31 - when the reservation line was offering the same for only $399. On the other hand, I called a very nice lady named Rebecca Miller (rooms mgr at Islandia) and asked if she would accept our NAN reservation (Passport said no). She returned my call about 1 hour later with a confirmation number.
Well I've never seen this property, so I'll post a review next week about our stay. Any suggestions on which suite I should request? Marina, Conference, RC Floor?
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Ken in Sacramento