Thanks for the updates Kate. I noticed that this property has very few suites, so I'm guessing when they said that they would be more than happy to give me an upgrade, it would be to an ocean facing room. One more question for you -- did you use the spa while you were there? Wondering how reasonable (or not) the prices are. I'm guessing they are the same as normal Marriotts around the world, but I figured I would ask in case I would be happily surprised. (i.e. enter JW Phuket where the Marriott spa prices are expensive, as normal, but they also have massage huts on JW's beach where you can get an hour for 400bht or $10)

iztok -- Our schedules are quite busy and it really limits our ability to do this prior to our departure (especially with me travelling right now). I would like to do the studying portion at home though since that is feasible, and then go do the pool-like conditions and open water dives down there. I'm also assuming that OW will work for Curacao's diving since I can't imagine we would need more than 60 feet, but please correct me if I'm wrong.