Location
I'm not particularly familiar with San Diego in general, but I thought the area was very pleasant. Mainly, it's in a very quiet area of town, directly adjacent to Sea World. There are a lot of your typical suburban stores (CVS, souplantation, etc) right on the other side of the freeway. Hyatt sits on a portion of the Mission Bay marina with great views of the bay and the ocean. It's a perfect place to go for a jog in the morning or afternoon.

Check In
I parked near the suites so I was confused as to where I needed to go to check in. I just assumed that the check in area was in the tower building, but I was wrong. Reception is actually in a lower building next to the tower.

The check in agent was cheerful (seriously, how do Hyatt get these wonderful people?) and informed me that they had upgraded me to their nicest room available (usually at Starwood, that often means I'm getting a room that I had originally booked ), which was a corner suite on the 16th floor. Woohoo! She quickly explained my benefits, including free breakfast at Red Marlin, internet instructions, as well as bonus points for the regency club closure (better if you asked me) and sent me to my suite.


Room/Suite
The suite was not extraordinarily big, but it was surprisingly very pleasant. It's basically a standard room as a living room with a large couch and a work area, plus an extra den where they put the bed. However, they put some canopy netting along the wall somewhat separately the bedroom and the living room. When you open the balcony doors and the extra windows by the bed, the ocean front hits the canopy netty and makes you feel like you are somewhere tropicical ^ It's pretty fabulous actually. Speaking of balcony, the suite had a decent size balcony facing the ocean. Beautiful.


The bathroom was alright, just your typical Hyatt standard bathroom with limited amenities and weak showers, but we already have another thread for that


Resort Area/Pool
We didn't get a chance to use the pool, but the front desk agent told me proudly that their pool is open year round and heated to 84 degrees It did not look crowded at all. There were 3 waterslides going into the pool, as well as a cabana area with a few chairs. This place would be a killer in the summer


Breakfast/Red Marlin
For Diamond breakfast, you either can get coffee and juice plus a choice of your entree (typical stuff like french toast, eggs benedicts, etc) or the breakfast buffet. The buffet offering was acceptable, but nothing to write home about: eggs, sausages, bacon, potatoes, pancakes, french toasts, cereal and some pastry. I think I will just order a la carte the next time I'm there. The setting of the restaurant was very nice though, right in the middle of the marina with great views.


All in all, what a fabulous stay! This resort is definitely on my secret list of weekend getaway spots in socal. The only problem I had from the stay is the points/stay credit never posted. I had to call to get them posted. Otherwise, everything else was excellent.

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