Originally Posted by
travelinmanS
If you want to stay at a convention hotel and feel like you're in Minneapolis with palm trees then stay at the Hilton. If you'd like to feel like you're in Hawaii, stay at the Royal Hawaiian.
If you had kids it would be a closer call but for 2 adults it is absolutely no contest.
Not harsh at all, if anything it goes too easy on the HHV that is the 17th largest hotel in the world. It is crowded, expensive and not well located in Waikiki. The hotel belongs in Las Vegas not Waikiki. I've been to a convention there and I'll never go back, even if the convention is there again I'll stay someplace else.
The Royal is gracious and charming. The beach is just fine and they have a private beach service. It is just better than the HHV on every level.