Originally Posted by sigtau150

Thanks for the info. It's just my wife and I and I doubt we will ever be eating in the room. We are more about experiencing the local food when we travel. I thought about the renaissance, but I've heard all the action is over by the other 2 Marriotts, although we would save a lot of points staying at the Ren, but I think I want to be able to just walk out on to the beach and relax and not worry about taking a boat or bus.

I've done some searches and found a few threads and it looks like the FS Marriott is the way to go. We also decided to pay the extra 70k pts instead of paying the ~$500 we would have to pay on top of the 210k pts to get their min room (the partial oceanview room) that was available. I requested the Platinum upgrade in our reservation too, so fingers crossed on that.

Will the Surf Club let you use the lazy river if you are staying at the FS Marriott?