Originally Posted by SF1K

Unfortunately yes. It makes me really sad as we have a lot of good memories here. There are still a few things that give it an "edge" the biggest being the no resort fee for Diamonds, which really helps with the pricing over the Sheraton Properties. The two main reasons we stay at the hotel:

1. Diamond Status
2. Barbara at the Pool

Last time I did stay the PK. Half the price even with resort fee - I know I'm comparing apples to oranges, but the room was just fine, upgraded to nice Ocean View as Platinum and I was ok with the resort charge since it included parking and I had a car on that trip. The hotel was also very accommodating with a 4pm check-out and just a small charge of $15 per hour for later than that (ended up doing 6pm). They also "surprised" me with coupons under the door for full-breakfast buffet - seems like a Platinum Fall Thank you. It was not my amenity.

The front desk staff at the PK also could not have been any friendlier.

It would have been almost $100 more for the HR and it just isn't worth it to me at that price point. I prefer going to the beach rather than the pool as the HR pool sucks (besides Barbara!).