We have never had to deal with the orange towel cards at the Ali'i pool, just at the other pools. At the Ali'i pool the towels are given out freely.

However, even if you now get towels without hassle at the other pools, that still doesn't find you a chair (which are often impossible to find). If they had an area at the big pools reserved for Ali'i guests at all times, now THAT would be a valuable perk.

Reading that link of what you "get" is same old, same old...I didn't see anything listed that was new or unique. Unless the cocktails and appetizers they mention in the evenings are back to being free like the old days?

And I do wish they would heat the pool just a tad.