Originally Posted by
hockeyinsider
I've had decent treatment at the Moana, including an upgrade into a better room in the original part of the hotel. It's just a little overwhelmingly because it feels more the ....... child of a zoo and an all-inclusive resort than a wonderful old hotel.
I think there are just too many rooms, particularly with the tower. Case in point: The pool. That's the smallest pool of any major hotel I have ever seen. If you can fit 15 adults in there I'd be surprised.
I don't mind a night or two in Honolulu coming off from Asia on Delta, but if I wanted to spend a vacation in Hawaii I would either go to the North Shore of Oahu or maybe to Kona, which is really appealing.
About five or so years ago someone I take it bought the property and proceeded to strip the lobby of all the nice things that made it the "Mona" down with that went the service. I suspect institutional investors. But this has been a trend through out the islands. North Shore you have Turtle Bay, the old Hilton not what it once was. They neglected the building for years so when it was sold and turned into Turtle Bay instead of repairing the balconies they simply sawed them off! Nice.
Kona is nice