tl;dr

This hotel was part of our honeymoon trip - top floor of Ocean Tower, 6 nights, 100k HH points, excellent lounge in the Ocean Tower for breakfast. This was as a mere Gold....HH used to be a really great program.

I gather the during-construction experience is pretty bad, but converting the Ocean Tower to HGVC makes it more likely that I go back someday. We'd probably bring the kids and would enjoy a larger space with a kitchen. We spent Spring Break at the MVCI that's a short walk away from there. It was a nice stay, although the MVCI units no longer include the full kitchen. This photo shows a full kitchen, which is a big advantage for a lot of people who look for timeshare type units.