Originally Posted by
CALMSP
I'd personally look at the Courtyard since this is almost like just a place to sleep as you are getting in at night and leaving the next day along with driving the island and visiting the Arizona. Why waste the points and be hit with a resort fee if you are not going to use the facilities.
If you don't have status and the hotel is near full - there are some outright terrible near street level rooms I would not want to be stuck in.
Originally Posted by
spgplat21
I know it gets mixed reviews for a number of reasons, but we really enjoyed our 2-night stay at the Royal Hawaiian. We had a much better view and pool setup at the Sheraton down the beach, but we preferred having the main beach right in front of the hotel and everything about it just felt more like a Hawaiian vacation to us.
If you don't have status and the hotel is nearly full - you can get stuck in what I consider a very tiny room - certainly smaller than the smallest Sheraton Waikiki rooms.