Originally Posted by
huskergreg
Just finished a 5 night stay on Tuesday. Still our favorite resort. Grand Club has permanently moved to the old Dondero's location. This is a much larger space than the original Grand Club and they've apparently made the move due to all the GOH folks making it just too crowded. They have also installed gates on the self parking lot with a sign that says $30/day for self park, $40/day for valet. You have to use your room key to open the gate going in and going out. They made the transition in the middle of our stay with no notice. One day the gates just started working. There were definitely some people that had some trouble getting in and out, as they either having trouble finding the location of the room key scanner on the machine or had to find their room key. The location you have to reach for the machine to "scan" your room key was a bit low and I had to stretch a bit to reach it.
Really disappointed to hear about the new parking job but I guess I'm not surprised. This was the last Hawaii chain property that doesn't charge for parking afaik. They can't make it part of the resort fee either cuz so many get it waived for award stays or with status.