My family stayed at the Gainey Ranch this past weekend. It is our "home" Hyatt, where we use up our FFN's without the hassle of more airplanes.
The grounds are close to heaven, with fun pools for the kids, beautiful vistas in many directions, a fine golf course, and romantic canals you can take your spouse onto with the aid of a singing gondolier in the evening. Beware if your room or casita faces the canals and you don't care for large men singing in faux-Italian in the evenings.
The restaurants are nice, with Sandolo's our particular favorite, and the staff are friendly and knowledgeable. The Regency club is small and not fancy, but the staff there are happy to do the work of concierge and room service staff if asked.
The Indian cultural center is good if you are into that sort of thing, and the folks at the desk are patient with your questions.
The actual concierge office houses rental cars (Hertz) and they can scare up some hard-to-get items if you need them, as well as arrange all the many tours of the desert and mountains on anything from helicopter to jeep to horseback upon request.
The rooms in the hotel proper are not large, nor are the bathrooms fancy. Then again, you won't want to hang around inside anyway in Scottsdale.
The water slide inside the clock tower is open upon request. If you are growing in girth as well as years, beware of the speed you can build up if you fail to "loosen up" on the way down.
The fish-feeding area behind the sand pool costs a quarter for a handful of fish feed, and is a fascinating experience for those under five.
Free self-parking, preferred access to the golf course, and the spa is very New Age. For a laugh, call the spa number and listen to their way-too-intense voice message. The gym is small but brand-new, located in the lower level of the spa. The tennis courts are very decent.
The hotel is only two blocks east of Scottsdale Road, and about a mile west of Hayden Road. You can bike/run/rollerblade the length of Scottsdale from Shea Road south to Tempe on the Greenway, and you can get to the Greenway along Double Tree and Via de Ventura roads. The Hotel is about twenty-five blocks south of Shea, and the corner of Shea and Scottsdale contains numerous shops, a Harkins movie theater, bookshops, restaurants, and so on.