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Old Aug 1, 2006 | 3:31 pm
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Glad you liked the Renaissance - you definitely made the right choice over the Outrigger-turned-Marriott.

For some reason I kind of liked the older feel of the Renaissance. And I liked the smaller pool and the overall understatedness of the whole place. It was sort of like the anti-Grand Wailea. The opposite of the 21st century megaresort. Very quiet and peaceful. Uninteresting to small children and incapable of supporting a giant horde of liquor-soaked convention guests. It was probably state-of-the-art in 1980 or whenever it was built. I wish Maui was more like this Renaissance and less like Las Vegas.

Sadly, it is soon to be gone.
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