[ARCHIVE 2018 to 2019] Waldorf Astoria Maldives Ithaafushi {MDV}
Jul 25, 2019, 5:17 pm
#1756
Join Date: Jul 2019
Posts: 27
Thanks for the in-room menus @travelerdave. Looks like the pricing is consistent with restaurant pricing 
Jul 25, 2019, 11:02 pm
#1757
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Back in Hell
Posts: 4,178
Thanks very much for the pics. Shame it's typical resort / hotel 20kg max barbells. If you're still there and have time, could you please take a pic of the weights loaded onto the above machine and see whether there are other bars / ropes that can be attached (like a for example). TIA and hope you enjoy(ed) your stay!
Jul 26, 2019, 12:05 am
#1758
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Back in Hell
Posts: 4,178
Oh, and just a tidbit FEI. Adam Areef used to work at Rangali.
Jul 26, 2019, 12:20 am
#1759
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Back in Hell
Posts: 4,178
All the staff I have talked with have said they are getting a bunch of push-back on the transfer cost. So perhaps if continued pressure is applied they will adjust the cost. But I presume they will just add it in somewhere else. So your total trip cost will be the same.
Jul 26, 2019, 12:41 am
#1760
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Back in Hell
Posts: 4,178
Major wiki update
As some of you may have already noticed, the wiki has doubled in size. I've just finished adding every useful post from page 90 including links to all sorts of info from all the first FT visitors and some non-visitors as well. A huge thanks goes out to all you guys that have contributed with photos, menus, info and opinions on privacy and so forth. The amount of additions is too long to list. I recommend everyone take a look at the wiki for themselves if you're interested in what's been added. I will be going back another 20 or 30 pages to see if there's anything else that should be added and that will be done this week some time.
Thanks again guys and hope everyone enjoyed themselves immensely!
Thanks again guys and hope everyone enjoyed themselves immensely!
Jul 26, 2019, 2:26 am
#1761
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Frankfurt, Germany
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Diamond, IHG Platinum, SPG Gold
Posts: 89
I was at Park Hyatt Maldives four years ago and the coral was amazing, but the heat waves the last few years killed a lot of the coral. I’m not sure about the Waldorf, but it appears all the coral is dead at the Conrad.
If if you want to lay around like turd in a beautiful mountainless tropical environment than Maldives is great. If you want activities, Polynesian culture, and local attractions, than BB is better.
If you want to see some visual comparisons, I have aerial, underwater, and land clips on my YouTube channel of BB and Conrad Maldives from the last 7 months.
Jul 26, 2019, 5:19 am
#1762
Join Date: Jan 2019
Posts: 158
I’ve been to both Maldives and BB in the last seven months. Bora bora is surrounded by dramatic mountains ringed by a large lagoon and atolls. Local tour guides in BB can visit the resorts and pick you up by boat for excursions at a fraction of the cost of Maldives. Local restaurants can also pick you up by boat for dinner. You are not held captive on the resort in BB. The coral is very much alive with an abundance of underwater wild life and healthy coral.
I was at Park Hyatt Maldives four years ago and the coral was amazing, but the heat waves the last few years killed a lot of the coral. I’m not sure about the Waldorf, but it appears all the coral is dead at the Conrad.
If if you want to lay around like turd in a beautiful mountainless tropical environment than Maldives is great. If you want activities, Polynesian culture, and local attractions, than BB is better.
If you want to see some visual comparisons, I have aerial, underwater, and land clips on my YouTube channel of BB and Conrad Maldives from the last 7 months.
Jul 26, 2019, 8:54 am
#1763
Join Date: Jan 2009
Programs: Hilton Diamond, IHG Spire Ambassador, Radisson Gold, Hyatt Discoverist
Posts: 3,623
Thanks for the in-room menus @travelerdave. Looks like the pricing is consistent with restaurant pricing
I wonder if you call to order one of the $15-$20 entrees (pizza, burger, spaghetti) off the "young guests" room service menu will the staff check if you actually have a child with you?
Jul 26, 2019, 9:58 am
#1764
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: SAN
Posts: 1,306
TD
Jul 27, 2019, 7:50 am
#1766
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 83
Perhaps to compensate for the transfer fee, they'll offer a special buy one get one free on their $40 egg.
Jul 27, 2019, 9:09 am
#1767
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Frankfurt, Germany
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Diamond, IHG Platinum, SPG Gold
Posts: 89
Jul 27, 2019, 11:50 pm
#1768
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: SAN
Posts: 1,306
Thanks very much for the pics. Shame it's typical resort / hotel 20kg max barbells. If you're still there and have time, could you please take a pic of the weights loaded onto the above machine and see whether there are other bars / ropes that can be attached (like a triceps rope for example). TIA and hope you enjoy(ed) your stay!
TD
Jul 28, 2019, 3:22 pm
#1769
Join Date: Apr 2019
Posts: 119
Anyone do the sand bank thing (or hear about it)?
Jul 28, 2019, 3:27 pm
#1770
Join Date: Apr 2019
Posts: 119
Another question. I'm gold and redeemed 480k for five nights. But my wife has a hilton aspire card that gets 14x point on hilton properties + 20x for diamond (included with card). If we run a bill of 5000$ can she pay for it and get 34x. Or do I have to pay for it since I booked the stay.