[ARCHIVE 2018 to 2019] Waldorf Astoria Maldives Ithaafushi {MDV}
Jun 23, 2019, 1:21 am
#1126
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Back in Hell
Posts: 4,178
Go Fund started
Is there anyone here that plans to go to Terra? If not, I pledge fifty real dollars to @alanslegal for the dinner.
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Jun 23, 2019, 4:05 am
#1127
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: BHX
Programs: BA GGL CCR GfL, SQ Gold, Hyatt Glob, HH Diamond, Marriott Plat, Cafe Nero Loyalty Card (7 Stamps)
Posts: 7,330
I'm staying here instead of Gili Lankanfushi, which would have cost me £3700 inc. transfers and half board for a Lagoon Villa (so not a base room). Gili is regarding as one of the best rated hotels in the world.
Once I've paid for my return transfers at the WA, accounted for 360k Hilton points (that would pay for our week's hotel in Dubai for half term - £2100), and started paying those kinds of prices for dinner, I may well be better off at Gili.
I'll read reviews until August and make a decision, I think. I understand you're going to get gouged at these resorts, but when one dinner in a kids' playhouse is costing you the same as a weekend in Paris - methinks they doth taketh the pith.
Jun 23, 2019, 4:57 am
#1128
Join Date: Jan 2009
Programs: Hilton Diamond, IHG Spire Ambassador, Radisson Gold, Hyatt Discoverist
Posts: 3,623
Is that Terra on the left side of the road at the 35 second mark of the above video? It doesn't look so luxurious. And if it's dark you won't see anything anyway, you'll just be eating dinner in the dark more or less on top of a telephone pole with the back of your dining pod open to the passersby on the road behind you.
Last edited by jphripjah; Jun 23, 2019 at 5:08 am
Jun 23, 2019, 5:51 am
#1129
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 644
I haven't received any emails from the property requesting my arrival plan or offers for upgrades for my stay that starts in about 10 days. I probably don't meet their criteria unlike some of the other folks that have already received this kind of communication from them 
Last edited by Stivelio; Jun 23, 2019 at 6:43 am
Jun 23, 2019, 5:52 am
#1130
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Phuket Thailand
Programs: HH Diamond, BA Gold, IHG Gold, Oman Gold
Posts: 1,038
Not that impressed
Okay it’s a shaky video and only some photos so far. But overall does not look that impressive. Will be good to see the reviews as they come in but I would question the costs for all of it.
Jun 23, 2019, 7:24 am
#1132
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Sydney, Australia
Programs: HH Diamond, Marriott Titanium/LTG, IHG Platinum
Posts: 1,921
Is there anyone here that plans to go to Terra? If not, I pledge fifty real dollars to @alanslegal for the dinner.
FEI: I know him personally
FEI: I know him personally
Is that Terra on the left side of the road at the 35 second mark of the above video? It doesn't look so luxurious. And if it's dark you won't see anything anyway, you'll just be eating dinner in the dark more or less on top of a telephone pole with the back of your dining pod open to the passersby on the road behind you.
Jun 23, 2019, 9:02 am
#1133
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: SAN
Posts: 1,306
I haven't received any emails from the property requesting my arrival plan or offers for upgrades for my stay that starts in about 10 days. I probably don't meet their criteria unlike some of the other folks that have already received this kind of communication from them
TD
Jun 23, 2019, 9:09 am
#1134
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: SAN
Posts: 1,306
Thanks mate, every dollar counts towards a meal at Terra
Have a look at this video - the tree canopy looks very sparse from the pods. As you said at night you eat in the dark, and during the day - it might get too hot. Now if the pods have fairy lights, maybe it might make it a bit more interesting at night but is it $776++ per couple interesting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5y3vQSisiI
Have a look at this video - the tree canopy looks very sparse from the pods. As you said at night you eat in the dark, and during the day - it might get too hot. Now if the pods have fairy lights, maybe it might make it a bit more interesting at night but is it $776++ per couple interesting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5y3vQSisiI
With 10 other places to eat, plus room service, I am sure we will have many great meals. Unless there are actual fairies dancing out front of the pod I can’t see that being worth it, for me. It is after all, just food. Several hours later it will have passed an I will once again by hungry.
TD
Jun 23, 2019, 10:06 am
#1135
Join Date: Feb 2016
Posts: 82
-Flexible calendar is now 100% unavailable for all dates for award bookings from now through June of 2020.
-Investigating further shows that the Flexible calendar is also unavailable for standard (non-point) rates
-You can find standard rates not via the calendar, but if you search on specific days.
-The base rooms (ie. Beach Villa, I think) seem to be 100% unavailable for any dates I looked at.
-Prices on most of the other rooms seem to have been lowered (ie. King Reef Villa with Pool is down to $1172/night during high season)
Last edited by beefninja; Jun 23, 2019 at 10:13 am
Jun 23, 2019, 10:53 am
#1136
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Back in Hell
Posts: 4,178
I haven't received any emails from the property requesting my arrival plan or offers for upgrades for my stay that starts in about 10 days. I probably don't meet their criteria unlike some of the other folks that have already received this kind of communication from them
Is that Terra on the left side of the road at the 35 second mark of the above video? It doesn't look so luxurious. And if it's dark you won't see anything anyway, you'll just be eating dinner in the dark more or less on top of a telephone pole with the back of your dining pod open to the passersby on the road behind you.
To be honest the more I look at this picture and the more I think about it the more ridiculous it gets. I mean if they were to house each table (or 'nest' as they call them) in a weeping willow tree it might be worth a look (and have a bit of privacy), but dinner in a cage sitting on top of a pole.....and not even in a real forest. Meh. Not exactly something you'd write home about. And for close to $1000. Forget it.
It shows you how hard it is to write a good pull line when all they can say to entice guests is "Gaze across the ocean as you dine among the treetops in one of seven bamboo nests." Wow. We're avian, huh. Is there any way I can see out across the ocean after the sun sets? Erm.....no. Do I want to be turned into a baked chicken by the midday sun for lunch so I can have this view? Again.....no.
Last edited by MaldivesFreak; Jun 23, 2019 at 12:07 pm
Jun 23, 2019, 11:12 am
#1137
Join Date: Apr 2019
Posts: 119
LOL wth is happening. Grand Reef is 1400$ more than normal reef villa.
Jun 23, 2019, 5:13 pm
#1138
Join Date: Feb 2016
Posts: 82
- Beach Villas at ~$1800,
- Reef or Grand Beach Villas at ~$2000, and
- Grand Reef or Overwater Villas at ~$2200.
Now, the Reef Villas seem to have come down to ~$1300 (-$700 vs before) and the Overwater Villas have come down to ~$1700 (-$700 vs before). The "Grand" upgrades on Reef Villa and Overwater Villas are now +~$1300. Beach Villas seem have maintained the same price as before so they are now apparently "better" than the Reef or Overwater Villas even though they used to be the entry-level room (and are smaller). They also show 0% availability on points for any dates I have checked.
Also weird is I am only able to see the above if I go to incognito/private in my browser and search for specific dates (without asking it to consider "flexible dates"). If I use a regular browser window, it just tells me there is 0 availability for cash rates on any date.
Wonder if it's just something going wrong with their website?
Jun 23, 2019, 5:34 pm
#1139
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 3,724
What happened to all the award availability? I'm hoping it's just a temporary website glitch rather than anything intentional.
Jun 23, 2019, 5:44 pm
#1140
Join Date: Jan 2009
Programs: Hilton Diamond, IHG Spire Ambassador, Radisson Gold, Hyatt Discoverist
Posts: 3,623
To be honest the more I look at this picture and the more I think about it the more ridiculous it gets. I mean if they were to house each table (or 'nest' as they call them) in a weeping willow tree it might be worth a look (and have a bit of privacy), but dinner in a cage sitting on top of a pole.....and not even in a real forest. Meh. Not exactly something you'd write home about. And for close to $1000. Forget it.