Sep 11, 2019, 9:23 am
Last edit by: ryandc99
Email contact at hotel: [email protected]
Official Grand Opening
November 1st, 2019
Room types
November 1st, 2019
Room types
Overwater Pool Villa (10 sunrise, 9 sunset)
- Maximum occupancy 3 guests (2 adults and one child or 3 adults)
- 2519 sqft
- Maximum occupancy 3 guests (2 adults and one child or 3 adults)
- 2519 sqft
Beach Pool Villa (13 sunrise, 3 sunset)
- Maximum occupancy 3 guests (2 adults and one child or 3 adults)
- 2669 sqft
Duplex Overwater Pool Villa (12 villas)
- Maximum occupancy 3 guests (2 adults and one child or 3 adults)
- 2949 sqft
Duplex Beach Pool Villa (13 villas)
- Maximum occupancy 5 guests (2 adults and 3 children or 5 adults)
- 3068 sqft
Royal Pool Villa (1 villa)
Offseason upgrades (as of September 2019)
From Overwater Pool Villa Sunrise to Sunset is additional, USD 182++ per night.
From Overwater Pool Villa Sunrise to Duplex Overwater Pool Villa is USD 546++ per night.
- Maximum occupancy 3 guests (2 adults and one child or 3 adults)
- 2669 sqft
Duplex Overwater Pool Villa (12 villas)
- Maximum occupancy 3 guests (2 adults and one child or 3 adults)
- 2949 sqft
Duplex Beach Pool Villa (13 villas)
- Maximum occupancy 5 guests (2 adults and 3 children or 5 adults)
- 3068 sqft
Royal Pool Villa (1 villa)
Offseason upgrades (as of September 2019)
From Overwater Pool Villa Sunrise to Sunset is additional, USD 182++ per night.
From Overwater Pool Villa Sunrise to Duplex Overwater Pool Villa is USD 546++ per night.
February 2020 upgrade price from Beach or OVW Sunrise to OVW Sunset USD 136++ per night.
Transportation
Seaplane - $600 per adult r/t
- JW Maldives has a seaplane lounge and will provide transportation to and from the MLE airport or hotel on Male.
Domestic flight w/ speedboat - $600 per adult r/t
- You can mix domestic flight one-way and seaplane one-way
- Domestic flight is currently to Ifuru Domestic Airport (70 min) and then a speedboat (50 min)
- Funadhoo Domestic Airport may be open by the end of 2019 cutting down the length of speedboat trip
- Domestic flight is the best option for those arriving after 3pm to MLE
Restaurants
Menus as of mid-October: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1VarY3T33N_xWEdangWGkH6JztUU8sA8Y
Aailaa breakfast/lunch/dinner, 96 seats all-day dining restaurant
Fiamma Lunch, Italian pizza 20 seats
Kaashi Lunch, Treetop Thai restaurant 30 seats
Hashi Dinner, Japanese 24 seats (reservations required)
Shio Dinner, Modern grill 24 seats (reservations required)
Riha Dinner, Indian/Curry Pit 24 seats, under the stars (reservations required)
In-Villa Dining - breakfast/lunch/dinner
Fork & Drink - lunch/dinner, destination dining, they set up a table anywhere on the island?
Activities
Lounge 18 club house for adults w/ cigar room, billiards table, karaoke, board games, etc..
Pool 18 18 years+ pool
Horizon Pool
Little Griffins (Kids club/pool)
Open Air Cinema nightly movie
Photo studio
Transportation
Seaplane - $600 per adult r/t
- JW Maldives has a seaplane lounge and will provide transportation to and from the MLE airport or hotel on Male.
Domestic flight w/ speedboat - $600 per adult r/t
- You can mix domestic flight one-way and seaplane one-way
- Domestic flight is currently to Ifuru Domestic Airport (70 min) and then a speedboat (50 min)
- Funadhoo Domestic Airport may be open by the end of 2019 cutting down the length of speedboat trip
- Domestic flight is the best option for those arriving after 3pm to MLE
Restaurants
Menus as of mid-October: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1VarY3T33N_xWEdangWGkH6JztUU8sA8Y
Aailaa breakfast/lunch/dinner, 96 seats all-day dining restaurant
Fiamma Lunch, Italian pizza 20 seats
Kaashi Lunch, Treetop Thai restaurant 30 seats
Hashi Dinner, Japanese 24 seats (reservations required)
Shio Dinner, Modern grill 24 seats (reservations required)
Riha Dinner, Indian/Curry Pit 24 seats, under the stars (reservations required)
In-Villa Dining - breakfast/lunch/dinner
Fork & Drink - lunch/dinner, destination dining, they set up a table anywhere on the island?
Activities
Lounge 18 club house for adults w/ cigar room, billiards table, karaoke, board games, etc..
Pool 18 18 years+ pool
Horizon Pool
Little Griffins (Kids club/pool)
Open Air Cinema nightly movie
Photo studio
JW Maldives [Master Thread]
Oct 26, 2019, 2:57 pm
#437
Join Date: Oct 2018
Posts: 151
Huh, if this is true I wonder if theyll let me buy the upgrade at $59USD/night. I made a points advance reservation under the old rates before September 14... Ill send an email to the property.
Oct 26, 2019, 4:13 pm
#438
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 795
Maybe check your dates and see if they are showing the $59 upgrade. Did your dates go to peak?
Oct 26, 2019, 7:09 pm
#439
Join Date: Nov 2007
Programs: Marriott Bonvoy Platinum, Hilton Honors Diamond, Delta Gold
Posts: 4,483
Yes, our points advance (pre peak pricing, so 85,000/nt) reservation has a 60 day cancellation with no breakfast. Sure hope its not too much of a hassle to pay for it end of November. No intention of cancelling, but a 2 day cancellation would have had more flexibility had anything come up. We have first class on Emirates A380 from JFK to Dubai so looking forward to our 5 minutes of water shower.
And we're also flying EK First 😁.
I was quoted $136 to upgrade to Sunset. I checked my dates and it is showing online with $59 upgrade rate for all days even though 2 days are standard and 3 days are peak. So if I were to rebook now straight into an SOWV I would pay 385k points plus $295.
Oct 26, 2019, 7:15 pm
#440
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 656
Looks like theyve increased the price of the OWV. The beach villa is now the base room with points and the overwater is ~100k a night in points (at least for a week in March I just checked).
edit: thats a sunset villa. Sunrise not being found for a few days combinations but could be sold out of that room type.
edit: thats a sunset villa. Sunrise not being found for a few days combinations but could be sold out of that room type.
Oct 26, 2019, 8:12 pm
#442
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 3,744
Oct 27, 2019, 11:16 am
#445
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Vancouver, B.C. - Canada
Posts: 513
Upcoming Stay
My wife and I are coming here for our Honeymoon and will be staying November 10 through November 16 for a total of 6 nights.
Will post a review about the property after our stay, so people will have more information to base their decision on where to stay in the Maldives.
We too had some hesitation about staying at a new hotel, but being able to reserve the Overwater Villa was the tipping point for us.
I double checked our reservation and while our original reservation for our first night there was for two people (confirmed in the original e-mail when I made the reservation), when I click on the current reservation and go to the Marriott web site, it shows as three people for some reason. I've e-mailed the hotel to correct this, but others who have reservations here may want to just double check their reservations.
Will post a review about the property after our stay, so people will have more information to base their decision on where to stay in the Maldives.
We too had some hesitation about staying at a new hotel, but being able to reserve the Overwater Villa was the tipping point for us.
I double checked our reservation and while our original reservation for our first night there was for two people (confirmed in the original e-mail when I made the reservation), when I click on the current reservation and go to the Marriott web site, it shows as three people for some reason. I've e-mailed the hotel to correct this, but others who have reservations here may want to just double check their reservations.
Oct 28, 2019, 4:27 pm
#446
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 795
My wife and I are coming here for our Honeymoon and will be staying November 10 through November 16 for a total of 6 nights.
Will post a review about the property after our stay, so people will have more information to base their decision on where to stay in the Maldives.
We too had some hesitation about staying at a new hotel, but being able to reserve the Overwater Villa was the tipping point for us.
I double checked our reservation and while our original reservation for our first night there was for two people (confirmed in the original e-mail when I made the reservation), when I click on the current reservation and go to the Marriott web site, it shows as three people for some reason. I've e-mailed the hotel to correct this, but others who have reservations here may want to just double check their reservations.
Will post a review about the property after our stay, so people will have more information to base their decision on where to stay in the Maldives.
We too had some hesitation about staying at a new hotel, but being able to reserve the Overwater Villa was the tipping point for us.
I double checked our reservation and while our original reservation for our first night there was for two people (confirmed in the original e-mail when I made the reservation), when I click on the current reservation and go to the Marriott web site, it shows as three people for some reason. I've e-mailed the hotel to correct this, but others who have reservations here may want to just double check their reservations.
Oct 28, 2019, 11:08 pm
#448
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 50
My wife and I are coming here for our Honeymoon and will be staying November 10 through November 16 for a total of 6 nights.
Will post a review about the property after our stay, so people will have more information to base their decision on where to stay in the Maldives.
We too had some hesitation about staying at a new hotel, but being able to reserve the Overwater Villa was the tipping point for us.
I double checked our reservation and while our original reservation for our first night there was for two people (confirmed in the original e-mail when I made the reservation), when I click on the current reservation and go to the Marriott web site, it shows as three people for some reason. I've e-mailed the hotel to correct this, but others who have reservations here may want to just double check their reservations.
Will post a review about the property after our stay, so people will have more information to base their decision on where to stay in the Maldives.
We too had some hesitation about staying at a new hotel, but being able to reserve the Overwater Villa was the tipping point for us.
I double checked our reservation and while our original reservation for our first night there was for two people (confirmed in the original e-mail when I made the reservation), when I click on the current reservation and go to the Marriott web site, it shows as three people for some reason. I've e-mailed the hotel to correct this, but others who have reservations here may want to just double check their reservations.
Oct 29, 2019, 1:55 pm
#449
Join Date: Oct 2019
Location: Southern California
Posts: 26
The hotel offered this if we wanted to pay for an upgrade from Sunrise to Sunset on our dates in November.
We can offer you a paid upgrade to Overwater Pool Villa Sunset at the rate of USD 130++ per night. Rate is Subject to 10% service charge and 12% goods and services tax.
We can offer you a paid upgrade to Overwater Pool Villa Sunset at the rate of USD 130++ per night. Rate is Subject to 10% service charge and 12% goods and services tax.