donna@donnaanderson.com Posted June 9, 2005 #1 Share Posted June 9, 2005 Anyone thinking of getting a hotel room in Kauai when the cruise ship stops there? Any ideas of good hotels? Anyone stayed at the Sheraton Kauai Resort? Princeville and Hyatt Regency are really expensive, but seem the nicest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spleen93 Posted June 10, 2005 #2 Share Posted June 10, 2005 The Hyatt Regency Kauai and the Princeville are both gorgeous and I highly recommend both - fabulous rooms and service and the grounds are to die for. :) The Hyatt's got a wonderful pool area with an artificial saltwater lagoon (with fake sand on the bottom ;)) and the Princeville's got the killer Na Pali coastline view. Spleen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4 cruisers Posted June 11, 2005 #3 Share Posted June 11, 2005 Hi Spleen! We're still looking forward to our sunset cocktails with you and Mrs. Spleen! Donna, we decided to get a day room at the Hyatt on Kauai. It is shockingly expensive, (over $400-) but we will get 4 wrist bands to use the facilities and when you think about it, any tour would have run us close to that! Our parents who are in their 80's will then have a room to rest in while we "play!" Since we are doing the crossing from San Francisco on the Pride of America, we figure it will be important to have some beach time! We've done the same in Kona at the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel for quite a bit less (I think around $280-). It is a little piece of paradise to us and one of the nicest beaches in the world (it was actually voted that several years ago by Conde Naste (sp?). Aloha! Nanette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debtman7 Posted June 20, 2005 #4 Share Posted June 20, 2005 The hyatt is really nice, it is a lovely upscale hawaiian style hotel. Very casual and elegant, but in a comfortable hawaiian way. The grounds are fabulous, but the beach is not very swimmable. It's a short drive over to Poipu beach however. The princeville is also nice, but I'm not very fond of it. It's rather over the top, it just feels to sterile and out of place for me. It's more of an upscale european style hotel rather than a hawaiian resort. Not my thing... It's also very far from the port. These two are definately the nicest places on the island. For a bargain, I'm fond of the Kauai Coast Resort. It is very new and clean (hard wood floors, full kitchen with granite counter tops, nice beds and furniture). The on site restaraunt is fabulous. It's right next to the cocounut marketplace so you can do some easy shopping. The downside is that there isn't really a beach nearby, and the grounds are not very extensive (not a sprawling resort). It does have a nice pool with a bar and the grounds are well maintained, but nothing elaborate like the hyatt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawaiian Eye Posted June 20, 2005 #5 Share Posted June 20, 2005 I prefer the condos up at Princeville, but Poipu is very nice and there's some cabins right along the shoreline below Waimea Canyon that looked very laid back last time I was there. Right by that microbrewery. :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azoria Posted June 21, 2005 #6 Share Posted June 21, 2005 We stayed at the Princeville several years ago. I didn't find it "sterile" at all. It is a luxury hotel and has the most incredible bathrooms I have ever stayed in...wall to wall marble, huge tubs, thick terrycloth robes, etc. Very cozy and comfy....and luxurious. It is a really beautiful hotel. If you stay there though..be ready for expensive breakfasts..it is ridiculous how high it is to eat breakfast there. geesh. We stay at luxury hotels all the time (the Ritz on Maui is my favorite) but even my husband was taken back when he saw how high the breakfast was! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spleen93 Posted June 21, 2005 #7 Share Posted June 21, 2005 azoria - did you like the transparent/opaque glass in the bathroom at the Princeville? We had a lot of fun with that one. :) I second your opinion of the Princeville. Spleen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debtman7 Posted June 21, 2005 #8 Share Posted June 21, 2005 We stayed at the Princeville several years ago. I didn't find it "sterile" at all. It is a luxury hotel and has the most incredible bathrooms I have ever stayed in...wall to wall marble, huge tubs, thick terrycloth robes, etc. Very cozy and comfy....and luxurious. It is a really beautiful hotel. If you stay there though..be ready for expensive breakfasts..it is ridiculous how high it is to eat breakfast there. geesh. We stay at luxury hotels all the time (the Ritz on Maui is my favorite) but even my husband was taken back when he saw how high the breakfast was! Sterile might not be the right word :) Let me just say, both hotels are great and by far the nicest. They are also both very expensive so they may not even be an option for the poster. My take is that the hyatt comes off as a casually elegant hawaiian style resort. The princeville, on the other hand, is more of an upscale grand hotel. It's a matter of preference, I prefer the style of the hyatt. It's very open and relaxing, you can sit in the open air lobby and listen to live music, etc. The princeville resort is just not my style, to me it feels like it's trying too hard to be 'fancy'. Nothing wrong with that, just not my taste. On the flip side, the north shore is my favorite place to stay, but for many the hyatt might be better as it's closer to activities and things to do. Personally, I prefer to rent a small cottage tucked up on the north shore. For half the price of a room at princeville, you get a complete house with absolute privacy and perhaps even your own hot tub :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azoria Posted June 22, 2005 #9 Share Posted June 22, 2005 Spleen...ha ha ..yes, the wall of glass was pretty funky! :p I have never seen anything like it again in a hotel bathroom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donna@donnaanderson.com Posted June 23, 2005 Author #10 Share Posted June 23, 2005 It looks like Hyatt Regency just dropped its rate for August 11th from mid 400s to $360. It is a good rate for a HR I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spleen93 Posted June 23, 2005 #11 Share Posted June 23, 2005 Trust me, if you decide to stay there, you won't be sorry. Great pool(s), ambience at the Hyatt Regency Kauai. I like the HR Kauai much more than the HR Waikiki. Spleen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donna@donnaanderson.com Posted June 24, 2005 Author #12 Share Posted June 24, 2005 Spleen you are the best!! You are so helpful! Are you a travel agent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spleen93 Posted June 24, 2005 #13 Share Posted June 24, 2005 Nope, have nothing to do with the travel industry whatsoever. :) Spleen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donna@donnaanderson.com Posted June 24, 2005 Author #14 Share Posted June 24, 2005 You ought to get a job with NCL in Honolulu; you would be the best! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donna@donnaanderson.com Posted June 29, 2005 Author #15 Share Posted June 29, 2005 I got a great rate for the Sheraton Kuaui since my husband works for the gov't. Could not pass it by. So we will get off the ship for one night and enjoy the nice pool and beautiful beach which is ranked # 1 in the world. I kept checking out rates for the Marriott, Princeville Hotel and the Hyatt Regency and I would have paid tons more. Even if it is not quite as nice, I think we will like it. Parking is free, there are laundry rooms so we can do laundry and there are free mai-tais in the evening. The photos look gorgeous and I have always wanted to see this island; it is a dream come true for me. I am running around the house singing Bali Hi from South Pacific and am thinking of getting this CD to keep me in this very happy mood! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawaiian Eye Posted June 29, 2005 #16 Share Posted June 29, 2005 I am running around the house singing Bali Hi from South Pacific and am thinking of getting this CD to keep me in this very happy mood! "You got to have a dweem. If you don't have a dweem, how you gonna have a dweem come twue?" "Her name Liat. You like?" :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donna@donnaanderson.com Posted June 29, 2005 Author #17 Share Posted June 29, 2005 I love! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawaiian Eye Posted June 29, 2005 #18 Share Posted June 29, 2005 Great movie. :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucky3 Posted July 1, 2005 #19 Share Posted July 1, 2005 You made a great choice - especially if you will enjoy the beautiful beach. Poipu area also has always seemed to have less rain than the Hanalei area. You might like to walk the beach to the NEW Marriott timeshare property - it is lovely, and, in the past, we have spent many hours on the beach there when the property was the Waiohai. Though we love ALL the islands for different reasons, Kauai and the Poipu area would be our favorite if we were FORCED to pick JUST ONE!! Aloha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donna@donnaanderson.com Posted July 1, 2005 Author #20 Share Posted July 1, 2005 You made my day; the beach sounds great!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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