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Royal Lahaina Resort Review

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Royal Lahaina Resort

$$-$$$$, West Maui

User Rating: *** 2.8

Fodor's Review:

The big news at Royal Lahaina Resort is the newly renovated 12-story, 333-room tower offering Hawaiian canoe-theme rooms with dark teak furnishings against light-colored walls. The new rooms boast ocean and garden views from half-moon balconies, plush "presidential" beds with 300-count Egyptian cotton linens, sound systems with an iPod and MP3 docking station, and 32-inch, high-definition flat-screen TVs. Visitors should be aware that renovations continue through 2008 with work on the hotel's trademark low-rise seaside cottages, on the grounds, and in the public areas. The project upgrades the property from midprice to deluxe/luxury status. Tennis buffs will be sorry to hear that the dozen tennis courts are going in favor of a new condominium complex; two upgraded courts will remain. Altogether, the aim is to return the resort to its glory days, when, as the first property in the resort, it hosted millionaires and Hollywood stars.

Member Reviews & Ratings:

A has-been in need of a rebuild

Posted by Danno from San Francisco on 11/8/06

Declining resort in the midst of mega-million property which waits to be redeveloped...Take it down and rebuild. Excellent beachfront property, adjacent to Sheraton. Rates low comparable to Sheraton/Marriott but you get what you pay for. If you're there for beach, don't care that much about the room, then stay there...the beach is great.

ROOM: 2.0

ATMOSPHERE: 4.0

SERVICE: 3.0

VALUE: 3.0

RATING: 2.8

INFO

Address: 2780 Kekaa Dr., Kaanapali, HI, 96761
Phone: 808/661-3611; 800/447-6925
Fax: 808/661-3538
Web site
Hotel Details: 455 rooms
In-room: ethernet.
In-hotel: 3 restaurants, tennis courts, pools, beachfront.
Credit Cards: AE, D, DC, MC, V

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