auntie, etal...anyone stayed at the Sheraton recently. Has it been recently renovated?

Also, how about The Waipouli Beach Resort? Anyone stayed there or toured there? Photos looks wonderful.

Mahalo
i'2

Sheraton is still renovating -- anyone stayed there since December, who can give an update??

Much as I hate to admit it, the Waipouli Beach Resort is lovely. Haven't been inside (yet). The traffic at that intersection now is so bad, that we completely bypass it whenever possible.

FYI -- there's an additional bypass road now, which connects to the one we've had in place for a few years now. New bypass begins at north end of Kapa`a and goes ONE-WAY south (one lane only, accessible between Polynesia Cafe and start of Keali`a beach area). We LOVE this -- allows us to skip everything from north Kapa`a, to beyond Coconut Plantation Marketplace.

I'm going to be going to Maui and Kauai in April of this year and am trying to figure out where to stay. For Kauai if anyone has any feedback on the Sheraton, Marriott or Hilton that's recent I would greatly appreciate it. I've read so much I might be getting some things confused but I thought I read that the Marriott and Shearton were both in the middle of renovations now. Any guidance would be a huge help!! Thank you

dms, we ended up at The Waipouli Beach Resort. It's a new place and lots of owners are running really good deals right now. Look at vrbo.com

Also, Outrigger is the management group and they rent out units also. Figure it can't be bad since it's brand spanking new.

Plus, we like staying in that area.

Ahhhh...the Kapa'a Kilquers strick again.

should be "strike". JezusH

I'm off to the Sheraton Kauai on Sunday. If you can wait until 3/13, I'll let you know how it was.

JarredK, have lots of fun!

i'2

Island safety jared.....respect the power of the ocean!!!! Have fun

FUN on Kauai...who yah kiddin'? Unless you have a blow gun and can go Rooster hunting with MelissaHI and Mauka Bob. \/

i'2...I guesss the Islander is out? I'll get my mai tai money back from the Sand Bar then. #39;(

As promised - just returned from Kauai yesterday. Survived diving with sharks, helicopter tour, hiking down Wailua Falls and an excess of banana daiquiris.

We thought the Sheraton exceeded expectations overall and fit our personalities. It's much smaller and certainly less grand than either the Hyatt or Princeville (both of which we toured), but we prefer that in a vacation and it's also much more economical and laid back.

We upgraded from a garden-view to ocean view for a good deal when we arrived and thought it was well worth the extra money spent (can't comment on the garden-view rooms). Our room was nicely appointed (nothing special but nothing bad) and right over the ocean overlooking the sunset. The positives: great beach, pretty property, nice rooms, amazing sunset, friendly staff, proximity of ocean-view rooms to the ocean, great location for touring the island (easy drive to Waimea Canyon and the east coast).

The negatives: The overpriced breakfast buffet (go to Joe's on the Green a mile down the road), the vacation/timeshare pitch (avoid - they say you only need to spend 15-20 minutes but that quickly turned into over an hour and then we still needed to kick and scream to get our promised $100 off certificate), $35 to get a covered chaise lounge on the beach (they don't let you use any other chaise lounges on the beach, so you either need to spend the $35, sit on a blanket or choose to sit on a chaise lounge off the beach), and no umbrellas anywhere around the pool (so no shade). Also, our bed did have dirty sheets when we checked in but they credited us $50 when we complained of it.

Overall, so long as you are aware of the negatives, I thought it was a great place to stay and would stay there again.

JK,
Excellent!

Joe's on the Green....

No Puka Dawgs???

JK,

Would you mind telliing us how much extra the upgrade from garden to ocean was?

Thanks,

Bill

Bill - we paid $100 more per night to get pretty much one of the best situated ocean-view rooms. I'm pretty sure the usual rate is over $200 more per night.

Thanks Jarred.

Thank you for the review and the details. I really appreciate it. I've booked the Shearton on Kaui and Maui. I can't wait!!

"[The Sheraton doesn't] let you use any other chaise lounges on the beach..."

Wait a rooster tooth-pickin' minute...~gt; aren't all the beaches PUBLIC beaches?

How can a hotel/condo dictate what you sit on at a PUBLIC beach, just so they can charge extra?

That would make me one .

The Sheraton doesn't prohibit you from sitting on the beach, just from sitting on THEIR chaise lounges if you don't cough up the $35. I agree it's absolutely absurd. Everyone was pretty much vying for one of the coveted chaise lounges that were on the cusp of the beach and the Sheraton's lawn.