Thats so weird about the skycap. Its a good thing you went inside to check. I guess thats a good lesson for us all if one person tells you the flight is cancelled, get a second opinion. He should have been happy for all your luggage; more luggage = more tips.
Were your kids able to sleep on the plane ride out?
Your room is beautiful and your view is so pretty! When we went to Maui, we stayed at the Westin Kaanapali. We were very happy with the space and décor of our room, but were very disappointed in our view. We had booked an ocean view room directly through the hotel. We arrived early in the day, and of course our room was not ready. I asked the front desk clerk if our request for an upper floor had been granted as we thought that would have a better view of the ocean. She looked at me funny, handed me a key, and told me that while the room wasnt cleaned yet, we could go look at the view. Not only was the room on the first floor (I know someone has to get the first floor), but was the furthest from the ocean (think of a U shaped building) AND looked out upon a building under construction! All that we could see was that 5 story wall! It was their own building as they were adding on. It seemed it was 10 feet from our balcony. Back to the lobby we trotted. The woman told us that these were deeded timeshares, and that when the room was built and sold, it was deeded an ocean view and the deed could not be changed. I told her that when we booked our reservation on cash (not a timeshare exchange), we booked and paid for an ocean view. After much talking back and forth (and them insisting it was an ocean view even though you could no longer see the ocean) she was able to change us to another room. It looked out over the roof of the lobby. If you leaned over the railing, and looked far to the left, you could see a sliver of ocean. They had also said they would move us to a better ocean view if one became available. It did later that day and we received a gorgeous ocean front room on the 4th floor.
Wow!! It guess I had that bottled up inside! Sorry to go on so long on your TR, but it was a round about way of saying you got a fantastic view for an ocean view, and yours was a mountain view! How nice to have a view of the mountains and the ocean. AND you did get a great deal on the price.
I just love all of your pictures. Thanks again for taking the time to update us!
Sheri
You think like me! That's how we ended up with a 19 day vacation! 
I am glad you enjoyed your trip to DL, it is so fun to read about. Maui is gorgeous, not liking that whole "hanging off the mountain" thing, is that the norm when driving around there? That would scare the bejeezus out of me that's for sure. 
I feel like I'm talking to myself lately. Anybody out there?
