I see folks requesting things like xx77 rooms, certain buildings and higher floors. What does that mean? I have a dedicated 2 bedroom pool view for 10 days in March. Would love suggestions on what kind of room location requests to make.
Amy
If you look at the maps and charts in Post #1, you'll see the Pool View villas are all located on floors 1 through 5 facing the Waikolohe Valley, which is the home of Aulani's main pool and lazy river. The Dedicated Two-Bedroom villas with Pool Views are the villas with room numbers ending xx02 or xx08 (both in the Waianae Building), villa 550 in the Ewa Building Phase 1, and room numbers ending xx74, xx80, or xx86 (in the Ewa Building Long Wing). Since you booked a Dedicated 2BR Pool View, you'll be assigned one of those rooms.
Aulani's room numbering system is fairly simple and straight forward. Think of the resort as a giant letter
U. The room numbers start at the top right and increase as you work your way around to the top left of the
U. So room number xx02 is in the upper right, room 550 is near the base of the
U, while room number xx86 is on the upper left side.
Aulani is situated so the the lagoon and ocean are at the top of the
U and the lobby and main entrance is at the base of the
U. If you wanted to be as near the ocean as possible, then a villa ending in room numbers xx02 or xx86 might be your first choice.
Depending on your room location, you can get morning sun or afternoon sun, or perhaps even see a bit of the sunset (although Pool View villas tend to be too low to actually see much sunset views). The sun travels from the lower left of the
U to the upper right of the
U. Villas in the Waianae Building (xx02 or xx08) will get sun in the morning til mid afternoon. They will be in the shade in the afternoon and can't see the sunset. Villas on the Ewa side of the resort (550, xx74, xx80, and xx86) won't get morning sun, but will get afternoon sun.
A Dedicated 2BR Pool View might be as low as the first floor or as high as the 5th floor. Some people prefer a high floor, others prefer the first floor. Some people like the 3rd floor because that is the same floor that the lobby, general store, and main entrance and exit to street level is located on. Personally, I don't think there is a need to request being close to the elevators (which are located near villas ending in xx12 or xx70).I think Aulani has a very nice layout with relatively short hallways and its easy to get from one point to another within 5 minutes.
Hope this helps.
Help from those that have stayed before. We are getting a dedicated 2 bedroom for this august. Was going with Island View but would you spend 35 points total stay to upgrade to pool view?
Like some of the IV villas but don't want to see the parking garage
Thanks!
I really liked our Pool View villa. We were in #304 and could see the Menehune Bridge and some of the Waikolohe pool. But what I really like was listening to the music that was being played in the Waikolohe Valley throughout the day. It made me feel like I was actually in a magical place in Paradise. When you have an Island View, its possible to have some nice views (see Ewa Building Long Wing xx75, xx81, xx87) with a bit of the ocean, but you don't get to hear the music.
(hate paying the dues though(lol)!!!)
