As I discussed in March, I successfully booked two nights at the Moana Surfrider Waikiki under the old award chart by calling when the website began showing the new rates prematurely. I spent 24k points for two nights when the cash rate was hovering around $400/nt.
While valet parking is available in front of the main hotel building, self-parking uses the Sheraton Princess Kaiulani’s lot. At night, it tends to be at capacity, so it’s always an adventure parking a car there.
The lobby:
I received an “upgrade” to a partial ocean view room. After looking at the main tower, however, it’s not clear to me what rooms don’t have some glimmer of an ocean view.
The room itself had normal Westin finishes and stylings.
On my last morning, I had breakfast at the hotel restaurant, which overlooks the ocean and the hotel’s 100 year old banyan tree:
From further down Waikiki Beach, it’s possible to appreciate the relative size difference (and appearance) of the main Moana Hotel building and the adjacent tower.
