Waikoloa Beach Marriott, An Outrigger Resort

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69-275 Waikoloa Beach Drive Waikoloa, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States, 96738, 808-886-6789

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Arrival

After our wedding day, we woke up at 5:00am EST at the Marriott in East Lansing. I know I didn't sleep all that well. We were too excited still from getting married! I still can't believe we're married...the day seemed to go by so fast.

Thankfully, our trip started at LAN. For some reason the security there is always over the top. No, I don't think that the elderly Asian guy is posing a threat with his 5 oz tube of toothpaste. I don't think you can make a WMD with an extra 2 oz of Cres...

Waikoloa Village, Hawaii, United States amadhatter
Settling into the Big Island Lifestyle

We had been waiting for this day since we started planning the wedding. Our first full day on our honeymoon! We woke up at some late hour of the day. We took our time getting ready. We had nothing planned, except that nothing was to be planned.

We decided to get in some shopping. We wanted to get some provisions and see if we couldn't get a Hawaiian shirt or two. Just across the street from the Marriott are the King's Shops. This is a very upscale outdoor mall (Louis Vittoun, Coach, Ro...

Waikoloa Village, Hawaii, United States amadhatter
Diving into Hawaii

I went for my first dive in Hawaii today. I met up with Steve and Bob, the operators of Wanna Dive? charters, at Honokohau Marina just south of KOA. They were easy on me with a meet up time of 9:00am. I hung out while they got the boat ready. Some of the other divers, Jake and Casey were there. Jake and Casey were originally from Seattle. Casey had moved to the Kona area recently. The other pair of divers, Steve and Gloria, arrived shortly there after. They were from Sierra Madre near Los Ang...

Waikoloa Village, Hawaii, United States amadhatter
Exploring the Kohala Coast

We had a lazy morning and didn't get going until a bit later. We had the morning and afternoon free so we decided to head up the coast and check out some sites. We hit the Pu'ukohala Heiau, which is a religious structure built by Kamehameha the Great. We walked around quite a bit and took pictures and video. I tried out the 70-200m f/2.8 lens I rented. It was pretty cool to be able to zoom in so much and have image stabilizing. The f/2.8 let me shoot at 1/2000 in the sunlight.

Speaking...

Waikoloa Village, Hawaii, United States amadhatter
Zodiacs and the Disney World of the Big Island

No rush in the morning. We had reservations with Captain Zodiac for a morning tour and snorkel. The day before, though, they called and offered to "upgrade" us to the longer tour that started later. We surmised that they had overbooked the earlier trip. The day was the clearest we had seen so far. In the tropics, clear means hot. And hot it was. Soon after we checked in we were on our way. We had about 12 passengers on the boat total. I guess they hold a maximum of 16, so we were "lucky". The...

Waikoloa Village, Hawaii, United States amadhatter
On our way back to reality....Hawaii

After one bungy jump (yes - Betsy did take the plunge) and 3 days of flying, we arrived on the Big Island of Hawaii for our final stop on our incredible journey. WIth enough Marriott points to pay for an entire week, this was the perfect way to end the trip with a week of resort living. Unfortunately, the weather was "the worst weather for at least five years" according to locals. It didnt matter to us though as we appreciated the chance to wind it down and relax before getting back to the sn...

Waikoloa, Hawaii, United States betsyandjason
Book It - My Second Trip to this great island!

The previous summer I crashed a friend's family vacation (as I did most years) to the Big Island - so since I had already visited this great island I acted as the tour director and recreated my week long vacation into a very small 2 days - touching all the highlights!

We stayed at the Waikoloa Beach Marriott in a cabana - which is really just an over sized room - it was fine for what we needed, however I was still partial to were I stayed the last time at the Outrigger Fairway Villas. ...

Hawaii, United States bookitorskipit
Big Island

Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, United States oudivegirl
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Good value at Waikoloa Beach ResortJust returned from a 10 day

from A TripAdvisor Member
Just returned from a 10 day stay here and we were generally pleased with the experience. The location,on A-bay is beautiful and the convenient snorkelling is great. Get out early before the water gets murky. Although it sometimes seemed a hassle to have to drive 25-30 min into Kailua for tours, dining, shopping, we enjoyed being away from the noise and traffic of town most of the time. Our partial ocean view was as advertised and provided many pleasant viewing hours.We loved having access to the pool 24 hrs -especially the first days of jet lag. Staff were very friendly and courteous except for one time when we arrived for breakfast 12 minutes before the end of serving time. Spa was very nice. Hotel offers good options for all recreational interests.Only complaints were the small size of our room for four and the over-priced average food.

Paradise at a Price

from A TripAdvisor Member
We saw the bay before we knew it was behind our hotel. It was

beautiful. Reading a tour book, we found it was also one of the best

snorkeling areas around. That in itself was wonderful. I really

researched to get a good price on this hotel and finally got a garden

view room for $170. When I first started looking I found nothing less

than $230.

The hotel was beautiful. We did have to wait a couple of hours for our room to be ready, but we arrived early. Right at 3 p.m., check-in time, we had a room. Until then, we first had lunch at the beach bar, which was way over-priced for the food quality. We also had a server who acted as if we were a bother. That was our last meal there. We drove 30 minutes to Waimea and had a great meal and the next day to Kona. Prices at the hotel are steep, but we expected that. The view and snorkeling in the bay was worth every cent of the room. We saw turtles, and many tropical fish without going in water over our heads.



The hotel has a coffee bar and we enjoyed sipping Kona coffee and

watching the Trade Winds tossing the palm fronds back and forth in the

evening. While we were there there was a 5.0 earthguake centered in

Hilo ( and a lady from greeted us in the hallway with "Did you feel

that? I'm from CA and I can tell you we just had an earthquake.") We

had been in the jacuzzi and apparently only people who were in the

building could feel the tremor. We eventually called the front desk and

they confirmed the earthquake, but had no information, other than to

watch the 10 p.m. news. I only wish the hotel had the weather channel (

as a hurricane was headed toward Hawaii a few days later) and local

news is infrequent. Otherwise, we loved the hotel and hope to return.

Just average

from A TripAdvisor Member
We spent 5 nights at the hotel on our 2nd island stop (first was Maui Wailea Marriott), and I must say that I was not as impressed with this hotel. First, when we arrived at 4:30 p.m. (after a not-so-direct flight from Maui/Honolulu/Hilo), only one of our two rooms was ready.

It took more than 3 HOURS for the other one to be "cleaned". When we finally got into the room, one of the lights was broken, as well as the in-room safe. These things were rectified the next day. My MIL's room that was a "double uprade" featured an ocean view... directly over a construction site. Ours overlooked the pool area - not a good thing when a pool is open 24 hours - the sound traveled very well up to our 6th floor room.

But, as for a hotel that has undergone a recent renovation, you'd think they could have nicer linens. Our blankets had a few holes in them, and the sheets consistently had stains of some sort on them. I realize that many people come through these places, but please throw out the stained sheets! There were a few days when the cleaning staff didn't get around to our room until late afternoon - a little irritating when you come back to find that you have no clean towels to use. I'd also suggest that they add some more laundry facilities. The only have ONE with 3 washers/dryers - the line on the night I was there to do a few things was HUGE!

Another drawback that we were unaware of when making our plans - the distance to other areas. It was at least a 40 minute drive to Kona and Waimea. There are some shops & restaurants directly across from the hotel, but these were mostly expensive. A lot of the snorkeling/boat tours start in Kona, so it was always a hassle to get there on time - especially in traffic.

I did love the variety of things to do on the Big Island, but I think I'll have to research another place to stay next time.

Paradise

from A TripAdvisor Member
Nothing relaxes me more than to step into this special paradise.

September will be my third time this year that I got to enjoy the quiet and beautiful grounds, the great view from my ocean front room (whale season you can see them right from your room), and the great breakfast buffet that comes free with the hotel package. The staff is most helpful and very friendly and the Kings shopping center is just a walk across the street.

Poor housekeeping!

from A TripAdvisor Member
We just stayed at the Waikoloa Marriott for a week, I must say that housekeeping is doing a very poor job. Our room was not not properly cleaned, vacumming was not done daily, not to mention the bathroom floors. We were four in the room, 2 adults and 2 children and we were only given 2 towels. The restaurants need a little more variety in their menus and the prices are RIDICULOUS!!I did not agree with the Beach/Towel policy, "VERY CHILDISH" to sign up for a towel, $35 charge to your room if not returned by 6pm. (for a towel? half the time it's a (bathroom)floor mat!)

Would definitely recommend

from A TripAdvisor Member
My husband and I stayed at the Waikoloa Beach Marriott for a week while on our honeymoon. We had a wonderful time. The staff was friendly, our room was clean, the grounds were beautiful and well kept and the food was good, especially the buffet breakfast. The hotel is in a good location, about 30 minutes from the town of Kona. There are also a couple of good restaurants and lots of little shops right across the street in the King's Shop dining/shopping center. Overall, we were very happy with our decision to stay there. We had a great time and would recommend this hotel to anyone.

Sublime time in paradise.

from A TripAdvisor Member
Just returned from a great, but short, 4 days at the Marriott Outrigger. Excellent service and good facility. The beach and A-bay are great - lots of turtles in the bay. The Kings Shops are so close that they are really a part of the facility. The Friday evening hula (free) is excellent.

Lots of fun

from A TripAdvisor Member
We had so much fun there summer of 2002! Nice pools, nice employees and good food. The pools and hot tubs are 24 hours which means you can spend hours looking up at the clear sky and stars. An easy drive from here to Kona, Hilo and Valcanos National Park.

Disappointing!

from A TripAdvisor Member
We were not pleased with our stay here. We did not receive the type of room we booked and we were not offered an explanation as to why this happened. The staff was

neither friendly nor helpful, indeed, they were barely courteous.

The room we were in was nothing great for the amount of money we paid.

The policy with respect to getting towels at the beach or pool is very juvenile and low class -- you are given a piece of paper (which you sign) that tells you if you do not return your towels by 5:30 or if you leave your towel unattended for more than a half hour it will be picked up and you will be charged $35 -- do that many people steal towels that it is necessary to have this policy! In fact, the policy is absurd because half the

time that you go to return your towel the attendant is not

present and you have to track him down (which I observed many people do) he then tells you to put the towel back and not to worry about the piece of paper you signed agreeing to their policy on return of towels! This was quite annoying and the most low class thing I have ever seen a hotel (that is supposed to be

a four star hotel) do.

On the positive side the grounds of the hotel are nice -- but that's the only positive thing I can say about this hotel.

Of note, is the fact that Marriott just took over this hotel so maybe it has changed since the change of ownership (I don't know what it was like prior to the Marriott ownership). I would never stay here again and you can definitely do better for the amount of money you are paying!

Hands down best

from BrightonBill
Our first trip to the big island we stayed at the Hilton Waikoloa and really like it. 5 years later (2001) we stayed at the Outrigger, oh my what a difference. The outrigger actually has a real beach you can swim or surf. The Hilton has a man made lagoon with about 3 feet visability. The outrigger has an excellent breakfast free every morning. The staff were friendly and bent over backwaqrds to make our stay pleasant. We will be returning and will stay at the Outrigger from now on. Although the Hilton has it's charms for the price stay at outrigger and just visit the Hilton while there.

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