Our family felt the aloha spirit the minute we walked into this resort. Check in was quick and friendly and our room had a beautiful ocean view, as requested. Everywhere you turn there are waterfalls, tropical flowers and wide open spaces. The grounds were meticulously maintained, yet I never saw any gardeners out and about-kind of reminded me of Disney.

The tropical pool was very large and never overcrowded. It had a volleyball net so there was always a game going on and a slide that our kids enjoyed. They had complementary cups and coolers full of ice cold water poolside. Best of all, from most lounge chairs you also had a view of the ocean. And speaking of lounge chairs, they all had new cushions that were very comfortable-no slat marks here! The beach was wide, swimable and also uncrowded, with terrific views of Molokai. The work out room is adjacent to the pool and has everything one would want to stay in shape while indulging in lava flows! All with a view your local gym would love to have.

Our room was spacious, clean, and well decorated. The kitchens have full size refrigerators, microwaves, and dishwashers, but no stove. I requested an electric frying pan and they brought it right away. Eating out all the time can cramp your activity time (and your wallet), so I didn't mind a little time in the kitchen. A grocery store is within walking distance of the property. The resort also provides awesome oceanfront gas grills and picnic tables-bbq in paradise! Since I'm on the subject, another pleasant surprise was the large $2 kids menu that the resort offered, either eat-in or take out at the grill. They also sold coconut head cup holders with unlimited soda refills for $15.00.

The kids seemed happy enough on their sofa bed, and the king size in the bedroom was terrific. The linens were especially nice-I should have looked to see what kind of pillows they had, because I would like to buy them for my own bed at home. The patio furniture was getting a little worn, but otherwise everything was in good condition.

We were never bothered about (or wanted to)attend the timeshare orientation, but we did attend the breakfast buffet activity orientation our first morning there. They went over the various activities available and you could book them if you wanted, but it was low pressure and convenient. This was our fifth trip to Maui, and we've done all of the activities before, so we spent more time at the resort than we usually do. If you can only fit in a few activities, I'd say definitely see Haleakala, drive to Hana if you don't get carsick, shop Lahaina on art night (Friday eve.) and take a snorkel trip to Molokini. The only drawback to Molokini is the variety of fish will forever make you disappointed in subsequent snorkeling elsewhere. We've been snorkeling arout the Carribean and always end up saying "well that wasn't even close to Molokini'.

Our favorite place for an incredible breakfast is the Gazebo in Napili. If you arrive after 8:00, there may be a long wait, but the stunning views and macadamia nut pancakes with coconut syrup make it all worthwhile. Afterwards, spend some time at Napili Bay.

If you golf, you should play Kapalua at least once in your lifetime, though we were saddened to see they had doubled their rates in the few years since we had played it. The fees were in the $250 + range. If that's not doable, at least take a drive around Kapalua and maybe get lunch at the clubhouse-the views are spectacular. There are also new hiking paths on the ridge above Kapalua. You take a complementary shuttle from the Kapalua discovery center. We went on an overcast day, and it was a nice hike through some interesting trees and plants.

Back at KBR, a torchlighter started every evening with his ceremony, and live music started around 5:00 at the beachside lounge. There's nothing like the sound of Hawaiian music and waves crashing while watching the sunset. Wish we could go back next week!

We had a wonderful week at the resort! We were in a 2 bedroom suite on a corner, not a bad view to be seen off our 4(!) balconies!!! The resort was clean and the staff appeared to be happy to be there and help. The welcome breakfast was a great idea to help sort thru all of the activities and select safe and reputable companies. We enjoyed all of the acitivities that we picked with the help of Kyra (our conceirge at the breakfast). The beach at the hotel is great and the pool is large and was never overcrowded. The food at the resort is good but venture into Lahaina for some great food and spectacular views. The resort offers scuba lessons at the pool and take you out to do an open water dive afterwards, my husband loved this. I enjoyed the Pride of Maui am snorkeling cruise and would highly recommend them, great service, no attitudes great with my 6 year old son!!!!! For surfing lessons we used Outrageous surf, they were fantastic!!!! my favorite activity!!!!!! The road to Hana is pretty, but be prepared to spend all day in the car and to hike (on unsteady rocky, muddy, and VERY slippery) trails to see most of the waterfalls. Glad I did that once, won't do it again!!

We stayed at this hotel for 5 days as part of our amazing honeymoon which included staying in many different accommodation in all 5 Islands of Hawaii.
I absolutely loved the HUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE my mean really big rooms of this hotel. Since this hotel is part of a big time share, all the rooms are suits and they have separate big bedroom, nice living room, huge balcony and mini kitchen.
- Room' furniture and decor are a bit old fashion and may need to be touched up with new contemporary design.
- We were not very impress by restaurants, lets just say OKAY!
- Swimming pool is big and fantastic.
- View of our room was gorgeous and big balcony in this hotel are huge PLUS.
If we had the $, we perhaps bought the time share.
I think this hotel is the best for long term stay especially if you are traveling with big group of people or friends.
Also, if you are coming to Maui for first time and do not have plan to go to other islands, you may find this resort boring, they do not have any entertainment at resort!

We just returned from 4 nights at the Ka'anapali Beach Club resort in Maui. My overall impression was that the ownership was scrimping on maintenance, doing just enough to keep the first impression good while selling timeshares.

The location is great (although not on the main part of Ka'anapali) but it is right on the ocean. The pool is huge (although it needs replastering to get rid of the brown stains on the bottom), the slide is fun (when it is attended - otherwise it's closed for a 1 1/2 hr lunch break every day) and there are plenty of lounge chairs. If you want shade, you have to pay $100 for a tent - something that is kept secret until your stuff gets moved and when you ask the person in your chair, you are informed of this policy - very embarrassing!

Our room looked nice, but smelled musty. One bed had a trough in the middle, it was so bad, I had to switch beds with my kids. The rollout couch went downhill, but it's a rollout, so what do you expect. Maid service was at 3 pm every day by which time we were back in the room taking naps and showers, so we'd usually just get towels and skip the cleaning. The maid knocked on the door as we were checking out wanting a tip.

Mini golf course is fun, although the carpet is peeling, the flags are falling apart and it looks like it needs TLC. The nice sit down restaurant, North Shore Grill which was advertised ad-nauseum in posters all over the place does not exist any more. The time share guy said it was being renovated, but I saw no evidence of this. 2 of the 6 elevators were not working, so there was usually a wait for an elevator.

If you are there for the time share presentation, be prepared. They say it's 90 minutes to 2 hrs. We were there for 2 1/2 hrs and I was having my kids call my cell screaming so I'd have an excuse to leave. If you're thinking about buying, say no to their first offer, they dropped the price by 1/2 after we said no. When we said no the second time, he did the used car salesman trick of going to talk to the manager who thankfully was busy (after 15 minutes of sitting there) and didn't come out. Then we were asked to fill out a "survey" which was another sales pitch to come back next year and do it all again! No thanks. BTW there are numerous timeshare resellers all over the place who have timeshares at prices way less than what is being offered - check prices before going, you can probably bargain for a better deal if you really want to get into this. Every time I asked about a maintenance issue, I was told that it was going to be redone - but I didn't see any work occurring while I was there.

The scuba was fun, and the food was reasonably priced. I wouldn't go again just because it's not worth the savings to get hassled by the time share people. Too bad it's not still an Embassy suites.