by admin on September 29, 2009
Here’s a special surprise for everyone: beaches in Hawaii are crowded. Just like Vegas pools.
Listen, all we’re saying is that you shouldn’t expect the beach behind your Hawaiian hotel to look much like the beach that particular hotel has pictured on its website. The real thing may be a different beach altogether, a big patch of sand densely populated with children and their inflatable beachgoing companions, or, you know, up against a mammoth construction site.
These wouldn’t necessarily qualify as photo “fakeouts,” per se — more like “somewhat misleading inclusion of photos of deserted beaches in photo galleries on hotel websites.”
Observe:
In Hyatt Regency Waikiki's photo gallery
Our Hyatt Regency Waikiki beach experience
Hilton Hawaiian Village shows no people in the water
Oh look! People in the water. And a parking lot!
In conclusion: you won’t have the beach to yourself. You know, in case you were confused.
by admin on September 23, 2009
So romantic and peaceful!
Cranes, clouds, and (small) crowds
Oh no! The quiet beach paradise this couple seems to be enjoying in the above marketing photo of the JW Marriott Ihilani Resort on Oahu does not seem to be quite so serene these days. The flawless expanse of blue sky shown in the promo pics seems to be… not such a flawless expanse anymore.
Oh, no, no. In fact, the beach scene you see on the right – complete with cranes and unsightly green construction fencing — is what you’d experience if you and your loved one took a hot stroll on the sand in your breezey vacation attire today. The cranes and mess just beyond the sand happen to be the earliest stages of the massive coming-in-2011 Disney Vacation Club Resort Hawaii — and when all 21 acres of that beast are completely built up, there’s not gonna be a whole lot of serenity to be had on that beach at all.
Regardless of the construction, the throngs of splashing and screaming children don’t make for a very romantic scene right now anyway. Oh, reality.
