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| - This is a great hotel for the price (only $100/night!). Compared to some of the other newer hotels, it's looking a little tired. Everyone is friendly and helpful, the concierge definitely got used. I'm sure they were a little tired of us by the time we left, but they were so helpful in finding exactly what we were looking for, even if it was in other hotels.
The rooms were huge with great views. Be careful when you go near the mini fridge! Everything on there has a sensor and the maids check the sensors daily. If anything has been moved, you get charged. Unfortunately, that makes using the mini fridge as an actual fridge impossible. The maid told us we could call the front desk and get a real fridge brought up, but in the end it wasn't worth it.
The pool is very nice. Surprisingly, the pool wasn't that crowded. Everyone was tanning, with very few people swimming, which made playing in the waterfall pretty awesome. There are also several hot tubs hidden around the main pool. They are huge and claim to have a capacity of 15 people, but you could easily fit double that amount. I thought about going to their new topless pool Bare. I stopped by the tent, but they were playing "Big Pimpin'" loudly and there was a skeezy guy standing in front, so I decided to pass.
My only complaint with the actual hotel is the distance from my room to the elevator. There are 45 rooms on each wing on each floor. And of course I was the one who had to walk past all 44 rooms to get to the end. Generally I wouldn't have cared so much, except I was in tourist mode, walking everywhere and trying to fit everything in. By the end of the day I was exhausted and the hallway was so long. When you check in, ask for something close to the elevators.
Also, if you're really into the volcano out front, you need to be prepared: the volcano is being remodeled and won't reopen until October.
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