posted 04-03-2005 05:42               

Perhaps when more of the resort opens there will be more services, but all food orders come from the hotel and coolish by the time they drive it over to you. The kids program when I was there last April was non-existent but there weren't many kids around and we almost had the pool to ourselves even though we were told all available units were occupied.

While I liked the privacy of the pool, the JW is the diamond for everything, but as a conference hotel I'm surprised they offer a kid's program at all - although check it out.

Brian

posted 04-03-2005 19:53               

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Originally posted by Quilter:
We just returned from there last night. Had a great vacation! There still isn't an activities room like OP but kids were having a great time in the pool. Many families took the shuttle up to the hotel for a day by the Lazy River pool.

Like Brian said, the Marketplace is small but it does sell Jet puffed marshmallows. There is a fire pit by pools where some guests congregated at night to roast these. You can get roasting tongs from the front desk. Share a bag and make new friends.

I guess there's a new person at the pool bar. His name is Matt. He's from Hawaii and says he's trying to spread a little aloha spirit at the resort. He's doing a great job at it. Couldn't be nicer or more helpful. He just got his first helper employee. She was also very nice. Besides drinks, they serve some salads or panini sandwiches.

We found the whole staff friendly and helpful.

The Albertsons grocery store had a very good frozen Amy's organic pizza in their "healthy" section (front of the store). We had one of these on pizza night. They also had many good salads at their deli.

Mimi's at the mall (same as Albertson's) was nice. Our portions were big enough to enjoy again the next day. If you bring kids, I'd suggest they split something with you because they'll probably fill up on bread before the order arrives. We sat on the outside patio which was delightful in the late afternoon with the warmth of the sun.

If you plan to have any spa services, treat yourself to a whole day at the spa. The pool is so-o-o-o-o relaxing. The spa restaurant has wonderful food.

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