text: My recent stay at the elara as a timeshare owner was enjoyable The hotel is beautiful and I loved the fact that is does not have a casino It is a quick walk to the Planet Hollywood casino The checkin process was easy and they had my room ready early The room was comfortable but very sparsely decorated It felt a little minimalistic for my taste It had a nice kitchenette with a toaster which is something you do not see in hotel rooms very often nWe spent day at the pool Its a beautiful pool area with lots of shade and sun all day I had reserved a cabana over the phone and my reservation was easily found to my relief The pool staff is friendly but they lack professionalism and they are not great communicators They act very laid back and do not seem to move with any urgency Our cabana waitress never told us her name and at one point disappeared for a couple hours We tracked down another waitress to order and she was not happy about having to take our order The cabanas do not have curtains or dividers so you and your neighbors are all very close with no privacy at all Also the pricing for the cabanas is different if you are an owner half price But I only found that out because I happened to ask about the cabanas upstairs Another negative is that lounge chairs are not included with the cabanas so you may not get them unless you show up early nThe staff throughout the rest of the hotel were great and our stay was really nice overall I would definitely stay again