I don’t want to be redundant because the other guests has mentioned about the cleanliness, location, and great hosting. I will simply provide some tips.
To pick up the keys, there’s a parking lot where the office is, there’s a 10 minute grace period so race up the elevator to the 7th floor and grab the keys.
You can definitely take the keys with you to the water, it’s a magnet key. I had it in my shorts when surfing pops and 3s. You can also walk out the back gate and walk towards canoes and it’s a short 10minute paddle to queens/canoes.
The noise outside is very apparent due to the nature of the windows, you can hear people rolling luggage and people from the next door hotel. However, I haven’t booked a completely quiet room in Waikiki. It’s a busy town, there’s noise everywhere.
I’ve parked at derussy many times, you will never have an issue finding a spot. You can see the Friday fireworks between the trees, it’s not an unobstructed view, but we have a 1 year old and there’s a ton of people down there.
I didn’t use the board locker but I was able to bring my 10 foot longboard up to the room no problems.
It’s a beautiful studio and much larger than the units you can get from Castle Management. The price is cheaper too and a free parking space. Close to excellent restaurants. No brainer. We will absolutely stay here again.