The view was amazing, yes, much more impressive in person, loved the roaring sound of crashing waves, (there was a north swell), and loved that you could control the loudness of the ocean by keeping the sliding doors cracked or wide open.
The AC worked really well & a small fan is provided to help suck the AC into the bedroom which eventually would cool down.
The furniture & decor are lovely, I enjoyed looking at every piece of decoration especially any vintage looking pics , the wooden turtle & whales .
The pull- out couch was very comfortable & so was the queen bed in the bedroom. I would recommend though getting a mattress that is the same size as the bed frame as I walked into the wooden corner of the frame about 4 different times during our 8 nights stay.
Loved the beach chairs, towels & lunch-box size cooler provided but would recommend providing a beach umbrella & a bigger cooler.
The place was very clean & the only complaint is we were woken up every morning between 5.30 am & 6 am from noisy guests directly upstairs from us. This happened for our first 5 nights & since I was also dealing with my Mum's unexpected hospitalization it added to our stress of not getting enough rest. The guests checked out 10 October but house keeping didn't clean till 11 October at which point we were woken up again. We checked out 13 October. We will be back in Maui but would first try to stay on the top floor before staying here again. And this is only because of the noisy guests upstairs which I understand is totally out of the owners' control. We did call management about this 3 mornings in a row.
The grounds are beautiful & my daughter loved finding geckos, toads, giant snails & even 2 sea turtles the first morning she snorkeled right out front.
This vacation will be one of our treasured memories.