If this sounds like an advertisement for the Marriott Resort in Kaua'i, then so it be it. They deserve it. There is nothing special about the rooms. The food wasn't great. But, the 5 Star pools cannot be beat. The resort boasts the largest single level outdoor pool in the State of Hawaii. It is just foot steps from the Kalapaki beach, a small inlet cove surrounded by tall hills with a narrow opening calming waves so they ripple gently into shore.The views of the pools and the beach are stunning morning, new and night.
The children's pool is not quite 2 feet at its deepest, and even newborns can splash in about 6 inches of water at the shallow end. Its heated to nearly 90 degrees so even on a cool, winter February morning, children can wade and stay warm. Serene screamed, cried, fussed, and kicked for all 5 hours, 34 minutes of flying time en route from Los Angeles to the little island. One passenger offered me Benadryl to drug her and I buried my head in the seats hoping to never see anyone on the flight ever again. [That didn't quite work out when we ran into friends of friends in the row immediately in front of us.] But what made the whole miserable trip worth it was the slide at the kiddie pool. The perfect size for Alex and Serene, both kids took at least a hundred trips down the water slide during our four day stay. The rest of Kauai is over-rated. (I'm a Maui-girl at heart.) But, the smiles on the kids in swimming pools were as wide as Hawaii's endless horizons.
At the entrance to the hotel lobby is a giant pond fully stocked with hundreds of large Koi. At 9am daily, guests can watch and join in the feeding as the fish wiggle up the edges of the pond just inches from nibbling little toes.
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| The Fish Pond |
