Hawaii Vacation Specialist-Chris

The experience was great.  The staff was so friendly and very welcoming.  The Moana hotel originally took over the Surfrider and combined them into one creating the Moana Surfrider Hotel.  This hotel has a very charming look to it and really makes you kind of feel like you are in old hawaii.  There are two wings to the property.  The Tower Wing and the Historic Wing.  The Tower wing rooms have been renovated and are very spacious.  Views from the balcony are gorgeous views of waikiki beach. (pictures to come)

The Lobby of the Moana Surfrider (Waikiki)

The Heavenly Bed at the Moana Surfrider (Tower Wing)

The View from the Moana Surfrider Tower Wing

When doing the renovations and building the connection between the moana and the surfrider the construction company found crown molding throughout and actually found the original blueprints in the process and discovered that just about the entire hotel was done in crown molding making it impossible for them to redo the structure. When going to this hotel most of what you see is the original with retouches which actually gives it a very nice feel of old hawaii, but yet still redone to look just as beautiful. 

In the historic wing there are very few rooms that actually have balconies.  The smaller rooms there are quite small and give you more of a bed and breakfast kind of feel to it.  If wanting to stay in the historic wing with a bigger room you should book the larger rooms which are more towards the size of the tower wing. The rooms in both towers however are furnished very nicely and have the heavenly products in them.  Even the cribs and the rollaways are the heavenly line.

This hotel really gives the feeling of the hawaii of old, but still with an elegant new feel to it as well.  I would definately recommend this hotel if coming to Oahu as a great oceanfront property.  Location is great, staff is awesome and rooms are very beautifully done with nice furnishings.

I took many pictures of the property and rooms so come back and visit my blog sometime for the pictures to come!