Royal Hawaiian Waikiki Renovation - General Tiki

K Kaiwaza Tiki Socialite Waikiki Beach, Hawaii Joined: Aug 06, 2003 Posts: 563	K Kaiwaza Posted posted on Sat, Jun 14, 2008 3:35 PM On 2008-06-14 13:48, christiki295 wrote: The Pink Palace is sold out for the summer, so the guests are still flocking to it. However, best to stay ahead of the competition and Turtle Bay on the North Shore (particularly the bungalow wing) is now considered the premiere place to stay on Oahu. Actually, the pink palace is CLOSED. It was an unusual move, but the entire hotel is now shut down for the renovation. We'll see what they end up doing. I managed one of the shops in the Royal and they were very tight lipped about what the actual plans were and I understand through the grapevine that they had to make MANY revisions as the ground underneath was not strong enough to support some of what they had planned. This is a 1920s building, and "only in Hawaii" could you just do "whatever the h**l you want to a historic building like this. I tell you, Hawaii has ZERO respect for preseving classic architecture. Seriously, you could never get away with doing what they do here in a few other places I've lived...Charleston & Portland, OR...those cities RESPECT historic architecture. But I do hope they end up with a beautiful hotel. I can understand updating the inside of the rooms, of course, but the rest seems uneeded.

On 2008-06-14 13:48, christiki295 wrote:
The Pink Palace is sold out for the summer, so the guests are still flocking to it.
However, best to stay ahead of the competition and Turtle Bay on the North Shore (particularly the bungalow wing) is now considered the premiere place to stay on Oahu.

Actually, the pink palace is CLOSED. It was an unusual move, but the entire hotel is now shut down for the renovation. We'll see what they end up doing. I managed one of the shops in the Royal and they were very tight lipped about what the actual plans were and I understand through the grapevine that they had to make MANY revisions as the ground underneath was not strong enough to support some of what they had planned. This is a 1920s building, and "only in Hawaii" could you just do "whatever the h**l you want to a historic building like this. I tell you, Hawaii has ZERO respect for preseving classic architecture. Seriously, you could never get away with doing what they do here in a few other places I've lived...Charleston & Portland, OR...those cities RESPECT historic architecture.
But I do hope they end up with a beautiful hotel. I can understand updating the inside of the rooms, of course, but the rest seems uneeded.

Post #387009 by Kaiwaza on Sat, Jun 14, 2008 3:35 PM