Grand Wailea’s activity pool has nine separate pools, including a “baby beach,” seven waterslides, waterfalls, caves, white water rapids, grottos, whirlpool and sauna and the world’s first water elevator. The activity pool also contains a Scuba Diving Pool, specially designed for scuba diving lessons. The formal Hibiscus Pool (for adults only) has a huge mosaic Hibiscus flower inlaid on its floor.

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Favorite Memories From the Grand Wailea

• All of the ladies received a fresh Hawaiian orchid lei upon arrival.  This put a big smile on Carol’s face.
• The grounds are absolutely stunning.  There’s a man-made river running through the property complete with several waterfalls, and the tropical flora is abundant and eye-popping.
• We enjoyed a “deluxe ocean” room on the 9th floor.  From our vantage point, we peered across the whole of the resort, could spy humpback whales frolicking in the ocean, and greatly enjoyed a beautiful sunset each night.
• We enjoyed a fabulous sunset dining experience in the Humuhumu Restaurant.  Click here to see our sunset photos as well as a beautiful shot of each of our entrées.
• Our watercolor painting class was a lot of fun.
• The Spa Grande was completely out of this world.  We each started off with a loofa scrub, spent an hour enjoying dazzling pools and baths, and ended our experience with a signature Grand Wailea Ali’i Honey Steam Cocoon.  Wow!  Plus, you are absolutely certain to enjoy the inlaid Italian marble surroundings, original artwork, mahogany millwork and Venetian chandeliers.  Absolutely world-class in every way.
• Evening walks around the resort were memorable and very romantic.
• The beach was expansive and offered folks lots of umbrellas and cabanas to enjoy a day at the beach.
• The whole town of Wailea is very relaxing, has everything that a luxury traveler might desire, with none of the massive swarms of people found up in the Kaanapali area.  We like it a LOT!
• It was great fun to explore the large number of artworks displayed throughout the resort.  I thought I heard a gentleman in the on-site art gallery mention that one of the works was valued at $8 million all by itself!  Nonetheless, it was nice to have an art museum built-in as a feature of the resort.

We really enjoyed our visit to Grand Wailea, a Waldorf Astoria Resort.  We would definitely desire to come back for a repeat performance the next time we’re on the island of Maui, and we feel very confident to highly recommend it to you.

Link: Grand Wailea, a Waldorf Astoria Resort

Disclosure: our wonderful experience was provided by the kind folks at Grand Wailea, a Waldorf Astoria Resort, and our Maui press trip was provided by the Maui Convention and Visitors Bureau.  Thanks!