***Tip, if you check in early and can’t get in the room do not rent chairs and umbrellas for the week at the beach, because there will be several for you to use free of charge once you access the room!
We spent two weeks bouncing around Hawaii for our honeymoon, and 5 nights at this property. The Whaler is the best spot to base yourself in Maui, we actually moved to Wailea for our last two nights on Maui (Wailea Beach Resort) and even though the hotel and pools were beautiful, we both felt we could’ve just finished the week in Kaanapali and been just as happy, but we are beach people at heart. We spent several days on the beach, but also took advantage of venturing off to numerous local beaches within a short drive as Kaanapali can be annoyingly windy at times … Slaughterhouse Beach is a very easy drive and I really recommend!! Great snorkeling, and you can find turtles in the water near the rocks in the early afternoon… for the rental, it was really nice to sit on the lanai and read, eat breakfast, lunch or dinner, or even watch shows on my iPad with a view. Restaurants were crazy, we had some reservations and did take out other nights. I recommend going early to put your name down and either walking around or going back to your room until it’s your turn, its only a 3 minute walk to most places. Prison St Pizza will deliver, and you can walk down to hula grill or monkey pod and order food to go. The bed was really comfortable, the pillows left something to be desired but if you like softness then you will be plenty happy. I also appreciate all of the supplies and that other guests will leave leftover drinks like a few beers, hard seltzer’s or non-alcoholic seltzer’s. Times Supermarket was fine for some stuff but had the worst produce I’ve ever seen. Try to go to Foodland or Safeway instead. Parking in the garage was really easy, and the front desk/lobby area is open 24/7 if you need anything. We would definitely recommend this property!