Follow-up: Our trip went like this: 1. 7 nights at our timeshare (Celebrity Resorts, roughly behind Int'l Marketplace) 2. 2 nights at HHV (from this bid) 3. 2 nights at JW Marriott Ihilani (using PointSavers reward - basically a discounted reward certificate + some cash). This is the one at Ko Olina and has sentimental value for us as we honeymooned there 5 years ago. HHV checkin was nice. My wife handled it but she said they never mentioned Priceline. We had a nice room in the Tapa Tower. Much larger than I would have expected. 2 double beds as requested. Not quite as clean as you would expect. Room was actually what I'd call a "partial ocean view" - you had a good sized angle of ocean view from one end of the balcony - our room was overlooking the central spine of shops. During our stay, we stayed on property the whole time as planned. (Timeshare a better base for adventuring). Had a rental car for the checkin day - after hitting Lanikai for a few hours, we came back across the Pali and checked in at about 4:00 PM, after which I ferried a batch of remaining bags over from the timeshare and then turned it in and bused it back after family had gone up to room. Property impressions: Beach - not as good as I had hoped. Rocky if you went out very far. I had just gotten to some good fish while on my one trip out snorkelling when I got water in my bad ear (perf. eardrum) so had to hightail it back in, but seemed promising, at least by Waikiki standards. (Not Hanauma Bay, but there were some nice fish to see here and there, and some live coral). Pool - the best I've seen in Waikiki. Lots of animals/fish to look at on property, and beautiful trees/flowers. Restaurants: the ones in the towers themselves were disappointing and very expensive. Last day we ate lunch at the pizza place and the noodle shop which were reasonable. Snacks/sundries: An ABC store is in the shops - so you don't pay true captive-audience prices like I had to later at the JW (although their in-hotel dining was actually a bit cheaper and much better!). Lagoon: is being refurbished - is drained now and all dug up. Entertaining story from a waiter about a digger that got stuck (was stuck more than a day and counting at that point) after digging too deep in some murky water. The property was fairly uncrowded - as you would expect given the deal. When we left, the bellhops were helpful again in loading up the car service for trip to JW. (Hint to others: rent a car to go there - there is effectively no real shuttle; only option was a $22/person trip in a van which ended up even more for us than having our own Town Car - but doing that each way on a 2-night trip was doubtlessly more than rental car + parking would have been). I was very happy not to have a rental car to deal with while we were here - and during the rest of our trip in Waikiki. Always meant to do this, but this was our first time. The #22 (Beach Bus) to Hanauma Bay was a great trip - took this one twice - standing room only at times. Overall I was impressed with what Priceline delivered here. Had we eaten more in the shop area and less in the towers, I think we'd have been happier still. However, since the beach area wasn't that great, we'd probably stick with the JW for premium lodging in the future - wish Priceline had it. Also, I'd give up on the stay-on-property the whole time and would just walk to Ala Moana Blvd. for a meal or two next time around. (Bus system works very well - I have seen people with limited bags take it successfully to/from airport, although I do not think you would want to do it with more than a couple days' worth of luggage).