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Vistana views from a BALCONY - Post your best photos!

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Are you an owner? staying on trade? or a paid stay? Curious how Nanea determines who gets the parking lot views.

Another thread - Nanea Observations - discusses this.
This was a 5-nite Promo for a 1Bd. We got a 2Bd.

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That's a nice view from an OV unit. I would say that is on par with the lower floor views at Hyatt Residences down the beach which they call OF but actually overlook the pool then the ocean.
 

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What did you have to do to rotate the picture? I’ve tried rotating on my Mac, but it still looks upside down when posted here.
 

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What did you have to do to rotate the picture? I’ve tried rotating on my Mac, but it still looks upside down when posted here.

Saved it to my images (on iPhone) and then flipped it using Edit function.


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I rotated the image again, but it didn’t help.
 
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Now I saved the image from the prior post and rotated it again on my iPad. It looks ok on my iPad.
 
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So I tried rotating the original image I took and posting it. It didn’t work. Saving the image I posted and then rotating it seems to work. How do I get the original image to post properly, without first posting it and rotating it?
 

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view literally from the sofa bed, building 14 6th floor Westin Lagunamar. The floor the ceiling windows make all the difference
 
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Moonrise over Lagunamar. If you look closely, there is a cruise ship on the horizon.
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Hard to take a photo that covers the views of this balcony.
WKORV 2629 (OFD 1Bd) - so I will post some that I took during Sept 8-15
(a reason to consider OFD even with the huge MFs)
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I have never seen such wonderful photos of the OFD view and balconies. Where are these units located within the south building? Do they all have an ocean view like this? Are they hard to book?
 
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To GCB (Westin beach) - 10min walk? short Iguana (shuttle ride). We do not really go to the beach at GCB - so many more great beaches

To ocean? Depends...
By 4WD - it is 17 mins to Trunk Bay, 23 mins to Maho/Francis. 40 mins to Salt Pond.


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What is your villa number?

I found it...3410. I love your photos!
 
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WKORV 1BR OFC, First Floor (Unit 3130).

At first I was apprehensive about 1st floor but ended up really liking the unit, as well as the studio next door. I liked the convenience of just walking down the stairs to either Kahekili park or out to the pool area. We like the beach and shade under the trees in front of the houses next to Kahekili park. Sunsets were nice from this lanai, a little more obstructed by trees on the sand dunes on the studio side.

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That is clearly taken from inside, so technically not a view from the balcony :D
fair enough, i wanted to point out that even from the inside the view is amazing :)
A real balcony picture:
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fair enough, i wanted to point out that even from the inside the view is amazing :)
A real balcony picture:
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You are in the absolute best building at Lagunamar. Most people will not be lucky enough to get that view. Lucky you. Maybe they know you are their ambassador!
 
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You are in the absolute best building at Lagunamar. Most people will not be lucky enough to get that view. Lucky you. Maybe they know you are their ambassador! Typical rough waters appear to have returned today.
the ocean is even calmer today, please see the pics below. That picture was taken the first day we arrived. Most condos at Lagunamar have great views but you can get an outstanding room if you mention you are going to share the pictures with Traveltime :)
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Funny - I have a picture that is nearly identical to emuyshondt's in post #157, but the landscaping isn't as mature. I took this the first or 2nd year after the resort opened.

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the ocean is even calmer today, please see the pics below. That picture was taken the first day we arrived. Most condos at Lagunamar have great views but you can get an outstanding room if you mention you are going to share the pictures with Traveltime :)View attachment 8769 View attachment 8770

Must be the calm before the storm (so the saying goes). Beautiful photos. I wish the weather were like that year round. I doubt TravelTime has any pull at Lagunamar. LOL
 

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Beautiful view from Westin Naanea. I love the green open space in between the buildings. Are they going to build something there in the future?

Per agreement between Westin and the county, that property will remain a park in perpetuity.
 

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Great view. Is that WKORVN across the green space?
 
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