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PostPosted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 11:56 am    Post subject: Aruba Grand Reply with quote

The Aruba Grand - taken Oct. 16


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PostPosted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 12:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for the photo, Tom! I don't know why I didn't take any photos of it while I was there (think I was too depressed about it becoming such a monster of a hotel!) Rolling Eyes

But it will look nice when it's finished.....may have to splurge when it reopens and stay there for a few days (if we can afford it!) The Riu's Palace hotels are very high end!

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PostPosted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 9:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I am amazed at how huge it is going to be.
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 9:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I recently saw an ad on TV for the Riu Hotel in Ocho Rios, Jamaica.
It looked really lavish and grand.
Wonder if the Aruba version will look the same?
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 10:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Riu has different levels of their hotels and the one in Aruba is supposed to be a Riu Palace which is the high end of their hotels (top shelf alcohol, high end cuisine, etc.) Of course, the price reflects that, too. We stayed at a Riu hotel in Playa del Carmen which was very nice (and decently priced) but the Riu Palace which was next door was MUCH nicer!

This is what the old Grand will eventually look like:


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PostPosted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 9:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Another photo of the Grand's construction. This was taken from a balcony at the Radisson looking toward the Grand (old Grand bldg to the right) and the Wyndham in the background.


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PostPosted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 7:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The latest photo of the construction:


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PostPosted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not enough beach for a hotel that size. Sad
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 7:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

auntie_mame wrote:
Not enough beach for a hotel that size. Sad



Thats the truth.


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PostPosted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 8:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

WOW! I bet it will be beautiful and expensive.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 8:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ChrisnWillie wrote:
WOW! I bet it will be beautiful and expensive.


Yep. Bet I'll be able to stay 4 nights at Paradera for 1 night at the Riu.

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 8:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You could probably stay four WEEKS at the Paradara for one night there!! I've read that it is ridiculously expensive.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 9:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Teri wrote:
You could probably stay four WEEKS at the Paradara for one night there!! I've read that it is ridiculously expensive.


Oh -- one of those veddy veddy posh places.

If I paid that much I'd want a guaranteed spot on the beach for sure.

(And Gordon Ramsey to cook my meals.)

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 9:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Friends just priced it out for late fall. It came in at about $800/day for a "good room". Shocked
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 9:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ChrisnWillie wrote:
Friends just priced it out for late fall. It came in at about $800/day for a "good room". Shocked


I checked for November 2007 and got 540 for a jr suite. (Probably the old Grand Laughing Laughing )

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