201 Surf Stars Studio

Elevators very small but they are fast. Staff is great join the Facebook group in a wonderful community. Beach clean very orderly chair reservation. Towels drop very efficient. Floats left by other guest are kept, and so other guest can enjoy. Great idea no waste!

Beautiful hotel with many amenities! Lazy river is delightful, but bring your own tube. Pool and beach are truly enjoyable. The hotel app is very useful. A variety of activities are offered, which provided additional fun out of the sun. We really liked the Aloe class! Staff is very polite and helpful. Check-in line and Marketplace lines can be long to wait in. And they have a silly tagging system on towels. Hard to believe that when paying for such an expensive hotel, they are worried about people stealing cheap towels. It caused lines getting the towels and it was a hassle getting the card reader to work, which reflects my lower rating on service. Otherwise, we had a wonderful vacation staying at the Marriott!

This property was clean and neat. No complaint there. Im simply posting this because I was not aware just how crowded this facility would be. The buildings around pool were so tall with an opening that almost created a wind tunnel effect. I know Aruba is breezy but this was nuts. For us it was just too much. If you like loud pool music and games and floats and lots of families everywhere this is your jam. If not, I’d look elsewhere. And I traveled with my kid. Even the beach front was too crowded with people for me. They are very strict with chairs ,even ones on beach have to be paid for and that is just trash. If you want to reserve a chair fine, if not you should be able to sit in a unreserved one. Just not a place for my family.