No worries. We were a little apprehensive about booking one of the "budget hotels" (such as they are on the Maui economy - this ran us $175 a night for the Ocean View room), but it was a wonderful experience.

The worst things I can say are that the building doesn't have an elevator (No biggy unless you have mobility problems), it does show its age a little in the hallways, and that the shower fixtures looked old and cheap.

As you may have read elsewhere, this is an older (I'd guess '60s)three story building on the grounds of a really lush, swanky modern resort that charges close to double the price for it's other rooms. The grounds are simply beautiful, everywhere you look. The employees treated us cheapskates in the old building just as courteously and respectfully as the folks staying elsewhere on the property. The porter really worked his butt off running our bags up to the third floor.

Other than the older style, the room itself was clean, comfortable, and tastefully decorated. The furniture appeared fairly new. The bed was comfortable. The shower water was hot and plentiful. And the room was spacious. In-room fridge and safe at no extra charge. Nice balcony.

Definitely do a Mapquest to get directions, especially if you'll be arriving after dark. And absolutely, positively pay the extra $25 per night for the ocean view. We had a beautiful view of garden, beach, water and Molokai across the water. The non-view rooms get to look at a fence, and a bunch of folding chairs and tables where they bring people in for nightly luaus.

I'm sure the guide books rate this as a two star place because of its age. It's fine. I'm giving it four stars because the quality or our experience was excellent and I reserve five stars for places that are exquisite in every way. It's not quite that, but we'd come back in a heartbeat. Very satisfied.

For $175 a night the Kaanapali Ocean Inn was just ok. Everyday I called the front desk @ Royal Lahaina because none of our keys would open the door properly. After 3 days of fighting with it, I was glad to be on my way to Oahu. This is owned by The Royal Lahaina and everything is very expensive. We ate next door at the Castaway Cafe which sits on the Maui Kaanapali Villas property. A very nice condo which is where I will stay at next time. Everyone we talked to loved it there. Very frendly people work there and food and beverages are alot cheaper. A tropical drink is $2 less for example. Visit the village of LaHaina down by the boat harbor and do some shopping. You can also buy a boat tour to do some whale watching. The whales are in Hawaii January-March to give birth. Alot of shops and eating is good there also. The road to Hana was alot of winding roads and is pretty but the road was closed coming around the other side so we had to go back the same way. My teenage kids were both car sick. I would check on the roads first before you drive it. Allow yourself extra driving time from Kahului airport to the Kaanapoli Beach are. Traffic gets pretty heavy. Otherwise Maui has beautiful golf courses.