The Beach Villas at Ko Olina by Real Select Vacations

We have stayed at the Ko’Olina Beach Villas about 8 times since 2016. Up until this visit, I would say that the villas were consistently a strong 4+ to 5 rating. In this visit, we experienced much more noise from F16 jets doing flyovers, an increase in commercial and other aircraft. We stayed 6 days and it was incredibly noisy. The quiet pool was not quiet as families descended upon it in the afternoon (this happened 3 different times) we wanted to rest by the pool and read. Or swim laps and children were playing in the lane. Just a lack of attention by management to the pool area. We like to stay in the Beach Tower and it seemed like voices carried in the early morning and you could hear conversations from other guests as early as 6 am. So if you are looking for a quiet idyllic location, the sunsets are fabulous but it is not quiet. After several visits, I am afraid we will not return.

Great resort and a fantastic location! My family and I rented a villa here through VRBO and it did not disappoint. The villa was huge with a giant balcony with an ocean view, large living room and kitchen, and spacious bedrooms. I like that this resort wasn’t nearly as busy/crowded as the neighboring Marriot and Disney resorts. It felt very relaxed, which is what we prefer on vacation. We also liked the Ko Olina area in general. Very nice and secluded feeling. It’s away from all of the hustle and bustle of Honolulu. Overall great experience!

Fantastic stay! Made accommodations through Ola Properties (so friendly and easy to work with). Our condo was so spacious, clean, quiet, and gorgeous view (beach tower 610). Slider doors open fully ip the lanai, so beautiful! Beach chairs, boogie boards, most kitchen accessories you’ll need, laundry detergent, even a clothing steamer! Pool area is kept very clean, in working order. Music out at the pool side bar was classy and low key! Staff was the friendliest we experienced during our entire trip. Lagoon felt comfortable and safe for swimming for our younger two. One day there was a bit of a rowdy crowd but the lagoon is big enough to just venture elsewhere when we felt it was too rowdy for our littles safety. If we ever return to Oahu we will definitely stay again. Cons: mattresses were hard, but pillows were very comfortable. We have two competitive swimmers that needed to get laps in and hoped to use the lap lane but one side was a bit too shallow and often had quite a number of people hanging out. Not a huge deal they just headed to the lagoon and got in a workout.

Nice outfitted condo with all the toys you need. Short walk to kid safe beach. Grounds nicely landscaped. Quite pool is simple, but heated. Kids pool is large but needs to be heated. All the kids were cold. This is not acceptable. Couldn’t tell if the ocean or pool was colder. Not good for the kids

This was our second visit to this location. We loved our stay and the only thing we didn’t particularly enjoy was the loud kids in the quiet pool area. The kids have a lovely pool area where they can play and splash around. The larger pool with a designated lap lane is the “quiet” pool, in which there are super clear rules posted all over, and also included in the house rules. We often like to go here to escape the noise and just soak in the sun. The number of entitled parents that felt these rules didn’t apply to them or their families was appalling. They were throwing balls across the pool, playing loud games and not being respectful of seniors attempting to swim laps peacefully. I didn’t even have to complain as the front desk could hear the noise and other residents would go speak to the staff and complain. My husband and I and our two adult kids sat there in awe of these parents that felt they were above the rules and watched as the poor staff had to continuously come and remind them to keep down and put their toys away, etc. (and be met with attitude). If you want to be loud and you can’t control your kids and feel that you need more than “just” two kids pools and an ocean… go elsewhere. Thank you to the staff at the resort, you are top notch. Thank you for trying to keep this resort in the best shape possible. Your hospitality and hard work does not go unnoticed.

While our individual condo was just fine, the resort as a whole does not welcome children. There are two pool sections - a “family-friendly” one closer to the beach and a “quiet” one closer to the condos. This would be fine, but the family pool is FREEZING (this was not our opinion alone, but the opinion of many other families). The quiet pool, however is a lovely 84 degrees. This meant the quiet pool was always full of kiddos, but that the front desk folks received complaints from the surrounding condos and had to come out and tell kiddos to keep the noise level down. Only, it’s not loud at all! In the two days I’ve been sitting here, kids have been pretty respectful. A few rules: They are not allowed to jump in the pool; play Marco Polo; throw nerf balls; laugh too much; etc. This would all be fine if the other pool was swimmable, but for most people here it was not. I get the desire for quiet, but this feels like something the condo board could easily fix by turning up the heat in the kids’ pool. Other than that, it’s worth noting that there are minimal facilities in the complex (no store or anything). It’s not far to a small shopping center, though.