Marriott's Aruba Surf Club

Loved the Surf Club. We were there during a very busy time and I did tag the chairs at 7:00 am (but only because there were 8 of us.) If you were 2 or 4, you did not need to get up that early. As others have said, beach is better down by the Westin, but the units and pools were fantastic at this resort. Save $$ by grocery shopping at Ling & Sons (best supermarket) - 10 min from the resort. Nice grilling areas for each building. We stayed on the 7th floors in both the Lighthouse and Compass Building. Both units were very nice. I will be back!

Fantastic!!! Lazy river a huge +++++. Just loved the entire experience,

The best

We own two weeks in Aruba at another resort and decided to exchange one of those weeks for a week at the Marriott Surf Club, so my friend, who loves to windsurf, could be closer to the windsurfing beach. We almost were ready to check back out on the first day because it was such a different experience then our other resort. The resort is absolutely lovely with all the typical Marriott amenities, however, staying there did not offer the quiet, restful, stress free experience we are used to in Aruba. I compare it to a cruise since it is very crowded, with lots of families and you have to get outside by 7 AM to reserve beach chairs, which are literally right on top of each other. It is near impossible to find four chairs together, and the resort does not enforce the two hour tagged but not used "chair tag rule" If you want one at the beach they charge $10-$15 a day and again must reserve ahead. Everything there is VERY expensive and even happy hour was not so happy at 2 drinks for $14. (Other resorts offer two for one drinks on every drink at around $5-7) It is worth the cab fare to the good grocery store on LG Smith boulevard to buy your food and drink at least for breakfast and lunch and have your own happy hour all day! There are many wonderful places nearby to walk to enjoy for dinner. Again an outstanding property with amazing pools and beautiful beach but if you want a less frantic vacation experience where you can sleep in and still find a beach chair, this is not the place.

Best vacation we ever had. Beautiful large suite. Very clean, staff was very good. Need to get up early reserve a chair or hut but for early birds this is not a problem. Pools, food weather were perfect. Every day 83 and sunny.