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The "South" complex is referred to as the "Westin Kaanapali Ocean Resort Villas" (buildings 1 -4), while the "North" complex has "North" tacked on the end of its name (buildings 5 -8) and is considered a separate resort on Redweek. Across the combined resorts, I would rate the locations basically in the following order of desirability: 1. South Oceanfront (buildings 2 and 3). These are some of the largest and best rooms in the Westin system and directly face the ocean with no structures between the units and the beach. All these units have huge lanais as well. Each floor has 3 lock-off oceanfront units, with the two corners referred to as “Oceanfront Deluxe”. These units have windows on two sides of the living area providing panoramic ocean views. The studio portion of the deluxe lock-off is on the side of the building, with a lanai inset on the ocean-facing side. This configuration allows for windows on two walls for an ocean view throughout most of the extra large studio. The center oceanfront units are standard sized units and directly face the ocean in all rooms. 2. North oceanfront (buildings 5 and 8). These units are on a 45 degree angle to the ocean, and some of the lower units have structures in between them and the ocean. Other than the view, the north rooms are basically the same throughout the resort. The rooms are somewhat smaller than the south rooms. 3. This one is a harder call as to whether to which is best. The resort classifies floors 3 and above of buildings 2, 3, and part of 4 (in south) and part of 7 (in the north) as ocean view. The south has more variability in terms of location desirability, so it depends upon the actual room location. Building 7 ocean view rooms are fairly consistent, kind of in the middle of the spectrum and open onto an open space area, making for a quite location. Also note that the studios in the south building, with the exception of the deluxe and endcap rooms, only have a “French” balcony and not a full lanai. The studios in the north property all have small lanais. 4. The remaining resort view rooms at north in buildings 5 – 7 are all reasonable, no parking lot views. 5. The worst location is the island view (i.e., parking lot) rooms in building 4 (south).