488 thoughts on “Infamous Coco Palms Kauai | Why It Just Won’t End”
Tammy
The Hyatt brand is not the correct way to go with this project. They need a developer that understands Hawaii that goes along a more aloha type of branding with a throwback tiki bar vibe in homage of the era that Coco Palms represents. I thought Kauai Shores did a good job with the old Kauai Sands hotel. A mid-level affordability with a modern upgrade to the old style. I think it would be so welcoming to immerse yourself in the old style of the 60s 70s aloha era.
It’s time to piss or get off the pot .lets face it the Elvis left the building . It’s time for the county to take over .should have would have n could have ,they should have put cocopalms on tv as a soap opera , tear it down it’s an eye sore let’s get out of the past n put the property to good use for all to use
My husband and I spent our honeymoon in October of 1978 in Coco Palms. The fond memories of the place are still vivid in my mind. We were planning to return for our 40th Anniversary but much to our dismay our Coco Palms resort remained in ruins. Over the years our loove for Coco Palms has convinced our children, grandchildren, and other family members to visit Kauai so many times. Saddly,they have been unable to experience the magic of Coco Palms! So disappointed.
Enough is enough it’s about time to change the topic the place should have torn down along time ago .by the way the kings dead longer let the county take over and use the land properly they don’t need another over priced white elephant use it for the ones that live there make it a senior center hospital or a water park at least there will be no more eye sore make it for all to use and enjoy.
We were married there in 1985 and would like to return. We keep waiting. Hundreds, if not thousands of couples were married there. We won’t live forever!
I hope the project comes to fruition. Tomorrow my husband and I will be married 30 years. We honeymooners in the Fish wing of the Coco Palms. It was already dark the night we arrived, and when we woke up it was to another world. I dream of going back there. I hope we can since my husband is no longer in the best of health. I remember walking across a strip of road to the beach. I love Kauai!
Mahal!
we were there in august 2018 looking through the place with larry rivera there has not been any activity to clear the place to prepare for reconstruction it looks worse then they portray where they said there had been a couple of fires it appears there have been numerous fires with being a firefighter for 20 years there was the odor of fire as in recent, the open structures exposing the concrete to the salt air, rain, the bent girders the place was a mess, the pools the overgrowth it would take a miracle to bring this place back to what it looked like in 1974 when it was at it’s prime when we stayed there, this is a shame on the local, state governments the courts, the native hawaiians should also share this shame as they appear not to put forth any plans they just keep on saying they want a cultural center with no plans to build one.
We stayed in the Frog Room in 1985 on our honeymoon. The room looked out over all the beautiful coconut palms and there were hundreds of little doves living there. The bathroom sink was a giant calm shell and the shower was huge and deep with beautiful tile. I used to take a bath in the shower. It was extremely relaxing. There was a huge tribe of kitties living on the grounds and they would chase the restaurant waitresses around in mobs crying for food. (Poor things) I kept thinking they needed to be fixed, but I don’t think it occurred to anyone. What a shame, the hurricane took it all
away. The Coco Palms was a hotel from a more genteel era that had somehow survived into the modern age. I’m glad I
got to see it, before the hurricane.
My husband, myself and our daughter who was only 10 at the time stayed there in 86 while vacationing….I remember the Clam shaped Sink but that is all I can remember as far as what the room looked like…. I do remember the beautiful single cottages being scattered throughout all the very tall coconut trees…..and that gorgeous river view that entwined around where we ate breakfast and dinner and how it was tradition every morning and evening that a canoe with native hiwaiians would put on a show…blowing on the conqshells to welcome the sunrise and again at night to say goodnight….it was like a dream another world another time……gone….My husband and I came back to Kauai in 2015 for our 39th anniversary and as we drove past the old remains of what once was such wonderful and memorable place I was so deeply saddened to see it just abandoned by the wayside…..It literally changed the way I always felt about Kauai….it was just so much a part of my memories that I felt like I was visiting a different Island all together….. I feel so grateful that we were able to be were able to see it and be a part of it before it destroyed….
April 18, 1985, our 15th wedding anniversary trip that was my huaband’s surprise gift to me. We’ve always had such fond memories of the lagoon and the coconuts falling and the clam shell sinks. The nightly torch lighting was so ceremonial. We participated in the Hawaiian wedding ceremony in the Fern Grotto. In 1997, we returned to Kauai. We are making plans for a 49th wedding anniversay dinner to surprise our son’s family and daughter’s family that they will be our guests to Honolulu to celebrate our 50th wedding annisersary on 2020. All eleven of us. What a dream of of ours if we could all have gone back for the Coco Palms experience.
Are the tours still happening there?? We tried to go a couple of years ago and showed up at the correct time only to find they decided not to show that day… bummer.
Got married at the fern grotto on April 6, 1982 and spent the week at the Coco Palm, remember they brought us a fresh pineapple to our room the first night and invite to a special party the next night.. Had stayed there five years earlier and loved it so much I knew we had to stay there after our wedding. You have to rebuild and we will be back. I keep the key to our room and still have it. It was an awesome key.
Carolyn. Colchester, VT
Thanks for the update! My wife and I spent a week at the Coco Palms and had a great time. It is such a great loss to see the grandeur of this marvelous landmark lost for so long. Kauai should recognize the historic value of the facility and do as much as possible to facilitate is restoration, including beach access, acceptable waivers for flood-control based on historic flood records for this property, expediting permits, and doing whatever it can to kick the restoration contractors in the b** to get to work and do the work correctly and to standards, if not higher.
I was about eight years old when I stayed at the Coco Palms with my parents in the 1960’s. I remember bringing Japanese candy back to our room and eating them out on the lanai. I was mesmerized by the tropical setting and all the beautiful plants Being able to walk around freely, I felt I was in my own little paradise! One of the groundskeepers showed incredible aloha spirit and climbed a coconut tree for me and brought down a coconut! He taught us how to open the coconut so we could try it fresh. I was very impressed! As the sun set the tiki torches went on and I heard the conch shell blowing. I loved all of it! I have been back to Hawaii many times since then and love the culture, the beautiful nature and the warm hearted people. My trip staying at Coco Palms was a magical first step!
The Hyatt brand is not the correct way to go with this project. They need a developer that understands Hawaii that goes along a more aloha type of branding with a throwback tiki bar vibe in homage of the era that Coco Palms represents. I thought Kauai Shores did a good job with the old Kauai Sands hotel. A mid-level affordability with a modern upgrade to the old style. I think it would be so welcoming to immerse yourself in the old style of the 60s 70s aloha era.
It’s time to piss or get off the pot .lets face it the Elvis left the building . It’s time for the county to take over .should have would have n could have ,they should have put cocopalms on tv as a soap opera , tear it down it’s an eye sore let’s get out of the past n put the property to good use for all to use
My husband and I spent our honeymoon in October of 1978 in Coco Palms. The fond memories of the place are still vivid in my mind. We were planning to return for our 40th Anniversary but much to our dismay our Coco Palms resort remained in ruins. Over the years our loove for Coco Palms has convinced our children, grandchildren, and other family members to visit Kauai so many times. Saddly,they have been unable to experience the magic of Coco Palms! So disappointed.
Enough is enough it’s about time to change the topic the place should have torn down along time ago .by the way the kings dead longer let the county take over and use the land properly they don’t need another over priced white elephant use it for the ones that live there make it a senior center hospital or a water park at least there will be no more eye sore make it for all to use and enjoy.
disagree some people like their history!! and dont believe in bulldozing is the answer
We were married there in 1985 and would like to return. We keep waiting. Hundreds, if not thousands of couples were married there. We won’t live forever!
I hope the project comes to fruition. Tomorrow my husband and I will be married 30 years. We honeymooners in the Fish wing of the Coco Palms. It was already dark the night we arrived, and when we woke up it was to another world. I dream of going back there. I hope we can since my husband is no longer in the best of health. I remember walking across a strip of road to the beach. I love Kauai!
Mahal!
we were there in august 2018 looking through the place with larry rivera there has not been any activity to clear the place to prepare for reconstruction it looks worse then they portray where they said there had been a couple of fires it appears there have been numerous fires with being a firefighter for 20 years there was the odor of fire as in recent, the open structures exposing the concrete to the salt air, rain, the bent girders the place was a mess, the pools the overgrowth it would take a miracle to bring this place back to what it looked like in 1974 when it was at it’s prime when we stayed there, this is a shame on the local, state governments the courts, the native hawaiians should also share this shame as they appear not to put forth any plans they just keep on saying they want a cultural center with no plans to build one.
We stayed in the Frog Room in 1985 on our honeymoon. The room looked out over all the beautiful coconut palms and there were hundreds of little doves living there. The bathroom sink was a giant calm shell and the shower was huge and deep with beautiful tile. I used to take a bath in the shower. It was extremely relaxing. There was a huge tribe of kitties living on the grounds and they would chase the restaurant waitresses around in mobs crying for food. (Poor things) I kept thinking they needed to be fixed, but I don’t think it occurred to anyone. What a shame, the hurricane took it all
away. The Coco Palms was a hotel from a more genteel era that had somehow survived into the modern age. I’m glad I
got to see it, before the hurricane.
My husband, myself and our daughter who was only 10 at the time stayed there in 86 while vacationing….I remember the Clam shaped Sink but that is all I can remember as far as what the room looked like…. I do remember the beautiful single cottages being scattered throughout all the very tall coconut trees…..and that gorgeous river view that entwined around where we ate breakfast and dinner and how it was tradition every morning and evening that a canoe with native hiwaiians would put on a show…blowing on the conqshells to welcome the sunrise and again at night to say goodnight….it was like a dream another world another time……gone….My husband and I came back to Kauai in 2015 for our 39th anniversary and as we drove past the old remains of what once was such wonderful and memorable place I was so deeply saddened to see it just abandoned by the wayside…..It literally changed the way I always felt about Kauai….it was just so much a part of my memories that I felt like I was visiting a different Island all together….. I feel so grateful that we were able to be were able to see it and be a part of it before it destroyed….
April 18, 1985, our 15th wedding anniversary trip that was my huaband’s surprise gift to me. We’ve always had such fond memories of the lagoon and the coconuts falling and the clam shell sinks. The nightly torch lighting was so ceremonial. We participated in the Hawaiian wedding ceremony in the Fern Grotto. In 1997, we returned to Kauai. We are making plans for a 49th wedding anniversay dinner to surprise our son’s family and daughter’s family that they will be our guests to Honolulu to celebrate our 50th wedding annisersary on 2020. All eleven of us. What a dream of of ours if we could all have gone back for the Coco Palms experience.
Are the tours still happening there?? We tried to go a couple of years ago and showed up at the correct time only to find they decided not to show that day… bummer.
Hi Julie.
Tours are still happening 5 days a week according to their website. Hi to your family.
Aloha.
Got married at the fern grotto on April 6, 1982 and spent the week at the Coco Palm, remember they brought us a fresh pineapple to our room the first night and invite to a special party the next night.. Had stayed there five years earlier and loved it so much I knew we had to stay there after our wedding. You have to rebuild and we will be back. I keep the key to our room and still have it. It was an awesome key.
Carolyn. Colchester, VT
Thanks for the update! My wife and I spent a week at the Coco Palms and had a great time. It is such a great loss to see the grandeur of this marvelous landmark lost for so long. Kauai should recognize the historic value of the facility and do as much as possible to facilitate is restoration, including beach access, acceptable waivers for flood-control based on historic flood records for this property, expediting permits, and doing whatever it can to kick the restoration contractors in the b** to get to work and do the work correctly and to standards, if not higher.
I was about eight years old when I stayed at the Coco Palms with my parents in the 1960’s. I remember bringing Japanese candy back to our room and eating them out on the lanai. I was mesmerized by the tropical setting and all the beautiful plants Being able to walk around freely, I felt I was in my own little paradise! One of the groundskeepers showed incredible aloha spirit and climbed a coconut tree for me and brought down a coconut! He taught us how to open the coconut so we could try it fresh. I was very impressed! As the sun set the tiki torches went on and I heard the conch shell blowing. I loved all of it! I have been back to Hawaii many times since then and love the culture, the beautiful nature and the warm hearted people. My trip staying at Coco Palms was a magical first step!