{"id":14076,"date":"2011-06-19T20:46:11","date_gmt":"2011-06-19T12:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=14076"},"modified":"2011-06-20T13:20:17","modified_gmt":"2011-06-20T05:20:17","slug":"staycation-capella-sentosa-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2011\/06\/19\/staycation-capella-sentosa-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Staycation @ Capella Singapore – Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hands down; the best hotel or resort we\u2019ve both stayed yet.<\/p>\n

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Capella Singapore @ Sentosa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is one property where (nearly – see below) everything\u2019s just perfect. We got to the resort pretty speedily in on the early yesterday Saturday afternoon, got the car parked, and found our way to the reception. One thing that struck us immediately was how idyllic Capella felt. It\u2019s strange considering that the hotel was supposed to be at near full occupancy, but hardly anyone was about.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s amazing too that every staff we ran into greeted us warmly, with the reception staff even knowing us by name already upon arrival. Interestingly, most of the reception staff weren\u2019t local.<\/p>\n

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A personal assistant brought us to our room - no. 422.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There was a welcome card in the room. Handwritten, and signed off by the General Manager \u2013 not typed-out. I\u2019m sure it\u2019s done for every guest arrival and I\u2019m not sure if the card was written by the GM himself, but it was nonetheless a very nice and warm gesture.<\/p>\n

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The Welcome Card.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The room was massive \u2013 <\/em>and this was the lowest-priced room even. The size at 77 square meters was about more than half the size of our Rivervale apartment! There was plenty of space for Hannah to move about, and she took joy in simply walking round and round the room, touching and exploring.<\/p>\n

Warm earth and traditional colors throughout too, but yet the room was driven by high tech gadgets. Including a full LCD-equipped telephone, power board boxes, ceiling mounted speakers with a Bose CD player, a 42 inch LCD rotatable wall-mounted screen, electrically controlled light settings, curtains and blinds, with mood settings too.<\/p>\n

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The room, and balcony just yonder.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Most of the wall comprises a large glass window that gave us a view of the garden below, and also Palawan Beach further beyond.<\/p>\n

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Hannah was fascinated with the room, and in the first 30 minutes walked circles round and round!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Hannah approves of the fantastic view of Sentosa from the three meter long couch.=)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We were glad to see that a baby crib had been laid out too in the room, though it creaked a little as Hannah adjusted herself to it at night. Strangely; crib pillows were not included, though Ling had earlier specifically asked if crib pillows would be included and the answer was yes. When she called the reception to inquire about it again, the final answer came back in the negative. That necessitated a trip back home to pick up Hannah\u2019s pillows (Ling had also forgotten if she\u2019d switch off the living room fan LOL). The one downer in our stay.<\/p>\n

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The Tub.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Double sinks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Baby toiletries too.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A large suite of hot and cold beverages, an expresso machine - all in the package.=)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The room was scented; Ling's guess - sandal wood.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We mused that the relatively high price tag for the room \u2013 at SGD550+ lowest – might had been instrumental in keeping away most stayers. Plus the relatively low number of rooms versus the very large physical land space the resort is spread out mean that the resort never felt crowded.<\/p>\n

Continued in a next post. =)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hands down; the best hotel or resort we\u2019ve both stayed yet. This is one property where (nearly – see below) everything\u2019s just perfect. We got to the resort pretty speedily in on the early yesterday Saturday afternoon, got the car<\/p>\n

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