Thank you for all of the responses! I will be in contact soon to see what can be worked out. I look forward to visiting sunny beautiful Aruba!

David, thanks again for your response. Can you tell what will be done at the pool exactly? Will there be jackhammers and big machinery and a lot of noise lifting up the tiles, concrete, etc? How bad will the construction noise be? What hours during the day will the construction start and end? How about the restaurant next to the pool for lunch and the pool side bar, will they still be open or not? Thanks for any information!

David I emailed you offline as well, thanks again

since all seems to be well in orbitz/westin "land", i am closing the thread.

there have been private messages exchanged and all i am going to say is their "alleged discussions" have been taken offline.

arubaness hit the nail on the head with his original post about the uncanniness

so all the thread is closed

those that need to be in contact with each other can do so by private message

andrea