travel42 Hotel Review: JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa

JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa travel42 Professional Hotel Review

Location and History

This is a postcard of bravado, a 1980's megaresort built on a scale Disney fans can appreciate. Set on 436 desert acres watered by 23 acres of artificial lakes—a flock of pink flamingos greet guests—it sits in blatant contrast to the desert surroundings.

The hotel has water gushing everywhere: tumbling down terraces, spilling down stair-stepped fountains, feeding into ponds and falling into a vast indoor lake. (All this wetness may create an occasional mi...