Be forewarned, the swimming pool is not necessarily "part of the package"!
A pleasant stay was cut short when, having enjoyed a few hours in the chaise lounges by the pool me and my friends were told to vacate our chairs for a 'special event' that we had neither been warned about or invited to. And this is the rub: the swimming pool, as it turns out, is actually run by a nightclub outfit called 'Drais'. 'Drais' apparently has control over this area of the W property. In our case, we were told that we could remain in the chaise lounges, but, when the 'special event' began, we wold incur at $200 charge per chair. So... see ya later.
My friends and I decided to check out of the hotel rather than remain 'guests' of a facility where we weren't wanted. The hotel manager was apologetic, but also kind of defensive, asserting that we shouldn't have been so surprised to have been evicted from our chaises as "most hotels have special events on long holiday weekends". Whatever.