I liked the drama but I think the ending felt rushed. I think the writers spent too much time developing Man Wol's past and too little developing the resolution of it. Her meeting with the captain was supposed to move me as much as the flashbacks did, and instead it felt shallow. And the "princess and Yeon Woo are getting married" seem too much like a rushed way to say "this part of the plot is closed, MOVING ON"...
I was a little bit bored by the ending, tbh. I don't think it was a bad ending, but it wasn't a ending that made me fangirl or be like "woah, this is amazing". I really liked, however, the talk between Choi Seo Hee and the pregnant lady about how that baby is her baby before anything else and it's going to carry her last name. I also liked how the five characters of the hotel are found family tm. And I must admit that, in a way, I see Man Wol and Chang Sung more as sister and brother or really good friends than romantic partners. I'm sorry, but I didn't feel any chemestry between them (and I'm watching Moon lovers right now, and let me tell you, Iu and Lee Joon Gi is wow), and while I appreciatte the way their relationship was written, I was left feeling meh about their romantic scenes most of the time. Which kills me because GENDERSWAP BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Like, I did like the development of their friendship and I do understand how they came to be a couple but Man Wol and Chang Sung romantic scenes didn't move me as much as Man Wol and the captain, tbh.
Which brinsg me to people saying Chang Sung was boring and, let me tell you, I don't think he was. I think is really good to see a male character being the nurturing one, the one who choses to be kind and give second chances and believe the best of everybody else. And I don't think he was naive, I think he understood people but wanted to give them a chance to prove him right in making the "right" choice. I think he's cunning, kind and interesting. I do wish the story focused a little bit more of him outside Hotel del luna, though. Like I would've liked to see him arriving to New York and see a little of what he was doing, and so on. Again, I don't think the ending was bad, but I wanted to see a little bit more of the people left behind and the ending felt rushed.
I liked the acting. I think the ones I liked the most were IU's, Bae Ha Seon's, Lee Do Hyun's and Kim Mi Eun (who played the ghost bride).
The music was really good, I think it fit the kdrama really well.
The filming was amazing and I know people talk about it a lot, but the aesthetics were goals. And yes, I'm one more in the line of "God, I wish I had a lot of Man Wol's wardroble"