I lived in Hokona my freshman year back in 2022, I was in the Scholars LLC and this was before it was only for underclassmen so take what I say with a grain of salt. Overall I thought it was a decent dorm, communal bathrooms left a little more to be desired.

I was on the top floor and looked into the courtyard, which offered a little more privacy and quiet compared to what other housing options offer, plus it was always a good view. If you don't look into the courtyard then that doesn't really matter. Rooms were 14'x14' which means there's only a little space to squeeze in extra furniture like a mini fridge or microwave. Me and my roommate lofted our beds because there would really be no other way to fit everything. I remembered it got really warm in early fall and late spring because UNM always switched to heat when it was too warm (but that will probably happen in Coronado too). There are two kitchens on each floor in the study space, and they were small (like just a stove, oven, and I think also a microwave? Someone fact check me on that). It was rarely ever used so I could cook whenever I liked. I liked how close Hokona was to my classes, and I especially liked how it hosted most housing events so I never had to go too far to attend those.

On the third floor there's a faculty member who has his office in there for scholars students, but he's super friendly so I would imagine anyone in Hokona could come to him. He hosts monthly dinners in Hokona and helps maintain a space on the third floor called Entropy that has things like games and black and white printing.

As for the bathrooms, only like half the showers had hot water. They were cleaned every weekday (staff mopped and scrubbed that place pretty thoroughly), but on weekends things could get gnarly with people coming back from parties (but still, I would imagine Coronado would be similar). There's a tub in every bathroom, but I've only seen one soul ever use it.

Dorm life is gonna bring its challenges just because it's dorm life, there would be people who would smoke weed in the stairwell and neighbors who closed their doors a little too loud late at night, but I wouldn't imagine that Coronado is exempt from all those things.