Pat,
Cinnamon Hill is slightly shorter, but no less demanding. The balance on uphill holes is a welcome respite with dramatic downhill ones was well-conceived. There is one awkward point on the front nine, where you are left with a cart ride from the fourth and fifth hole, but otherwise the routing works well. The wind is prevalent and the holes almost always there is a way to run the shot into the green.
The back nine leaves the ocean and goes up into the mountain, which creates a very different experience. Holes 11-13 all climb uphill, without seeming extreme (Billy goat). From 14 in, the holes play downhill, which leaves it a little unbalanced - albeit gorgeous - coming in. However, the holes are all pretty good.
The 14th is the most challenging driving hole on the course and for a long par four, gives a few options to get to a massive green.
The 15th is essentially a drop-shot par three.
The 16th is a great risk-reward par four, downhill 349 yards, with a very small margin for error if you attempt to drive the green.
The 17th is a strong par four, that benefits those who can work the ball from left-to-right and use the slope to gain distance.
The finisher is another risk/reward hole, a 502-yard par five, with the approach having to carry a ravine.
Lots of interesting strategy, if you are interested in more in-depth, email me.
Regarding White Witch, the course is a stunner without boasting the oceanfront property that Cinnamon Hill has. It was clearly designed for the resort guest, to take full advantage of the views, which Quassi alluded to.
The mounding does affect playability (see the photo of the first) as it either rewarded the bad shot by kicking it back in play, or kills the slightly worse shot by kicking it into the jungle. Perhaps this was to combat the severe land on either side of each hole, but it left me wanting.
As exposed if not more to the wind than CH, the course has more extreme green complexes, which combined with the jungle surroundings, does not lend to much interest.
The severity of the land dictated the cart rides between holes, but the eagerness to play downhill holes did as well. The gaps hurt the flow of the routing, but provide lots of great pictures.
Again, since they were both done by the same architect (or company) and literally touch at one point, it is a worth comparison. The White Witch is on a slightly more difficult property, but I wondered whether the feeling of upstaging the previous design was an issue. The budget far exceeded CH, but the additions of more severe containment mounding and lots of bunkers, didn't accomplish anything greater.