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When we bought in 2010, I tracked "value per point" (VPP) which I defined as the cost of the room paying in cash divided by the number of DVC points needed to book it. Back then, 40% discounts were common so I calculated our stays with 40% off rack rates. My studio stays 2010-2013 had VPP in the...

Did anyone complain to the front desk? I wondered if compensation would be offered because all of the complaints above seem valid to me. We didn’t bother since we felt American idol, at least for this first visit for us, was slightly more positive than negative.

I'm pretty sure the only option to fly non-stop BOS-HNL is Hawaiian Airlines, so check out their website. When I was looking for Feb 2024, they didn't have flights everyday so you might want to look at their flight schedules before booking Aulani.

Sorry to continue the adult spa drama but on our last day at Aulani (Thursday 8 Feb) the adult hot tub was not hot. It wasn’t cold, more like the same temperature as the swimming pool. Earlier in the week it was hot.

As others have said, there are nonstop flights between HNL and JFK. I’m on one today (Delta). We considered stopping in LA to visit Disneyland, but decided with all the time and effort to get to Hawaii we should just spend the entire vacation in Hawaii. Also Jet lag can be a benefit too. We...

Once the show starts they ask that the audience not take out their phones. Less because of secrecy (people on the beach and at Aulani and the Four Seasons could take tons of photos) and more because they don’t want the audience shown holding cameras on the broadcast. The show was long. I...

Update: the DVC email had some effect. I am now on some sort of list. Today the area behind AmaAma was closed to the public and they were taping some sort of mentorship meet and sing. It was fairly interesting. While the area was closed off, you could see what they were doing from a distance...

I re-read my letter. It says “Aulani Guests” receive priority entrance. I’m not sure how that fits with the DVC email I received which mentioned “VIP”. My unverified guess is maybe DVC then Aulani then general? I did end up sending an email request as DVC so I’ll update if something happens on...

Sorry, I haven't been checking Disboards regularly while on vacation. I'm not sure what criteria they used to send the email, I know that they referenced DVC, but there might have been something else. But in addition to that we received a letter in our room upon check-in that explained the...

I received an email today from DVC informing me that if I want to be in the audience I can send an email to the people in charge of audience members and they will "send a priority entrance ticket." Tapings are 7 and 8 Feb (as mentioned before) Email was sent to me 2 Feb Email to request tickets...

I didn’t know magicbands work at Aulani. I guess I will bring ours. Thank you for the tip.

I'm very interested in this activity, but does anyone know what the policy is for weather (cloudy nights)? I'm guessing they would cancel it or move the reservation to a different night, but I don't see anything specific. I guess I could also wait to book until I'm at Aulani and know the forecast.

I got an email just now for a production at Aulani 1 Feb to 10 Feb. What should I expect? How will this affect my vacation? Good or bad?

The only time I eat eggo waffles is at WDW. It tastes like vacation to me now. That said, last time we were there we ended up with our food delivery being sent twice (we were only charged once), so I had way too many eggos, too much water, too much peanut butter, too much everything.

It's hard to predict the future, but I think a lot of locals will come and stake out a 'good' spot for the show and not be in lines or other non-Luminous stuff. So if you are looking to see Luminous, then yes, it will be extremely busy, but if you are looking to do other stuff, I don't think it...

I don't follow VGF all that closely, but generally speaking, the cheapest studio room is the most popular room at all the resorts. Furthermore, December is the most popular DVC time (first and second weeks included, perhaps even more so).

Break downs have been worrying me for a while now. The way I look at it is that while breakdowns are becoming more common, the awful bad luck that the previous poster experienced is still rare. However, with tens of thousands of families visiting WDW every day, the chances that someone will have...

I also track against discounted rack rates (40% off) just to see. When we were buying 40% was typical for room discounts so I stuck with that. I’m pretty sure those discounts dried up in the late 2010’s. Overall I’m happy with the savings. We had been going every year so our habits were known...

We're the opposite. We used to rope drop all the time to take advantage of that golden hour at the beginning of the day. I remember getting 5 rides in that first hour (Space, Pooh, SnowWhite, Peter Pan, Haunted Mansion), but those days are long gone. Can you imagine trying to do Peter Pan FOURTH...

I don't think so. Current upcoming phases are all extending the line eastward. There are no plans to extend westward. Even the current plans aren't expected to be done for a long time. I'm sure it would be nice to take a train from the airport to Aulani, but that seems like a non-benefit to...