Aloha Swap Meet?

[nkereina]

I'll be starting my trip report soon, so keep your eyes peeled .

We did the 2 day Go Oahu card, so we could only do one tour per day, but if you pay out of pocket, you could easily do more than one tour. Our kids were too young to do the zipline, ATV or horseback riding, so we didn't have many other tours to choose from - we're also not good on boats!

We left Aulani at about 8am and stopped at the Byodo-In temple just before 9am (which I would highly recommend!) They opened at 9am, but they let us in before 9. We spent about 45 minutes there, and two big tour buses pulled up right as we were leaving. It only took about 20 minutes to drive from Byodo-In to Kualoa. We checked in for our 11am tour at about 10:15am. Our tour was 90 minutes, and they are pretty much exactly on time. We had lunch there and it was very good, but very busy. Then it was about an hour to drive down to Sealife Park. I'm glad we ate at Kualoa because there didn't look like many places to stop for lunch on the way. We could have easily gone into Kailua, though, as we saw the exit from the highway. Whether you go on the way there or back will depend on what tours you take and what time of day they are offered.

Thanks for the info! I'll definitely keep an eye out for your trip report!

For lunch at Kualoa Ranch - is this a table service or more of a quick service place? We have about 45 minutes between the tours I'm looking at, so wondering if it's feasible to squeeze lunch in during that time frame. Do you recall how long lunch took you with it being busy?

 

[Rubygoose]

Thanks for the info! I'll definitely keep an eye out for your trip report!

For lunch at Kualoa Ranch - is this a table service or more of a quick service place? We have about 45 minutes between the tours I'm looking at, so wondering if it's feasible to squeeze lunch in during that time frame. Do you recall how long lunch took you with it being busy?

It's cafeteria style and they have a buffet option. It didn't take very long to get our food, but there weren't many places to sit. It looked like they had another room that they use as seating, but it was in another building and it was closed and the lights were off- I'm guessing that they use that room for kraft services when they have film crews come in. 45 minutes should be enough time, especially if you do the buffet.

 

[nkereina]

Thanks so much @Rubygoose !