Last I checked, Aulani was all booked for new years eve. Not sure about Xmas or new years day. We were hoping to celebrate the beginning of 2012 at Aulani too but was sad when it was all booked. I figured they would have something big there too since it was the first new years eve/new years being opened. Maybe fireworks or something... We're on the wait list though so hopefully it goes through although I'm not holding my breath.