Booked our flight to Hawaii today!! We are flying to HNL on my 40th birthday, hoping to spend about 10 days at Aulani, then flying over to the Big Island for a week. I can't book Aulani until February, so keep your fingers crossed for availability. Not too worried though, some combination of studio/one bedroom/two bedroom, and no view preference should be ok I hope! I've been doing lots of planning and the tips on here are terrific...keep them coming!
You will love it! We were just at Aulani a few weeks ago and I am already dreaming about going back. We did the Big Island without kids a few years ago and loved it as well.