StaceyDarling!
There's A Great, Big, Beautiful Tomorrow!
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- Jan 15, 2009
Hello everyone! I thought I would share a little bit of what me and my husband have seen, done and enjoyed in Aulani on our honeymoon in November! This was our first time visiting Aulani and Hawaii! We only visited Oahu, so we did not jump between any other islands, just as a heads up! We stayed for 8 beautiful days, all at the Aulani resort and spa (OMG the spa, I could cry with how much I miss it!!). I don't want to make this too long, so I plan on sharing a lot of my pictures of the places we went and things we experienced! Hopefully this can help anyone who is looking for some information on Aulani and what to do at the resort, or maybe just some fun for those of you who have seen it first hand already, but still like to immerse yourself in the magic! I would love to answer any questions, or give any opinions that I can so please let me know if you are curious about anything, and I will try my best to help you out!
To begin with I must just mention, we had an AMAZING time. And that is an understatement still. Hawaii, and more specifically Aulani, was the perfect choice for a honeymoon. I am a HUGE Disney fan (addict, freak, nerd, whatever the term, it fits me LOL) so when we originally had to postpone our Disney Cruise for Zika, we thought, obviously we will just go to Disney World... right? Then Zika hit there too. We played around with the thought of Disneyland or Aulani, and ultimately we went with Aulani! We had just planned this HUGE wedding which we were REALLY involved with, so we wanted a nice, relaxing honeymoon where we weren't worried about rushing around and not missing out on anything. And we didn't think we could do that in California, seeing as there are so many things we wanted to do in and outside of the Disneyland Parks in California. So anyways! Long story short, it was an AMAZING experience. It was just enough Disney magic to keep me satisfied and happy, plus with knowing the Disney Company standards and customer service, we felt completely comfortable trusting in Aulani to give us the spectacular Honeymoon experience we had hoped for... and they did not disappoint! Staff at Aulani was relaxed, professional, friendly and helpful, I really don't have a bad thing to say about our stay at all. I will say one tiny thing however, you can DEFINITELY tell the difference between the Cast Members who have been with the Disney company prior to working at Aulani, verses the locals that became Cast Members at Aulani. We just found so many of the lovely CM's that took time to congratulate us, talk to us and really bring that extra level of joy and magic to our trip were CM's who had worked in Disney World or on the cruises, and even a lot of College Program alumni. We just thought that was such a funny thing we noticed. However, with that being said, everyone was professional and friendly, some just really went that extra Disney mile that we are so used to what with being avid Disney World travelers! Enough chatter, on to the pictures!
Up Next: Day 1: Travel and Arrival in Hawaii!
To begin with I must just mention, we had an AMAZING time. And that is an understatement still. Hawaii, and more specifically Aulani, was the perfect choice for a honeymoon. I am a HUGE Disney fan (addict, freak, nerd, whatever the term, it fits me LOL) so when we originally had to postpone our Disney Cruise for Zika, we thought, obviously we will just go to Disney World... right? Then Zika hit there too. We played around with the thought of Disneyland or Aulani, and ultimately we went with Aulani! We had just planned this HUGE wedding which we were REALLY involved with, so we wanted a nice, relaxing honeymoon where we weren't worried about rushing around and not missing out on anything. And we didn't think we could do that in California, seeing as there are so many things we wanted to do in and outside of the Disneyland Parks in California. So anyways! Long story short, it was an AMAZING experience. It was just enough Disney magic to keep me satisfied and happy, plus with knowing the Disney Company standards and customer service, we felt completely comfortable trusting in Aulani to give us the spectacular Honeymoon experience we had hoped for... and they did not disappoint! Staff at Aulani was relaxed, professional, friendly and helpful, I really don't have a bad thing to say about our stay at all. I will say one tiny thing however, you can DEFINITELY tell the difference between the Cast Members who have been with the Disney company prior to working at Aulani, verses the locals that became Cast Members at Aulani. We just found so many of the lovely CM's that took time to congratulate us, talk to us and really bring that extra level of joy and magic to our trip were CM's who had worked in Disney World or on the cruises, and even a lot of College Program alumni. We just thought that was such a funny thing we noticed. However, with that being said, everyone was professional and friendly, some just really went that extra Disney mile that we are so used to what with being avid Disney World travelers! Enough chatter, on to the pictures!
Up Next: Day 1: Travel and Arrival in Hawaii!
) so we knew we wanted to relax, and have a LOW key honeymoon. Something that offered adventure and fun experiences, but didn't require a ton of planning and effort. Aulani was THE perfect choice for what we were looking for.
Not even kidding! We wanted to get this out of the way the day we had arrived, but we were just too tired from traveling for the last 17+ hours, so we decided we'd go today. Other then that we knew we wanted to do some sightseeing, but nothing specific. We went to the lobby, and decided to take a little look around the resort in the daylight before our breakfast reservations at Ama Ama. The resort was amazing in the daylight, I can't even get over it! Ama Ama was breathtaking!!! Absolutely gorgeous and delicious and completely worth the $$$ in my opinion. Everything in Hawaii is expensive, all the restaurants in the area on the resort and off are pretty much the same. We loved eating at the resort, those were our favorite meals. I had a delicious farm veggie frittata and DH had some sort of eggs benedict dish, I'm not exactly sure anymore! As well as delicious, fresh pineapple juice (which was only like $2, which we were so surprised about it because it was more expensive back at home!) DH had his favorite part of the week as well, his very on french press full of yummy Kona coffee!
We spent another 20 minutes or so just taking in the beauty of the ocean, and collecting these adorable, tiny shells for each of our nieces and nephews.
I wasn't super impressed. I mainly think it's because I am from Philadelphia and we have the best water ice, shaved ice, etc. Although its not the exact same thing at all, it's similar enough. I am absolutely happy we went though. It was definitely something we had to do regardless, and it was good. I just prefer what i am used to. 
