Aulani pool chairs

[maxbuffmelvin]

Coming from the East Coast, the more annual Aulani trips we take, the quicker we adjust our sleep to Hawaiian time, where we are no longer waking up super early like our earlier Aulani trips.

 

[jimmymc]

Different strokes of course, but if you fully adjust to Hawaii time you're making your trip home harder.

If you don't adjust or only adjust halfway, you get so many benefits. Easier trip home, easier to get pool chairs, easier to get dinner reservations, eating dinner during happy hour specials, not dealing with nighttime drunks, beating all of the tour groups at the big destinations. The best feeling in the world is when you visit the Byodo-In temple and you're literally the only people there, then when you leave you see a row of 20 tour buses pulling in from Waikiki and the cruise ships and you missed them entirely.

I'm not suggesting any special effort to wake up early, I'm just suggesting people not spend the special effort to fully adjust to the time change.

I stay on east coast time if I've camping or hiking out west. And for Hawaii, I did make a point to visit the more popular sites earlier in the trip. I'm honestly not even making an effort to change my internal clock, it's a natural adjustment.

 

[Carouselofplanning]

Different strokes of course, but if you fully adjust to Hawaii time you're making your trip home harder.

If you don't adjust or only adjust halfway, you get so many benefits. Easier trip home, easier to get pool chairs, easier to get dinner reservations, eating dinner during happy hour specials, not dealing with nighttime drunks, beating all of the tour groups at the big destinations. The best feeling in the world is when you visit the Byodo-In temple and you're literally the only people there, then when you leave you see a row of 20 tour buses pulling in from Waikiki and the cruise ships and you missed them entirely.

I'm not suggesting any special effort to wake up early, I'm just suggesting people not spend the special effort to fully adjust to the time change.

Plus you’re simply walking down to a lounge chair on the ocean with perfect temperature. You can sleep there, drink coffee and watch the sun come up, read a book or more likely read this message board lol. It’s not like you’re waking up to catch a bus to the park or even grabbing chairs at a regular old resort pool at a crazy hour.

 

[VGCgroupie]

Plus you’re simply walking down to a lounge chair on the ocean with perfect temperature. You can sleep there, drink coffee and watch the sun come up, read a book or more likely read this message board lol. It’s not like you’re waking up to catch a bus to the park or even grabbing chairs at a regular old resort pool at a crazy hour.

Not selling me on this. It’s not beach chairs that people are getting its pool chairs so no ocean view. It’s usually pretty hot when I go so not really perfect weather.

Those who like to do this more power to you but it’s not bliss you are selling in my book. I’d rather set my alarm wake up at a crazy hour call and pay for a chair.

 

[Carouselofplanning]

Not selling me on this. It’s not beach chairs that people are getting its pool chairs so no ocean view. It’s usually pretty hot when I go so not really perfect weather.

Those who like to do this more power to you but it’s not bliss you are selling in my book. I’d rather set my alarm wake up at a crazy hour call and pay for a chair.

There are many row 1 pool chairs that face the ocean (probably 75 in total). These are the early chairs. I agree I’m not getting up early to face Menehune Bridge or the water slides or to be in the 3rd row facing the chairs that face the beach. The beach chairs go later and you don’t need first row down there to have nice views. It’s also true this is much easier on the body earlier in your trip.

 

[VGCgroupie]

There are many row 1 pool chairs that face the ocean (probably 75 in total). These are the early chairs. I agree I’m not getting up early to face Menehune Bridge or the water slides or to be in the 3rd row facing the chairs that face the beach. The beach chairs go later and you don’t need first row down there to have nice views. It’s also true this is much easier on the body earlier in your trip.

I will have to look this month when I am there. I guess that’s how much I decided to not care about pool chairs when I went last year that I didn’t even notice some face the ocean. I know the maile deck chairs do, I figured those wouldnt be as desirable since it’s hard to watch kids in the water from that area.

 

[Carouselofplanning]

I will have to look this month when I am there. I guess that’s how much I decided to not care about pool chairs when I went last year that I didn’t even notice some face the ocean. I know the maile deck chairs do, I figured those wouldnt be as desirable since it’s hard to watch kids in the water from that area.

The best chairs that face the ocean at the pool where you can watch the kiddos are at the Infiniti pool. People go for the ones to the left of it (when facing the ocean) because those are truly oceanfront. But the best ones for a view while also watching the pool are right behind the pool but still face the ocean. The first photo is me sitting in those chairs with a hot Malasada from the Olelo room (sold to-go in the am). The second is a photo I took of my son from my chair with zoom. But it shows you can watch the pool.

 

[VGCgroupie]

The best chairs that face the ocean at the pool where you can watch the kiddos are at the Infiniti pool. People go for the ones to the left of it (when facing the ocean) because those are truly oceanfront. But the best ones for a view while also watching the pool are right behind the pool but still face the ocean. The first photo is me sitting in those chairs with a hot Malasada from the Olelo room (sold to-go in the am). The second is a photo I took of my son from my chair with zoom. But it shows you can watch the pool.

Love that photo.

 

[Carouselofplanning]

Love that photo.

Me too! You get why I’m trying to figure out getting points here. Have to go back. It’s just too nice of a place. Enjoy the trip!