Aulani Villas & Views -- REVISED 07/22/2017

[DenLo]

Great pics, gpts@disney and Anal Annie. gpts@disney loved the photo of the infinity pool, makes me want to step right in. Your photos are so clear. I would love to have your ocean view for our stay at Aulani in October! Anal Annie glad you were able to see the Supermoon while at Aualni. Wil (wdrl) and I were thinking of you when we saw the Supermoon from here in Houston. Your night photos were great.

Thanks for sharing with us.

 

[ACDSNY]

Beautiful pics Anal Annie, I hope your trip went well.

 

[tbay]

Beautiful Pictures Beautiful Moon
Thanks for Posting. Wish I was going soon . Looking at your pictures
helps you to remember how beautiful the resort is.

 

[Anal Annie]

Thanks for posting your photos, Anal Annie! The super moon photos are phenomenal! And so are your nighttime photos of the resort! You not only have a great camera for low light photography but you obviously know how to use it!

Mahalo!!

Great pics, gpts@disney and Anal Annie. gpts@disney loved the photo of the infinity pool, makes me want to step right in. Your photos are so clear. I would love to have your ocean view for our stay at Aulani in October! Anal Annie glad you were able to see the Supermoon while at Aualni. Wil (wdrl) and I were thinking of you when we saw the Supermoon from here in Houston. Your night photos were great.

Thanks for sharing with us.

Beautiful pics Anal Annie, I hope your trip went well.

Beautiful Pictures Beautiful Moon
Thanks for Posting. Wish I was going soon . Looking at your pictures
helps you to remember how beautiful the resort is.

Thanks, everyone. I was so happy to catch the super moon and have something else to reference with it. And the sun reflecting off of it was just an added bonus!!

Wil - I considered bringing my tripod but ultimately only brought a monopod to conserve space & weight. I usually work in aperature priority but for these I set the camera on shutter priority and experimented with how slow I could set the shutter. And of course I had to bump up the ISO (I hate doing that but think I settled on about 800) and I increased the exposure compensation a little bit as well. Couldn't have done them hand-held tho. The monopod was a lifesaver up at Haleakala (on Maui) when we went for sunrise too - there were 30-35 mph winds blowing so you couldn't even stand still. It was sooo cold. I sat on my knees on a towel & buried myself behind the retaining wall & tried like heck to hold still for those shots. We got there around 5:00 and sunrise was at 6:06 so we had a long time to wait. But I wanted a good viewing spot. I brought our "packable down" coats that I bought for our January WDW trip - they worked out GREAT for those freezing temps.

I plan to start a little trip report once I get thru a few more of our pics - I will be sure to include a lot of pics in the report.

 

[lovetotraveltx]

I love the photos, Anal Annie!

 

[jerseygal]

Then we were there during that last "super moon" and I looked out of the window and saw THE BIGGEST MOON EVER
with the sunset reflecting off of it so it was GLOWING!!! NOW we had a view!!

I watched it for awhile as it got darker out - it was incredible!!

GORGEOUS pics of the supermoon and the sunsets!!! Wow!

Vacs goes TOO FAST! Always FUN Planning the next one!
Speaking of "next vacas".........Noticed that you are headed to DL next summer! Did you stay at GCV and did you enjoy it? We are "thinking" of going for our second trip to DL end of May, beginning of June!

 

[dvc at last !]

beautiful

 

[Anal Annie]

Then we were there during that last "super moon" and I looked out of the window and saw THE BIGGEST MOON EVER
with the sunset reflecting off of it so it was GLOWING!!! NOW we had a view!!

I watched it for awhile as it got darker out - it was incredible!!

GORGEOUS pics of the supermoon and the sunsets!!! Wow!

Vacs goes TOO FAST! Always FUN Planning the next one!
Speaking of "next vacas".........Noticed that you are headed to DL next summer! Did you stay at GCV and did you enjoy it? We are "thinking" of going for our second trip to DL end of May, beginning of June!

DOH - not going back to DL - we started this trip there….for some reason my tickers are not switching to "since". It's like they started counting over again. I just need to delete them. (Waaa - then I will have none )

 

[lovetotraveltx]

Here are some pictures in and out of our dedicated 2-bedroom villa, 586. Not the exact view I wanted but were thrilled with the view. Were directly facing line to slide, that's the only negative. But, with no strain at all you could see the ocean to the left of the lanai which was awesome. Could also see the main pool and other buildings, etc. Loved it!

https://hawaiiaulaniaugust2014.shutterfly.com/

 

[jerseygal]

Here are some pictures in and out of our dedicated 2-bedroom villa, 586. Not the exact view I wanted but were thrilled with the view. Were directly facing line to slide, that's the only negative. But, with no strain at all you could see the ocean to the left of the lanai which was awesome. Could also see the main pool and other buildings, etc. Loved it!

http://DSCN0077.JPG

Unfortunately could not open?

 

[lovetotraveltx]

Unfortunately could not open?

It's a whopping 171 pictures but try now!

 

[jerseygal]

It's a whopping 171 pictures but try now!

Looks like you had an AWESOME TIME!

Always SAD leaving and coming back to "reality"....Fun to think about 'RETURNING" in the future though!

 

[wdrl]

Here are some pictures in and out of our dedicated 2-bedroom villa, 586. Not the exact view I wanted but were thrilled with the view. Were directly facing line to slide, that's the only negative. But, with no strain at all you could see the ocean to the left of the lanai which was awesome. Could also see the main pool and other buildings, etc. Loved it!

https://hawaiiaulaniaugust2014.shutterfly.com/

Thanks, lovetotraveltx! I really loved looking at all 171 photos in your album. It was nice to see what still looks the same from when we were there in 2012 and what has changed in the last two years.

Now that you've stayed in a Pool View villa, do you think you'll try a different view if you go back to Aulani?

 

[lovetotraveltx]

Thanks, lovetotraveltx! I really loved looking at all 171 photos in your album. It was nice to see what still looks the same from when we were there in 2012 and what has changed in the last two years.

Now that you've stayed in a Pool View villa, do you think you'll try a different view if you go back to Aulani?

Actually I would really want ocean view. But, needing a 2-bedroom, even if I save them up, I can't justify the tremendous difference in points.

I would go for Island and take my chances.

Glad you liked them and 171 wasn't over kill!

 

[apple9117]

Here are some pictures in and out of our dedicated 2-bedroom villa, 586. Not the exact view I wanted but were thrilled with the view. Were directly facing line to slide, that's the only negative. But, with no strain at all you could see the ocean to the left of the lanai which was awesome. Could also see the main pool and other buildings, etc. Loved it!

https://hawaiiaulaniaugust2014.shutterfly.com/

These pictures were amazing, thanks for sharing!

 

[tbay]

Thanks for sharing they are wonderful pictures .

 

[lovetotraveltx]

I'm glad you all enjoyed. Have more of Hawaii. Hoping to do a trip report soon

 

[Anal Annie]

Started my trip report. It's probably gonna take me awhile to get much done on it tho…trying to go thru my pics and add a few of those in too…

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=3322698

 

[SeaPic]

Sorry this took me awhile but here are the pics from 1677. Thanks for all the great info and to all who gave advice about what to request! In case anyone is interested, our request was Ewa Long Building Highest Possible Floor Room Ending in 77 or 83. I knew 83 was an Ocean view above the 8th (I think) floor but included it just in case. We were right under the arch. I included a pic from the Living Room so you can see it. It didn't bother us but some may feel it's obstructed. We could watch the Hui but couldn't really hear it clearly - although the dance party beat came through loud and clear. lol. Last pic is the infinity pool in the early am. I included it because of the comment my DH made.

Left From Bedroom

Center from Bedroom

Right From Bedroom

From Living Room Balcony

Starlit Hui

Infinity Pool - DH noticed the hand rail makes an A. Coincidence?

 

[rlk]