Thanks for sharing your photos, Dugette! I'm glad to hear you had a great stay.
I'm very interested to hear what your daughter thought of Aulani. I think there are lots of us here on the boards who would love to hear about Aulani from a 25-month old's perspective. Did she like the pools? How about the Menehune Bridge? Did she spend any time at Aunty's Beach House? Did she like the food choices? Did she try the Lazy River? I think it would be a very interesting trip report!
I'll definitely be doing a Trip Report (pre-trip report in my signature). Not sure when I'll start it - I have a backlog of two WDW trips, but I'm anxious to start, so I'll post on the PTR when I do.
In general, my daughter (Izzy) loved it! I'd say the character meets were her favorite thing, followed by Keiki Cove (splash pad). But she had a great time in general, including touring the island (she loved seeing a turtle and riding a bus and a train and a boat too).
She had a tremendous fear of the pools at first, but warmed up as time went on. She loved being held in the pool near the end of the body slide and watching people come out. She also really liked being in the cave at the infinity pool. At first, she wanted to be carried in Keiki Cove, but eventually tried it out and loved playing in it. She HATED the Menehune Bridge, though. She wanted to love it because she loves playgrounds, but the water features and being up there by herself scared her. She was crying and a CM had me take her down. She never wanted to go back up. Wish I could have gone up with her - I think she would have enjoyed it if she wasn't so scared. She didn't want to do the Lazy River at first, but I talked her into giving it a try. She rode on my lap and ended up liking it enough to request it later. However, I had to get really good at avoiding the water-soakings since she hated them. Not easy, but I managed to only get her wet once in several laps. The biggest hit in the pools (that all of the other toddlers were insanely jealous of) were the Mickey and Minnie pool toys we'd brought with us from home (clearance at Target - Swimways brand). She loved having them swim around and jump in the water.
As far as Aunty's Beach House, since she was too young to stay there, we didn't do much. We went to the Open House/Disney Junior Aloha one morning and that was fun. She liked playing with the toys (mostly the blocks) and she loved that Stitch showed up to dance. We also went to a Chip and Dale Disney Junior Aloha thing (not at Aunty's, though) and she ended up loving that - both the surfing stuff and of course the playtime with Chip and Dale.
She liked the food as well as anything. This age is so hit or miss - love something one day, won't eat it the next, etc. She was obsessed with her food pouches this trip - I actually had to buy a bunch more at Target and she ate them all. She also ate several hot dogs in the room. She ate some fruit and some yogurt and some cottage cheese at the restaurants. She was surprisingly disinterested in Mickey waffles this trip.
Oh, she also loved the free pasta at Monkeypod! I believe it's ages three and under get a free bowl of pasta with parmesan - she gobbled that down!
Oh, also, she was obsessed with the elevators and enjoyed pushing buttons. She also learned how to use the key card to open the room door and was quite proud. She loved lots of little things.
I would not hesitate to stay in room 765 again. I have no complaints and loved our room, from it's convenient location to the nice balcony view. It's a Standard View Studio in the Ewa Tower, top floor that has Standard Views, I believe.
