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

[wdrl]

So which buildings are the resort rooms in? About where would we be w/a pool view?

By "resort rooms" do you mean the regular Aulani hotel rooms? The Aulani hotel rooms are on the Waianae side of the resort and are located in two wings. The rooms have room numbers ending xx20 to xx29 and xx30 to xx47. If you look at the first post in this thread you'll see a resort map right before the list of the links to the villas. The hotel rooms are situated in the lower right hand corner of the map.

I'm not familiar with the view designations of the hotel rooms, so I can't tell you where the hotel pool view rooms would be located.

 

[gjl]

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[wdrl]

So would a 1 bed pool view cash reservation be on the Waianae list of room numbers you just mentioned?

Are you referring to a one bedroom suite that is part of the hotel, or are you referring to a one-bedroom villa that is part of the DVC inventory? Disney rents both for cash. The former will be on the Waianae side of the resort. I'm pretty sure that there are hotel suites facing the Waikolohe Valley (Aulani's main pool) that are in the hotel wing immediately adjacent to the lobby. These are in the wing labeled 30-47. I'm just guessing, but there could be some pool view hotel suites facing the Wailing adult pool, which would be in the wing labeled 20-29 on the map.

If you are referring to the DVC villas that are classified as Pool View Villas, then they can be in either the Waianae Building or the Ewa Building. See the layout charts in Post #1 of this thread.

 

[gjl]

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[MissDaisyofTexas]

Not sure if I'm reading this right, but on the first post it lists the number of villas by view. Are there only 17 1-bedroom standard views in the entire resort?

We will be in a DVC 1-bedroom standard view in March, not on points but through cash/credit card directly through Aulani. Does this mean there's a good chance for an upgrade? I would have thought that DVC owners would snatch up most or all of the standard views since they are the least amount of points.

 

[wdrl]

Not sure if I'm reading this right, but on the first post it lists the number of villas by view. Are there only 17 1-bedroom standard views in the entire resort?

We will be in a DVC 1-bedroom standard view in March, not on points but through cash/credit card directly through Aulani. Does this mean there's a good chance for an upgrade? I would have thought that DVC owners would snatch up most or all of the standard views since they are the least amount of points.

You are reading the chart correctly; there are only 17 Standard View one-bedroom villas at Aulani. Since you booked a villa directly from Disney there is a chance you might get upgraded. At least your chances of being upgraded are much better than if you had booked using DVC points.

You are right that Aulani's Standard View accommodations get booked very quickly by DVC Members, much more so than the other accommodation types. I think its the combination of fewer villas and cheaper points that cause the Standard View villas to be booked relatively quickly.

Keep in mind that Disney still owns a lot of points at Aulani and that not all of the resort has been declared for the DVC inventory. Unfortunately, I don't have any numbers for Aulani so I can't say how much is controlled by Disney. Disney is within its rights to keep a portion of the Standard View villas for itself. As long as the DVC members have access to the percentage of the resort equal to the percent that has been declared, Disney could, in theory, grab more of one type of accommodation and let the DVC members have access to more of another type.

 

[Sur]

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[shortypots]

So DH and I decided that the sunset was not as much of a concern as getting the quieter area of the Waianae bldg. So we requested Waianae bldg, even - low numbered room. We shall see what we get.

 

[Sur]

So DH and I decided that the sunset was not as much of a concern as getting the quieter area of the Waianae bldg. So we requested Waianae bldg, even - low numbered room. We shall see what we get.

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[CarlaT]

I would like to post pictures from our room 1611 Waianae Bldg..could someone tell me how?
I have all my pics in Shutterfly. Can I use this site?

 

[Joan1]

We are 4 adults, parents with an 18 and 20 year old. Should we request the Waianae building even number room high floor to be closer to the adult pool or doesn't really matter which building? We are in a 1b OV for a couple of days and then a GV for the rest of the stay. Don't want to request near the adult pool as some of the ocean views in that building seem to look over the JW next door. Don't want them to mistake my request as a view of the adult pool

From the first page I see that the even numbered rooms have the better ocean views


Thanks

 

[cedricandsophie]

We are 4 adults, parents with an 18 and 20 year old. Should we request the Waianae building even number room high floor to be closer to the adult pool or doesn't really matter which building? We are in a 1b OV for a couple of days and then a GV for the rest of the stay. Don't want to request near the adult pool as some of the ocean views in that building seem to look over the JW next door. Don't want them to mistake my request as a view of the adult pool From the first page I see that the even numbered rooms have the better ocean views Thanks

We love the Ewe building, room 950 or room 50 on any other floor above. Great ocean view and you can see the whole pool area and the lazy river. Plus you can hear music from the bar right below. The adult pool is on the other side of the hotel, but not a far walk. I really don't recommend the adult pool though...there is no view.

 

[Sur]

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[Sassali Family]

Hello everyone, this is our first post on this thread. We are about to book Aulani for our first trip as DVC members for Thanksgiving 2015. Wondering what Ocean View Studios people recommend, looking at the pictures, it seems you can't go wrong.

I think our priority above all else would be view, as our favorite thing to do when we went on our Disney Cruise last year was sit on our verandah and drink our morning coffee while looking out on the ocean. Any advice for what specific rooms we should request when we book would be welcomed. Thanks so much!

 

[wdrl]

Hello everyone, this is our first post on this thread. We are about to book Aulani for our first trip as DVC members for Thanksgiving 2015. Wondering what Ocean View Studios people recommend, looking at the pictures, it seems you can't go wrong.

I think our priority above all else would be view, as our favorite thing to do when we went on our Disney Cruise last year was sit on our verandah and drink our morning coffee while looking out on the ocean. Any advice for what specific rooms we should request when we book would be welcomed. Thanks so much!

Welcome to the thread. We have been to Aulani twice (Sep 2012; Oct 2014) and have two pieces of general advice about ocean view rooms: Usually, the higher the floor the better the view. The lowest floor for Ocean View villas are on the 6th floor. The views are good, but they improve the higher you go. The second piece of advice I would share is that the Aulani Resort is fairly compact and it doesn't take long to get from one part of the resort to another. Thus, there is little advantage, or disadvantage, to having a villa in one part of the resort over another.

Since views are so subjective, I suggest you click at some of the links in Post #1 and see for yourself what views look most appealing. Personally, I like the Ocean views in the Ewa Building Phase 1 (xx50-xx58) and Ewa Building Long Wing (xx70-xx86) because they offer sunset views.

 

[Sassali Family]

Thanks so much for the reply, I didn't realize the list in the first post were links. That is awesome, and extremely helpful!

 

[SingingMom]

My 2 cents would be.,,,,,. How important really is the view?? We enjoyed our spot looking out to the ocean and the main lawn, but truly, anything but a parking lo would have been lovely. :-7

 

[wdrl]

A note to those planning a trip to Aulani in 2016:

DVC has made some changes to the Aulani point chart for 2016. The good news is that the number of points per night went down in 20 accommodation types and up in only five, and the cheaper Adventure Season is increasing by 33 days. The not-so-good news is that all of July and the first half of August have been moved into the more expensive Premier Season.

More information about the 2016 Aulani point chart changes can be found in this article.

 

[Anal Annie]

A note to those planning a trip to Aulani in 2016:

DVC has made some changes to the Aulani point chart for 2016. The good news is that the number of points per night went down in 20 accommodation types and up in only five, and the cheaper Adventure Season is increasing by 33 days. The not-so-good news is that all of July and the first half of August have been moved into the more expensive Premier Season.

More information about the 2016 Aulani point chart changes can be found in this article.

YIKES!! That is significant!! Glad we went this past year!!! We will definitely have to look at a cheaper shoulder season if we ever go again!!

 

[ACDSNY]

Thinking of booking either a daytime sail or sunset sail for our February trip (2 adults), for those that have done these what company did you like?