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

[wdrl]

We were in 1568 it was a one bedroom OV we were all the way down the hall. Beautiful room, the entire resort is amazing. DH woke me up at 5am to see the moonlight!

Thanks for confirming your villa number. I've revised the chart in Post #1 to show that villas #xx66 are studios and #xx68 are one-bedrooms.

THaks for the great thread! i have finally completed all 40 pages! Awesome posts and pictures. But i am still a bit confused abt the requests. I have a trip 1st week of sept to aulani with a pool view studio villa. What would be the best request to make? I am thinking HIgh floor room ending in ##10 or ##84. does that sound like a good suggestion?

Be aware that studios ending in #xx10 (Waianae Building) are closer to the lobby and the Menehune Bridge water play area, while the studios ending in #xx84 (Ewa Building) are further away from the lobby toward the end of the Ewa Building hallway. If you want to be as close as possible to the lagoon side of Aulani, then #xx84 or #xx05 would work; if you want to be a bit closer to the elevators and the lobby, then #xx10 or #xx72 might work better.

 

[yolie912]

Hello,
I am planning my stay at Aulani.
Can someone tell me more about room 1204?
What kind of view is it and what location should i request for this type of room.

Thanks!

 

[psimon]

Hello,
I am planning my stay at Aulani.
Can someone tell me more about room 1204?
What kind of view is it and what location should i request for this type of room.

Thanks!

Just curious... how did you come up with that room number? Are you requesting that room from Disney?

---Paul in Southern NJ

 

[yolie912]

Hi,

I got it from someone who posted their view.
It was very nice! I am going to request it and cross my fingers!

 

[yolie912]

Duplicate!

 

[Cinderpamela]

Hello,
I am planning my stay at Aulani.
Can someone tell me more about room 1204?
What kind of view is it and what location should i request for this type of room.

Thanks!

If you look at the very first page of this thread- on the lists that wdrl was nice enough to compile- it will tell you all you need to know about this room. You will see that 1204 is in the Waianae Bld and is the Ocean View category- it is part of a lock off 2 bedroom (1206).... or can be a studio (1204).

So for a room request you would do Ocean View category, 12th floor, pool view... or something to that effect.

the view pics from this thread for 1204 are posted in this post:http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=46395259&postcount=165

 

[NC State Tigger]

We've had our rooms booked for our Aulani trip in Oct since the 7 month mark. Wasn't sure the trip was going to happen, but we finally found air fare we could live with and the flights I wanted, so we bit the bullet and bought our plane tickets yesterday.

Now I need to decide what "room requests" I want to make. We have a dedicated 2bd and studio OV booked. Thinking of requesting XX08 and XX10 as high as possible.

I've looked at the pictures in post #1 and it looks like these villas do not face the Marriot---correct? Looks like the view would be the ocean and pool? Would you be able to see sunsets from these rooms?

Do these rooms have angled or straight balconies?

Where are the elevators in this wing---far from XX08 and XX10? central on the wing?

Any pros or cons?

Thanks

Donna

 

[Cinderpamela]

We've had our rooms booked for our Aulani trip in Oct since the 7 month mark. Wasn't sure the trip was going to happen, but we finally found air fare we could live with and the flights I wanted, so we bit the bullet and bought our plane tickets yesterday.

Now I need to decide what "room requests" I want to make. We have a dedicated 2bd and studio OV booked. Thinking of requesting XX08 and XX10 as high as possible.

I've looked at the pictures in post #1 and it looks like these villas do not face the Marriot---correct? Looks like the view would be the ocean and pool? Would you be able to see sunsets from these rooms?

Do these rooms have angled or straight balconies?

Where are the elevators in this wing---far from XX08 and XX10? central on the wing?

Any pros or cons?

Thanks

Donna

If you want to be able to see the sunset you need to be in the Ewa tower facing the pool (which will also face the Marriott) or if in the Waianea tower you are facing the quiet pool (but then the Marriott sort of blocks most rooms here).

If it helps to visualize- if you are facing directly towards the ocean while standing in the center of the Wiakaloa valley at Aulani the sun sets over the ocean off to the right (towards the Marriott) with some slight movement/variation depending on the season.

 

[tripletsmama]

Great thread! I just finished making my way through it while rocking DS to sleep. I definitely want to go through the pictures and maps again when not on my phone so I can see them better.

We are booked in a 2 bedroom dedicated island gardens villa February 5 for 10 nights. Can anyone help me word my request correctly to potentially score a partial ocean view? From reading the thread I'm thinking my request should be: Ewa building, long wing, highest floor possible. Does this sound right?

Also, having never been to Aulani, I am looking for some comparison between it and a WDW resort in terms of size. I'm hesitant to request long wing because that just sounds far away! At some of the Disney resorts (Saratoga Springs and Animal Kingdom Villas) we have had LONG walks to our room. Is Aulani like this or is it a smaller resort overall?

Thanks to all who posted tips and information on this thread!!

 

[carissa1970]

Great thread! I just finished making my way through it while rocking DS to sleep. I definitely want to go through the pictures and maps again when not on my phone so I can see them better.

We are booked in a 2 bedroom dedicated island gardens villa February 5 for 10 nights. Can anyone help me word my request correctly to potentially score a partial ocean view? From reading the thread I'm thinking my request should be: Ewa building, long wing, highest floor possible. Does this sound right?

Also, having never been to Aulani, I am looking for some comparison between it and a WDW resort in terms of size. I'm hesitant to request long wing because that just sounds far away! At some of the Disney resorts (Saratoga Springs and Animal Kingdom Villas) we have had LONG walks to our room. Is Aulani like this or is it a smaller resort overall?

Thanks to all who posted tips and information on this thread!!

We were pretty close to the elevators, but we did walk around a bit. Unless I am mistaken, the most it would take to the ends of the buildings is about 5 minutes, maybe 6. Not very spread out at all.

 

[wdrl]

We are booked in a 2 bedroom dedicated island gardens villa February 5 for 10 nights. Can anyone help me word my request correctly to potentially score a partial ocean view? From reading the thread I'm thinking my request should be: Ewa building, long wing, highest floor possible. Does this sound right?

Also, having never been to Aulani, I am looking for some comparison between it and a WDW resort in terms of size. I'm hesitant to request long wing because that just sounds far away! At some of the Disney resorts (Saratoga Springs and Animal Kingdom Villas) we have had LONG walks to our room. Is Aulani like this or is it a smaller resort overall?

Thanks to all who posted tips and information on this thread!!

Rather than using the term "long wing", I would be more direct and ask for a villa ending in xx75, xx81, or xx87. I've used the term "long wing" in this thread to describe part of the Ewa Building, but I doubt if the Aulani staff uses the same term for that part of the resort. BTW, the dedicated two-bedroom villas that have room numbers ending in xx87 are Island Views on floors 2 through 9, and then are Ocean Views on floors 10 through 14.

I agree with carissa1970 regarding the ease of moving about Aulani. In my opinion, Aulani is well laid out and it doesn't take very long to get to any part of the resort. There are two main banks of elevators, one on the Ewa side (near villas #xx58 and xx70) and one on the Waianae side (near villa xx12). The elevators extend to the ground floor and you can walk directly out to the pool area. The longest hallway walk involves the Ewa Long Wing, but that wing is only six vacation homes in length. We own at AKV, too, and Aulani's hallways are nothing like those at Kidani. Of course, if you are trying to shepherd four kids under 10 years of age, any hallway can be an interminably long walk.

 

[Cinderpamela]

Also, having never been to Aulani, I am looking for some comparison between it and a WDW resort in terms of size. I'm hesitant to request long wing because that just sounds far away! At some of the Disney resorts (Saratoga Springs and Animal Kingdom Villas) we have had LONG walks to our room. Is Aulani like this or is it a smaller resort overall?

Thanks to all who posted tips and information on this thread!!

Don't worry, the long wing in Aulani is nothing even near the long hallways at Kidani Village... at Kidani I swear we walked for like a mile or more, just to get to the lobby!! Aulani's hallways are not at all that long... it's way more easy to get around.

 

[tripletsmama]

Thanks for the replies and information. That is exactly what I needed to know! I will email my requests to MS as soon as I get the reservation completed. I booked the first 7 nights yesterday and now have been calling to add on a night each day. Since we're going during a slower time of year, maybe we'll get lucky and get our requests.

 

[NC State Tigger]

If you want to be able to see the sunset you need to be in the Ewa tower facing the pool (which will also face the Marriott) or if in the Waianea tower you are facing the quiet pool (but then the Marriott sort of blocks most rooms here).

If it helps to visualize- if you are facing directly towards the ocean while standing in the center of the Wiakaloa valley at Aulani the sun sets over the ocean off to the right (towards the Marriott) with some slight movement/variation depending on the season.

Thanks--that helps. I'm not as concerned with seeing the sunsets as I am with trying to avoid the Marriott being in the way of my "ocean view". Would rather just see the pool area and ocean.

We've had our rooms booked for our Aulani trip in Oct since the 7 month mark. Wasn't sure the trip was going to happen, but we finally found air fare we could live with and the flights I wanted, so we bit the bullet and bought our plane tickets yesterday.

Now I need to decide what "room requests" I want to make. We have a dedicated 2bd and studio OV booked. Thinking of requesting XX08 and XX10 as high as possible.
I've looked at the pictures in post #1 and it looks like these villas do not face the Marriot---correct? Looks like the view would be the ocean and pool? Would you be able to see sunsets from these rooms?

Do these rooms have angled or straight balconies?

Where are the elevators in this wing---far from XX08 and XX10? central on the wing?

Any pros or cons?

Thanks

Donna

Just saw another post about the elevator locations--thanks. Now does anyone know if the balconies are angled or straight for XX08 and XX10.

Thinking this is what I will request. Anyone know of any reason we would not like this location.

I'm sure just being at Aulani is going to be wonderful.

 

[wdrl]

Now does anyone know if the balconies are angled or straight for XX08 and XX10.

Thinking this is what I will request. Anyone know of any reason we would not like this location.

All the balconies in the Waianae Building, which includes xx08 and xx10, are angled. The Ewa Building Long Wing also has angled balconies. The Ewa Building Short Wing and the Ewa Building Phase 1 have non-angled balconies. BTW, all grand villas at Aulani have non-angled balconies.

Villas ending in xx08 and xx10 overlook the Menehune Bridge water play area. From 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM, when the water feature is turned on and running, it can get very noisy with the sounds of running water and playing kids. However, the Aulani villas have very good soundproofing and exterior sounds can be blocked when the balcony door is closed.

By the way, xx08 and xx10 are quite close to the bank of elevators. Also, the laundry room on the Waianae side of the resort is on the first floor near villa 110.

 

[psimon]

All Ocean View two-bedrooms are no lower than the sixth floor, so if you want a floor much higher than that, you might want to request it.

Aulani's elevators are centrally located and, in my opinion, there is not much to be gained by requesting to be near an elevator.

Personally, I like having a villa that overlooks Aulani's Waikolohe Valley, home of the main pool and lazy river. There are also Ocean View villas that don't overlook the Waikolohe Valley. You might want to look at the different views in a sample of villas to see if you prefer one location over another. Go to the list in Post #1 and look at villas #1070 or #1406 as examples of Waikolohe Valley views, and then look at villas #1189 or #1485 as examples of villas that don't overlook the Valley.

Hope this helps. Have a great stay at Aulani!

This was great! Many thanks for the info. I now know what to ask for.....

My next question... how do I ask? Do I do it with a direct call to Aulani? I didn't see anywhere on the DVC site when I pulled up my reservation. Do I just call Members Services?

Again many thanks....

---Paul in Southern NJ

 

[wdrl]

My next question... how do I ask? Do I do it with a direct call to Aulani? I didn't see anywhere on the DVC site when I pulled up my reservation. Do I just call Members Services?

Call Member Services with your request. Good luck and enjoy your stay at Aulani.

 

[yolie912]

So does ewa tower have better views thank the other tower? Should I reconsider my requests?
I really like the view from 1204 from the pictures? What building has better views??

Thanks!!

 

[NC State Tigger]

All the balconies in the Waianae Building, which includes xx08 and xx10, are angled. The Ewa Building Long Wing also has angled balconies.

In a dedicated 2 bd, do the angled balconies connect? I would assume there is a balcony off the master bedroom, the living area and the 2nd bedroom---do they all connect (can you walk from the bedroom balcony to the living room balcony? or are they 3 individual balconies that are not connected?
I can find pictures of the non angled balconies, but no pictures of the angled ones. Are they as large as the non angled ones?
I think both my DH and myself will spend lots of time on the balcony and the views from XX08 and XX10 seem to be just what I would like, but maybe I should rethink these with the children's play area nearby.

 

[wdrl]

In a dedicated 2 bd, do the angled balconies connect? I would assume there is a balcony off the master bedroom, the living area and the 2nd bedroom---do they all connect (can you walk from the bedroom balcony to the living room balcony? or are they 3 individual balconies that are not connected?
I can find pictures of the non angled balconies, but no pictures of the angled ones. Are they as large as the non angled ones?
I think both my DH and myself will spend lots of time on the balcony and the views from XX08 and XX10 seem to be just what I would like, but maybe I should rethink these with the children's play area nearby.

Click here to see a floor plan of a two-bedroom villa with an angled balcony. Scroll down the page past some of the photos to get to the floor plan.

The angled balconies are a good size; not small at all. But there are separate balconies off the master and off the living room & second bedroom.

I'm not sure I can advise you about the level of noise you'll hear from the Menehune water play area. There are lots of sounds from the water play area, the kids and adults in the pool and lazy river, and the background music that plays in Waikolohe Valley. For me, however, they weren't irritating sounds. After awhile I didn't really notice the sounds. But if you are expecting a quiet time on your balcony like at VWL or Kidani, then you might want to stay away from villas that face Waikolohe Valley.

By the way, the sound level drops significantly after 6:00 PM each night. The water play area shuts down its sprinklers and fountains, so things are fairly quiet at night time.