Just popping in from Aulani to say the trip has not been completely cursed! Flights were fine, my car was waiting when we got to the Hertz counter, and we got our room request - partial ocean and Luau view. I was afraid we wouldn't be able to recreate the magic of our trip last year, but we are having such a great time. We needed this! I actually looked at extending our stay a few more nights, but there's no availability at Aulani Sat night, and with the COVID borrowing restrictions, we probably wouldn't have had access to enough points anyway.
I can barely tear my kids away from the pools, but we finally got out of the resort bubble today to head to the North Shore - Laniakea beach, Waimea Falls, food trucks, Matsumoto shaved ice. DH is doing a shark dive tomorrow. We were thinking Kualoa Ranch for Thursday, but everything is sold out. We may do the aircraft museum at Pearl Harbor instead, my DS would LOVE that, DD not as much.
Unfortunately the crepe truck with gluten free crepes is nor celiac safe - so much cross contamination. My DD is not typically very sensitive, but the longer she is GF the sicker she gets (this is only the 3rd time). I feel horrible! The GF crepes were a big part of my planning for the day and she was excited. I hope she feels better in the a.m. Luckily Aulani has been great with safety, and the natural grocery store by Target has so many GF options (as does Target), so we've had no other issues so far. It's her first trip since diagnosis, and she has definitely struggled with the restrictions and limited options. It's hard to see her disappointed, but I am thankful that there are at least some safe choices.
