Day 4 - May 16, 2009
Part 4 - An unplanned evening!
Im guessing it was close to 4:00 when we returned to the room from the pool. Shawn got a quick shower and I sat out on the balcony with a Diet Coke and read through a magazine. Before long I had dozed off and I awoke suddenly with that dreaded oh no, Ive slept too long feeling.
I jumped up and ran back into the room to see what time it was. It was 5:00 and Shawn was asleep. I knew I wanted to see the torch lighting ceremony, so I quickly showered and got ready, and around 5 minutes till 6:00 I left to walk back to the GCH. Shawn had woken up while I was getting ready, but decided to just meet me up there in a little while.
I pushed myself to walk quickly on my painful feet over to the GCH and I walked through the lobby and around to the front entrance where I exited to the outside. No one was there. Oh no, did I miss it?
I thought for sure that I had because no one was even standing around out there waiting for it to begin. I decided to ask the CM who was standing right there at the outside desk if they knew if it had already happened. He said that it hadnt and that it usually begins inside and then they come out to do the lighting. Phew. Right then, the doors opened and out came the torch lighter blowing a big conch shell with a whole big group of people following behind. Then the show began. Wow is all I can say! If you ever have a chance to see it (if you stay at the Poly or are eating a meal there I wouldnt make a special trip out of your way to see it since its so short) you should NOT miss this short, but very entertaining show! It lasted about 3 or 4 minutes but I was so glad I had hustled out with my painful feet to see it!
Seriously...that guy was SO fast...it was quite impressive! I can't wait to see it again!
After it was over, I meandered back into the GCH and did a little bit of shopping/browsing in Boutiki!
After a few more minutes, I got a call from Shawn that he was on his way down. We shopped for a little while longer and bought a few things for the kids and a Polynesian print for us. I also got a box of those Coconut Patties in the shape of Mickey heads. At some point Shawn left me to go sit down in the lobby.
We didnt really know what we wanted to do for dinner
.we thought about trying out Captain Cooks for a quick CS dinner, but then we saw the Sushi Bar next to Kona. Shawn loves sushi. 
Me? Not so much.
But I noticed that some people had food that did NOT look like sushi. A couple of window seats right next to the monorail platform opened up, so we snagged them up and had us a seat! The GCH was really bustling this night. Ohana and the Tambu Lounge looked very busy and Kona was pretty packed as well with A LOT of people waiting to be seated!
When our waiter arrived to get our drink order, I ordered a Mai-Tai, Shawn ordered something that I cant remember the name of right now. The waiter gave us a short little sushi menu, but we also asked the waiter if we could order off the Kona menu and he said yes the full Kona menu was available at the Sushi Bar! Fantabulous!
No ADR needed for the Sushi Bar and you can still order Kona food! It's tiny and the tables/bar are really small for their ginormous plates, but I was so happy to have real food from Kona and Shawn was excited to have some delicious sushi!
This time I was smart and only got an appetizer so that I could get dessert!!! Shawn ordered some kind of sushi and I ordered the same appetizer we had for lunch the Pot Stickers! Love those things! Then for dessert I got the torte! The Kilauea Torte! That thing is just so good!
You will have to excuse the pics. I took most of them with my little camera and Shawn took a couple with his phone so he could post on Facebook!
Here is Shawn and his drink:
And here is me with my drink:
And the dessert:
We finished up our meal and sat there for a few more minutes watching people getting on and off the monorail and coming into the Poly. It was fun to hear all the oohs and aahs of people coming into the Poly for the first time - it really is such a lush, tropical resort that you immediately feel relaxed when you enter it!
It was getting late so we decided to get up and walk around for a bit before meeting some friends on the beach.
But something caught our eye.......
What caused us to get distracted??? How did the meet on the beach go?
One more update and I am done!! Stay tuned!
Sara
Part 4 - An unplanned evening!
Im guessing it was close to 4:00 when we returned to the room from the pool. Shawn got a quick shower and I sat out on the balcony with a Diet Coke and read through a magazine. Before long I had dozed off and I awoke suddenly with that dreaded oh no, Ive slept too long feeling.
I jumped up and ran back into the room to see what time it was. It was 5:00 and Shawn was asleep. I knew I wanted to see the torch lighting ceremony, so I quickly showered and got ready, and around 5 minutes till 6:00 I left to walk back to the GCH. Shawn had woken up while I was getting ready, but decided to just meet me up there in a little while. I pushed myself to walk quickly on my painful feet over to the GCH and I walked through the lobby and around to the front entrance where I exited to the outside. No one was there. Oh no, did I miss it?
I thought for sure that I had because no one was even standing around out there waiting for it to begin. I decided to ask the CM who was standing right there at the outside desk if they knew if it had already happened. He said that it hadnt and that it usually begins inside and then they come out to do the lighting. Phew. Right then, the doors opened and out came the torch lighter blowing a big conch shell with a whole big group of people following behind. Then the show began. Wow is all I can say! If you ever have a chance to see it (if you stay at the Poly or are eating a meal there I wouldnt make a special trip out of your way to see it since its so short) you should NOT miss this short, but very entertaining show! It lasted about 3 or 4 minutes but I was so glad I had hustled out with my painful feet to see it!
Seriously...that guy was SO fast...it was quite impressive! I can't wait to see it again!
After it was over, I meandered back into the GCH and did a little bit of shopping/browsing in Boutiki!
After a few more minutes, I got a call from Shawn that he was on his way down. We shopped for a little while longer and bought a few things for the kids and a Polynesian print for us. I also got a box of those Coconut Patties in the shape of Mickey heads. At some point Shawn left me to go sit down in the lobby.
We didnt really know what we wanted to do for dinner
.we thought about trying out Captain Cooks for a quick CS dinner, but then we saw the Sushi Bar next to Kona. Shawn loves sushi. Me? Not so much.
But I noticed that some people had food that did NOT look like sushi. A couple of window seats right next to the monorail platform opened up, so we snagged them up and had us a seat! The GCH was really bustling this night. Ohana and the Tambu Lounge looked very busy and Kona was pretty packed as well with A LOT of people waiting to be seated!
When our waiter arrived to get our drink order, I ordered a Mai-Tai, Shawn ordered something that I cant remember the name of right now. The waiter gave us a short little sushi menu, but we also asked the waiter if we could order off the Kona menu and he said yes the full Kona menu was available at the Sushi Bar! Fantabulous!
No ADR needed for the Sushi Bar and you can still order Kona food! It's tiny and the tables/bar are really small for their ginormous plates, but I was so happy to have real food from Kona and Shawn was excited to have some delicious sushi! This time I was smart and only got an appetizer so that I could get dessert!!! Shawn ordered some kind of sushi and I ordered the same appetizer we had for lunch the Pot Stickers! Love those things! Then for dessert I got the torte! The Kilauea Torte! That thing is just so good!
You will have to excuse the pics. I took most of them with my little camera and Shawn took a couple with his phone so he could post on Facebook!
Here is Shawn and his drink:
And here is me with my drink:
And the dessert:
We finished up our meal and sat there for a few more minutes watching people getting on and off the monorail and coming into the Poly. It was fun to hear all the oohs and aahs of people coming into the Poly for the first time - it really is such a lush, tropical resort that you immediately feel relaxed when you enter it!
It was getting late so we decided to get up and walk around for a bit before meeting some friends on the beach.
But something caught our eye.......
What caused us to get distracted??? How did the meet on the beach go?
One more update and I am done!! Stay tuned!
Sara
. Thomas and I enjoyed watching your torch lighting ceremony "aloha man" he calls him. We had a different guy. But I sure am missing Poly right now 
. Sad your TR is winding down.
Seriously, he puts that thing through his legs A LOT! He did have a scar or something on the back side of his thigh that I thought might be from a burn, but I don't know. He was super-duper fast with those flames though!
I thought that too... but this is a family friendly board Sara! 
You look a little loopy in that picture... I'm glad you caught the ceremony. Might have to catch it in Feb. 
