Potential Aulani Reopening Date

[Paul Stupin]

Any best guesses? I bought some contracts whose banked points expire March 1, and am thinking about booking a stay at Aulani in Nov. or early Dec., knowing we could always slide back to Jan. or Feb. if necessary.

 

[CarolMN]

There are some guesses in this thread (on the Aulani Resorts Forum):

https://www.disboards.com/threads/hawaii-tourism-not-starting-up-until-late-summer.3801110/

 

[SL6827]

Will Aulani's back log of points impact the DVCs at Disney a lot in the next few years?

 

[Great3]

Supposed to be opened up by Sept. 1st, but it's been delay so many times, no body knows. I have reservations for Hawaii for mid-Sept, that I will probably just end up cancelling, instead of chancing it. You can always book, just remember to change before the 31 day period (can't remember exactly how many days, so double check this) before points get placed in holding.

Great3

 

[SL6827]

How many days would just be needed for someone from the East coast to adjust to the time here? Two or three before you really start your vacation?

 

[Brian Noble]

When we go to Hawaii it’s usually for at least 9-10 days. Two weeks is more common. Our next trip will be three weeks...assuming we can go. The good part is that early morning activities are easy to do early in the trip!

 

[CarolynFH]

How many days would just be needed for someone from the East coast to adjust to the time here? Two or three before you really start your vacation?

We usually wake up early the first day or two, which is great for enjoying activities, then we're on Hawaii time!

 

[JM23457]

How many days would just be needed for someone from the East coast to adjust to the time here? Two or three before you really start your vacation?

Hawaii tends to be an early to bed early to rise kind of vacation for families, and the east to west time change actually works well with that.

In my experience, jet lag is easiest to manage if you have an early morning flight that gets you there in the late morning or early afternoon. Stay awake on the plane, and in Hawaii stay awake that afternoon & evening, instead of napping on the plane and/or going to bed at 4 or 5pm when you'd normally be tired. Then finally go to bed on Hawaii time, and you should be very tired & sleep really well that night, and wake up fairly acclimated to Hawaii's schedule. Don't have an early morning activity planned for the second day.

That likely won't work for small children who just can't stay awake, but adults & older children can do it. It's a matter of being proactive & disciplined & having something nice to do on the plane and during that first evening, so you won't give into "I want to take a nap". The nap is what perpetuates jet lag.

That's how we've avoided jet lag being an issue on trips that take us over an ocean. YMMV.

 

[BLTtinkerbell]

Any updates as to when Aulani might open?

 

[_auroraborealis_]

Any updates as to when Aulani might open?

Hawaii has dialed back on allowing tourists. No anticipated reopen date as yet.

 

[LAX]

Hawaii has dialed back on allowing tourists. No anticipated reopen date as yet.

Are most hotels and/or timeshares in Hawaii closed because of the state restrictions?

LAX

 

[bluecruiser]

I wouldn't expect an announcement any time soon, based on Hawaii's increasing case rate over the past 4 weeks.

 

[bobbiwoz]

We just cancelled our vrbo stay on Kauai for March. We will try for March 2022.

 

[_auroraborealis_]

Are most hotels and/or timeshares in Hawaii closed because of the state restrictions?

LAX

Many are.

 

[frank808]

Here at Koolina the only open hotel/timeshare open is Marriott Koolina Beach club. The private residences/hotel next door beach villas is also open because most of the units are private residences in the hotel pool.

Oahu might be going under a 30 day stay at home number this week. Positive covid cases have been in the 200's and peaked at 355 a few days ago. If the numbers don't go down, governor has warned of more strict measures.

 

[cmrdgrs]

I booked a tentative stay for Aulani in March 2021 and have now cancelled it. I decided I don't want to tie up my points right now for a maybe. I've made a new tentative split stay in 2 grand villas (OKW & BWV). I keep bouncing around in my mind as to which GV to book, and as I change my mind availability is changing, and not in my favor -- haha.