great report,,thank you,,,for the atv tour do they give you the safety glasses for the kids or did you bring them. Were you allowed to bring your drone on the atv? or hook up a gopro to the atv?
We go in July and trying to see what different shots we can get..thanks again
Thanks! They gave us the glasses for the kids. I didn't try to bring my drone on the ATV trip, but I don't think it would have gone well. They don't allow the driver to take any pictures while you are driving, and the breaks would have been the only drone opportunity, and nobody else in our group had one. I did bring a GoPro, but didn't wind up mounting it to the ATV, although I think we could have. The "action" shots wouldn't have been too crazy, but it still would be cool to have done. Enjoy your trip, it is a lot of fun.
I thought that the pineapple plantations were very cool and very Hawaiian.
The north shore is very pretty. We had been up there when they were filming the movie "Blue Crush" in 2001 and the famous surfing beach was closed. But there were plenty of other gorgeous beaches to check out.
We learned during our trip about pineapples not being native to Hawaii, but that they grow well there. We would like to have stopped and explored some more North Shore beaches, but we are so glad that we took the time to drive through there.
That sounds like a look of fun. But Paul probably enjoyed it the most.
I never heard of sleeping grass. The vegetation there is so very different than we have here.
It was a close race between all of us for who enjoyed it most. Melissa really liked seeing the cows, and I always like the chance to go off-roading.
The sleeping grass was something we hadn't heard of before either. It moves when you touch it, lind of like a venus fly trap. The kids loved it.
There is probably a long list of movies filmed there. They also film a lot of movies on Kauai.
There were so many movies just that they filmed on the Kualoa Ranch, and they also pointed out where movies were filmed in the surrounding area. One of our favorites was 50 first dates, which had a lot of scenes filmed just South of Kualoa Ranch.
How did Allie like her Spam soup? Kalua pork is my favorite.
Allie really enjoyed the Spam soup. She is a fan of any salty soup, and now really likes Spam after the trip.
I find the lack of paper maps to be very annoying. There is no way to properly see the layout on a smart phone screen. I have a feeling they aren't going to be bringing back paper maps too soon, either.
We are fans of paper maps, but would have been willing to settle for a good complete electronic one in the app. We never found it though.
On the website there is an electronic one that worked ok on phones, at least it was better than the Aulani app.
https://www.disneyaulani.com/map/?zoom=18&lat=21.3388979&lng=-158.1246955
The villa is gorgeous. I love the rich, warm wood. It must have been nice to have the master suite for a change.
That is cool. Our room at the Yacht Club also had our name on the welcome screen.
We did enjoy having the master bedroom to ourselves, and liked that each kid had their own bed, and we loved the king sized bed, which was much more comfy than the Hyatt. The layout worked out so well, and we used the door between the master and the living room a lot, and it just doesn't exist at Copper Creek. The room was just beautiful and we loved it.
Is there a copy of the map pinned to the top post so others can print one out before they go? I agree, I need a hard copy. I’m sure someone could dig theirs out faster than I could…
It would be worth finding before the trip, because even in the Aulani app they didn't make it easy to find for us.
Oh no. I can’t believe the housekeeper tossed the Boba cans. My DD17 loves boba but never had one in the can. I will have to recommend them next time we go.
It was an easy mistake to make. Allie loves Boba teas, and we had never seen them in a can before either. They really tasted just like fresh made ones from a cup. They were quite common at lots of the ABC stores and 7-11s, but not the ABC store by Aulani.
Dh brought his drone with him. He didn’t have much luck finding anywhere to fly it though. He was able to fly it at the park down the street from Kualoa. Looking forward to see where else you fly it to let him know for next time.
I really enjoyed flying it from the South end of Waikiki, but we found some other cool spots later in the trip too. Aulani is tough, since they don't want you flying from Ko'Olina, but I did find a way to make a successful flight from there too.
The one bedrooms are so beautiful. We are a family of 5 but DD heads to college next year so we could do a studio next trip. Dh said no way. He needs the one bedroom.
We can totally relate. We have never stayed in a studio, and it would be hard to go to one after getting to stay in the bigger rooms. We love having our own laundry, and might consider the 1 bedroom upgrade for that feature alone.
Thank you so much. We broke out the good camera at Aulani and have more nice shots to come.
