audrey2580
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jun 15, 2003
This is my 1st trip report. I have read so many amazing reports and have always wanted to share back with you all.
The cast: Me, my husband and my son age 8, my sister and my nephew age 9
Experience: Huge Disney fans except for my husband who will go to DL maybe 1x a year. We have been to DL too many times to count and WDW 4x
We decided to go to Aulani for 4 nights and then off to Maui for 2 nights. We were lucky enough to arrive the last day of the Stay 4 nights for the price of 3 promo. We stayed in a 1 bedroom villa with an island view. Total price was around $2500
We flew in from San Francisco on an uneventful flight and rented a car from Alamo through Costco for about $100 for 1 day. We drove to the Dole Pineapple factory which was fun. The food, which I thought would be horrible, was actually really good. My nephew had a coveted Dole Whip! No idea why they don't have them at Aulani.
I had read in podsnel's trip report about the sea turtles just up the road. So we drove about 15 minutes to Laniakea Beach. http://www.yelp.com/biz/laniakea-beach-haleiwa
It was about 3:00 and we hit some traffic but it was so worth it. There were Green Sea Turtles in the water and on the beach. We must have seen at least 30. I highly recommend it.
We stopped by the target and filled up the tank and got lost trying to find Aulani.
As we pulled up to the Aulani the valet informed me that they could return the car for me. Wow, how easy! I was given a tag showing I returned it with the time. The only snafu here was that I had filled up the tank but Alamo charged me for 2 gallons of gas (at $6 a gallon!). My husband didn't keep the gas receipt or they said they would have possibly refunded it. Maybe we used those 2 gallons looking for the resort? Oh well no way $12 was going to ruin my vacation - but I recommend you keep your receipt if you fill up your tank 
The hotel is amazing! The girls were given flower lei's, my husband a nut lei and the boys a very cool menehune necklace. I will post a picture of this later.
Since we checked in online we skipped the front desk and were given a brief tour. Then off to the room. We had paid for an island view and were so happy when we saw this:
It was room 1077 and we could see the ocean and had a great view of the Starlit Hui and movie out on the lawn.
The cast: Me, my husband and my son age 8, my sister and my nephew age 9
Experience: Huge Disney fans except for my husband who will go to DL maybe 1x a year. We have been to DL too many times to count and WDW 4x
We decided to go to Aulani for 4 nights and then off to Maui for 2 nights. We were lucky enough to arrive the last day of the Stay 4 nights for the price of 3 promo. We stayed in a 1 bedroom villa with an island view. Total price was around $2500
We flew in from San Francisco on an uneventful flight and rented a car from Alamo through Costco for about $100 for 1 day. We drove to the Dole Pineapple factory which was fun. The food, which I thought would be horrible, was actually really good. My nephew had a coveted Dole Whip! No idea why they don't have them at Aulani.
I had read in podsnel's trip report about the sea turtles just up the road. So we drove about 15 minutes to Laniakea Beach. http://www.yelp.com/biz/laniakea-beach-haleiwa
It was about 3:00 and we hit some traffic but it was so worth it. There were Green Sea Turtles in the water and on the beach. We must have seen at least 30. I highly recommend it.
We stopped by the target and filled up the tank and got lost trying to find Aulani.
As we pulled up to the Aulani the valet informed me that they could return the car for me. Wow, how easy! I was given a tag showing I returned it with the time. The only snafu here was that I had filled up the tank but Alamo charged me for 2 gallons of gas (at $6 a gallon!). My husband didn't keep the gas receipt or they said they would have possibly refunded it. Maybe we used those 2 gallons looking for the resort? Oh well no way $12 was going to ruin my vacation - but I recommend you keep your receipt if you fill up your tank The hotel is amazing! The girls were given flower lei's, my husband a nut lei and the boys a very cool menehune necklace. I will post a picture of this later.
Since we checked in online we skipped the front desk and were given a brief tour. Then off to the room. We had paid for an island view and were so happy when we saw this:
It was room 1077 and we could see the ocean and had a great view of the Starlit Hui and movie out on the lawn.
