Aulani

We spent the four post-conference days of our vacation at the Aulani Resort. This is the Disney Resort in Ko'Olina on Oahu. When Robert and I were on Oahu for our anniversary trip last October we stayed next door to the Aulani which had just opened. I knew then that I wanted to take the kids there. I got my way. It was absolutely AMAZING!


I will spend the next few posts about our fabulous stay there. It is kind of pricey, but considering all your entertainment is right there (there is a water park right there for goodness sakes) and included in the price, it is not too bad. There were so many activities from hula and ukulele lessons to lei making to pool parties and arts and crafts, that we couldn't get it all in!


It was actually a great time to stay there because this is the first year it is open, so they are doing a trial run and only have 1/2 the rooms filled. So, it was not overly crowded. The grounds were beautiful. There are two pools, a lazy river, two water slides and 4 large hot tubs. Not to mention a perfect beach in a beautiful lagoon.


We spent our mornings on the beach and our afternoons at the pools. Our evenings we ate in, took walks and attended shows. So relaxing a fun.


And yes the Disney characters were around. My next post will be about them.  So awesome.

Here we are at the Aulani!

Jack kickin' back.

We were greeted with leis. The girls were given these cute necklaces and Jack got this cute grass fish!

Hannah ready for lunch. We had a kitchen so we were able to eat in.

Me with my very fragrant plumeria lei.

What a sweet baby.

The architecture---AMAZING!

Winnie overlooking the water park. The volcano is where the water slides are.

Hannah and Stitch.

Aulani at night.

Hannah taking a walking tour.

Sisters.

Beautiful KOI.

With a Mehenue. Mehenue are little Hawaiian sprites. There are 300 hidden all over the Aulani.

More architecture.