Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Disney's Aulani Resort

Just returned from a wonderful 4 night getaway to Oahu to check out the new Disney Aulani Resort.  It's a pretty amazing place.  I have written a full review of the resort, available through this link:
REVIEW OF DISNEY AULANI RESORT

Now that review is the official "resort review" - but as far as my personal vacation experience...here goes.  I traveled to Oahu with my husband, best friend Diane, her husband and two older kids- ages 9 and 6.   Overall, we had a pretty laid back couple of days enjoying the warmth of the Hawaiian sun and ending each day with a beautiful sunset viewing before heading off to dinner.   We played in the water park, floating along the lazy river on inner tubes and went down the water slides over and over and over again.  True bliss!   We spent hours lounging and just staring out at the beautiful ocean with the sunshine beaming and warming our bodies.  Heaven.

Ko'Olina Resort area has a wonderful path along the ocean front which equals close to a 3 mile walk and it was very nice to take a few power walks with Diane.  We should have been doing that daily, but didn't get motivated until half way through our stay.

We enjoyed great "family time".  It was actually quite nice to not have to be anyplace or on a schedule other than to figure out where to go for dinner each night.   It was a lot of fun for Bill & I to have some quality one-on-one time with Brynn & Nolan.  So often we are with them with other families and they have their playmates, but for this trip they had Mom, Dad & us!  They had so much fun that when we left (3 days before they were going home), Nolan cried saying he didn't want us to go home and Brynn pouted asking "who is going to go down the water slide with me now?"  We even received double kisses & hugs when we were leaving!  Warms my heart!

Aulani is a great place to go and just "be"- you really don't have to do anything but enjoy the beauty found naturally in Hawaii!

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