Aulani Reconnaissance Trip Report 30 Jan - 6 February, 2013 - The DIS Discussion Forums

Kidoctr · 02-23-2013, 02:48 PM

Better late than never. LOL. I'm still not done with my whole TR but about half way now. The cast:

Me - Eve, aka Kidoctr, age 43, pediatrician, mom to 13 yo DS and 15 yo DD (not with us), DVC since 2005.

DH - Seth, age 44, ER physician, Elvis wannabe and my soul mate esp in terms of food and wine.

Lisa - travel buddy and world class shopper who shares our love of food but has a very serious, life-threatening tree nut allergy.

Tim - Lisa's DH, an orthopedic surgeon whose birthday was the excuse for taking an annual trip at the beginning of February. We usually go to Las Vegas but convinced them to go to Hawaii with us instead this year.

Pre-trip planning: http://kidoctr.blogspot.com/2013/01/...to-aulani.html

This was a reconnaissance trip because we had unused, unbankable DVC points so we chose to stay at Aulani even though we will be staying in a Grand Villa in August for my in-laws' 50th wedding anniversary - all 16 of us.

Here's what I have so far:

Aulani Trip Day 0-1, Jan 30-31, 2013 (Wednesday - Thursday)

Aulani Trip Day 2, Feb 1, 2013 (Friday)

Aulani Trip Day 3, Feb 2, 2013 (Saturday)

I'll try to get the last 3 days done soon.... Enjoy!

kikiq · 02-23-2013, 06:54 PM

Loving your trip report so far. We were at Aulani in January for a wedding. We were so busy helping with the wedding that we missed some of our favorite stops. You've done a few of them

Dole Whip - check, shaved ice - check, food truck - check, Ala Moana shopping center - check, Aloha stadium swap meet - check, spa - check...waiting to see what else you did that we didn't have time for

eva · 02-24-2013, 07:16 PM

Awesome TR! Can't wait to read more.

erikawolf2004 · 02-24-2013, 11:54 PM

Thanks for the great short and sweet TR-keep it coming! Thanks also for the recommendation of the Sanuk shoes. I need to get my husband a pair of beach shoes for our trip and he has small feet so has a hard time finding shoes.

Warmly, Erika

Kidoctr · 02-28-2013, 10:24 AM

Sorry for the delay! We had the worst-snow-storm-ever on Monday and we're still waiting to get power back on. :-(

Marianne H · 03-07-2013, 10:42 AM

Love your TR style! Looking forward to reading about the last days of your trip.

02-23-2013, 02:48 PM	#1
Kidoctr Mouseketeer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 267	Aulani Reconnaissance Trip Report 30 Jan - 6 February, 2013 Better late than never. LOL. I'm still not done with my whole TR but about half way now. The cast: Me - Eve, aka Kidoctr, age 43, pediatrician, mom to 13 yo DS and 15 yo DD (not with us), DVC since 2005. DH - Seth, age 44, ER physician, Elvis wannabe and my soul mate esp in terms of food and wine. Lisa - travel buddy and world class shopper who shares our love of food but has a very serious, life-threatening tree nut allergy. Tim - Lisa's DH, an orthopedic surgeon whose birthday was the excuse for taking an annual trip at the beginning of February. We usually go to Las Vegas but convinced them to go to Hawaii with us instead this year. Pre-trip planning: http://kidoctr.blogspot.com/2013/01/...to-aulani.html This was a reconnaissance trip because we had unused, unbankable DVC points so we chose to stay at Aulani even though we will be staying in a Grand Villa in August for my in-laws' 50th wedding anniversary - all 16 of us. Here's what I have so far: Aulani Trip Day 0-1, Jan 30-31, 2013 (Wednesday - Thursday) Aulani Trip Day 2, Feb 1, 2013 (Friday) Aulani Trip Day 3, Feb 2, 2013 (Saturday) I'll try to get the last 3 days done soon.... Enjoy! __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Honeymoon 12/12/92 WDW Poly //Quick DL trip '94 //10 yr anniv 12/12/02 WDW GF //First Family Vacation WDW GF June '04 //Quick WDW trip March '05 //2nd Family Vacation @ DL and the DCL Magic Aug '05 //Family reunion @ SSRS December '06 //Race for the Taste 10K (1:04) and EPCOT F&W Festival Oct '07 //Family Vacation at DL March '08 //ABD "Spirit of America" Oct '08 //Tower of Terror 13K (1:21:24) and EPCOT F&W Festival Oct '08 //Spring Break at WDW Mar '09 //Expedition Everest Challenge (1:26:48) Sep '09 //WDW Princess Half Marathon (2:32:13) Mar '10 //ABD "Golden Path to Yosemite" July '10 //DL Half Marathon (2:46:10) Sep '10 //WDW F&W festival, Wine and Dine Half Marathon (2:37:17) and DCL Dream Oct '11// 19th Anniversary at DL Paris Dec '11 Looking forward to: Aulani Jan/Feb '13 //Aulani Aug '13 //WDW Oct '13 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

02-23-2013, 06:54 PM	#2
kikiq DIS Veteran Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,701	Loving your trip report so far. We were at Aulani in January for a wedding. We were so busy helping with the wedding that we missed some of our favorite stops. You've done a few of them Dole Whip - check, shaved ice - check, food truck - check, Ala Moana shopping center - check, Aloha stadium swap meet - check, spa - check...waiting to see what else you did that we didn't have time for __________________ Are you feelin' it? DLR and WDW AP family

02-24-2013, 07:16 PM	#3
eva Often uses her unique ability to shut down threads. DIS Veteran Join Date: Aug 1999 Location: IL, USA Posts: 5,659	Awesome TR! Can't wait to read more. __________________ Eva

02-24-2013, 11:54 PM	#4
erikawolf2004 DIS Veteran Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 891	Thanks for the great short and sweet TR-keep it coming! Thanks also for the recommendation of the Sanuk shoes. I need to get my husband a pair of beach shoes for our trip and he has small feet so has a hard time finding shoes. Warmly, Erika __________________

02-28-2013, 10:24 AM	#5
Kidoctr Mouseketeer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 267	Sorry for the delay! We had the worst-snow-storm-ever on Monday and we're still waiting to get power back on. :-( __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Honeymoon 12/12/92 WDW Poly //Quick DL trip '94 //10 yr anniv 12/12/02 WDW GF //First Family Vacation WDW GF June '04 //Quick WDW trip March '05 //2nd Family Vacation @ DL and the DCL Magic Aug '05 //Family reunion @ SSRS December '06 //Race for the Taste 10K (1:04) and EPCOT F&W Festival Oct '07 //Family Vacation at DL March '08 //ABD "Spirit of America" Oct '08 //Tower of Terror 13K (1:21:24) and EPCOT F&W Festival Oct '08 //Spring Break at WDW Mar '09 //Expedition Everest Challenge (1:26:48) Sep '09 //WDW Princess Half Marathon (2:32:13) Mar '10 //ABD "Golden Path to Yosemite" July '10 //DL Half Marathon (2:46:10) Sep '10 //WDW F&W festival, Wine and Dine Half Marathon (2:37:17) and DCL Dream Oct '11// 19th Anniversary at DL Paris Dec '11 Looking forward to: Aulani Jan/Feb '13 //Aulani Aug '13 //WDW Oct '13 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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03-07-2013, 10:42 AM	#6
Marianne H Earning My Ears Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 5	Love your TR style! Looking forward to reading about the last days of your trip.

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