khertz
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- Joined
- Aug 10, 2008
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June 2021 Oahu/Aulani TR
There’s no place I’d rather be
Than on a surfboard out at sea
Lingering in the ocean blue
And if I had one wish come true
I’d surf till the sun sets
Beyond the horizon...
June 2021 Oahu/Aulani TR
There’s no place I’d rather be
Than on a surfboard out at sea
Lingering in the ocean blue
And if I had one wish come true
I’d surf till the sun sets
Beyond the horizon...
E como mai, everyone! Some of you may know me from my many WDW, Universal, and even DCL & ABD trip reports, but because this is my very FIRST Aulani TR, you may not know who we are. So let me do a quick introduction to our little family who will be the main characters in this upcoming trip report.
IMG_3493 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
First up is me, your narrator Khertz! I’m a pediatric & adult hematology/oncology nurse who absolutely loves planning my next trip. I have been a Disney fan since I was a kid, and started visiting the parks when I was about 9 years old. I’ve also been to Disneyland a few times, done one Disney cruise, and one Adventures by Disney trip. Some of my Disney favorites would include Rapunzel, Splash Mountain, Stitch, Mickey Premium Bars, Dole Whips, the Peoplemover, Via Napoli, and character hunting.
IMG_3564 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
I couldn’t do my TRs without DH, who is our family photographer! He is rarely seen without his DSLR camera, and does a fantastic job documenting our trips in photos to help make these TRs well rounded & complete. He works in the offshore business and luckily for me, loves all things Disney just as much as I do! He is a big fan of Donald Duck, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Dole Whip Floats, Sci-Fi Dine In, and The Enchanted Tiki Room.
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Next up is our 10 year old son DS who has been visiting the Disney parks since he was 1 years old. He just finished 4th grade so he will be transitioning to middle school in the fall. So hard for me to believe! He too loves Disney, but is getting to the stage where he is more into Universal at this time. Sometimes he grumbles when I say “let’s go meet this character” but he turns into a big kid when we actually meet the character! He loves Pluto, Space Mountain, Flight of Passage, churros, and Wilderness Explorers.
Untitled by disneymom1024, on Flickr
And finally is our 5 year old DD. She started out visiting Disney parks at the very young age of only 11 weeks old! We took a bunch of trips before she can even remember, even one to Disneyland, but we went to WDW last year in February before the pandemic, and it was like a first trip for her, and it was perfectly magical. She fell in love with Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, Slinky Dog Dash, Mickey Premium Bars, Fantasmic, Frozen, and Dole Whip.
DH and I went to Hawaii many years ago in 2009 before kids, and we were able to visit for only about 4 ½ days. Granted we did a lot of things in those 4 ½ days, but we definitely did not get much time to relax. The flights were incredibly long, one of them a redeye. When our DCL cruise for January this year was canceled and we thought that Hawaii might actually be in the realm of possibility, we knew we wanted to do it totally differently this time with kids. Ultimately, we decided to split up our flights over two days each way instead of one long flight to get there in one go, and we used up all of our Wyndham and DVC points to be able to stay for a total of 12 nights.
So let’s just jump right in! I’ll have lots of tips that I will share along the way as we go through our trip. I’ll preface this by saying the first several days are going to be all activities around Oahu since we wanted to save Aulani for the second half of our trip. If you’re only here for the Aulani photos and information, I really do hope you’ll stick with me through the first half of this TR because we did a lot of activities that people staying at Aulani may also want to do AND we had a ton of fun!! Instead of the usual fun titles I do for each entry with something taken from that post, I’ll title them with what activities it includes so that if you’re only interested in checking out a review and photos from certain things, you can find them easily.
Mahalo for joining in!
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