natebenma
Beach Club Dee
- Joined
- Jul 19, 2008
Dee - Big Island is big! Looking forward to hearing about your alternate time saving, but expensive plan.
The grounds look beautiful. Agreed though your room does look tired. What a shame. The uncleanliness clues - very yucky.
Look forward to hearing more about your final days outside in beautiful surroundings!
Why couldn't there be some sort of description to let me know we were headed to a Big Island???
I don't think my time saving, expensive plan is a big secret since I have a picture of the helicopter on the first page of my report, but this was a relatively new tour offered and it was exactly what I wanted. It was the best excursion we have ever done. Just amazing!
Dee - So glad I have found your trip report! I remember reading one of yours before.
My fiance and I are also from the northeast (well, Pittsburgh), and we are planning our honeymoon. One of our ideas is DLR + Aulani.. So this is perfect! We are first time DL'ers too.. I am so excited to read all about your trip. And I just love your "through the years" pics in the first post. Too cute.
and Congratulations on your upcoming wedding!
So glad to have you back for another report!
I would be happy to answer any questions you have, if I can. We totally loved visiting both Disneyland and Hawaii. It was a great way to break up the travel time and it was nice having the gradual adjustment to the time differences.
When would the trip be? The one recommendation I have right now is to book tickets to the Arizona Memorial 6 months before your trip if you are planning on visiting Pearl Harbor. There are a limited number of tickets offered in advance and it was nice for us to know we were all set.
The first time we went to the Big Island we only stayed in Kona and made that long round trip to Volcano National Park in one day. The second time we split the trip and stayed near Hilo for a night before flying to Honolulu.
As you know, not only is the island BIG, but there are limited roadways to get around.
We knew we didn't want to have a 6 hour road trip to Volcano National Park on the day we were flying back home. We certainly wouldn't have the luxury to stop along the way at any other attractions or areas to help break up the trip. I was so disappointed with the thought that we were not going to have the opportunity to visit VNP.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a solution to our problem. And honestly, it wasn't much more than a regular helicopter tour.