jodybird511
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Oct 31, 2014
Aulani is amazing and worth the money, IMO. We own there, and our typical trips looks like this: a few days on another island followed by a week in a 1 bdrm at Aulani, for a total of 10-11 days. The longer you can stay, the better, as it's a LOOOOOONG flight from the east coast. Next summer (was supposed to be this summer, but alas....), we plan to do 3 days at Disneyland, followed by 4 days on either Maui or Kauai, followed by a week at Aulani. The one thing I will say is that the food at Aulani, IMO, is only meh (with the exception of AMA AMA), and it's VERY pricey. That is why we only stay in a 1 bdrm--so we can do a lot of our own cooking and also make our own cocktails. This is a HUGE money-saver--esp the cocktails, as these typically run around $15 per drink at the resort. Like @cgattis mentioned, the ability to go home with a suitcase full of clean clothes is also really nice! The other thing I will say is that, at this point, I'd be cautious with renting points, as many people have ended up with really huge financial losses related to the pandemic. One hopes everything will be "normal" by then, but I think many have learned the lesson about the risk involved when renting points. Unfortunate for sure. To sum up, though, Aulani is my happy place, and it was devastating to have to cancel our trip this past June. Eagerly anticipating next June now though!