Snorkeling in Hanauma Bay was just the first of many fun activities we packed into the third day of our Aulani to Walt Disney World trip. After concluding our wedding venue tour of Aulani with our planner, we met up with our pals Nate & Jensey and struck out for the opposite side of Oahu. First, ...
Trip Report Update: Snorkeling in Hanauma Bay
Today's update to Aulani to Walt Disney World finds us getting up before dawn again, this time to snorkel in Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve (despite my honeymoon mishap in the snorkel pool at Typhoon Lagoon). It's a fantastic opportunity to mingle with real live wildlife, and not just fish! We also met scores of feral ...
Trip Report Update: Touring ‘Iolani Palace & Eating Our Way Through Honolulu
Today I finally finish the story of our second day in Hawaii! I promise not all the rest of the days in our Aulani to Walt Disney World trip were this packed, so it shouldn't take this long to relate them. Our third tour of the day was 'Iolani Palace, the only royal residence on US ...
Trip Report Update: Doris Duke’s Shangri La
Today's installment of "Aulani to Walt Disney World" covers our tour of Shangri La, the vacation home of "The World's Richest Girl," Doris Duke. On her honeymoon in 1935, Duke purchased nearly 5 acres of land on Diamond Head, a now unheard-of amount of property in what has become Oahu’s most exclusive neighborhood. Duke had a ...