by kaplanadmin | Jul 27, 2022 | Vacation 2022
Day 15 – Today we begin our two-day journey home. It begins with 4:30 am getting up and leaving Aulani by 5am. We returned out rental car and made it to the gate with plenty of time to spare. We had a 5.5 hour flight to Vegas and then a quick change to our 50min...
by kaplanadmin | Jul 25, 2022 | Vacation 2022
Today’s plan is pool, beach, snack, and relax. Desi got up early and went to the DVC morning dance party and got some give aways. He then went and found chairs by a secluded pool by the Ulu café. After Julie and the girls made their way down, we went and got pictures...
by kaplanadmin | Jul 24, 2022 | Vacation 2022
Today we are going to the southeast corner of the Island to the Life Ocean Park, where we will go for a Dolphin Experience, Ellie’s Birthday wish. We traveled the route we had taken a few times on the H3, the most expensive highway in our country. Yeah, really crazy...
by kaplanadmin | Jul 23, 2022 | Vacation 2022
The Polynesian Cultural center does not open until 12:30 pm. So we went swimming in the morning ate lunch at the hotel and then hit road. It’s about an hour drive and we are going past Kualoa ranch on a road that we have traveled before. The Polynesian center is kind...
by kaplanadmin | Jul 22, 2022 | Vacation 2022
Desi got up very early and took an uber to Pearl Harbor and got in line for the USS Arizona. He was on the Naval Operated Ferry to the memorial by about 8:30. The memorial was amazing, seeing the Arizona from above and just seeing the size of ship and everything and...
by kaplanadmin | Jul 21, 2022 | Vacation 2022
Today we are headed to Dole Plantation after a character breakfast! We started off with Mickey, then we saw Chef Goofy, then Chip and Dale. We had some massive omelets and some normal Disney breakfast fare. The pastries were amazing, and they gave us 3 birthday treats...
by kaplanadmin | Jul 20, 2022 | Vacation 2022
Today we got up made our way to the Ulu café for breakfast and then got ready to head to the Kualoa Ranch. We will have a character Birthday Breakfast tomorrow for Caroline. Its an hour drive across the island to the ranch. During the drive we stop at a small...
by kaplanadmin | Jul 19, 2022 | Vacation 2022
Today we got on a mid morning flight to O’ahu. The flight was very short, once we reach 10,000 feet we began our decent into the last and longest leg of our vacation. We will spend 7 days on Oahu. Since today is Ellie’s birthday we will begin with a pool...
by kaplanadmin | Jul 18, 2022 | Vacation 2022
We got up early, packed up, and were on our way to Kona by 9 am. We drove the southern root so we could see a different part of the island. We stopped at a fruit stand and bought some coconuts, passion fruits, and pineapple. We went to target after that to buy things...
by kaplanadmin | Jul 17, 2022 | Vacation 2022
We got up and made our way into Volcano National Park. We stopped and made sure that Ranger John had us in his numbers and then went and saw the steam vents again, this time without fog. The difference in the views was “mesmerizing” according to Caroline. We then and...
