JeanfromBNA
"Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming!"
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- Jun 1, 2006
At Ka Maka Grotto pool right now. Closed tonight. Reading posted pool rules: "Children under age 12 must have adult supervision."
It has some neat, sparkly lights. We took some pictures, but you can't really see them from the distance we were at. Soft opening tomorrow.
At Ka Maka Grotto pool right now. Closed tonight. Reading posted pool rules: "Children under age 12 must have adult supervision."
Is this the pool people have been thinking will be adult only?
Since we had to cancel lour trip at the last minute in August all of these Aulani threads are DRIVING ME NUTS!! We had really wanted to rent a cabana for a couple of days but I think the new $325 price is a little excessive so whenever we DO go we'll likely skip the cabana plan.
I am in the process of trying to RE-plan our trip for next year. I was SHOCKED to see that there are still some Poolview & OV studios available for our spring break week (the week leading up to Easter). I worked for several hours yesterday on different scenarios once I saw openings there. Priced flights etc. Problems with the plan are 1) we could only go for 7 nights as DS only gets the one week + Easter Monday off. Coming home I'd want to leave on Sat. night so we arrive home on Sunday night so he'd have Monday to recover from the jet lag. And 2) the airfares were RIDICULOUS. Even with the credits we have coming to us from our cancelled trip we'd still have to pay like $2K out-of-pocket. No can do right now on that one. But I did run the plan by DH. If we did Aulani over spring break then there's a chance we COULD go back to WDW in August to get a 3rd trip off of our AP's. That was an appealing thought. But in the end that plan would cost us a lot more than what we can do right now.
We decided that since airfare is cheaper to go in August, the points are lower AND we'd have more time then we'd just wait and try to re-plan the trip for August when we can have a longer trip. But it sure was tempting to snag one of those studios for spring break!! I am glad all of these improvements will be done by the time we go.
We are going to be there at the same time you were looking at and got our flights through Hawaiian Airlines. They are partnered with JetBlue. We paid about $1250 for two adults. You may want to take a look at them for flight prices.
Will construction be finished by end of October? I didn't realize so much was going on and we just booked a trip for the end of October...
Will construction be finished by end of October? I didn't realize so much was going on and we just booked a trip for the end of October...
Signage up in English and Japanese saying that the Wailana pool is reserved for guests 18 and up only. Cast members enforcing the rules. Nice adult enclave with the Wailana pool bar, poolside food and drink service, restrooms and Ulu food court all within a few steps.