Aulani

After a couple of days in Maui we flew to Oahu to stay at Disney's Aulani Resort.  This resort was at the top of my must do list.  It was the only way I was going to pack everyone up for a long haul to Hawaii and it did not disappoint!  The hotel is stunning...beautiful inside and out...just as you would expect of a Disney Resort.  We stayed in a Vacation Club suite...so we had access to laundry AND a kitchen!  (Angels sang I think when we gained access to those amenities.)  We were upgraded, free of charge, to an ocean view room.  This wasn't quite as exciting of a view as the Hyatt in Maui, but yes, we could see the ocean some but we got to watch the Luau every night (and if we were in the room during the afternoon we could hear them warm up too)!  We attended the character breakfast, met characters around the hotel, attended the fire pit story telling (don't miss out on this!), and did a fancy shmancy telescope star gazing "class."  (They even have photography classes which I would have LOVED to have taken but I didn't have time for.)  The lagoon was fantastic...NO rocks!!!  NO sea urchins!!!  You could rent the beach/water toys rather than buy!  The pool, lazy river, slides...stupendous!  We didn't even venture into the Rainbow Reef...ran out of time for it unfortunately.  But, you could seriously spend your entire trip just at Aulani, never leave, and have an amazing time.