hawaii - Wedding Forum

spicey · #1 (**permalink**) 15-10-2004, 06:04 PM

Anyone been to Hawaii?? We are going on our honymoon in jan i'm pretty pumped as i'va always dreamed of going there.

jesscakes · #2 (**permalink**) 15-10-2004, 07:18 PM

Oooh, Spicey, I've just come back from there!!! Which island are you going to? We went to Kauai and it is LUSH!!!! You will love it!!

Jessx

weez · #3 (**permalink**) 16-10-2004, 08:33 AM

We went to Oahu on the way back from our trip around the world last year and didn't really like waikiki or honalulu much, it was very touristy and booking excursions for our short trip was a nightmare. We did go on a tour around the island which was beautiful though, the other side of the island was stunning, we liked pipeline beach and turtle beach especially. The turtles were right up to the beach when we were there in August, I wasn't expecting to see them and was thrilled!

Louise xxx

spicey · #4 (**permalink**) 16-10-2004, 05:54 PM

Well we are going to Oahu, hopefully we will like it as i see weez didn't think much of it. We are very active though so we wouldn't just be lazin around and they say there are lots of things to do there. We were thinking about renting a crotchrocket down there for the day so we could tour the island by ourselves. Also we thought that we could visit the other islands in future years also. Needless to say i'm still pumped!!

weez · #5 (**permalink**) 17-10-2004, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by spicey

Well we are going to Oahu, hopefully we will like it as i see weez didn't think much of it. We are very active though so we wouldn't just be lazin around and they say there are lots of things to do there. We were thinking about renting a crotchrocket down there for the day so we could tour the island by ourselves. Also we thought that we could visit the other islands in future years also. Needless to say i'm still pumped!!

Spicey, i think you will have a fab time, especially if you have your own transport and a bit of time to spend.

We just found that organising things in a short time scale was not easy, we rang to book an island tour the afternoon we arrived and they said we would have to go to their office in the centre of town at 5.30 the next morning, then they would tell us if they had space for us! We later discovered that we could book the same tour through a desk in the hotel with no problem! Once we were on the tour it was fab, and they were happy to line up other activities and instructors for a whole range of activities.

If you like a bit of snorkelling with fishies then you might like the Hanauma bay marine park. It is stunning and the fish come right up to the shore to swim between your feet, it is shut on Tuesdays as an environmental measure.

http://www.hawaiiweb.com/html/hanauma_bay_beach.html

If you want to go to pearl harbour and take the boat trip to the Arizona, then go really early. We had an official guide book that we picked up at the airport, and it said that you could avoid queues by going early afternoon, it didn't mention that the boat trip is by ticket only and they only give out a limited number each day. So if you go early afternoon, your very unlikely to get a ticket! I didn't mind missing it, but Trent was a bit gutted.

They have some nice torchlighting and hula shows on the beach some evenings,(the torch lighting may sound dull, but the fit young men in next to nothing are anything but).

I hope you have a fab time, I think the lesson that we learnt from our trip was that asking the locals in hawaii is far more reliable than reading any local guide books. Have fun, I didn't mean to be at all negative, I just wouldn't want you to have any of the problems that we encountered, if they can be avoided

Louise xxx

spicey · #6 (**permalink**) 18-10-2004, 09:27 AM

Thanks for all the info Louise! We have been told here by your travel agent that if we want to go on tours and that to book as much as you can at home before you go so we wouldn't be stuck in the same predicament that you seemed to have. We have some things set out that we want to do like swim with the dolphins, there is also a ranch there where they filmed jurassic park. They have horse back riding and atv's to rent. So we'll probably set those up before we go. Did you happen to go to the polynisan center when you were there?? It sounds like the luau's there would be amazing!

KM · #7 (**permalink**) 18-10-2004, 12:36 PM

I want to go to Hawaii for my honeymoon too!

Teresa · #8 (**permalink**) 22-10-2004, 10:18 AM

I've never been but its on my list of places to visit one day. A friend of mine from work has just come back from there and had a fantastic time.