Since you live approximately equidistant between Hawaii and WDW, I can see future Hawaii trips in your future. We loved island hopping since each of them had their own special features.
Yeah, we would like to explore Hawaii some more, and even feel that we would like to repeat an Oahu only trip since there is so much to see and do there, and now we are familiar with it. Eventually other islands will be neat to see too.
I bet Aulani would have a great show.
Yeah, I'm sure it would be great. The Luau we did was surprisingly educational and included a lot of information about the other places besides Hawaii, but it would be fun to see the Disney version next time.
The Jeeps are nice because they can handle the rough roads in remote areas.
Yes they can, even though most of our travel could have been done with any rental car it was more fun to have the unique Jeep experience. Next time we will take one off road some more.
That was a really nice room. A king bed is a big plus, too.
Yeah, we loved the size and floor plan of the room. We still love Copper Creek for the overall resort and location, but the bigger room and having the door from the master to the living room was really nice.
Thanks so much for posting about your wonderful trip to Hawaii! I know it takes a lot of time to write the posts, go thru pictures etc. WDW is definitely a fun place but every now and then I think it's nice to see new sights. You got some great pictures of the scenery and family shots. Thanks again - I'll keep an eye out for future adventures!
Thanks for joining in and commenting. We definitely love our WDW trips, but this was a perfect way to do something a little different yet a little bit the same. We are glad you enjoyed the pictures, and love sharing something new. We will share more adventures soon, and are already planning for the next WDW one.
Since your son turned out to be such a museum guy, maybe next WDW trip you could spend a half day over at the KSC visitor center and then half a day at the beach over there. Really enjoyed your report and your pics!
That is a neat idea. Sometime we look forward to vacationing in Florida beyond WDW. Our immediate problem is our next trips will be shorter than we are used to due to work time limitations, so we may not want to spend much time away from WDW itself. Eventually it is definitely on the list though, and I'm sure we would love it.
Thoroughly enjoyed your report and it has provided the perfect launching pad for me and my family as we depart for Hawaii on July 16th! Following along has been like a countdown for me and so enjoyable!
We have two nights in Waikiki and then are staying in Aulani In a one bedroom Ocean view and we are not DVC members unfortunately so paying rack rate. Owell! We are also renting a jeep for the whole trip. My kids are much older - a high schooler and a new high school graduate. They still love Disney and We are all very excited to go! Thanks again for your awesome trip report!
Happy travels!
I'm sorry I didn't get to see and reply to this sooner, but I hope you have a great trip starting today! Aloha! It sounds like it will be a great trip, we sure enjoyed ours. The Jeep should be great, and there is so much to do for kids of all ages. It should be a neat family vacation. We hope you have a great time, and let us know how it goes.
For others and future trips, our Aulani room was booked by renting points through David's Vacation Rentals, which saved about half over rack rate and allowed us to save our DVC points for WDW. We would definitely do that again.
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Love this picture of the kids.
Thanks, so do we. It shows the beautiful Lanikai beach which was the sort of experience we hoped to have in Hawaii.
I think your trip report followers would be very interested in reading about your next Utah trip! Utah's uniqueness makes it especially interesting in its own way! If anyone reading this agrees that you'd enjoy a Utah trip report from
@GrandCalifornian , I hope you will either "like" this post, or post your own comment about this! It would fit great in the "California and the West" section of this forum.
Ahhh, and you also have the Utah trip coming up very soon! Have a great time there!
Thanks! We are looking forward to Utah in a couple weeks. It will be a shorter trip this year, but will keep our 20 plus year tradition going. Usually we spend most of our time off roading in OHVs, but this time we are just going to camp and hang out for a few days. It should be great though, and we will see what we can write up about it.
On my recent Utah trip, I discovered this hidden gem:
https://www.kivakoffeehouse.com/ Scenic view and a place to get coffee and maybe a light meal, out in the middle of nowhere, along Scenic Byway 12. Have you guys ever stopped there?
We have never made it that far East in our Utah exploration. There is a similar coffee place and German bakery outside of Carmel Junction near Zion that we enjoy. Sadly a lot of the small businesses like that are having trouble getting labor post COVID, now that the visitors have returned. We love supporting unique little places like that.
Are you saying you like Aulani more than Copper Creek? Is Wilderness Lodge still your favorite building anywhere?
No, we loved the particular 1 bedroom layout at Aulani more, but overall Copper Creek is still our favorite resort and place. WDW is an awesome location, and still much more of a destination than what Disney has to offer at Aulani. Both are very different places to vacation, and we really enjoyed both and will repeat both in the future. On a resort vs resort basis, Copper Creek and Wilderness Lodge still reigns supreme for us, even though the room at Aulani was nicer for us.
I know it's probably been said, but I absolutely adore your writing style! You make me want to go back and read all your trip reports......have to make that happen, that'll get me even more in the mood for our WDW trip next month
You are just such a fun family, thank you for taking us along with you!!
Thank you so much! We love re-living our trips and having a written record of them to look back on. Congratulations on your upcoming trip, it should be great. I'm not sure how "fun" we are but we sure do have a good time doing what we enjoy, and then writing about it. Thanks for joining in, and we'll see you on the next one.