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- Dec 27, 2013
Holy crap!! WHat a decadent and lovely treat for yourselves. I've done the spa at Senses, but this looks way above and beyond. Just gorgeous!!! Thanks for sharing.
Dan got the stomach flu last night.
I seriously just can't help but laugh with everything going on My friend swears we live on an indian burial ground. Someone here is always sick.
Holy crap!! WHat a decadent and lovely treat for yourselves. I've done the spa at Senses, but this looks way above and beyond. Just gorgeous!!! Thanks for sharing.
Wow, I'm feeling relaxed just reading about your spa visit!
So funny to think we've been to Aulani twice and never set foot in that place. Apparently we need to someday!
I'm so happy with our decision to do the couples massage! It sounds lovely!
Did you say you went into the sauna in your bathing suit? Are there sign or anything to say that's how it should be done? Because they are in the locker rooms, I wouldn't expect that
I’m so sorry. I hope he feels better soon.
The spa looks A-MA-ZING!!! Thank you so much for posting such an in depth review. I will definitely be be enjoying that place when I finally get out there. Awesome to be able to spend all that time before and after the massage enjoying the extras.
How far in advance did you book your spa treatment? I have to remember to book treatments for my June trip. I like how you can just relax in the spa. I don't think I've ever really taken advantage of any facilities. But considering we'll be there for 7 days, I'll have to time to relax. I think I am usually forward tto the next item on the agenda, haha!
Ok, I'm in catch up mode and not commenting on much, but I need to know more...The rain showers (watch out for the crotch shower, BTW!),
Ok, I'm in catch up mode and not commenting on much, but I need to know more...
Looks like a great, relaxing start to the trip. Awesome picture of Calvin with Darryl Strawberry. Yes, you're going on and on about the spa and I'm still thinking, "man, that's awesome that they got to meet Strawberry in the airport."
OK, I got caught up. Your visit to Costco looked fun, I'm pretty sure we won't be able to resist. Even if there are just two of us, we'll end up buying a ton. I love Poke so I'm sure I'll get some of that!
I definitely have the spa on my radar but I doubt that Fran will want to do it, so I'll just have to do it for myself.
BTW, I don't think you even subbed in on my latest TR, but it's in the DVC section under DVC Mousellaneous in the DVC Trip Reports section. I have one more update, and then bonus updates. I'll be doing bonus updates until we leave on the trip in August with Karin, Tom, Pam, her Mom, and Jill.
BBQ – there are only 4 BBQ’s available and they are popular! We got there around 5pm and snagged the last BBQ. Not too much later, there was a small lined formed to use them. You can get BBQ tools (brush, tongs) at the Community Center (located on the bottom floor of the Ewa building) for free and you can return them dirty. Also, there is no rinse off sink. My mom took a water cup to the refillable mug station and filled it up with water to rinse off our utensils in between using. When she went back for a second time, she ran into a CM and asked if there were any hidden sinks anywhere and the CM had said that management was looking into putting sinks out there. So if you have a refillable mug or the water cups that they give you at any of the Counter service restaurants, just take your mug/cup over to the refillable station about 40 steps away from the BBQ station and use that to rinse off.
‘Pool – this is one is a bit of a downer. We arrived on a Saturday and decided to check out the place and the lazy river. We didn’t need chairs but walked around to check out the situation. LOTS of people, every chair in the place taken. And this was later in the day, around 4pm. It wasn’t any better on Sunday or Monday. We did find a little relief Tuesday through Thursday, but you really had to keep an eye out for people gathering their stuff to leave. DH was pretty annoyed by Wednesday and spoke to someone where we picked up our towels and wristbands. The CM said he goes around a few times an hour (even showed us a diagram of the pool area!) and marks chairs that have not been used. If items have not been moved/touched after an hour, they will pick up hose items and free that chair up. I will say, after that, I did notice CM’s walking around looking at chairs on days we were laying out.’
‘Tub - I think the majority of the tubs in the rooms are whirlpool tubs. A long time ago, my friend @franandaj had told me that mousekeeping doesn’t do the best job about cleaning those jets. She told me a way to clean them but I forgot how to. If she see’s this maybe she can add her cleaning tip here, but what I really should have done was run the jets BEFORE filling up with water to just clear them out. Big mistake. Right at the end of my relaxing soak, with the delicious bath bombs from Laniwai spa, I decided to run the jets. Dark leaves/seeds (maybe Lavender??) started coming out of the jets, as if someone with a bath bomb that had lavender leaves in it, was sucked up into jets and re-released into my bath. Ew! Learn from my mistake and run those jets before starting your bath!