For our 1st full day in Hawaii we though we would search for the elusive...Wal-Mart....yup Wal-Mart. I work at Wal-Mart and we get a 10% discount and from traveling to Alaska and California know that they usually have a souvenir section. That and my DFIL has an obsession with Wal-Mart and goes almost everyday when we're home. So before we left I put in our GPS several restaurants and stores that we might need to go to. So we took off for Wal-Mart and it took us away from Kapolei toward ummmm nothing. So we turned around and headed back towards the resort and to Denny's. Denny's is only a mile or so up the road at the next exit, along with Target, McDonald's and several other restaurants. We went and ate breakfast here....
We met some of the friendliest people here. From the waitress to the locals and there were several families that were also staying at Aulani there. They had the $2, $4, $6, $8 menu also as well as local items like spam, rice, pineapple, etc. So we asked how to get to Wal-Mart and they gave us great directions.
So off we went on our adventure and headed into Wal-Mart. We found a huge selection of souvenirs, t-shirts, etc. We got water, macadamia nuts, cereal, soda, milk, cups, plates, and a few other necessities. The bottled water and soda were the same price as the mainland except the bottle deposit for us. Then we headed back to the resort.
We pulled up and opened the trunk and the bell boys yelled groceries and they came running with tubs and a luggage cart. Asked if we had anything breakable and proceeded to completely unload the trunk for us and said they would meet us up at the room. That was completely unexpected and DH and I left his parents with them to head to the room while we took the car to the self-park garage.
After we put groceries away we went and looked at the shops. (If you see something you want make sure you get it then because some things sell quickly and they sometimes don't get more.) My DH showed me the Aulani Dooney and Burke bags and he was feeling me out to see which one I liked because one appeared under the Christmas tree.
He got it while we were there and snuck it up to the room.
Then we went and explored some more. It was raining pretty hard so we stayed inside. We stopped by the DVC office and found out they were showing a one bedroom up on the 10th floor so we headed up there. Here are some of the pictures I took....
Then we got to take a quick peek into the 10th floor ocean view grand villa. Wow it was gorgeous and the only picture I could snag was of the view. The guide had to go give a break so we just got to peek.
After dinner at Denny's we went and spent some time at the pool.
Then spent some time relaxing in the room and called it a night.