Itinerary

June 2012 Planner

Jun 12	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday		Thursday	Friday		Saturday	Sunday
Week 22			30 (May) Flight: Depart Sydney Qantas Arrive Honolulu Stay: Aulani, Disney		31 (May) Stay: Aulani, Disney, Oahu, Hawaii	1 Stay: Aulani, Disney Oahu, Hawaii		2 Flight: Depart Honolulu Hawaiian Air Arrive Maui Stay: Grand Wailea	3 Stay: Grand Wailea, Maui, Hawaii
Week 23	4 Stay: Grand Wailea, Maui, Hawaii	5 Stay: Grand Wailea, Maui, Hawaii	6 Stay: Grand Wailea, Maui, Hawaii		7 Stay: Grand Wailea, Maui, Hawaii	8 Stay: Grand Wailea, Maui, Hawaii		9 Stay: Grand Wailea, Maui, Hawaii	10 Flight: Depart Maui Hawaiian Arrive Honolulu Stay: Aston Waikiki Tower
Week 24	11 Stay: Aston Waikiki Tower, Honolulu, Hawaii	12 Stay: Aston Waikiki Tower, Honolulu, Hawaii	13 Stay: Aston Waikiki Tower, Honolulu, Hawaii		14 Stay: Aston Waikiki Tower, Honolulu, Hawaii	15 Flight: Depart Honolulu Qantas Arrive LA Stay: LA Marriott Airport		16 Pick up Motorhome	17 Motorhome Destination t.b.c
Week 25	18 Motorhome Destination t.b.c	19 Motorhome Destination t.b.c	20 Motorhome Destination t.b.c		21 Motorhome Destination t.b.c	22 Motorhome Destination t.b.c		23 Motorhome Destination t.b.c	24 Motorhome Destination t.b.c
Week 26	25 Motorhome Destination t.b.c	26 Motorhome Destination t.b.c	27 Motorhome Destination t.b.c		28 Motorhome Destination t.b.c	29 Motorhome Destination t.b.c		30 Motorhome Destination t.b.c	1 (July) Motorhome Destination t.b.c

July 2012 Planner

Jul 12	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday		Thursday		Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 27	2 Motorhome Destination t.b.c	3 Motorhome Destination t.b.c	4 Motorhome Destination t.b.c		5 Motorhome Destination t.b.c		6 Motorhome Destination t.b.c	7 Motorhome Destination t.b.c	8 Motorhome Destination t.b.c
Week 28	9 Motorhome Destination t.b.c	10 Return Motorhome Flight: Depart LA American Airlines Arrive Miami Stay: t.b.c	11 Stay: t.b.c. Miami, Florida		12 Stay: t.b.c. Miami, Florida		13 Stay: t.b.c. Miami, Florida	14 Stay: t.b.c. Miami, Florida	15 Drive from Miami to Orlando Stay: Disney Beach Club Orlando, Florida
Week 29	16 Stay: Disney Beach Club Orlando, Florida	17 Stay: Disney Beach Club Orlando, Florida	18 Stay: Disney Beach Club Orlando, Florida		19 Stay: Disney Beach Club Orlando, Florida		20 Stay: Disney Beach Club Orlando, Florida	21 Stay: Disney Beach Club Orlando, Florida	22 Board Disney Cruise Line for Bahamas Cape Canaveral
Week 30	23 Cruise: Castaway Cay, Bahamas	24 Cruise: Nassau, Bahamas	25 Cruise: Bahamas (at sea)		26 Cruise: Castaway Cay, Bahamas		27 Arrive Cape Canaerval, Florida Flight: Depart Orlando AA Arrive LA	28 Stay: t.b.c. Los Angeles	29 Stay: t.b.c. Los Angeles
Week 31	30 Stay: t.b.c. Los Angeles	31 Stay: t.b.c. Los Angeles	1 (Aug) Stay: t.b.c. Los Angeles		2 (Aug) Flight: Depart LA Qantas		3 (Aug)	4 (Aug) Flight: Arrive Sydney Home!!!!!	5 (Aug)

Wailea, Maui

We've already had 3 nights at the Grand Wailea in Maui already, and luckily have 5 more to go - this place is really beautiful!! See pics below of Trent and I enjoying a tumbler of Moet on our balcony at sunset last night.

Our hotel is very "grand" and appropriately named, however it is also extremely fun with fabulous pools, waterslides, lazy river, tarzan swing!

It's a lot more relaxing here than Aulani Disney, but in some ways having the three kids tearing through the main foyer reception (pointing and laughing at all the bottoms on the statues!) every time you need to get to the beach or pool, can be a little stressful! It is a prime honeymoon, wedding venue - check out link to hotel below and the view of the chapel from our room.

http://www.grandwailea.com/photo_gallery/default.htm

In saying that, everyone is so friendly and accommodating, they are really great with the kids at meal times etc. Anyway, while we've been spending hours in the pools and at the beach, we'll hopefully hire a car and do some of the picturesque drives around Maui over the next couple of days.

Sending our love. XXxxx

Aulani Disney Resort - thumbs up!

Hi All - we're already at our next stop, but while it is fresh I will jot down a few notes on the Aulani Disney Resort.

This place is totally amazing! It's less than a year old, and is so well thought out. I think there are 3 or 4 towers of 16 stories, with prob 70 or 80 rooms on each floor - so you can imagine how busy it is! But the facilities handle it really well. With 2 water slides, about 7 different pools (including a lazy river and reef pool for snorkelling - full of fish!), 3 hot whirlpools, a water play castle - the kids (and Trent) didn't know where to start!

We had to "get with the program" quickly and work out the system - get wrist band, dash for the prime pool loungers, spot the gathering crowds (this was the indication Mickey, Minnie or one of the others, was about to put in a appearance for photos). But we drew the line at the "bottomless" drink vessels that everyone was walking around with (you were never a few feet from a soft drink re-fuelling stations!). It was not exactly a picture of health around the pools.

The beach/lagoon that this resort sits on is stunning - def my favourite part. The broader resort of Ko-olina is made up of 4 lagoons, that are buffered from the ocean (man-made I believe) meaning people can safely swim, paddle in the warm aqua water. Beautiful soft green grass borders these beaches, and there are lots of local hawaiian families enjoying these grassy spots, for picnics and snoozing.

The kids have been having a ball! They loved the kids club complex - which I can't explain how fantastic this place was - and would go there for an hour or so while Luke slept after lunch. I have to tell you one of Thomas' classic quotes..... the kids were getting excited about collecting the different coloured wristbands each day and in the queue Thomas piped up with "Daddy, Daddy!! Look how many bands our African friend has!!" pointing to the little African American boy in front of us. Lots of awkward smiles and looks came our way........spot the Aussies!!

Here are a couple of shots our new underwater camera!

Overall things are off to a spectacular start! Much love. XXxxx

PS. Livvy wanted you to know that she got stuck down one of the waterslides. She wasn't heavy enough to get her inflatable ring to stay on track and therefore turn backwards and got stuck. Bit of a scary moment for all - but she was very brave, and we all learnt a valuable lesson!