Disney Aulani Resort & Spa Ko Olina

Great resort for the kids

It was an amazing experience for the family. Yes the room doesn't have a great view, but you can watch the luau's show, we did. You also get the benefit of being a Disney Vacation Member. Free parking is huge, you save $37/day. Wish I could've stayed longer.

Communication with the host was great and check in went smoothly. Unit was clean and well-maintained. We enjoyed our stay very much. Highly recommend!

Disney never disappoints and booking thru here didn’t disappoint either! Ocean view balcony, comfy bed, little nook kitchen with a microwave, shower, h2o+ products and all the hotel features was amazing! Will def come back and book thru Sam again!

I stayed here with my husband and parents. We all had a wonderful time. Samantha is really great. We had booked a room with 2 double beds and requested a microwave. But due to some rules, all the rooms that come with a microwave are only one bed with one sofa bed. We texted Samantha and without any exaggeration she called me within 2 minutes. She is really great at communication. She asked me what happened, then called the resort and called me back. She explained the rules.

Samantha had sent an email to us before we went, to do online check-in. I would highly recommend doing that. As soon we reached, we were greeted with orchids lei for women and black bead necklace for men(which mom took with her as a souvenir) and ice cold fruit induced water. We were also given our keys right there. The entire process took less than 2 minutes. When we arrived inside and actually saw the reception, there was a queue for checking people in who had not done online checkin.

The resort is the best place you can be. We did not get out of the resort for 2 whole days. And all the remaining days of my stay, we enjoyed the pools and lagoon every morning and evening. So many characters around, the slides, the spas, the lazy river, everything is just perfect.

One very important and amazing thing that comes with this booking: Apparently since this is DVC booking, the bands we get everyday (for pool/towel use) are different than the regular folks. They say 'Aulani member' on the band. Because of these bands, without asking we got 10% DVC discount on all shopping we did at Aulani. Isn't that AMAZING :-)

Also, in our booking the parking was included. It would sound weird, but most resorts charge for parking and Aulani charges $37.00 per day. We were so happy that we didn't have to pay any of that.

Aulani also has a Photopass for $100. The resort has a lot of professional photographers all over. You can take as many photos as you want with them, with the characters, inside the infinity pool or spa, even at the beach with the sunset. We took advantage of this photopass and got around 500 photos for only $100.

To summarize, Aulani is a great place for kids, adults and senior citizens. And there is no better way to book it besides this. You pay much less and you end up getting a lot of perks too. I STRONGLY RECOMMEND Samantha. We will definitely be booking with her soon. Aloha :-)