They are for sure, but after I saw people were at the chairs already around 630...I didn't wanna deal w/ it
If sitting on the beach isn't your cup of tea, there are very limited areas w/ the view of the lagoon which is very unfortunate. Even some of the cabanas you get no view of the ocean...like what?!
I normally wake up at 6:30 to 7:00am PST, so getting up at 6am Hawaii Time and getting downstairs to look at the ocean wasn’t a chore.They are for sure, but after I saw people were at the chairs already around 630...I didn't wanna deal w/ it
Does anybody have a straight answer on how far out you can book chairs/cabana/etc?I normally wake up at 6:30 to 7:00am PST, so getting up at 6am Hawaii Time and getting downstairs to look at the ocean wasn’t a chore.
I did get a chuckle when a grandpa whose family had aggressively taken over the area the previous day came downstairs at 6:55 one day and saw that the prime seats were taken and got angry….
But…. I would much prefer some reserved seating… we’ll see what availability is during our August trip….
90 days in advance, you just have a room reservation though. We’ve got a Cabana booked for a few days next trip.
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Thanks (and @AstroBlasters also)-- the reason I ask is that I tried to book at 90 from our arrival date and the only days available were days 6 (Executive Lanai) and 7 (Cabana). Admittedly, it was Thanksgiving week so possibly people were arriving a few days earlier than us and booked them all out.
You can waitlist, not sure how far out you can waitlist though. Last trip we only had a cabana for one day but waitlisted and got one another day.
hahaha I would have looked at him, smile and give him a shaka!!I normally wake up at 6:30 to 7:00am PST, so getting up at 6am Hawaii Time and getting downstairs to look at the ocean wasn’t a chore.
I did get a chuckle when a grandpa whose family had aggressively taken over the area the previous day came downstairs at 6:55 one day and saw that the prime seats were taken and got angry….
But…. I would much prefer some reserved seating… we’ll see what availability is during our August trip….
You snooze, you lose!
I was born in Texas… so it was more of a “bless your heart” smile.hahaha I would have looked at him, smile and give him a shaka!!
The casabellas on the beach are $80/day. I also don't really like the locations for all the beach casabellas, because like you said, most of them have view of beach chairs, no thank you. Any type of beach/pool rentals should have a decent view, otherwise why am I paying? I might as well sit on the beach with my own chair.
We cancelled the cabana because I didn’t like the possible locations/views and they told me the executive lanai popped up available for that day, so people definitely do cancel.
Those chairs are much nicer and I don’t have a problem with them charging for better chairs and better service (they don’t currently have better service)—but they should have enough chairs that everyone can use one for 2-3 hours a day and/or enough staff to clear towels and random trash from unused chairs after 40-45m. I moved chair hog towels myself a couple times and nobody ever came back to claim it.
I don't think they can stop you from setting them on the beach.
I haven’t found getting beach chairs to be an issue, it’s usually the pool chairs or a chair with shade….
Same here, beach chairs are usually half full when I've seen them, but the family pool is full by 7 am.
I agree this is a nicer area but there are other very coveted areas as well around quiet pool, small landings on curved walked way to beach etc. Also, for others their preferred areas may be close to water play area etc. I sure hope Aulani doesn’t get into the pay for preferred seats stuff. Strangely enough, we have been to Aulani 9 times and have had good success finding a couple loungers in front of Ama Ama. Not a chance we will pay an additional $1000 (for a 10 day trip) to reserve these.
