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Great pictures from around the resort. The ones of you and Mark together are priceless. Glad you had your tripod with you!! Sorry to hear that this is the last day
The lounge and community hall look very nice and even comfortable. Great photos around the resort! Too bad no one bothered to tell you all about the photo shoots with PhotoPass. the pictures with Chip and Dale.
Good decision to hang at the resort in your last morning - great shots from your own personalized photography session,
It made taking the tripod worthwhile!
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All good things must come to an end; sorry to see you have to leave Hawaii, but good to know you are making serious plans to return.
Definitely. We both went into this, genuinely saying this was a real once-in-a-lifetime thing, but I don't think either of us expected to be so blown away by Aulani and Hawai'i in general. We've got friends who live in LA who are heading there for a couple of days later this month - so jealous!
Great pictures from around the resort. The ones of you and Mark together are priceless. Glad you had your tripod with you!! Sorry to hear that this is the last day
I know. I have no idea where the time went, but I can tell you I'm planning on a stay of a similar length (eight nights) when we go back, as it didn't feel like too much time at all.
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Having a location for people to stay at the resort during the day, shower, clean up etc prior to a red-eye flight to the mainland is a great idea on Disney's part. Too bad it isn't large enough to keep up with demand.
Great pictures around the resort with the tripod! The ukulele guys looked like a lot of fun! I was able to watch a video of them on YouTube and they were really good!
Having a location for people to stay at the resort during the day, shower, clean up etc prior to a red-eye flight to the mainland is a great idea on Disney's part. Too bad it isn't large enough to keep up with demand.
Personally I'd love to see them do this in WDW as well, as all the British flights home are always red eye ones. I guess it's easier to do for one resort though than a large number....
Great pictures around the resort with the tripod! The ukulele guys looked like a lot of fun! I was able to watch a video of them on YouTube and they were really good!
Tuesday 12 November – part two: enjoying breakfast by the beach
We made our way past the barbecue grill area…
… and ‘Ama Ama, where we enquired about breakfast. They told us it should take about half an hour, so we headed down towards the beach….
… where we took a few more photos….
… and then we headed back and checked in for breakfast. It was so nice to finally eat here during the day, and enjoy a beautiful view from our table.
There were people out paddle boarding…
… and swimming…
Some of the swimmers though were pushing their luck, as they were beyond the buoys, and we both thought that was the edge of the safe area for swimming.
While we sat there, we saw a wedding being held on the beach. Beautiful as this place is for a wedding, I just found something a bit weird about these photos with people sunbathing in them. I appreciate that a professional wouldn’t get those people in shot, but it was just a bit peculiar…
The breakfast menu here was pretty expansive, and I must admit I struggled to decide what to choose. In the end, I went for the tropical fruit plate with honey yoghurt – and look at the size of this thing!
I also got the Hawaiian flavors “gift of bread”, which was made up of guava fan, coconut cream pocket, croissant, and orange-macadamia nut muffin. You got two of each, so Mark helped me out with this.
Mark went for the corned beef hash, served with two poached eggs, and instead of the local-style fried rice, he went for the Aulani potatoes, and he was very impressed with his dish.
In fact, we both thought that ‘Ama Ama provided us with a much higher quality breakfast than Makahiki, and we felt more full when we left there than when we’d eaten at their buffet. It was also cheaper, coming in at $40.55, than Makahiki. All in all, I think we’ll be coming back here again on our next visit.
’Ama Ama
Food 9˝ 9˝
Service 9 9
Atmosphere 10 9
Value for money 9 9˝
Such a beautifully morning! And breakfast does look very good!!!
I agree that it seems odd to see sunbathers in the wedding photos!
I also wish that Disney would allow some sort of room area for those with late flights, although luckily with DVC we have sometimes used pools later in the day so we at least had showers in the pool restroom area (SSR is nice for this ).
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Looks like the bluest sky since you landed in Hawaii! Isn't that always the way.
Ironically, usually when we're in Florida, it's the reverse and we tend to get awful weather on our last day, which at least makes leaving easier. It was a bit tougher this day, as we did have such nice weather.
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That breakfast definitely looked nicer than the buffet.
I would certainly go back to 'Ama Ama for breakfast again in a heartbeat. I'd probably do a couple of breakfasts there and maybe just one at Makahiki, as it is nice to do a character breakfast at least once while you're there...
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Great photos around the resort! Too bad no one bothered to tell you all about the photo shoots with PhotoPass. 
the pictures with Chip and Dale.
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We both went into this, genuinely saying this was a real once-in-a-lifetime thing, but I don't think either of us expected to be so blown away by Aulani and Hawai'i in general. We've got friends who live in LA who are heading there for a couple of days later this month - so jealous! 
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