Aloha Hawaii! Our 10 Day Cruise to Hawaii on the Disney Wonder, September 7, 2015 Trip Report completed 07/31/2016 - Page 18 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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Oh that view brings back so many great memories - and I remember that food truck, as I believe we got some fruit there. We couldn't get over the choice it had!
I'm totally going back over your Hawaii TR!
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Glad you were able to enjoy some tasty treats from the stand!
It was right on time! We didn't bring anything to eat for lunch hoping that the "food truck" would be sufficient
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Wow, that's some food truck! We LOVE char siu bao! Great lunch, and another day of phenomenal views. Could you get close to that waterfall without hiking a precarious trail?
I don't know, but I read about so many tours that allowed you to get into a waterfall. That would be quite an experience!
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Oh those pictures of the canyon are just gorgeous!!!
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Amazing pictures of the canyon!
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beautiful pictures of the canyon!
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Great Pictures..
Thanks all!
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Kaua'i: The beach and some serious fruit
We came down from the canyon and at the end of the road, we decided to make a right turn, "just to see" what was down that way. I'm so glad we did because we found a deserted beach - Kekaha Beach. For many long moments, we just took in the sun, salt, sand and surf.
Teeny tiny little crab!
Back on the road back towards Nawiliwili, sundrenched and happy. (There's a sailboat waaayy back there...)
We had one collective goal in mind: shave ice. We kind of had an idea of what it was, but only that it was sort of like a sno-cone. There was supposed to be a great place nearby called Jo-Jo's but we couldn't find it. We found a charming little place called "Coconut Corner Cafe". I tried to google map it, but the street view only came up with the original house that it was, still the original yellow paint, from 2012!
We parked across from The Historic Waimea Theater. (Opened in 1938) It only plays one movie at a time - archaic, right? At this time it was playing "Man from U.N.C.L.E."
The sun was out in full force, time for something cool and fruity!
Dragonfruit!
That thing is a jackfruit right?
There was a slow moving line, but we didn't mind. I had reminded everyone that we were on "island time", not East Coast time.
The fruit almost seemed to glow.
Taiwanese cookies and snacks and dried fruit.
Finally there! We had had enough time to figure out what we wanted.
Local honey - I wanted some so badly! I just couldn't take the chance of it breaking in my checked luggage. We were going to be up to the limit in our luggage weight also and I just didn't want to deal with it. I'll have to see if I can have some shipped. The honey was so dark, ah man I wanted it
Not sure what these nuts were.
"Look kids - Real bananas!"
YES.
She's taking a block of ice and literally shaving it with this awesome old machine
mmmmm.... the flava
I got passion fruit I think? I was somehow dusted with salty sand from Kekaha
Next: A little bit of weather and finally home on the Wonder. And more food.
Oh wow, talk about seeing the "real" Hawai'i if you know what I mean - that shop was just what I always imagined Hawai'i to be and we found some similar places on our visit to Maui and I was pleased it was just like I thought it would be!
I actually never tried the shave ice, I'm just much more of an ice cream kind of gal. But glad you found a good local spot to sample some from, aren't the size of those things crazy!?
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What a great tour. Loved the shop and the fruit and shaved ice looked yummy.
There was more to the shop. In another room you could buy sundresses, souvenirs and whatnot.
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Oh wow, talk about seeing the "real" Hawai'i if you know what I mean - that shop was just what I always imagined Hawai'i to be and we found some similar places on our visit to Maui and I was pleased it was just like I thought it would be!
It was exactly what we were looking for and we got to taste a bit of local Hawaii
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I actually never tried the shave ice, I'm just much more of an ice cream kind of gal. But glad you found a good local spot to sample some from, aren't the size of those things crazy!?
There were other things to try but we were only focused on the shave ice. Yes they were really big!
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OMG wow, that fresh fruit looks SOOOOO good!!!
I wanted so much to buy some, but I was afraid we wouldn't be able to bring it aboard
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Oh I love shave ice!
Although too busy building an arc right now to think about how good that must've been! Any other mid-Atlantic folk tired of rain?
Yes!! Totally tired of the rain, and I really like the rain
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Oh my gosh that little shop looked amazing! The fruit! The shaved ice! So yummy... I would be tempted to try their Pad Thai too... mmmmm.....
Ah yes, maybe next time
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Back to the Wonder
I had to chuckle a little after reading Colleen's response about the ark, lol. At the time I wrote this we've had 15 days straight of rain here in the Mid-Atlantic region, and I'm starting this portion of the TR with some rain pics
We headed back down the road into the rain. I'm glad there wasn't much traffic as it was now about 4pm. We had given ourselves a nice cushion of time to get back, but any mishap would be stressful.
There's a rainbow, but hard to see. Actually it seems like there are rainbows everywhere and all the time in Hawaii...
Cattle.
I have some of this coffee right now in the pantry! (Got it from Safeway )
Back in town, it took us a little less than an hour. We fueled up, dropped the van off and they rushed us back with plenty of time to spare (like exactly one hour!)
Home sweet home!
Relaxing on the veranda. (Look at the sailboats!)
...and we're off!
The lighthouse
Aircraft coming in.
Island birds sending us off!
Dinner time!
Hawaiian theme tonight
My app, "Ono Crispy Shrimp with Spicy Popcorn" This was pretty good, the popcorn was cute.
For my salad: Green Bean and Potato Salad - with Prosciutto, Chives, Walnuts and a Sherry Vinaigrette. Tasty!
Entree: Hot Pepper Glazed Chicken with Watercress Orzo Pasta "Adventurous!"
The dessert menu. I actually remember that "e komo mai" means welcome!
Sweet Temptation: a trio of Mauka Kea Chocolate Cheesecake, Kukui Panna Cotta, and a Hawaii Vintage Chocolate Mousse. I remember this being very good. I'm totally into any kind of panna cotta these days (Hey! I'm not sure but I think what's plated is not exactly what I quoted from the menu. That doesn't look like chocolate cheesecake to me, but at the time I totally didn't care.)
Remy!
Boo hoo! Sad mail We still had two more days, what gives?! For those who have not (yet) cruised with Disney, you are looking at tip envelopes for our Room Host, Server, Assistant Server, and Head Server. You can pre-pay the tips ahead of time and/or add a little somethin' somethin' into these envelopes at the end of the cruise if you'd like. Otherwise they will add a daily amount to your onboard account. Also included was the all important "survey". Your crew isn't supposed to tell you what to put on there, but usually we've heard them say the word "excellent" several times when they mention it. I don't think it's tallied unless you check "excellent". We are always honest. Unfortunately and maybe stupidly, the food quality part of the survey is tied into the server's ratings. For example if you had bad meals but loved your server, if you mark bad ratings for the food, the servers get bad marks too. (Not fair DCL!)
I think it's a swan
Next - Maui: 9,740 ft up, or, "A Walk in the Clouds"
Nooo.... you can't be getting to the end already. That was a bit mean to put those envelopes out that early. I don't want this to end, as I've been loving reading about Hawai'i especially, it's brought back some great memories from our visit there in 2013.
Dinner looked so yummy! I can see how food quality can be tied to a server if they didn't do everything to fix it and leave you with an overall positive impression. It is unfortunate though since they aren't the ones actually cooking it
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