I think we stayed there until about 12:30 or so.įrom Hanauma Bay, we decided to go the back way to the North Shore. We laid in the sun, took a nap, and then snorkeled some more. There are more fish however, which was still cool to see. The water s are much cooler in Hawaii, so there much less coral to see. Snorkeling in Hawaii is a very different experience than snorkeling in the Caribbean. They are so cute! As I said the snorkeling was decent. I saw my first mongoose while we were waiting. We arrived around 8am-ish and had very little wait. I read the snorkeling was not the greatest there, but we found it to be fairly decent. Nothing spectacular, but they did open at 6am, which is what we needed. It was another pricey and ok buffet ($19/person). We did the breakfast buffet at the Sheraton. Breakfast was the first order of business. Since we were still on east coast time, we woke up around 5:30 am so we could head out to Hanauma Bay for snorkeling. We were so tired though, that all we wanted to do was to "scarf and scoot" and collapse in our hotel.which is pretty much what we did. I personally have had much better buffets for less money. I originally wanted to go to the Orchid at the Halekulani, but they were booked as well as the Surf Room at the Royal Hawaiian.) Well the buffet dinner at the Banyan Verandah was $50/person and was ok. (We went there because I did not think to make Thanksgiving reservations until the week before. We settled in, changed, and went off for our 7:30 Thanksgiving dinner reservations that we made at the Banyan Verandah at the Sheraton Moana Surfrider. We were given a nice room on the 17th floor that over looked the mountains, the Halekulani, and with a (very) partial view of the ocean. Well, we did not get the so called "manor" rooms (the cheapy rooms that are in a different wing). I know there were quite a few postings about what rooms Priceline people get there. I booked the Sheraton - Waikiki for $99/night on Priceline. We got our convertible and were off to the hotel, where we would be staying until sunday. I was tired, hungry, hot, and getting cranky. Once at Alamo's office, we waited another 25 minutes or so to deal with the paperwork. We picked up our bags and then had to wait a good 20 minutes or so for an Alamo shuttle to get our rental car. I made several laps around the plane to stretch my legs and felt for all the people in coach. Thank God we had first class seats on the way there! It was close to a 9 hour flight from Minneapolis to Honolulu, and unfortunately, I was awake the entire time. We flew to Minneapolis for a short layover there, and then from there directly to Honolulu. We were staying in Honolulu for 3 nights, Maui for 7 nights, and Kauai for 4 nights. I really started planning activities and dining (via great info from this message board) several weeks before the trip. We used our frequent flier miles through Northwest to get us from Detroit to Hawaii. We started planning this trip back in the spring. It was wonderful! We had to dodge raindrops and one deluge in Maui, but other than that, it was fabulous. Well, Hubby and I just arrived back yesterday from our 2 week vacation to Hawaii.
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