EDH's Hawaii photo TR

[edh]

I got back from my big Hawaii trip, and I have a photo TR of a few of the places I went. Unfortunately, this is my parents camera's photo's. I accidentally forgot mine. But I went all over Hawaii, and did most of the touristy stuff. One thing I noticed is how many Asians are in Hawaii. They are everywhere. I love coasters an all, but I needed a change (and we had frequent flyer mile tickets). This place is beautiful, so if you ever decide to go somewhere other then coasters, go here. So here is to the TR.

 

BTW, I did see one coaster, but it was closed and in really bad shape. It is located by the Aloha Stadium. BTW, If you go there on Wed, Sat, and Sun, they have a giant flea market with tons and tons of goods that have inexpensive prices. I found shirts 8 for $20 and many other things. My sister found a knockoff Chanel purse and my mom got a knockoff Prada one.

 

And if anyone is interested, I have a bunch of more pictures in the link in my sig.

Last picture of me in front of Diamond Head.

Me trying to boogie board. Kept running into people because the beaches are so crowded.

They wore some very strange outfits. Later in the evening, they had an amazing night show with awesome fire dancers and everything.

Mmmmmmmmmmm pig at the Luau at the Polynesian Cultural Center.

Another ocean shot. In the next picture, you can see why Hawaiians like that are so fat.

Does this scene look familiar? To bad the T-Rex didn't eat that kid that wouldn't get out of the picture.

Nice shot of the mountains.

Can't remember the scene that was used in Pearl Harbor, but this is now used to show memorabilia.

We went to Kualoa Ranch one day. We did a tour to see where they filmed movies like Pearl Harbor, Jurassic Park, Lost, and a few others.

Me doing surfing lessons. Surfing is quite hard, but a lot of fun. I had one of 2 good rides.

I think this is an acceptable level of wetness.

View of Diamond Head from the Catamaran. All those girls in front of it are from Australia. They SCREAMED when the waves hit all of them.

Went on a ride on a Catamaran. These things pick up speed and get you soaked.

This is by far the best shrimp I have ever had surprisingly. I was a little hesitant to eat out of a shrimp truck, but it was worth it. They have Shrimp Scampi for $12.

Lets see, you pay $7 per person, and walk 1.5 miles to get to it. Sure it was a nice waterfall, but it wasn't worth the walk.

This has the best shaved ice in Hawaii, and the best i've ever had. Make sure to get it with ice cream on the bottom. Its only $2.50!

One of my favorite places we ate at. Its a little pricy, but we went for lunch.

Got a simulator credit at the USS Missouri at pearl Harbor. The ride sucked, but the ship was quite impressive.

This is the Halona Blow hole. The water didn't blow as high as I hoped.

Here is another great picture of an island we saw.

This is a picture after a 1.5 mile hike up Diamond head of a lighthouse. What a wondrful view.

[odene497]

Nice pictures, it's cool to actually know what your talking about, I was there a few months ago. Diamond head is pretty cool climbing the huge staircases. And yeah, those shrimp shacks are AMAZING.

 

Too bad you couldn't check out Maui. It's like everyone's idea of Hawaii is Honolulu, but Maui I think gives off more a a "true Hawaiian feeling" rather than a touristy place. At least you got around, and didn't just spend all your time in Honolulu. Oh and Matsumoto's IS good.

 

-Nick "Maui kicks a$$" Cramer

[haiderodes]

^^I take it there are not that many asian people where you are from? Its a west coast thing.

 

Glad to see you had fun!

[moinab]

No, not a whole lot of Asians in Georgia!

[almightyfire]

Europe parks are way better than ours. I just love the theming

[Neogreeneyez]

^huh?

[Goliath513]

^^ Uh this is actually Hawaii, not a heavily themed European park.

 

I'm leaving for Hawaii tomorrow, but I'm going to Maui & Kauai instead.

[edh]

^^I take it there are not that many asian people where you are from? Its a west coast thing.

 

Glad to see you had fun!

 

Yea, not to many from Georgia. But It is crazy in Hawaii. They have tons of magazines, and dining, just for the asians. While doing the movie tour, they even spoke half of it in Japanese. But I say to anyone that if they ever decide to take a vacation instead of coasters, go here. Airfare is a little expensive w/o freqnent flyer miles ($800 from ATL a year in advance) but if your closer, its probably cheaper.

[edh]

I forgot to mention, we stayed at the Embassy Suites, Waikiki Beach Walk. That hotel is very nice, and it is very close to everything. It is right next to a 5 star hotel Halekulani. The best part is they had free alcoholic drinks in the evening for the hotel guests. Free Mai Tai's all week are quite good. And if you think about how much each one is at bar or something ($8) it really adds up! Right across the street, they had every designer store you can think of (Gucci, Coach, Chanel, Tiffanys, etc) so my little sister had a field day. And if you ever go, make sure you visit Ala Moana mall. It is a huge outdoor mall, and it is very nice, and has tons of stores.

[SLUSHIE]

I'm leaving for Hawaii tomorrow, but I'm going to Maui & Kauai instead.

 

Good call.

 

Earlier this summer I spent 3 days on Oahu, 1 week on Kauai, and a week on Maui.

 

Oahu is the most fake place ever. Nothing there is genuine. Of course the same pretty much goes for the rest of the islands.

 

I'm pretty sure Jurassic Park was filmed on Kauai... I guess some of it could have been on Oahu... but as with most things I'm pretty sure its a trap.

 

I like the fact that there are so many Asians there. I live in a college town and we do get a lot of foreigners... but we don't have an entire section of our Walmart dedicated to imported Asian foods.

[miniviews]

I'm glad you liked my hometown. I was at Kakaako park on July 4th for the fireworks. And I agree with others, take a trip to the other, less commercialized islands for more of the laid back island living.

 

As for credits on Oahu, there's 3 portable roller coasters, a kiddie, a wild mouse and the Miler coaster that you saw at the flea market (similar to Wildcat).

 

Mike

[edh]

^ We visited Ewa Beach, and my parents were actually concidering moving there, or somewhere around it when they retire. Do you know about how much the homes cost? They really liked Ko Olina resort that had real estate. I noticed they had alot of constuction. Whats that going to be. But if they move, it wont be for 6 years, so I am sure tons of new stuff will be up then.

[odene497]

I'm pretty sure Jurassic Park was filmed on Kauai... I guess some of it could have been on Oahu... but as with most things I'm pretty sure its a trap.

 

Some of it was also filmed in the mountains on west Maui,(the Iao needle is in these mountains) I've heard a lot of people there call them the "Jurassic Park mountains".

 

 

-Nick

[BrownStreak]

From my memory the Polynesian Cultural Center is like a theme park without rides- different areas themed to different islands of the South Pacific.

[edh]

Yes, thats true. They even have an imax show about a reef. But I enjoyed the PCC although we didn't get to go there long enough because the Movie tour started later then we hoped. But the show at the end was one of the best shows i've seen. It was well worth the price alone. Some fire dancers had the things of fire, and they threw them 50 or so feet to a guy standing on a "mountain" about 20 feet above him. And it is very authentic.

[gisco]

Nice pics,

 

And why can't we get Shave Ice here on the mainland like they have in Hawaii?

 

And why is this trip report in the Theme Park and Coaster section and not the Random thread?

[edh]

I saw the" Photo TR: Paranormal ship walk on the Queen Mary" was in this section, so I figured if that one was on this section, this one could be to. You can move it if you want. Also, you can get snow cones in the mainland, but it just tastes different. Snow cones are hard ice, but shaved ice just has a different taste.

 

BTW, technically, Hawaii is like one amusement/water park but without the rides. Surfing and Catamaran rides are just as thrilling as any water slide.

[miniviews]

^^^^^^ Median price of houses in Hawaii is ~$620,000, this includes the Ewa Beach area. What you get for 600k in Ewa Beach is typically a small land (my lot of ~4500 sq ft is considered big!) and a detached home a peddles thrown away from your neighbors' home. As for Ewa Beach, it is currently one way in/out by car, so traffic is horrific -- thank goodness I catch the US Navy passenger ferry to/from work. Ko Olina is a nice and beautiful beach resort. Its proximity to the "2nd city" is great whenever Kapolei booms. There's also a boom of Honolulu condos, with beaches still a walk/bike away.

[edh]

Yea, thats alot for a home. My dad liked the Ko Olina because it looks really nice, and the condo's go from $500,000 for a 2 bedroom to $580,000 for a 3 bedroom. I wouldn't mind living in hawaii, but I wouldn't get to live anywhere as nice as they do. My parents also concidered moving to Orlando when they retire, so who knows.