I was Planning our 10 year wedding anniversary and...

I was Planning our 10 year wedding anniversary and was originally going to take my wife to Bali when I asked her a simple question, if you could go somewhere tropical where would you go? my wife responded with Hawaii.
My new Search was now destination Hawaii and as I was searching I found the Disney Aulani resort. Originally the planning was to be a secret and only planned the trip for my wife and I(10year wedding anniversary). It was then I remembered that my oldest daughters idea of a beach was the Vancouver coastline she was 4years old when she had 1st seen the ocean and frankly that is not a "beach"
I broke the secret to my wife because if I wanted to take the kids with us I was going to need her super organizing skills to make this trip happen but together we decided to keep this plan a secret from our 2 girls.
Arrival was redeye very early in the morning and the magnitude of this resort can only be appreciated in person ... simply put incredible!
Even though arrival was very early the staff were amazingly courteous and helpful knowing we are travelling with our 2 girls 8-4 years old, we were given early check in because our room was available and they didn't charge for early check in!
The restaurants were easy to find and wait times were minimal if that, everywhere you looked there was something to do either with your kids or by yourself.
Scuba for beginners what a great idea swim with "friendly fish" for the kids and adults however my oldest couldn't get used to how the breathing was and our experience was cut short we will try again next year!
Volcano water slide and lazy river were awesome, the beach awesome and the Disney characters were pretty cool as well. Story time at the giant fire pit was truly an experience everyone should do, there was so much to do at this resort if you got bored then it was because your lame!
Suiets were very nice and accommodating, our ocean view was breath taking especially since it over looked the Luau.
Our experience was truly amazing and amazing is an understatement, there are a couple of things if I may close this review with.
1. If your looking to spend 2 star hotel money then do not come here! people need to realize this is a 5 star resort so expect 5 star prices.
2. If you pre book your rental car and it takes almost an hour to get into your "pre booked" vehicle then I would suggest asking for an upgrade on vehicles at no additional cost... if another vehicle is available they will upgrade you... just saying.
3. In our opinion where the resort could improve on is somehow making guests aware of "free" services cause everyone likes free even when you can afford to pay... example: the ipad interaction parent/kid game though out the resort so much fun and free!
the in room movies or DVD rentals free!
The child care (parents break...lol) believe it was called Auntie's kitchen free!
Other than that I highly recommend this resort so much so we have already booked our 2019 vacation back to Aulani... see you soon Mickey and Goofy and the rest of the cast!

Caj