Good morning.
We are currently standing in front of the lagoon here on Waikiki.
We stayed at the Waikiki Marina Resort on the Ilikai.
Sorry I had to read that because it's quite a mouthful.
Which is the building located right behind us there with the blue railings.
So we stayed there for four nights.
And we had a fantastic stay.
I think it cost us $250 a night David right?
Yep.
Fact check. Yes.
And things that we loved about it were one the location in terms of where the beach is.
The beach is located right in front of it.
Just a 5 minute walk from the time you leave your room
and get through the resort down here.
It's also located next to the lagoon at the Hilton.
Ah, again which is great for the kids.
We went there a few times.
The room was very well equiped. It had everything you needed to make a meal.
It was roomy enough. I didn't like that it didn't have a dining table. There was only a breakfast bar.
But that's only because we've got Joaquin and he's little and he can't sit up there.
But other than that it was very roomy.
It had the king bed and a sofa bed so it was excellent for us.
Another thing that we loved about the Ilikai Resort is that it had two pools.
It's got a deeper pool which is located on the first level.
And there's also another shallow pool located on the second floor.
I think it's more suppose to be a relaxation area.
But for the kids it was fantastic.
They could both just swim in, swim out.
We could just watch them. They could play.
So if you've got little ones take that into consideration as it's very difficult to come by kiddies pools.
What we didn't like so much was how far the walking distance was to the rest of Waikiki.
So to get right into the action it's about a 15 to 20 minute walk
into the centre of Waikiki where all the restaurants and action is.
And also if you want to do your shopping
it is close to the Ala Moana Centre which is about a 10 minute walk.
So that was pretty good because we did go there a few times.
We did also have a vehicle during this trip so we could get around easily.
And we have to say that if you do rent a car
parking in Waikiki is not that difficult.
There is lot's of parking located a few blocks behind the main Waikiki zone.
So it's not an issue at all. We did find free parking during the day just behind the Ilikai Resort.
We could park there for about 6 hours at a time, maximum time.
And then you could also move it to the Ala Moana shopping centre.
Which as I said is a 10 minute walk to the Ilikai Resort.
During the night we did pay $1 per hour to park it.
Again just behind the Ilikai Resort
So it was very nice and close and convenient for us.
They do also offer valet parking which will cost you $24 a day.
and it's the same basically with all the other resorts that will offer valet parking
where you pay daily. Or you can find a parking garage
which will cost you again roughly around $20 per day.
Otherwise they do have the trolleys to get you around.
Which will cost you $2 for the pink trolley
up to about $45 for a few days with all the trolley lines.
Lastly, one other thing that we really liked about the Ilikai Resort is that fact that if you
don't want to move much from your hotel in the same building you will find
a grocery shop down below.
There's an ice cream shop. You can buy plenty of things.
There's a restaurant as well. You can get drinks from there.
So if you don't want to move far you can just stay there because it's got everything that you need.
We did. a lot of research before we came and we found that
in comparison to a lot of what is available
it's very expensive here in Waikiki Beach.
So price wise it's a very good starting point.
If you don't want to go into the higher end of your budget.
And we would definitely stay there again.
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[Javi screaming]
If you could here that noise this is what was causing it.
Are you ok. We're going.
[Javi screaming]
In our next video of our 10 day Hawaii Itinerary we leave Waikiki and show you our new accomodation with this amazing view.
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