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reasons you should visit Hilton Waikoloa Village on the Big Island of Hawaii and
also something that you definitely do not want to do that we did so I will
share that in a few other tips at the end of the video so pull up a chair or
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alright so reason number five to visit the Hilton Waikoloa Village are the
beautiful grounds the museum the dolphins on-site all of the add-on
experiences you really do not need to go anywhere else and just as with my grand
Wailea video I would suggest not going anywhere else you're paying top dollar
for this resort because it is somewhat all-inclusive per say not in the sense
that everything's paid for but in this sense that everything that you would
need is right there so if you want to see more of the island I recommend
booking a few nights here just to relax and enjoy the amenities and then on the
days where you are sightseeing I would book a place somewhere else and
save some money and if you are trying to decide on a resort property and you
don't know if you should choose the Grand Wailea or Hilton Waikoloa Village
I do have an upcoming video all about that so be sure to hit that notification
bell so you get notified as soon as it drops and I'll give you our opinion on
the matter when you walk in there's this just grand staircase and go down that it
overlooks the lagoon and waterfalls and dolphins and then the ocean there's
beautiful gardens bridges and I could go on and on but the property is gorgeous
also as you're walking from location to location they have a museum throughout
all of the walkway so it's kind of cool because you're not just walking from
here to there there's actually some pretty neat stuff that you get to look
at along the way they also had family games throughout the property cornhole a
giant checkerboard foosball pool tables so plenty of family entertainment
opportunities and be sure to get out at least one night and walk around because
with the torches lit and the lights and the water is just gorgeous plus the heat
of the day as a gone it's a lot cooler it's actually one of my favorite times
to walk around and enjoy the beauty of the property also they have so many
add-on experiences here obviously you're not gonna want to do all of them or you
will go broke however we just picked one we let our kids pick one we did the luau
I believe that's about a hundred and forty dollars per adult 75 bucks per kid
the luau was great amazing dancer amazing food it was so much fun but the
absolute best part for me I love physical humor so when they called some
people up from the audience to dance with the hula dancers oh my gosh it was
so hilarious I when they call for that either duck to your face or something
water if you're a great sport going up and entertain the rest of us they also
have paddle boards and these giant like right on trikes that you can use in the
lagoon snorkeling equipment we brought our own snorkeling equipment I highly
recommend that you do that I will get into more details about that later but
you're definitely going to want that here and then they also have the dolphin
quest so if your child or you have ever wanted to swim with dolphins you can do
that here even if you don't want to pay to swim with them you do get to see them
you get to see the trainers interacting with them feeding them and it is a lot
of fun all right so reason number 4 to stay at the Hilton Waikoloa Village they
have various types of on-site transportation so it's kind of like
Disneyworld in a sense they have a tram they have a
little boat that goes through the rivers that'll take you from place to place
they have a trolley that will actually take you to the mall that's nearby and
also a sand beach the resort itself does not have a sand beach it's all the
lava rock but the trolley will take you to a sand beach so it's gonna neat to
just try the different types of transportation and also all of the
restaurants that are on-site you don't want for food here at all you'd have
breakfast in the morning which if you have the Hilton honors American Express
card you get that for free I will leave a link below to that card it also may be
a diamond member which is a lot of fun gives you free upgrades and some other
things if they are available but back to the restaurants and the food they have
10 options for dining or drinking or just lounging around with some type of
food in your hand so you do not want for that
they have a Mexican option and Italian option which we tried in was very good
pizzas they're pretty affordable Pizza goes a long way great to take up to your
room if you just want to chill for a little bit we actually love the lagoon
grill that was our family favorite if you will it's next to the dolphins and
was you know just like burgers chicken fingers fries all that sort of thing and
then a really nice place and I highly recommend you do eat there at least once
during your stay it's on the point and it overlooks the water so it's beautiful
to go any time of day but I don't even know if they're open for lunch but we
went in the evening and the torches were lit and it was really nice you should
probably make reservations for that one though also of course the luau includes
all-you-can-eat food and drinks including alcohol so I just photographed
our drinks and then I was sliding Chad's back to him and completely spilled it
all over him we don't even have the girls tonight and I'm making messes
was the roasted pig which was amazing very very good highly recommend that as
well all right we reason number three to State the Hilton Waikoloa Village are
the epic sunsets and just the amazing relaxation they have hammocks here and I
don't know why but I just love hammocks and protip here the best hammock even in
this extreme heat and humidity of the day this one was cool has a nice ocean
breeze if you can get it it's just down from the like Buddha statue thing that
everybody goes to for sunset it's just over from that if you can snag that one
definitely do it otherwise they have hammocks all throughout the property the
sunsets you really can't go wrong on the map it will show you the sunset viewing
area there are quite a few of them so just
get there early find yourself a seat camera and just enjoy the beautiful
sunsets and the waves crashing along the shore it's really magical now reason
number two to stay at Hilton Waikoloa Village is of course the pools and the
water slides and the hot tubs and that I can go on and on about those so they
have a couple different sections they have a little lazy river and some
smaller pools on one side of the resort and then on the other side they have the
big main pool and the hot tubs and a bigger waterslide there but no matter
which one you choose you're gonna have a great time beautiful views remember
those flip-flops because pavement does get pretty hot and the hot tubs I have
never been in such hot hot tubs as this one it was kind of once again used to it
it was really nice but getting in every single person is like so so just be
warned if you have a super little kids you probably do not want them in there
at all we had a blast on the waterslide and
kind of to the coast with the waterfalls coming down it was really nice they do
have a little beach area look at the fake Beach area with sand for the little
tykes they can go in they have a swinging bridge that goes over the pool
and there's a lot of fun to walk across all right you guys and the number one
reason to this Hilton Waikoloa Village is definitely hands down the snorkeling
so if you love to snorkel if your family loves to snorkel this is the resort for
you you don't have to leave the resort they have this Lagoon which I'll be
honest when we arrived I was a little disappointed because it doesn't it's not
like that crystal blue water in the lagoon but when we got in there all
kinds of fish I mean Chad and I went to Bora Bora last year and I was seeing the
same fish in this lagoon at this resort and angelfish and Blowfish and it's kind
of cool because as you go along they have little signs in the water
we're I guess where that fish maybe lives when I saw the eel one I just
moved right along from there I had no interest in meeting up with another eel
so in the lagoon it's nice because especially if your kids haven't had a
lot of experience snorkeling the waters are calmer there it's kind of more
protective our daughters definitely felt safer in there you can't swim
out from the lagoon which my husband and I did and we actually liked that
snorkeling better because there's kind of a little alcove that is pretty protected
from the waves as well and that water is clear and deeper it's say fish out there
they're just bigger we really enjoyed going out and then also the sea turtles
the sea turtles come right into the lagoon those great big sea turtles which
I've always wanted then we got pretty close get yelled at a couple times
because you're in there and you don't even see them and then all of a sudden
you turn around and there was a sea turtle and you're really supposed to
stay I believe 20 feet away from them so you've been told stay away from the sea
turtles but they are in there and it's a lot of fun to see them aside from Bora
Bora this is the best snorkeling that we've ever had and you definitely want
to bring your snorkel gear I think it's 30 or 40 dollars to rent it there and
it's only for I believe it's only for a half hour an hour I don't look that
closely but it would definitely be worth it for you if snorkeling I mean I to me
that's the main draw of this resort so if you're going to want to do it which
you will just buy a pair for 30 bucks before you leave throw it in your
suitcase and then you can have it whenever you want and you don't have to
pay by hour or half an hour to use it alright guys so you've stuck around for
my top five I did tell you I would tell you what not to do okay so here's what
we did I booked us a hotel in San Francisco LA the night before so that we
could take the first flight out of the day so we could maximize our time at the
resort because even before check-in you are allowed to use the pools and water
slides and even after checkout you are so I thought I was super smart doing
this however I failed to pack an extra little bag that we could just quickly
change into swim clothes because it might hit I thought I'm a
remember I'll get early check in and when we got there I told the girls just wait
we'll get earlier check-in and then we'll change in our room and it'll be a
lot easier we didn't get early check in I think we arrived at 11:00 so we were
wandering around the resort in the extreme heat of the day and humidity
we're getting hot we were getting tired we were getting grumpy if we could've
been sitting by a pool with a drink in our hand if you plan to get in early
which I highly recommend pack yourself a little swim bag so you can easily access
that can drop your bags and they'll take those and deliver them to your room
however the bathroom right there is super small and it's really inconvenient
to try to take suitcases and even your little roller bags so just throw
everybody's swimsuits into a small backpack so you can have those to change
into when you get them a couple more tips for you as well the dolfe is okay
so we were at breakfast one morning and it looks out over the looking it's very
beautiful and we finally saw a dolphin in the lagoon swimming towards the
dolphin quest area but then we thought maybe we just imagined it well later the
day that we checked out we overheard a lady saying that they do let the
dolphins out every morning into the lagoon and if I had known that it would
have been so worth getting up early and getting out there and renting a
paddleboard or just snorkeling around while the dolphins were in there so I
don't know if that's true but when you check-in
I would totally ask them if that is the case and if so get out there when they
let those dolphins out because how fun would that be also at this resort they
had Japanese speaking and Japanese writing everywhere if you know anybody
that is from Japan and doesn't also speak English which I don't know that
there are that many maybe the older generation this would be a great resort
for them as well where they would feel welcome every tram stop they speak in
English and Japanese so they really go out of their way to make the Japanese
feel welcome
and speaking of trams I saw some reviews online where people were angry because
they said that the trams were always full
so it's laid out there's the main stop in the middle and then there's humane
stops at the ends for the luau and the other end so if you're in one of the
stops between the tram make it full it was never full except for for the luau
so at that point I would suggest just walking one step over to the one on the
end and then you can get on have a seat no problem it's really not that big of a
deal I love to walk so mostly we walk to places anyway however in the heat of the
day or if you have little ones or lots of bags that you're carrying to the pool
is nice to just hop on the Trump plus the tram is air-conditioned so bonus if
you guys saw my Borah bar you know I don't like extreme heat and humidity
that's why I live in Montana but I do like the tropical destination so pro tip
for the tram usage there you go thank you so much for joining me today guys
leave a comment below if you've been or if you have any other suggestions
recommendations if you have any other questions that I failed to answer I
would be happy to answer those and I will see you guys next time have a great
week okay so we just went and we flew the drone got some good drone footage
hopefully but our stinking home button is not working on that thing and it
takes it away so we just have to get kind of close and then grab it and I get
a little cut up this time when we did that so a little better communication
and we need to fix that stupid home button the things I do for you guys
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