What a beautiful wedding!!! Congratulations to Kathy and Greg!
OP-you have a beautiful family!
Thanks, it was a beautiful wedding venue, and Kathy is the only person I know who could pull off planning something like that from so far away.
Thanks so much, we clean up cute...
I’m so happy I found this trip report! Can’t wait to read all about it!
We're glad you found it too and took the time to say hello. It is different than most of our WDW trips, but we had a great time.
Beautiful photos! Looked like a gorgeous wedding!
Thanks! We were not the official wedding photographers for this one since Kathy and Greg wanted us to be able to enjoy the event, but we still got to take some fun shots after the ceremony.
During my visit to Hawaii in 2018, The ABC stores had a loyalty program. In four days, we had enough points for a free Hawaii souvenir mug.
-Paul
Yes, we saw the signs for the reward program and at first thought there was no chance we'd spend enough to get a free gift. At $100 in total receipts we could have gotten a calendar, and the items got nicer from there. They definitely get you with quantity...
Me too—I ended up with several free reusable tote bags
We bought a few of the reusable bags, and they are fun to use at home now to remind us of the trip. We didn't wind up saving our receipts for the calendar or other gifts, but the totals did add up over a few days, especially the three nights in Waikiki with no fewer than four ABC stores within a 5 minute walk from the hotel.
The wedding was lovely. I think the rocky beach was even better than a sandy beach. The family pictures are really nice and the kids seemed to enjoy themselves.
It was a great wedding, and served as great motivation to get us to Hawaii for a great trip. It was so well put together that we got to see different parts of the island through the wedding events.
I was surprised that you all preferred McDonalds breakfast over the Hyatt's breakfast. Aren't Hyatt breakfasts usually pretty good? Did this Hyatt have less variety of food than most?
The Hyatt place breakfast was ok, but not anywhere near exceptional. We are not huge buffet fans, and buffet eggs aren't happening for us. They did have unique items each day, and on this day it was Jimmy Dean sausage sandwiches, which we do have at home but seemed quite strange to have in a buffet setting. The McDonalds breakfast items were good and consistent, and we all agreed were better than the hotel buffet would have been. On the next day we did the hotel breakfast though, so we will share that as well.