94bruin
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- May 28, 2009
Hi!
We booked a 1 bedroom villa through Disney for June stay. Our package includes RT airport transfers as well as a one-day car rental. We will stay in Waikiki for 5 nights after our Aulani stay. In the interest of saving money, we are now considering NOT renting a car but maybe doing daily rentals and/or other forms of transportation. Currently, through Costco and including parking, a week's car rental would be over $550 for the Aulani portion of our trip. The Waikiki portion would be over $400.
However, to figure out how often reserve daily rentals, I need to figure out a few items.
Grocery shopping: Is there anything within walking distance? How well stocked is it? I'll try to do most of the shopping at the beginning of the week, but may need to run to the store for some incidentals. What are my options? Taxi? Uber/Lyft? Not a huge fan of Uber/Lyft, but will use them for grocery purposes.
Any way to combine any of the following trips? Where does it make sense to do these trip from - Aulani vs Waikiki. We are not committed to any of these activities except for Pearl Harbor and maybe surfing. I do like to get out and about but am trying to save on transportation costs. Our kids have been to Maui & Kauai a handful of times, so it's not as necessary for us to explore Oahu.
Pearl Harbor - I want to do this early in our trip, so definitely from Aulani - is there a better day of the week to reserve our tickets? We are at the Aulani from Friday-Friday.
Surfing lessons - from Aulani or Waikiki?
North Shore
Manoa Falls
Diamond Head
Hanauma Bay
Would love to hear suggestions. Thanks!
We booked a 1 bedroom villa through Disney for June stay. Our package includes RT airport transfers as well as a one-day car rental. We will stay in Waikiki for 5 nights after our Aulani stay. In the interest of saving money, we are now considering NOT renting a car but maybe doing daily rentals and/or other forms of transportation. Currently, through Costco and including parking, a week's car rental would be over $550 for the Aulani portion of our trip. The Waikiki portion would be over $400.
However, to figure out how often reserve daily rentals, I need to figure out a few items.
Grocery shopping: Is there anything within walking distance? How well stocked is it? I'll try to do most of the shopping at the beginning of the week, but may need to run to the store for some incidentals. What are my options? Taxi? Uber/Lyft? Not a huge fan of Uber/Lyft, but will use them for grocery purposes.
Any way to combine any of the following trips? Where does it make sense to do these trip from - Aulani vs Waikiki. We are not committed to any of these activities except for Pearl Harbor and maybe surfing. I do like to get out and about but am trying to save on transportation costs. Our kids have been to Maui & Kauai a handful of times, so it's not as necessary for us to explore Oahu.
Pearl Harbor - I want to do this early in our trip, so definitely from Aulani - is there a better day of the week to reserve our tickets? We are at the Aulani from Friday-Friday.
Surfing lessons - from Aulani or Waikiki?
North Shore
Manoa Falls
Diamond Head
Hanauma Bay
Would love to hear suggestions. Thanks!