Originally Posted by
aww3583
We were on the top floor of the Ocean Tower facing Buddah Point. Fantastic room.
It was literally a 0.55-mile walk from our room to the front desk. It was another 0.1-0.15-mile walk to the car buried deep in the lot.
We were quickly made aware of this upon arrival.
Woke up at 6AM on the east coast to fly RDU-ATL. Took ATL-HNL. Five-hour layover in HNL. Fly HNL-ITO. Make the 80-minute drive from ITO-Waikoloa Village. Check-in around 8:00PM local time. The gondola boat wasn't running, so we had a half-mile walk to the room with luggage. May have been the longest day of my life.
Wow. That's a pretty crappy start to a nice trip. We have flown to HI from the east coast 3x. Each time seems to get easier, but I also came to realize why you meet so many people from the west coast there. On this last trip we flew YOW/ORD/HNL/KOA and arrived in KOA at 3:30 local time. Departed YOW at 6:05am, so I know about a long first day, but I don't think I would have been able to make the walk to the room you did. Aloha
