Thanks again, Pat89339! Tons of information.

We'll see what the Symphony and Pops are doing -- you can only lay in the sun so long. I never thought of the pool being salt water: that's neat. Easier to float. When we go out to the beach, it will probably be to snorkel, or slide down the beach to somewhere with a beach chair rental stand.

I know we're at the right hotel if they have paperbacks to loan: if I don't have a book in my hands for five minutes: I start to panic. I'm also glad to know about the coffee. we were surprised to see no coffee maker in the room. Maybe that's more of a business hotel thing: they didn't have one at Lowes, but had a stand in the lobby.

I will have a laptop along, so I can stay on top of FT, in case there's another change to TSA regs.

Thanks again for all the great info about Halekulani: it's nice to know all this in advance, rather than finding out halfway through the stay (which is what I usually seem to do).