It is fun traveling to Hawaii as a tourist – especially with Delta Vacations! We flew Delta One on the 1st NEW nonstop Detroit to Honolulu. Delta rolled out the red carpet in Detroit for the departure and did the same in Honolulu for our arrival complete with Palm Trees, grass skirts, music, pineapple, chocolates, gifts, and of course Lei’s!!  Delta One is the way to go! Laydown seats complete with massage buttons, all the 1st class amenities you can think of. Movies, a nap, and prosecco and a meal and you are there!

We stayed at the Hilton Hawaiian Village in the Grand Waikikian Tower part of the Hilton Grand Vacation club. Upon arrival more lei’s and fast easy check in. This is a very large property, lots of walking, offers 5 pools, a large lagoon for paddle
boarding, many restaurants and stores, 2 Starbucks, a large state of the art work out facility and fabulous views. The Friday night fireworks are spectacular!! Best I have ever seen. They offer the roof top Starlight Luau which is nice for it is right there at the resort. The resort is very clean, family friendly, safe, welcoming and offer nice coconut & papaya bathroom amenities.

A jeep rental for the day to Hanauma Bay is well worth the experience. It was extremely busy but the views were amazing. We drove the coast stop at several sites. It is easy and fun to explore Oahu. We also enjoyed a HAWAII 5-0 tour, what a fun way to tour Oahu and see all the filming sites, we were able to dine with the locals and basically “Star – chase” the cast.

We also did the Delta Vacations Arizona/Missouri tour. This was my 9th trip to Hawaii and I have never been to Pearl Harbor. I am so happy I did! Highly recommend, they were organized, all on time, well taken care of. I was very impressed with the tour. It is an all-day adventure and even though you cannot get out on to the Arizona you still get out into the Harbor and the whole experience is very moving.