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Aulani, A Disney Resort & Spa
Kapolei, Hawaii, United States · Disney Resorts · Accessible Luxury
Walt Disney Imagineering built Aulani around Hawaiian culture and storytelling, opening Joe Rohde's Ko Olina resort in August 2011 as Disney's first standalone destination resort in Hawaii. The campus blends 351 hotel rooms with 481 Disney Vacation Club villas, including 21 Grand Villas.
- 351 rooms
- Opened 2011
- Neighborhood: Ko Olina
- Architect: WATG; Architects Hawaii Ltd
- Interiors: Joe Rohde; Walt Disney Imagineering
About Aulani, A Disney Resort & Spa
- The resort cost roughly 800 million dollars to build, with Imagineer Joe Rohde working alongside local artisans and cultural experts to root every detail in real Hawaiian tradition.
- Rainbow Reef, its 3,800-square-foot snorkeling lagoon, is the only private saltwater snorkel lagoon on O'ahu.
- Laniwai Spa's Kula Wai is the only outdoor hydrotherapy garden on O'ahu, part of an 18,000-square-foot spa with 15 treatment rooms.
History
Aulani, A Disney Resort & Spa opened on 29 August 2011 in Ko Olina on the leeward coast of Oahu, Hawaii. Built at a cost of roughly 800 million US dollars, the resort was conceived by Walt Disney Imagineering with lead designer Joe Rohde, working with architecture firms Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo and Architects Hawaii Ltd to root the property in Hawaiian culture, art and storytelling.
The resort combines about 351 hotel rooms with 481 Disney Vacation Club villas (including 21 Grand Villas), making it Disney's first standalone destination resort in Hawaii and a rare Disney property built around local cultural authenticity rather than theme-park proximity.
The setting
5 miles from Highway 1.
Amenities
- Spa
- Pool
- Hot tub
- Fitness center
- Beach
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