<img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />R King,

We spent one of our more significant anniversaries in Hawaii and we enjoyed the same hotel for the first three nights of our ten day on island trip, though we didn't do a vow renewal......

There are two things I would suggest you think about if your plans have any room for minor changes.........

Oahu hosts a lot of incredible sights to see and things to do, and the Arizona tour can take the better part of a day all by itself, but it is an incredibly moving way to spend the time. And then there's Diamond Head, the Punchbowl and so very much more, not to mention time on the North Shore. We stayed the remaining week of our trip at Turtle Bay and it was wonderful. We rented a car for the whole trip which was one of our mistakes since it was more of a nuisance in Honolulu than it was an asset, but it sure was nice driving around outside the city with the top down and feeling like two teen-angers again.... (Or maybe twenty-something's??).

And one other Oahu activity we thought was wonderful was our day trip to the Hawaiian Cultural Center. Our TA threw it in for us as a gimme, and once there and in speaking to a few people who lived and worked on the island, we up-graded our free tickets to the private guided tour and we were so very glad we did. The up-grade included a luau dinner and reserved space and seating for the big show and so many other things. We felt it was one of the best things we did while there.

Let me also add, we spent ten days on just Oahu - no cruise or other island explorations - and we left feeling we would probably like another ten days to repeat some of the things we already did and to squeeze in all the things we missed.

Btw, congratulations on your up-coming anniversary, and I'm sure Hawaii will be a wonderful place to celebrate the occasion. We did our 40th there and are seriously considering a return to it for our 50th, the only drawback being the length of the flight from the East Coast. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />