Thank you.......

We stayed at the Outrigger Reef for the first few days of our first trip (our 40th....) and enjoyed the stay and the fact we could catch all the tours right there. It's on our list of 'maybes' for the next trip.

And I'm pretty much with you re the car thing - until I know the lay of the land, and thinking we probably won't be going back to HI after this trip! we don't want to miss the highlights.

For our first trip we rented a car for the whole time we were in Oahu but this time around, we won't bother since the bus system is great and convenient. When we moved out to Turtle Bay, having a car was awesome but again, by then we'd been there for a while and had figured it all out. Sort of..... <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/jester.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/jester.gif" alt="" />.

Not sure yet what we'll do on the various cruise stops but as we get older, it is nicer to let someone else show us the sites without the concerns of getting lost or missing something we'll later regret.

Is there any one tour you would recommend over all the others, (not counting the helicopter ride, which there's no way in this world I'm gonna' do), but anything else that really still stands out in your mind as something you were and still are thrilled with? <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />