Post #270411 by TikiJosh on Mon, Dec 4, 2006 12:16 PM

If you want the real island experience, stay out of Princeville. It's overpriced resort hotels with no tikis. It looks more like Beverly Hills, complete with Greco-Roman statues. Again, let me say-- No Tikis. We made the mistake of staying there when we visited a few years ago. It's just a bunch of timeshares owned by rich people, and you pretty much can't even tell that you're in Hawaii. It was a total bummer.
The Island Grill and Bar up near Princeville is good, and the folks there are nice. They make a good lava flow, and they're open pretty late.
A movie tour is fun, too. You get to see the beaches from Donovan's Reef, Gilligan's Island (when it was filmed there), and also Hanalei Bay from South Pacific. Pretty cool.