Look for a big blue AMEX booth. Show them your card and you'll get your radio. :)

Double check the COTA website, but they allow dslrs and camera gear. I recall there being some restrictions to lens length.

@@Margielafn No comment. LOL

Amex radios seemed to be one per cardholder… but it’s worth it to ask! And yes, we went back to the car to eat.

Nice! Have a great time. Come back and let us know what your experience was like with camping. We'd consider doing something like that if we attend in the future. Thanks for watching.

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If I recall correctly, parking was $200-$250 for the 3-day weekend. I checked the COTA site and parking passing are now $375... 😳 Can't comment on the bus service; we never considered it. Thanks for watching!

Haha. We made sure to include him in the video. Diving was amazing! Cozumel is our favorite place to dive. The tanks can feel heavy when suiting up and moving about the boat, but once you're in the water none of that matters. ;) Alice typically requests a smaller tank, which helps with overall weight and her buoyancy since she's on the smaller side.

We'll definitely check both of those places out. Thank you for the sub and for the recommendations!

Hi @paulbrooks8068! Thank you for watching. There are no differences between the rooms along the boardwalk and those that have private beach access. The layouts for the over-water villas are the same. I will say, though, that getting to the islands restaurants, bars, and other activities is a little easier from the private beach access suites. The suites along the boardwalk are farther away and require a longer bike ride or shuttle pickup by the staff. Having snorkeled the area under the boardwalk and the area around the beach access suites, I definitely think that the beach access suites (at least on the ocean-facing side) having better snorkeling and more reef to explore. Hope this helps!

Thank you so much@@nathanandalice

Haha! I’m sure every penny spent was worth it. Oahu is amazing. I’m glad you both had a great time!

Mahalo for watching! We absolutely love Oahu and have a lot of friends that grew up there - it's such a magical place! There are also so many hikes that we didn't get to do last time due to Alice's back injury, so we'll definitely check those off next time :)

Hi there! Thanks so much for watching! To answer your questions: - Scuba: you don't need a certificate to try diving! Usually every dive company will offer an "Intro Exploratory Dive" where they teach you the basics and take you to a shallow reef (<30 ft) to give it a try. This is a great way to see if diving is your jam before investing time and money into a certificate! We love diving so much that we decided to get our Open Water and Advanced certificates so we can go deeper and explore more dive locations, but you don't need them at all to try it out :) - Kuraloa Ranch: yes, you do need to book the tours ahead of time, especially during busy season! We got pretty lucky as we went during a slower time in Hawaii and were able to book it just a day beforehand, but we have heard that during popular times (like Christmas or summertime), you sometimes have to book it a few weeks in advance. The two we did was: Zip Line Tour (we booked this for the morning) and 2 Hour UTV Raptor (we booked this for the afternoon), with a nice lunch break in between. It made a perfect day! You can book the tours here: www.kualoa.com/ - Polynesian Culture Center: yes, it did require an entrance fee which included dinner and a really awesome fire show in the evening (recording was not allowed so not in video unfortunately!) We didn't spend a lot of time there as we were just a bit jet lagged and travel weary, but there are tons of activities so you can easily spend a whole day there. We do think the ticket price was well worth it if you do decide to check it out! More details here: polynesia.com/ Hope this helps! We hope you have an amazing time in Oahu - it's such a beautiful island!

@@nathanandalice awesome! Thank you so much for answering my question in details. Love it! Will sure hope to have an amazing time in oahu and would like to try the noodles and matcha ice cream yummy!!! Thanks guys! 🥰

Hey you guys! Found your channel on my feed! I was wondering how you guys booked your trip to Kualoa Ranch for the zipline and UTV tour? Was it a package or did you have to book two different tours?

@@themannyelagdon1 hello, see above. They answered it above with my question. 😊

Ah! We totally didn’t know about the other location! Our friends had told us about the Waikiki one so we headed straight there. We will definitely check it out next time 😋

That song is called “Better Than Us” by Humans Win 🤜🤛

Thank you so much

Aw thank you for saying that! And that's okay, life happens, it was an amazing trip nonetheless! And YES! The matcha soft serve was SO good, especially if you like authentic matcha. I still have dreams about it!! 😋

Thank you for watching! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

We did visit it but did not get good footage unfortunately! Next time! ☺️

Hello. Thanks for your comment. We saw the holiday themed show, but our positioning wasn’t the best and we didn’t quite capture it… We’ll plan better next time and get a better view. :)

Thank you!! We loved this ultra high tech city. We can’t wait to be back!

Thank you so much! 😊

Thank you so much! We picked December mostly because our work schedules had more flexibility during that time to allow us an extended vacation. Luckily, it was also a great season for the Maldives! 😊

We have not but will check it out next time! Alice is a Marriott member so we were able to use our points for the Ritz, hence we never really looked at any properties outside of the Marriott group. Definitely will explore a different property if we ever get to go back!

@@nathanandalice i see :) ... i saw the four seasons maldives from this vlogger : kzbin.info/www/bejne/paS8hGiuq5eCg7Msi=uWd-NRktqkH9q1M5.. its price is pretty steep though, so i will only enjoy the video unfortunately lol ..keep it up for more videos

It varies by season and can be pretty high during popular months and around the holidays. We were fortunate enough to use Marriott points to pay for the stay as Alice used to travel a lot for work and had some saved up over the years. It was definitely still pricey, but felt worth it for an once-in-a-lifetime trip! 😊

@@nathanandalice thank you so much

@@nathanandalice did yall upgrade to any food/beverage package? My wife and i will be traveling to the resort in November. Looking for best option for F&B. Thanks so much and video was amazing!

Indeed! We also got all those countries on our travel list, so we will be sure to post more videos as we explore this amazing world. 😊

Hi there! Our specific villa was #228. It had a private entrance and was close to the main island where the restaurants and bars are located. The circle, while great in theory, and very pretty, requires you to bike a bit of distance to get to any of the amenities. We often saw guests staying in the circle requesting pickups and drop offs from the staff via cart to go back and forth. Hope this helps. Have a great trip!

Thank you so much! 🥰

I think they have some parts still under construction as the resort just opened recently. Hopefully it will get better with time!

We visited in December 2022. We are a little late to upload our trip 😅 Thanks for watching!

Thank you for watching! 😊

Thank you! It was a mix of iPhone 13 Pro, 11 Pro, and GoPro Hero 9 Black footage.

@@nathanandalice wow thanks. Amazing cinematography, looking forward to some more amazing content from such a lovely couple. Enjoy your honeymoon.

Thank you 😊

Thank you so much 🤗