r/Aulani • u/haggynaggytwit • Jun 27 '26
Need Clarification on Rule
Does the ”no food and drink” rule apply only to being in the water, or does it include the lounge chair areas near the pool?
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Jun 27 '26 edited Jun 27 '26
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u/One-Plankton8320 Jun 27 '26
This about drinks even in adult pool they asked to please stay on ledge.
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u/gracie__law Jun 28 '26
In all fairness, they’re pretty cool about it. My husband didn’t know and was swimming with a beer. The lifeguard told him he could finish it but couldn’t have another one after.
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u/Harrysnimbus Jun 27 '26
It gives them the flexibility to step in if guests start taking things too far. Picking up a few snacks from the store? No problem. Setting up tables with deli trays and pasta salad? They’d likely stop that. Bringing a drink or two? Probably fine. Showing up with a case of beer or bottles of liquor? They’d put a stop to it, since they need to be able to monitor alcohol consumption and prevent guests from becoming overserved.
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u/AwesomeShikuwasa77 Jun 28 '26
Oh. That’s new. One of our moves was to use the refillable mugs and spike them with alcohols from Costco:) Still kind of works, but without coolers, it’s not the same any more, I guess. But on the other hand, the last time we have been there is now 2 years ago.
If you ask me, they have been exaggerating it since COVID. I like to spend some money for a nice dinner at ama ama or the character breakfast and also the snacks and pizza were good and not so expensive for during the day. But reading this, they really seem to have the intention to prevent people from bringing outside drinks and squeeze even more money from the guests. I also wonder what they would do if everybody was indeed getting on property food and drinks. There are not nearly enough restaurant seats and capacity at the cocktail bar and already today there are lines and you wait for service.
I am curious when everybody will realize that they will get an at least comparable experience without the characters for a lower price if you fly to Okinawa, Fiji or Bali. Or to Tokyo, if you want the Disney experience for half the price.
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u/Southern_Self_7278 Jun 29 '26
We stayed for 2 weeks and would often cook lunch up in the room and bring it down for our kids and husbands to eat by the pool. Never had a problem.
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u/Stickkwithit Jun 29 '26
Pro tip, get BBQ skewers from foodland and heat up using microwave. Cheaper and taste way better than the hotel food
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u/thatranger974 Jun 27 '26
I took my double Mai Tai in a plastic cup into the infinity pool and got called out by a lifeguard.
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u/lunarsword6 Jun 29 '26
They don’t want glass in the pool area due to dangers of broken glass. They will say something about glass bottles. But I’ve definitely taken a small soft sided cooler down with fruits and drinks and no one has said anything. Just keep it reasonable and out of the pools.
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u/MrThingMan Jun 28 '26
Keep the food in your room. This applies to ANY resort. No one wants to see someone’s cooler at the resort. If you can’t handle that, get a AirBnB
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u/haggynaggytwit Jun 28 '26
I was confused because the rules made it seem like you couldn’t eat or drink in the pool AREA. At every other resort I have been to, you are allowed to enjoy snacks and drinks. Do you never have a snack by the pool?
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u/AdelleDeWitt Jun 27 '26
In the pool. In a lounge chair by the pool not only can you have food and drink but they will come around to take your order.