You are the best! Have watched dozens of your UA-cams and been traveling extensively to Oahu since before you were born and could not outline it, specifically Waikiki, any better! No one should visit there without exploring YOU!
WOW, what a great video!! We just loved this! Soooo helpful to have the teardropped-shaped markers dropped into the video where the buildings you were speaking about actually are, and love the mix-in with streets other than (but still including) Kalakaua. Very informative, well-presented, and extremely helpful! Also, what an *incredible* wealth of information in the info box - so many links to the things you referenced and great list of timestamps. The amount of work and attention to detail is amazing. Thank you for all you did and all that goes into pulling something like this together. Aloha and mahalo!
Dang! I barely recognize Waikiki anymore! It’s been 30 years since I was stationed on KMCAS. Lol It’s pretty sad to see the high-end/corporate take over of shops. All the little independent places are gone. Especially on Lewers St. Thanks for your videos! They’re very well made and informative!
@@YestoHawaii It did....we've watched several of your videos in preparation for our trip. We're travelling from Miami, so the information you've provided about O'ahu has been invaluable. We planned our itinerary based on many of your recommendations. Thanks again.
I’ve been enjoying your videos all morning. We used to visit Waikiki often during the 90s and early 2000s. I’m eagerly wanting to return and am happy to see that it looks clean and welcoming. Aside from some newer hotels it looks the same.
Love your thorough walk through vlog of Waikiki., Waikiki has change so much since I’ve left my home in Hawaii Kai. Thank You this walking tour throughout from Ala Moana to end of Waikiki.
Great tour! We have been to Waikiki three times and we love it! Some say it's lost its charm, but I disagree! It's a fabulous place to vacation, and it's very walkable with awesome access to transit!
Agreed! It's such a nice relaxing walk. We tried a similar one in the afternoon but it was soo hot so we had to do the early morning one this time around
Quick note of thanks for all your amazing videos. I’m moving to Oahu at the end of the month and will be living in the Waikiki area. Your videos have been great. Thanks for what you do!
Thank you for the tour! I'm glad to get an idea of what's there. I didn't think there would be so many familiar restaurants. It's nice to know the local gems. :)
I absolutely love your videos especially the walking tours!! I went to Waikiki for spring break and my bday in March 2022. Seeing these videos brings back so many great memories!! I have to get back there to that beautiful island!! New Jersey doesn't compare! Thank you!!❤❤
Astin Waikiki Beach Tower with Mac Donalds in front on main drag. Miss Hawaii.... 😢 2014 was last lime i visited. a few places have changed from last time... looks very nice ❤️❤️❤️ Kia Ora from Aotearoa, New Zealand
Thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge with the world Last traveled there in 2020 Can you advise on places to stay for extended periods or with a large group
Of course happy to help! It's definitely so much more open now than back then. I actually partnered with a local tour company that specializes in large groups for any tours/activities, feel free to reach out at my email aloha@yestohawaii.com with the dates of your stay, # of guests, where you're looking to stay (Waikiki, Ko Olina or North Shore), and so forth then email back a bit more details 😊
@@YestoHawaii Waikiki since I’m in a wheelchair it’s easier to get around We will do day trips to North Shore. We’ve been looking at the Hilton Hawaiian Village kitchenette but I also like Alli tower
@@YestoHawaii our family loves your enjoyable and informative videos. 🤗 we visit Oahu often and are considering retiring there, appreciate your channel very much! Subscribed tonight 🤙😊👌
More Hawaii content on my blog (yestohawaii.com) 🌺 and the weekly Hawaii newsletter is at this link yestohawaii.com/newsletter. Link for Outrigger Reef hotel walking tour: ua-cam.com/video/ygB8NSdCKB8/v-deo.html. Hope it helps!
Nice to meet you. It must have changed a lot since I went to Hawaii 20 years ago. Arowana Shopping Center - is it still there? thank you for the good video
Thank you for your comment. I went to Ala Moana Shopping Center several years ago on a company trip. Most of the employees were Japanese Is it easier than Ala Moana Shopping Center and others?
Hello. Just wanted to let your viewers know that the Hale Koa is not limited to JUST military members and their guests/families. DOD Civilians are allowed to use this hotel too. 😊
Mahalo! This video was filmed really early in the morning - around 6:30am. Most of the shops don't open until 9am or 10am. Midday it's way busier with lots of people. We opted to film early morning so there would be way less people in the background shots & less noise.
I know i asked you this before on a different video, but i was kinda hoping you could duplicate my walk back in 2014 When i was in Waikiki back in 2014 my friend and I stayed at the Hilton Hawaiian Village and we decided one day to walk the beach....i dont know how far we walked, but we did pass the "pink hotel" and came up to a part where there was no beach, just a wall to walk along, at the end of that wall it had a couple of steps that went back to the beach and there was a small tree set back a few feet from the water (you literally turned left coming off the steps and walked a few steps to the tree)...we walked a bit further than that, i don't remember how much futher, but...does any of this sound familiar to you? Id love to figure out how far we went..we joked that we were going to walk all the way to Diamondhead
Thanks for such an in-depth walk thru. Unfortunately, it seems that they have developed all the charm and beauty out of Waikiki. Such a shame. It now looks like a twenty block outdoor mall packed with big corporate stores/restaurants and overpriced designer store junk for the foreign tourists. How many Starbucks is really needed in that short walk? Fortunately, someone has the good foresight to not have ruined the Kuhio Beach end of Kalakaua Ave up to Kapiolani Park and the Zoo, and as I recently commented on another video of the International Marketplace (another corporate outdoor mall), the only good thing about that is that someone also had the good foresight to not destroy the famous Banyan Tree. I spent much of my youth in that area (late '60's to mid '80's) and have recently had some thoughts of returning for a visit. After watching many of these types of videos and seeing how things on O"ahu are now I will take a hard pass on returning. Really nothing there to see and enjoy. I understand things change as time goes on, but man, could that not have made the changes with a touch of local charm and character?
I totally see that. Waikiki has the highest concentration of hotels in Hawaii. For the more laidback atmosphere, Haleiwa & Kailua are two great options.
@@YestoHawaii It is not the concentration of hotels in Waikiki. Waikiki has always been crowded. My comment was directed more towards the lack of local character and charm that use to exist like the old International Marketplace, the Tahitian Lanai, the basement bar in the old Reef Hotel with a huge window behind the bar that look into the swimming pool, and the daily Kodak Hula Show at Kapiolani Park, etc. Now Waikiki is one big outdoor mall. I mean come on, a Target store in the International Marketplace! What a joke. I grew up in Kailua so I know about that. But trust me, it is nothing like the laid back beach community that it use to be. And neither is a trip "out to country" to Haleiwa and other places on the north shore. Still gorgeous views all over the island, but the infrastructure that has all come about in the last 20 to 30 years is all so generic and sterile. Again, thanks for your videos. You do a good job and seem to know a lot about the places that you feature. Also, your videos will save me a lot of money each time I go back and forth to Asia as I am no longer tempted to make a stopover on O'ahu. Cheers, and best wishes in your future Hawaiian adventures.
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You are the best! Have watched dozens of your UA-cams and been traveling extensively to Oahu since before you were born and could not outline it, specifically Waikiki, any better! No one should visit there without exploring YOU!
Aww thank you for your kind words 💕
Hello from Brisbane, and Thanks for the Waikiki walkabout! Always lovely to see one of my old favourite holiday spots. Can't wait to get back one day.
Glad you enjoyed it! 🌺
WOW, what a great video!! We just loved this! Soooo helpful to have the teardropped-shaped markers dropped into the video where the buildings you were speaking about actually are, and love the mix-in with streets other than (but still including) Kalakaua. Very informative, well-presented, and extremely helpful!
Also, what an *incredible* wealth of information in the info box - so many links to the things you referenced and great list of timestamps. The amount of work and attention to detail is amazing. Thank you for all you did and all that goes into pulling something like this together.
Aloha and mahalo!
Glad it was helpful! I'm experimenting with different types of content with a mix of informative but also fun to watch 🌺
From 🇦🇺 was lucky to holiday las year. Stayed at Prince Hotel and Halekuni hotel. Great memories
Best walking tour video on Waikiki I've ever seen!
Glad you enjoyed it! 🌺
Have watched many of your videos and they are all just so beautiful
Keep up the great work ❤🇨🇦from Winnipeg Manitoba Canada
Thank you so much!
What a great, thorough walkthrough! I’ve lived here for over a decade and still get confused by the different outriggers 😅
Aww thanks! Some parts of the video I was a little winded haha need to get my workout on!
looking forward to the trolley video!
Coming sooon!
Dang! I barely recognize Waikiki anymore!
It’s been 30 years since I was stationed on KMCAS. Lol
It’s pretty sad to see the high-end/corporate take over of shops.
All the little independent places are gone. Especially on Lewers St.
Thanks for your videos!
They’re very well made and informative!
Wow 30 years ago! I wonder what it looked like then.
thank you....we arrive on Thursday!
You're so welcome! Hope the narrated tour helps everyone get their bearings a little bit 😊
@@YestoHawaii It did....we've watched several of your videos in preparation for our trip. We're travelling from Miami, so the information you've provided about O'ahu has been invaluable. We planned our itinerary based on many of your recommendations. Thanks again.
thank you. My kids and I were staying at HHV at the same time that you were filming this video.
Our Hilton Village walkthrough is scheduled for next Sunday (7/23)! 🎉 ua-cam.com/video/yevsY-dW1Ew/v-deo.html
@@YestoHawaii i will definitely watch your video this Sunday. thank you 😊
Great video now I know how far I will be walking. Thank you for showing me all the different hotels.
Glad it helped! Here's the full hotel playlist & will be adding more soon: ua-cam.com/play/PLSX17-_UdjnsJKDTGzj7b896ShERXfSAz.html
Loving the long-form!
😊Aww thank YOU! 😊 I was definitely super winded from walking and talking nonstop haha
Love watching your vids! Getting heaps of info and tips for our holiday next year!
Would love a hotel tour of the imperial please 😊🌺
Adding it to the list! I've got more on the yestohawaii.com/stay part of the site
I’ve been enjoying your videos all morning. We used to visit Waikiki often during the 90s and early 2000s. I’m eagerly wanting to return and am happy to see that it looks clean and welcoming. Aside from some newer hotels it looks the same.
Thank you for this!!
Love your thorough walk through vlog of Waikiki., Waikiki has change so much since I’ve left my home in Hawaii Kai. Thank You this walking tour throughout from Ala Moana to end of Waikiki.
Mahalo for watching!
Great tour! We have been to Waikiki three times and we love it! Some say it's lost its charm, but I disagree! It's a fabulous place to vacation, and it's very walkable with awesome access to transit!
Totally agree! I'll be making an updated one next month for 2024
Love that place, I always walk that route in the morning when I’m there
Agreed! It's such a nice relaxing walk. We tried a similar one in the afternoon but it was soo hot so we had to do the early morning one this time around
Super helpful vlog !! Thanks so much !! Very informative! Time stamp is priceless!!😊👍
You're so welcome! Thanks for watching. That route is a great morning walk!
Excellent! Very helpful, thank you!
You're welcome! 🌺
Seems like about a zillion more people and cars than when I was stationed there 1972 .. OH Well.
It's been a minute since 1972
Quick note of thanks for all your amazing videos. I’m moving to Oahu at the end of the month and will be living in the Waikiki area. Your videos have been great. Thanks for what you do!
Aw thanks! Here’s another one I made showing a different area of Waikiki: ua-cam.com/video/-IP__W0maMs/v-deo.htmlsi=vdMrbseIulmZN9EZ
Thanks, I am heading to Waikiki Beach on the 14th. Great for getting my bearings. 😊
Glad it helped!
Wow this is a great video. Thank you so much! This is THE video I'll show people if they want a walk through review of waikiki. Amazing
Thanks so much! It was A LOT of walking, editing and talking haha
Thank you so much for the information. This helped me a lot. Love it. I'll check your other videos!
You're welcome! the website also has a lot of info too (yestohawaii.com)
Thank you for the tour! I'm glad to get an idea of what's there. I didn't think there would be so many familiar restaurants. It's nice to know the local gems. :)
You're welcome! This is just the main section of Waikiki (Kalakaua Ave). There's also the street behind Kalakaua Ave (Kuhio Ave).
I absolutely love your videos especially the walking tours!! I went to Waikiki for spring break and my bday in March 2022. Seeing these videos brings back so many great memories!! I have to get back there to that beautiful island!! New Jersey doesn't compare! Thank you!!❤❤
Thank you! More walking tours coming soooon
Thanks so much for this i am new to your channel I live in New Zealand so looking forward to coming to Hawaii in November
November will come soon enough! The Yes to Hawaii site should be built out by the end of July (link: yestohawaii.com). More content there coming soon!
I love a Hawaii ❤
I appreciate it 💖
You're so welcome!
Great vlog as always looking forward to arriving in a week for our holiday !
Mahalo!
Astin Waikiki Beach Tower with Mac Donalds in front on main drag. Miss Hawaii.... 😢 2014 was last lime i visited. a few places have changed from last time... looks very nice ❤️❤️❤️
Kia Ora from Aotearoa, New Zealand
Thanks for watching! Love New Zealand! I just visited Auckland last year
I cannot believe how many 60 footer buses you have. I used to work for a company that builds them. Those articulating buses are fun to drive.
There's lots! It gets busier later in the morning
6:30 AM is a perfect time to be out there!
Riiight? Not too hot & not too crowded
Thank you for your wonderful video! Just wondering if Hilton hotel still doing the fireworks?
Thank you!! Perfect timing for this as I will be there this month! 😍 been loving all of your videos!
Thanks for watching!
I just walked on that same bridge 2 weeks ago for the first time I loved Ohau!
Oahu is my favorite island (though I'm biased since I live here haha)
You’re videos have been very helpful
Mahalo!
Very helpful to me, thanks! ❤
You're so welcome!
one of my favorites to eat is either cheesecake factory or hula grill in waikiki .
Hula pie is top tier 💯
Thank u for making this video. It's exactly what I needed to watch before our Hawaii vacation in July ❤
You're so welcome! ❤
Thanks so much...can you please do a video of cash accepted and or digital pay only for Waikiki with the Daniel airport arrivals 😁
I don’t understand what you mean by this?
Some places only accept debit I heard, can you do video on cashless businesses..
Thank you..great video
Mahalo for watching!
thank you for doing this
Mahalo for watching!
@@YestoHawaii keep them coming
So much memories 2022 April, thank you! 🤙🇲🇵
1 year ago! 😊
Yes, one year later April 14-27 stayed at banyan Waikiki, and missing the beautiful Waikiki. I'll be back! I ❤ Hawaii 🤙
Thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge with the world
Last traveled there in 2020
Can you advise on places to stay for extended periods or with a large group
Of course happy to help! It's definitely so much more open now than back then. I actually partnered with a local tour company that specializes in large groups for any tours/activities, feel free to reach out at my email aloha@yestohawaii.com with the dates of your stay, # of guests, where you're looking to stay (Waikiki, Ko Olina or North Shore), and so forth then email back a bit more details 😊
@@YestoHawaii Waikiki since I’m in a wheelchair it’s easier to get around
We will do day trips to North Shore. We’ve been looking at the Hilton Hawaiian Village kitchenette but I also like Alli tower
When I was there I stayed in a pent house across the street from outback and red lobster.. I'm begging to come back soon!!
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How's the weather like around end of June? I will be visiting the lovely city Waikiki.
Aw! Just saw this! 🤙🏼
Hi Miriam.. Can you Cut Through the Sheraton to get to Kalakaua Ave?! Like to Save Time?
Yes you can!
Nice walk.
Thank you! Morning walks are the best.
Thank you! 😊
You're welcome 😊 I'll be creating an updated one for 2024 later next month
@@YestoHawaii our family loves your enjoyable and informative videos. 🤗 we visit Oahu often and are considering retiring there, appreciate your channel very much! Subscribed tonight 🤙😊👌
I would love for you to be our tour guide when we come in Sept!!!
Aww thank you! For a limited time, I'll be doing custom vacation planning: yestohawaii.com/work-with-me/
@@YestoHawaii You are excellent. thank you for all your help.
Hi! Thanks for this great video. Can you buy trolley tickets the day of? And where would you go to make the purchase?
You can! Here's their website: waikikitrolley.com/
Just stumbled across you we are coming in May and booked at the reef outrigger
More Hawaii content on my blog (yestohawaii.com) 🌺 and the weekly Hawaii newsletter is at this link yestohawaii.com/newsletter. Link for Outrigger Reef hotel walking tour: ua-cam.com/video/ygB8NSdCKB8/v-deo.html. Hope it helps!
Nice to meet you. It must have changed a lot since I went to Hawaii 20 years ago. Arowana Shopping Center - is it still there? thank you for the good video
Ala Moana shopping center is still open!
Thank you for your comment. I went to Ala Moana Shopping Center several years ago on a company trip. Most of the employees were Japanese Is it easier than Ala Moana Shopping Center and others?
Thanks
You're welcome!
Awesome
Mahalo for watching!
You missed halepuna hotel by Halekulani and their Halekulani bakery is good recently reopened in Dec i would walk around 4am its empty
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Hello. Just wanted to let your viewers know that the Hale Koa is not limited to JUST military members and their guests/families. DOD Civilians are allowed to use this hotel too. 😊
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Great videos. The shops look very nice but few customers are seen, I wonder can they make a living since I believe the rent is high?
Mahalo! This video was filmed really early in the morning - around 6:30am. Most of the shops don't open until 9am or 10am. Midday it's way busier with lots of people. We opted to film early morning so there would be way less people in the background shots & less noise.
@@YestoHawaii
Great video and Thks for your work dear
Would you say October is a good month to visit?
It is! It's a lot less crowded and hot than summer months (June/July/August).
right channel only
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@@YestoHawaii audio wise when i wear headphones its only coming out right ear
@@GreggK6EGG Mahalo!! I edit on my MacBook speakers& didn't notice it at first. Might be a FCPX setting, I'll check!🤙🏼
@@YestoHawaiiIf you’ve not figured it out, the backing music was on both channels, your audio was on one side only. :)
What about
Hotel street😮
Hotel street is in downtown Honolulu (about 5 miles away). This video is only Waikiki. Might add downtown Honolulu to the film list!
I know i asked you this before on a different video, but i was kinda hoping you could duplicate my walk back in 2014
When i was in Waikiki back in 2014 my friend and I stayed at the Hilton Hawaiian Village and we decided one day to walk the beach....i dont know how far we walked, but we did pass the "pink hotel" and came up to a part where there was no beach, just a wall to walk along, at the end of that wall it had a couple of steps that went back to the beach and there was a small tree set back a few feet from the water (you literally turned left coming off the steps and walked a few steps to the tree)...we walked a bit further than that, i don't remember how much futher, but...does any of this sound familiar to you? Id love to figure out how far we went..we joked that we were going to walk all the way to Diamondhead
If there was a wall, it's probably the breakwall at the very end of that video. Does it look familiar?
Well the bird's need to eat and live too😊
They are fearless 🐦
Thanks for such an in-depth walk thru. Unfortunately, it seems that they have developed all the charm and beauty out of Waikiki. Such a shame. It now looks like a twenty block outdoor mall packed with big corporate stores/restaurants and overpriced designer store junk for the foreign tourists. How many Starbucks is really needed in that short walk? Fortunately, someone has the good foresight to not have ruined the Kuhio Beach end of Kalakaua Ave up to Kapiolani Park and the Zoo, and as I recently commented on another video of the International Marketplace (another corporate outdoor mall), the only good thing about that is that someone also had the good foresight to not destroy the famous Banyan Tree. I spent much of my youth in that area (late '60's to mid '80's) and have recently had some thoughts of returning for a visit. After watching many of these types of videos and seeing how things on O"ahu are now I will take a hard pass on returning. Really nothing there to see and enjoy. I understand things change as time goes on, but man, could that not have made the changes with a touch of local charm and character?
I totally see that. Waikiki has the highest concentration of hotels in Hawaii. For the more laidback atmosphere, Haleiwa & Kailua are two great options.
@@YestoHawaii It is not the concentration of hotels in Waikiki. Waikiki has always been crowded. My comment was directed more towards the lack of local character and charm that use to exist like the old International Marketplace, the Tahitian Lanai, the basement bar in the old Reef Hotel with a huge window behind the bar that look into the swimming pool, and the daily Kodak Hula Show at Kapiolani Park, etc. Now Waikiki is one big outdoor mall. I mean come on, a Target store in the International Marketplace! What a joke. I grew up in Kailua so I know about that. But trust me, it is nothing like the laid back beach community that it use to be. And neither is a trip "out to country" to Haleiwa and other places on the north shore. Still gorgeous views all over the island, but the infrastructure that has all come about in the last 20 to 30 years is all so generic and sterile. Again, thanks for your videos. You do a good job and seem to know a lot about the places that you feature. Also, your videos will save me a lot of money each time I go back and forth to Asia as I am no longer tempted to make a stopover on O'ahu. Cheers, and best wishes in your future Hawaiian adventures.
Your in great shape.
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Guess they knocked down all the
Strip joints on Kalakaua
Shame, lost a bit of charm🎉😊
There weren't any on Kalakaua. Those were typically on Kuhio Ave.
You look like you have lost weight. Looks good
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How has the weather been? The forecast is looking very wet and Stormy.
Yesterday (Sunday 4/1), it was really rainy all day. Today is so much sunnier and the forecast has sunny skies for the week 😊