Polynesian Cultural Center

We had heard some good things about the Polynesian Cultural Center, but had yet to visit there the previous visits.    The first time we came here, we enjoyed a luau on Maui and figured that we didn't need to hit numerous luaus.  And the second time, we came with Luch and Lina, and quite honestly I don't think we had the time, nor the desire to go to one.  Instead, we went to the harbour and jumped on a fisherman's boat, picked out a few fish and cooked them ourselves.  As the story goes, you get what you pay for, but that's a story for another time.

Overall, this place was terrific.  We spent about 8 hours there, Leila loved it and behaved as great as she possibly could.  Let's be honest; that is directly correlated to the amount of fun Mandy and I are having.

 The food was terrific, and the show (named "Ha: the breath of life") was incredible.  Along with the soothing Hawaiian music, there was some great percussion that Leila rocked out to for the entire 90 minute performance.  We highly recommend it, that's for sure.

I should also mention that we may be on TV for a pretty cool episode of the show, Coming Home.  It's on the Lifestyle channel and the show brings home someone from the military a little earlier than the family expects.  At the luau, there was a private who has 7 children and they were unaware that he was in the audience.  With massive cameras around, they simply thought it was a part of the Center as they performed a little dance on stage.  They were told that the producer was simply filming them on his Iphone and would send their dad the clip of them performing.  Once they finished, he asked them each a question like "what would be the first thing you would do with your dad if here was here today?" and other tear jerking questions.  After they each answered a question, he told them that he wouldn't be sending their dad the footage, because he was in the audience.