Advantages: Friendly service.
Disadvantages: Flies only within the Hawaiian islands and some states.

...Earlier in the year, I had the opportunity to visit the islands of Hawaii. There, I flew between Oahu and the Big Island on Aloha airlines. A short background Small airline that service mainly the islands of Hawaii. Recently has started flights with several cities on the west coast of USA as well as Vancouver. Service several pacific islands such as Christmas islands, Johnston islands etc. My experience = As usual, we arrived early at the check-in counter of the Aloha airline section of the Honolulu airport. Check-in process was very efficient and within minutes, we had our boarding passes. It was only then that I found out that seats are not allocated but passengers choose their seats on boarding on a first-come first-served basis. This, I found interesting because I never expected this in America... Read review

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Advantages: Some great songs from the world's greatest performer
Disadvantages: None

...ALOHA FROM HAWAII is the soundtrack CD for the television special Elvis made in January 1973. The show was the first ever music concert broadcast live around the world via satellite, and was watched by an audience of over 1 billion people. The show was a fund-raising benefit to raise money for the Kui Lee Cancer Fund and amazingly the event raised over 3 times the estimate, making $75,000 for the fund. Although this sounds small for an event of this kind in this day and age, in 1973 this was a huge sum, and very surprising. The 25th anniversary CD features the full concert from 14 January 1973, and in addition it features a bonus 5 songs Elvis recorded after the concert, which were added to the US broadcast version of the show. At this time in his live shows Elvis was including an awful lot of chat in addition to his songs, much... Read review

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Advantages: Great dive school and great sites to visit
Disadvantages: Limassol is not the nicest area in Cyprus

...Prior to arriving in Limassol my husband and I starting trawling the net for diving schools in the Limassol area and after communicating by e-mail with several of them we decided to book up with Aloha Divers. They told us that when we arrived we could call them and they'd come and pick us up from our hotel but we managed to find them quite easily ourselves. They are situated in the tourist area of Potamos Yermasoyias on the main road, beside the Pizza Hut. They do special prices for dive packs of either 4 or 8 dives. We ended up doing 12 dives plus 2 on the Zenobia wreck. We paid approximately 12 Cypriot Pounds per dive (we had our own kit) except for the 2 dives on the Zenobia which cost £C50 and included transport to Larnaca and a buffet lunch on the dive boat. There are a good variety of dives off the Limassol coast. Most of them... Read review

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Advantages: Very well themed
Disadvantages: Expensive but fun!

...Disney's Polynesian Resort Welcome to Disney's version of Waikiki and aloha! Disney's Polynesian Resort is one of the few original resorts that has been present in the world (of the Walt Disney Variety) since it first opened in 1970s. Tropical palm tress, grass skirts and a few pineapple juices welcome you to the wonderfully tropical world of the Polynesian resort hotel! Aloha! The rooms are arranged in blocks and one little known fact is that the rooms were all assembled and completed off site and then literally 'slotted' into the frames that were built in their current locations! The reception area is fantastic in this hotel with lush exotic plants and flowers everywhere as well as a running water fountain. The reception staff are quick and efficient but with a laid back Hawaiian style! Where I the world are we? Located... Read review

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Advantages: Utter heaven.So many different sides to the island
Disadvantages: Travelling time 22 hours.(stop of at America on route)

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Advantages: It's an Elvis store for pete's sake!!!
Disadvantages: That the shop is not bigger

...I myself bought the videos Aloha From Hawaii, 1968 comeback special and That's The Way It Is. The shop is not massive granted but can you imagine a whole store dedicated to Elvis' music and career? It puts his sections in music chain stores to shame. Issues include his rarest recordings and international releases. And to boot the staff are friendly, intelligent, helpful and know their stuff. If you can't get what you want here the chances are you can't get it in Britain. There is also a mail order service and Mastercard and Visa are accepted. Do hope you check it out. If you do go however keep your eyes peeled for the shop as it is quite easy to miss, the windows are blacked out, the door is kept locked so ring bell and the sign is not too protruding!... Read review

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Advantages: Keeps children and big kids amused
Disadvantages: Children watch it over and over. I know all the words!

...'Stitch the movie' follows on from the original disney film 'Lilo and Stitch' and keeps the theme of Aloha ~ which means 'family and nobody gets left behind or forgotten.' Stitch, Pleakley and Jumba are now part of Lilo's family. Jumba smuggled the 625 experiment to Earth when he was sent to capture Stitch, aka experiment 626, in the first movie. Stitch has overcome his evil destruction and now wants to belong and find his family, he asks Jumba for his cousins, not knowing that Jumba has 625 of them just waiting to be activated! Jumba tells Stitch that he has no family except him. Though Stitch realises by the end of the film that his family is Lilo. Without giving away all of the plot, Jumba is kidnapped by Captain Ganyu for Jumba's evil former partner Hamsterviel and in the midst of being rescued the other 625 experiments... Read review

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Advantages: Pure Elvis (the first live global satellite broadcast in history !)
Disadvantages: None what so ever !

...was away making the movies that he had been contracted to complete. By 1973 Elvis's popularity was reaching new heights and he was asked to perform in a charity concert in Hawaii. The concert named 'Aloha from Hawaii' was performed in front of a packed audience and beamed out by satellite to billions of homes worldwide on January 14th 1973.(The concert actually received more viewings than Neil Armstrong's moon landing.) Elvis had already started wearing his famous white stage costumes which he is usually remembered for,but usually as fat and unattractive in a tight white suit, sorry none of that, Elvis was looking good. The white suit that he wore is remembered by fans as the 'Eagle Suit' and he also wore a matching cape. At this time he also had his personal problems, he had seperated from his wife Priscilla and his health problems were just... Read review

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Advantages: you decide
Disadvantages: you decide again

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Advantages: really great animated movie. well done again walt disney
Disadvantages: n/a

...to tame Stitch he sings,dances and plays the guitar to elvis presley he gans the ability to care for another person with the help of Lilos faith in ohana which is the hawian traditon for family and as Lilos dad always quoted ohana means no-one gets left behind so when Lilo gets taken by the bounty hunters stitch goes to rescue her. All in all this is a great movie and all in all it is a very happy ending for both Lilo and Stitch. Stitch learns all about music surfing and also learns to become part of a family which is something he never had. BONUS FOOTAGE. Suspicious minds music video performed by Gareth Gates. On location with the directors. Hula lessons. Create your own alien experiment game. Deleted scenes of the film and teaser trailers. Disney pedia,Hawaii-the island of aloha. A stitch in time:follow stitch through the disney years... Read review

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