You can safely remove the term "Fast Pass" from your vocabulary here. One of the biggest benefits of not having an attached amusement park is that there are virtually no lines, never mind long ones. Among the half-dozen different pool areas on the property, there were two water slides — one, an open-air, twisting and turning tube adventure and the other a thrilling, pitch-black tunnel shoot — that I assumed were going to require a substantial wait. Nope. At the busiest point in the day, it took me all of five minutes for my turn on each of them.
And as for the beach and pools themselves, we had plenty of wiggle room. In fact, when I'd share photos of our trip, people asked if we'd snuck in after-hours or if the resort was at low-capacity. It definitely wasn't, yet there were many times when we were one of just a few families enjoying the Waikolohe Stream (also known as the lazy river), the infinity-style Ka Maka Grotto, or the Ko Olina beach.
Even food required little wait. There were never more than three groups ahead of us when we got to the Papalua Shave Ice Snack Shop or ordered iced coffees at Ulu Cafe.
