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Pau Hana Room
Pau Hana Room
This hidden away room is the place to start the menehune adventure trail, pick up some coloring pages, or join in on one of the many activities, both free and paid.
Books and games
On a rainy day, this is a great resource. Come on down to borrow (for free) books and games. There aren’t many books, a few dozen maybe, but the ones they have are generally Hawai’i themed, and include children’s books as well as a few titles for adults concerning Hawaii history, lore, or culture. There’s also a small random assortment of other books that I assume guests left behind.
Last time we were there, the list of available games was as follows: Beat the parents, Chess, Checkers, Clue, Connect 4, Dominoes, Jenga, Scrabble, Sorry!, Uni, Uno: No Mercy Edition, Rummikub, and Rubix Cubes.
Coloring pages
On the counter to your left when you are approaching the desk is a bin containing coloring pages, blank paper (for doing the animation academy classes available in your in-room TV) and pencils. The cast members have told us we don’t need to ask, so just go ahead and grab a few for your children. You can get crayons from a basket at the desk.
Menehune Adventure Trail and Menehune Mana’o Hunt
The front desk is where you go to start either of these two adventures. For the Menehune Adventure Trail, you check out an iPad like device that introduces you to “Aunty” who guides you around the resort where you request help from the Menehunes who live in the area. The Menehunes make magic happen before your eyes. Go to our page about this to learn more.
The Menehune Mana’o hunt is a photo scavenger hunt where you get a list of pictures you need to take. Once you’ve completed the hunt, you take your photos to the DVC Preview Center for a small prize. Typical prizes are the supplies and directions for various small craft projects although once it was a small bag of candy. We suspect they had halloween candy to unload for that one.
Activities
There are a number of activities that take place here, some free, some paid, but all need reservations. To sign up, go to the desk at the Pau Hana Room and they’ll take care of it. Activities do tend to fill up and have waiting lists, so don’t delay. To find out about which activities are being offered on a given day, look at the Daily `Iwa, the schedule of activities that’s available in the Aulani app.