It’s time to bid “Aloha!” to Capt. Jack Sparrow and his crew. Hawaii location shooting ends today on Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, the fourth installment in Walt Disney Pictures mega-blockbuster action-comedy series. “Mahalo to everyone in Hawaii who made our PIRATES 4 shoot such a great one,” executive producer Jerry Bruckheimer wrote […]
We asked you to chase a few waterfalls for us, and you did. The votes have been tallied from our latest HAWAII Magazine Facebook Ohana poll question: “What’s your favorite Hawaii waterfall?” And we’ve got your Top 5! Hawaii is home to hundreds of spectacular waterfalls, many of these among the most beautiful in the
HAWAII Magazine reader Larry Clark wrote to us with a question about interisland passenger airlines in Hawaii: I am planning a cruise to Hawaii in January and then a stay on one of the islands for the week after. Please tell me about the local airlines that fly from Honolulu, where my cruise ends, to the
The restaurant scene on Kauai has recently come alive, with a number of new restaurants raising the bar on culinary excellence. We’ve been delighted on our last few hops over to Kauai to discover these five places to get an interesting and delicious meal. Enjoy! Red SaltKoa Kea Hotel & Resort, 2251 Poipu Road, Koloa(808)
After months of behind the scenes pre-production work, the fourth film in Disney’s blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, On Stranger Tides, finally began filming last week in Hawaii. But unlike most Hollywood productions, which keep plot details and photos from the set shrouded in secrecy until just before release, Walt Disney Pictures and producer
The website SmarterTravel.com has just announced something we’ve known all along. Hawaii is currently the best value travel destination on the planet. SmarterTravel’s finalists for its 2010 Editors’ Choice best value destination award were Argentina, Australia, Hawaii, Las Vegas, and Mexico. Hawaii beat all the other contenders based on sales and deals. Said the site:
Reader Linda McMahon e-mailed us with a question about one of Hawaii’s most iconic resorts: Are there any plans to reopen the Coco Palms as a hotel or any other facility available to the public? Is it possible to walk in the coconut palm grove behind the former resort? You ask, we answer. The future
Hawaii’s annual tradition of celebrating Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole begins Saturday, a week before his March 26 birthday and the state holiday that bears his name. If you’re on Kauai from March 20 to 28, be sure to visit the Prince Kuhio Celebration of the Arts, a weeklong festival held in the south shore’s Koloa
The cover feature of HAWAII Magazine’s March/April 2010 issue is all about the “20 Things To Love About Hawaii Right Now.” Among the list of things we currently love here in the Islands, you’ll find our favorite place to see the Hawaiian night sky without a multimillion-dollar telescope. A Big Island of Hawaii ocean industrial
Here she is, matey! The Black Pearl. The only lead star in Walt Disney Pictures’ fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film likely working without a multi-million-dollar paycheck quietly cruised into Hawaii waters last week to await her next big-screen close-up in 2011. Think she’s looking a bit worse for wear in our photo above? The
In HAWAII Magazine’s January/February 2010 issue feature article “Untouched Hawaii,” we took readers to four stunning little-known and rarely visited Hawaii landscapes that will remain forever as they have for eons: preserved and unspoiled. We share the story here with our online ohana. Much of Hawaii has been adapted for human habitation—towns, roads, farms, cities,
Hide the okolehao! Captain Jack Sparrow is coming to Hawaii. Walt Disney Pictures’ fourth film in its hugely successful Pirates of the Caribbean adventure-comedy franchise will film on Kauai and Oahu this summer, it was announced this morning. The upcoming flick, titled Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, will again star Johnny Depp in
