Ala Moana Center Easy In/Easy Out/Parking Tips

The same information can be found at:
https://sites.google.com/site/shoheisoahutips/ala-moana-center-easy-in-easy-out-parking-tips

So, we've all been to the Ala Moana Shopping Center for one reason or another.  This place is like the Frankenstein of malls because I guess they kept adding to the mall and kept making it bigger and bigger, so it's easy to get lost and it's confusing at times getting around.  One thing that my wife learned because she was so frustrated with traffic, is probably the easiest way to get in to the Shopping Center and finding parking.  Now, this will not work all of the time, but I've found that it works for me most of the time.

Here's the street map on how you should approach the Shopping Center.  You will have to get on Keeaumoku and go south on it in the center lane:

Here's a video of me driving in to Ala Moana.  I am taking a right on to Keeaumoku from Rycroft.  The center lane is usually the least busy on Keeaumoku.  Notice I turn right at the top of the ramp to steer myself away from all of the cars waiting to go to pretty much the same parking area:

If you want to get out, just retrace your steps back to the same ramp.  Get in the right lane on the ramp down and it will take you to Keeaumoku going north in what's usually the least busiest lane.  Here's a video of me driving out of Ala Moana:

Hope that helps.  If you have any other suggestions, please let me know and I will try it and update this page.  

Brown Water Alert

Update on March 10, 2013.  Due to heavy rain, there is a brown water alert for the entire island of Oahu, so please be careful.

http://emdweb.doh.hawaii.gov/cwb/wqd/viewer/

The same information can be found at:
https://sites.google.com/site/shoheisoahutips/brown-water-alert


So, it is what you think it is, and it is gross.  When I first found out about this, I was shocked.  "How can this sort of thing happen in Paradise?"  Well, here's how it happens.  Hawaii has a sewage system that overflows occasionally after a lot of rain in a short period of time.  The water turns brown in the ocean due to the overflow, the water department issues a Brown Water Alert in the areas affected, and it is highly advisable to stay out of the affected ocean waters when the alert is effective.

I always go to this link to make sure after extended periods of rain:

http://emdweb.doh.hawaii.gov/cwb/wqd/viewer/

By all means, check this site before you go because it's better to be safe, than sorry and infected with God knows what.  Also do a reality check before you take the plunge into the ocean.  If the water's brown, don't come down.

By the way, it was my friend Kaeo's idea to do this page, so thank you Kaeo!