Can a Luau in a WATER PARK be Amazing?! [Chief’s Luau in Oahu Hawaii]
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ต.ค. 2024
- While in Oahu, Hawaii we went to Chief's Luau, which is first luau on the island to open back up since the pandemic. Not only that, but this was one of the highest rated luau's on Yelp, so you know we had to check it out. We feast on delicious Hawaiian food, learn about Polynesian culture, drink endless Mai Tai cocktails & watch some of the best fire dancing we've ever seen!
What is going to a luau like during the pandemic? Come along on this adventure to find out!
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"Waikitschy Beat" by Rune Dale
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I hope you all enjoy 🌺❤️ this was a fun one to edit and brings me to tears re-watching our experience
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Thank you guys as always for taking us along on your adventures, and sharing your emotions with us 🥰 Love you two and loved this video so much! 🤗❤️
Kitra...of course you are getting emotional. The Aina (the land) adopted you and made you a daughter of Hawaii. It doesn't matter where you were born or where you live or work, Hawaii is now your home. Search 'Merrie Monarch' on TH-cam for the annual Hula competition, jaw dropping stuff.
I live in hawaii, specifically on Oahu. Glad you enjoyed our beautiful island 🤙🏽🤙🏽
@@walterarguelles9178 Mililani here
That Chief is a Legend in HI. He has been doing this for over 25 yrs and he still has the talent of making people feel good. You are crying because the Chief has a way of bringing people together.
Hope everyone reading this has a great day, and knows just how important they are to this world. ❤️
Thanks Connor for such the positive message
You cried because you felt the Mana. You felt the aloha spirit.
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Aww
This is definitely one of my favourite videos in this series. I love the Polynesian people and their culture and would happily pay $180 for this experience (or whatever it is in 2023)!
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My husband and I were spent our anniversary trip to this place and watched the same show eat the same foods there in 2018. Then my love he passed away in 2019. This became a great memory to me it’s priceless life experience .
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Peter's "You're beautiful" to Kitra is so sweet 💕
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When Kitra said “I like that we have our own table” I felt that lol I always think about how cool it would be to go to a concert or baseball game right now (safely of course with a mask) because you wouldn’t have to sit next to anyone 😂 that is my dream. Give me stadium food and just let me sit with my husband not next to people
Hahaha yessss
Hawaii is just spiritually good for your body and mind! Totally understand the tears the island can bring you ♥️
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I like that you realise that the $180 goes to supporting all the staff. I'm sure in normal times they have more audience members etc so maybe the prices are different.
The dancing looked great though....and I love that you dress how you want to dress by the way!
Haha it’s easy in LA because people dress down to movie premieres so we just aren’t used to dressing way up for things ha
My wife and I the Chief’s Luau and we thought is was great overall. Totally agree that The Chief made the show. He was awesome. So glad to know they are back entertaining everyone.
The Chief is amazing
Holy cow 🤯🤯those fire dancers were unbelievable 🔥💃 Like blew me away
Totally
Chief Sielu!!
The fire dances are always the best of any luau show, they have an annual fire competition at the PCC! All in all, much mahalo for supporting local! The tears are felt when you feel mana in the air 🤙🏽
I’d love to see that fire competition
All I have to say is thank you, my cat died two days ago and you guys have helped me through it a lot
We are sorry to hear about your cat
@@OrdinaryAdventures yeah it’s been hard
3 years ago I was right there at the Chief's Luau with my family and wife to be just a couple days before our Oahu wedding. Thanks for letting me relive that amazing memory!
Awww that’s so nice
Thank you for providing this video. I believe the MC of the luau, Chief Sielu, was the host of the Samoan show at the Polynesian Culture Center decades ago. Then, I think Kap took over for awhile and it's now someone else. In any case, thank you for providing an update of Chief Sielu. It's good to see he's still active. You can find videos of him on TH-cam when he was quite a bit younger.
If you liked the show you have here, you will like Ha: Breath of Life at the Polynesian Cultural Center when it opens back up.
The poi you tried isn't traditional. Traditional poi is left to ferment for a few days and it quite sour. Bleah!
Oh good to hear about his history. Will have to look him up. He was really really good. Funny but also emotional and with a dramatic weight to him when he felt it was necessary. We’d love to return and go to the cultural center someday.
@@OrdinaryAdventures yes, he had been at the PCC for a long time, I had not been to PCC since the late 1990s, and he used to climb up the coconut tree and was a funny host !. If you didn't know, PCC hosts a World Fire Dancing Contest every year ! As for the kalua pig, yes, that is ceremonial...as that would not be enough for the crowd...so the staff has to cook the kalua pig on a stove...normally adding hawaiian salt to the entire exterior and adding about 2-4 tablespoons of liquid smoke for like about 5 lbs of pork butt and just slow cooking it (I use a crock pot) and just let it cook for 10 hours, and maybe within the last hour, start shredding the pork apart with two forks.. Poi can be eaten fresh for a few days later, some people like it more sour so hence, eating it few days later. Poi best be eaten as a starch, so you'd dip it and eat it with kalua pig, or the lau lau, or with lomi lomi salmon...it is used instead of rice. too bad no one tells the tourists that and so first impressions are (bad) lasting impressions.
The legend himself Chief Sielu!! When I was 8 years old we lived in Hawaii because my dad was stationed at Hickam AFB and we had an annual pass to the PCC and Chief Sielu was my favorite. I am so so so glad to see him again and see that he is still doing his thing. Thanks for sharing with us🌺
He was amazing
Chief is a great person and a former world champion Samoan fire-dancer so you know the guys under him will be great. There are a lot of different Polynesians in Hawaii and many are trained to dance in the different Polynesian cultures (due to the tourist trade). This was a luau I would go to as a local islander. Good pick.
Oh that’s cool that he’s a former world champion. Didn’t know that.
I liked the part with the fire.
I agree with what Peter said, at the end of the day, the people (including you guys) are there to help out those people keep their job. And it looks like everybody had fun! That’s the important part.
The fire dancing is always the best
Anytime I see a Haka being performed I get chills all over. It's a viceral feeling. I get why you get emotional Kitra, and it a good thing. Thanks for sharing with us!
Thanks Tanya
Kitra, I would never want you to change! You are amazing! I am also a very emotional person so I get it when you cry so easily. I do, too. Another great video! Love you guys!
Thanks 🙏
Thank you for sharing!
I cried watching it, before you said you cried during it. It was so moving! The talent, beauty, and stories of the dancers was amazing.
Kitra - I cried pretty much all the way through all the performances so you're not alone. Such lovely and touching exhibitions of culture I hope to get to see myself someday.
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Also thank you guys for support the local economy in these tough times
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I'm glad you had a nice time! and I'm glad you understand that the high price of the luau is justified/explainable.... I wish it was cheaper so that more people could enjoy this, but what can you do? Mahalo to you for being so honest and sincere, and for having an open mind... you guys are great! Aloha!
Thanks so much
Thanks so much
My first luau was at the Polynesian resort at Disney world, I was 5. This was 1974. My first DW trip. I thought it was the best thing ever. We stayed at the contemporary, but I loved the Polynesian.
I’ve always wanted to do that
Love all your videos but it's so sweet to see how much you guys appreciate and respect the culture. You can tell you guys have a genuine heart with love for all people and cultures
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Kitra, I would have cried too. Thanks you two for sharing your awesome Hawaiian adventure! Makes me want to go so bad. I have been to Hawaii 4 times. The last time I didn’t want to leave. The pace of the island is so good.
We want to go back already
Another Great video. I did cry when the chief was talking about never taking a moment for granted cause you never know what may happen. Words like that are always so strong and powerful and too hear it in his voice how strongly he means it. I have always had a love for these kind of shows and culture learning experiences. Thanks for the video and much love ❤
He was the best and he had us laughing one moment and emotional the next
@@OrdinaryAdventures he looked it 😂 glad you guys had fun. Can't wait for the next video ❤❤❤
I don't know why I missed this on Patreon. Keep the drinks coming and the pork & poi bread look good. You took in the Chief's message and weren't just "we saw some cool indigenous dancers" like most tourists. As you said, It's a tourist attraction, but the money goes to keeping people employed & indigenous culture alive.
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I can't tell you how excited I am that you went to Chiefs luau. I first met Chief Sielu Avea in 1997 when he was a performer at the Polynesian Cultural Center. He was the star of the Samoan village and the fire, knife show. He was the world FireKnife champion in 1993. I chatted with him a couple of times during the day and after the night show I went to shake his hand and he pulled me to him and kissed me. I was shocked but so pleased. He's amazing and one of my fondest memories of Hawaii. You had a great show from one of the best!!! FYI Lilikoi is passion fruit.
He seems like a great guy
So wonderful to see you at a luau as there is nothing better than that. Laughed about the poi, they never tell you but your suppose to eat it with meat....LOL. I am so glad they found a way to bring luaus back during the pandemic. Mahalo for sharing this with us.
We gotta try it with meat next trip
@@OrdinaryAdventures Don't get me wrong it still sucks but not as bad as by itself.
Kitra, you look like a little Hawaiian princess with the headband and lei. Keep the camera rolling guys.
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Interesting, this luau focuses on more general Polynesian performance rather than strictly Hawaiian... Kind of like a version of the Polynesian Cultural Center (WHICH I highly recommend if u ever come back to O'ahu... It's our own version of Disneyland without the anthropomorphic animals lol). Glad u enjoyed the performance!
As for poi, it's actually a starch, it's not meant to be an entree in itself, you eat it with something else. Actually poi freshly pounced is slightly sweet. It gets sour with time as it ferments.
Also there's two types of hula, the quick version (kahiko) and the slow, more modern version (auwana).
So much fun to see u guys experience the island culture 🤙
We wanted to go to the cultural center but it was closed when we were in Oahu. Ah we didn’t know that the poi was supposed to be used as a condiment.
I came here. I cried too. It was truly magical. I had 4 pieces of the pineapple cake.
Such a fun show
Looked like so much fun. Those fire dancers are amazing!
🔥 so good
18:50 I gotta compliment Kitra on how cute she is ❤️
🥰 thanks
Glad you got to experience a LUAU for Peter and you together.
Thanks
Watching in july 2021
I thought I was the only good crying throughout our Hawaiian vacay.
We went on a catermeran ride and it brought me to tears. Looking at the island and the volcano and the bluest water. Truly a breathtaking place.
Really enjoying all ur videos! Headed to Disney World for the 50th anniversary!
Thanks so much Olivia
6:12 as soon as you got up to get that basket I was like Peter is going to ask you about “how are your going to take it on the plane” lol and that was the first words out of his mouth
Haha
Thanks so much for your content. I'm a SoCal native but moved to the Seattle area 3 years ago. I haven't been able to visit my family in over a year due to the pandemic. Your videos give me my Disney/Star Wars fix and make me feel happy. I also love your Hawaii videos because I got married in Hawaii, so I have lots of good memories there. You guys are awesome!
Thanks so much Jennifer! Glad you are enjoying them!
I have learned so much from this series! We are going to Oahu in June and are making a point to plan as many of our activities and meals as we can with local businesses. It's a luxury for us to travel, but for the people who work in the industry those travel dollars are a necessity.
💯 I hope you have so much fun and stay safe!
those guys spinning the fire was so cool!!!! keep up the great work!!!
Thanks Cody
Re-watched on a larger screen, and man, that flame dance... wow 🔥
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Aloha! So glad you enjoyed our culture! The luau for tourists are just a glimpse of our history and culture, but it is a good enough introduction. There are so many things the Hawaiian culture has,; the Makahiki rituals, the Kumulipo , the Merrie Monarch! So many things to learn about.
Just a little info, Hawaiian language has no plural S like English. Luaus, leis...this plural does not exist. In Hawaiian: or ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, we use 'na' to express plural or more than one, but luau and lei are also used as plural as they are in the context of the sentence. For example, you have many flower lei! The context of the sentence implies many lei, so we know it means plural, but we don't add the S. In your intro you say "highest rated luau's on Yelp"", but you can say "highest rated of the many other luau on Yelp" and Hawaiians (kanaka maoli) will understand what you mean, but maybe not the English grammar police LOL!
Also, there is a whole history with poi. The root from the taro plant, Hawaiians used to worship the god Haloa, who was the Taro plant god. Taro plants are grown in lo'i fields.
Hawaiians saw the coconut tree (NIU) as the male part of a Hawaiian warrior who is buried in the ground. True!
Apua'a was the boar god, lots of history on him. Kalua pig is one of my favorite foods. If I make a lau lau, which is kalua pork and sometimes butterfish, wrapped and steamed in taro and Ti leaves, I can eat lau lau for weeks, it is one of my favorites along with squid luau,.
My grandmother lives in Aliamanu area, her neighbors are Samoan and one of the guys works as a fire dancer. I used to watch him practice sometimes. My grandmother is in her 90s, she still speaks Hawaiian used to teach hula! Please watch the Merrie Monarch videos, the women and men hula always make me cry!!
Thanks so much for all the information
@@OrdinaryAdventures you probably get a lot of Hawaiian people commenting, I am sorry if I bombarded you with info!
OMG you guys are realistic sweetest couple🥰😍🥰😍🥰seeing you cry Kitra makes this mama bear wanna give you a big hug💗💖💗💖
Awww thanks ☺️
Just watched "Finding O'hana" last night (super cute movie) and recognized a few places you showed us on your Hawaii trip!
We liked the movie! And yeah probably because we were just there and had those connections
So fun!!! We did Paradise Cove for my parent's 50th anniversary celebration in 2018. It was a highlight of the trip. My SIL loved the taro (poi) rolls so much, that they brought her an entire platter!!!! It was HILARIOUS! They even brought my son and two nieces up on stage which delighted Grandma and Grandpa. The locals really do put on a lovely show, showcasing various Polynesian cultures. Sure, it's touristy and somewhat generalized, but it's HAWAII and ya gotta do it at least once in your life. 😉 So glad you two had fun!! I loved Kitra's always smiling face. Pure joy from all of it.
We really enjoyed it. We’ve heard good things about paradise cove but they had not yet reopened when we were there.
I don't know if this was posted already but poi is our starch on the islands, like rice or mash potatoes. Like those dishes you never eat it by itself. Dip your poke raw fish in it and then you one can appreciate it better. Love your work. Keep on being your ordinary selves which is great, that why you guys are my favorites. Aloha Matt
Thanks so much. Yeah we did learn that about poi later on our trip. I’m still not sure I like it .
Yup same, I would be crying too... I kind of was tearing up watching. So cool you got a basket!
It was an emotional show for sure
Hi again Peter and Kitra.. just finished your luau video. I love the fire knife dancing part. And you just shared that you would love just a fire knife show. So…. If no one has shared this with you yet, every year (just brought back this year) they hold a Fire Knife Competition at the Polynesian Cultural Center. Oh and Kitra… I haven’t seen this for a while, but Turtle Bay Hilton used to have a shrimp truck festival where a bunch of shrimp trucks gathered. I never made it to that due to my work schedule. Since I have a better schedule, I haven’t seen it.
That sounds really cool.
My family and I just went to this Luau last week. It was great. I was worried about it being in a water Park making it feel less authentic but it didn’t feel like a water Park once it got dark. The chief was awesome! Highly recommend this to anyone watching your videos. Ps I watched your other videos before our trip and you had some great recommendations! E even went to the Lost beach! Thanks guys!
💯 agree. Thanks, glad we could help
Happy cries Kitra. Luau's are so much fun great to see the Performers in the swing of things again. Thanks for sharing
The performers were all awesome. I’m not sure how they do it, they have to learn a lot of different cultural dances and don’t have much time between performances to switch outfits
Your adventure to Hawaii looks amazing we have had many adventures to the beautiful islands Thankyou for sharing and yes the Polynesian culture is vibrant and spectacular especially the fire dancing
This may just be exactly what we're looking for! Thank you! We're going to aulani in may/June and we're bummed to see aulani isn't having their luau. Polynesian cultural center seems a bit steep too, so this looks perfect. Can't wait to make a ton of content in Hawaii!
This was a lot of fun, we highly recommended! In June more things might be open (like the Aulani luau among others) - the Polynesian center was actually closed when we were there 🥺
It may just be my hormones but I cried this entire video. Was so beautiful.
Agreed
Chief Sielu is a real chief. Can't get any more authentic than that lol. PS I think you meant to say Lilikoi... wasn't sure if I heard that right. Essentially its like a passion fruit.
Ah okay
We have been going to the Chief for years love it,
He’s the best
I was having a tough day but a Hawaii Ordinary Adventures video made it better ❤️🌺
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I'm with Kitra, I could watch those fire dancers for hours
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Hawaii no ka oi 🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼❤❤❤❤ what a blessing you got to visit!!! I did cry watching this because it is my home but I had to move to the mainland and I miss hawaii soooooooo much❤❤❤❤❤❤
Agreed
I was Sooooo happy to find this in my feed today...I thought you guys were done with the Hawaii videos! So glad you weren’t! This made me smile wide!
We have one more left!
OMG!! Thank you for sharing such a beautiful Luau video!! Kitra you looked soooooo happy!! I would love having our own table too😂🤣
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A experience never to be forgotten, awesome 👌
This is true
This was beautiful. Thanks for brightening my day
☺️ thanks Angela
Hi I'm new here from Japan. Thanks for sharing new style Luau
Thanks for watching ☺️
Thank you Kitra and Peter. I changed back to Victor 🙋🏻♂️
Ha welcome back Victor!
Ha welcome back Victor!
Yay the luau 🙌🏽👏🏽👏🏽 love your guys video 🤙🏽
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Chiefs Luau was great!! I've seen him at the Polynesian Cultural Center, been to their Luau, and it's Chief Sielu that makes the Luau stand out. By the way Aulani was excellent. Even met a old friend that works there. Can't wait to go back.
He truly made the experience a night to remember
Such a great vlog! Thanks for taking us to a luau 🎉 now it's time to save and book for a trip!
Mahalo
we LOVE our experience. The food is amazing
We loved it too
Great Video!
Glad you guys had a great experience.
One Love.
Thank you ☺️
Yay!! Thank you always enjoy your vlogs!!💜💜💜
Thanks Nancy
Great camera work. I have not seen a show like this before, so it was very cool to piggy back on your experience. Thanks.
Thanks so much! I think we captured some good stuff with our great seats and zoom lens
I used to work at La Nouba as an usher back in the day. They made us tell parents to take their kids shoes off if they lit up. I'm surprised they use a light system to get the attention of the wait staff when it could also distract the performers. Did they stop serving when the show started? I am so thankful for ALL of your videos!
I believe they stopped serving once the show started.
So, the Polynesian Cultural Center actually DOES do an annual world fire knife competition. So you actually could go see a whole show of just fire knife dancing.
Oh that would be awesome, we would love to go there - but it was closed still due to the pandemic when we were in Hawaii
You guys make everything look so ono! Ono means delicious!! Keep it coming!!
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@@OrdinaryAdventures Aulani normally has a Luau with the Disney Characters dancing hula and in the story of the Hula they perform, when they are performing. I was a Polynesian Revue Dancer for the EbbTides Polynesian Revue back in the mid-80s and we danced to 500 guests. It was at the Sheraton Hotel Lawn, Kahala Lawn, and the Royal Hawaiian Hotel Lawn. Lots of Fun!
wait omg i've been to something like this before when i was little. as soon as i saw the purple bread the memories flooded back lol
I love when a memory is unlocked like that, it’s like a time machine in your memories
What a lovely night! We think we'll have to stop in on our next journey across the Pacific :)
Definitely recommend it
Another aweosome video of Hawaii!! I live coconut and that milk looks DELICIOUS
Wish we could have tried some
Great video guys!. Boy that reminds me of years ago when I was in Oahu-
Went to a luau at the Polynesian cultural center, it was awesome!. One of the things I remember the most was how great the roast pig was... never had anything like that before it was super good!. Thanks again for sharing this video.👍
Forgot to mention that I agree with you guys that the fire dancing part of the show was the best… When I saw the show at the cultural center -I said the same thing, that was the highlight for sure!.
Thanks mark! The cultural center was still closed due to covid when we were there but we’d love to go to it once it opens back up
Beep boop beep Kitra! 🤣
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I liked the fire dancers the most also
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OMG I've been watching that Samoan chief practice fire swords since I was a small child, like 6 years old when he used to do it at Polynesian Cultural Center on the island. Its amazing seeing him again!
Very cool that he’s been doing it all those years
I was going to say the same thing! I thought it was him but I wasn’t sure! He’s amazing! And so funny!
@@mickeyomania8807 right?! I love that he’s still using his same jokes that he’s always used (“drink it, you’ll wake up and look like me”) hahaha gets me every time.
We loved the chiefs luau when we were there!
It’s very good
Love the Chief’s luau. He is the best! ❤️
Agreed
Amazing I been to another place didn’t go to this one . Hawaii is a beautiful place love it . Music 🎼 is relaxing.
Agreed
What an amazing experience!! Love this!!!
Its even better in person
This was fun. Those headbands looked very Lord of the Rings Elvish.
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I have loved this amazing series on the channel and I think we will be out there when we can! keep up the awesome work guys!
Omg!! I went to the Paradise Cove too around that time after my senior year in HS! So cool. Loved your reactions 🥰🥰🤩🤩🤙🏽 another great video!
Thank you
Thank you for sharing this adventure to the world. It was beautiful! More power to you and your channel! =)
Aloha
He plays every Thursday at Marriott KoOlina...GOAT!!!
Very cool
Thank you for this. We're going to do this in February when we take our first trip to Oahu. 🤙🌋🗿
Have a blast
wow wow wow, this looks amazing! it definitely seems special so i dont blame you for crying!
It was a great experience
Beautiful Luau! I also cried the first time I saw one. I miss Hawaii SO MUCH!!! Please tell me you were able to bring that basket home with you.
We didn’t try we had so much to fit into our luggage. Kitra ended up giving the basket away to someone else at the luau who wanted it more and could fit it in their luggage
Aloha Peter & Kitra
I’m glad you
highlighted your
luau experience 🌺🤙🏻
It’s a shame
The Aulani luau
wasn’t open ..
It is a very nice show
except
for two things
1) it use to be a free
but the last time I went It wasn’t
included with your stay
and 2) Aulani’s luau
is just the show
they don’t serve food ,
the traditional roasted
Kālua pork dinner 😋
( but you can bring
your own food in
which can be a plus or negative I guess how you look at it )
No food? That sucks
next trip to Oahu you should definitely book reservations at the Polynesian cultural center, it's amazing!
We wanted to go but it wasn’t open when we were there. Hopefully next time
Thanks for this! I actually had no idea there were any Luaus open!
There’s a few, but we read this was the best of the open options
How awesome, those were some fantastic seats.
The best!
This was Amazing! I went to a luau while in Las Vegas At Tahiti Village and loved it.💗😄