Now, we know that we are too late with buying a unit at the Donald Trump Tower on Waikiki Beach Walk, we should ask ourselves why is it that not only we regular people get attracted to Hawaii but our so much admired celebrities as well.Let’s start with the legend Elvis Presley. Elvis loved Hawaii. From his first visit in the late 1950's till his final vacation in March of 1977 he would visit Hawaii on many occasions. In addition to his three movies in Hawaii (‘Blue Hawaii’, ‘Girls Girls Girls’ and ‘Paradise Hawaiian Style’), he also came to Hawaii for live performances, the one most well known being the show "Elvis, Aloha from Hawaii" on January 14, 1973.
Like many (first time) visitors Elvis fell in love with the beauty of the Hawaiian Islands and the hospitality and aloha spirit of the people of Hawaii. The Islands are a true paradise for people in search of sun, white sandy beaches, surfing and beautiful nature scenes. Hawaii would become
Elvis Presley’s favorite vacation destination and he would enjoy many vacations there.
Quite a number of modern celebrities own a second (or third or forth?) home in Hawaii. It’s not always just because they love Hawaii and like to spend their vacation there but when one considers the $700million dollar, which Donald Trump made in November 2006 with his Waikiki Trump Tower project - guys, there is nothing there yet, but it still sold out!! - you know why Oprah is investing big time in Hawaii property and real estate.
I won’t forget the moment (must be some 8 -10 years ago) when I was working out at the gym at Mauna Kea Beach Hotel and was watching the Oprah Show to make time go by faster. People in the audience asked Oprah what she thought was a good money investment and where to buy real estate, she’d openly share her belief that Hawaii, any piece of land or home or house, would be the best investment. I don’t know how many people in the audience had the money to follow Oprah’s perfect advice. Those who did invest in Hawaii real estate, made a fortune over those past years with real estate values in Hawaii going through the roof.
That’s just what Oprah did in the past few years, following her own advice or the one of Bob Greene, her personal trainer turned property manager who planted the idea that she might buy land on one of the islands. A spokesperson for Winfrey's production company, Harpo Productions, confirmed in 2002 that Oprah made several acquisitions on Maui, among those were 102.09 acres which she bought for $11.68 million.
Did you watch the Oprah show where Oprah shared her new home on Maui with her audience or maybe you got a glimpse of Oprah’s Maui Home in the O magazine?! Beautiful, magnificent, everybody’s dream house!!! Once an ordinary little gray ranch, Oprah's Hawaiian home has been transformed into the perfect 21st-century farmhouse, with great pieces of folk art, beautifully embroidered curtains, comfortable furniture, and inviting colors with very positive energy.
Visit Oprah’s Hawaii Home in Maui.
Last but not least, Hawaii has become not just the filming location of one of the most watched TV series ‘Lost’, it has been and it is the ‘playground’ of modern celebrities like Paris Hilton, Britney Spears and Lindsey Lohan. What else can I say?
The closest I ever came to meet a celebrity in Hawaii was when I was on the set of filming the pilot for new Hawaii TV series (sorry forgot the title) on a Kona Beach and I managed to squeeze my cheap camera into somebody’s hand to have a photo taken of Bo Derek and myself. Guys, I swear I can prove it! I still have the photo, no digital image though. By the way, the series never made it past the pilot. Too bad! I would still walk around proudly showing the photo of Bo Derek and myself!
Feel free to share your encounters with celebrities in Hawaii, real or not. Let’s have some fun! Mahalo and aloha, Pua Vacation in Hawaii like Donald Trump – but cheap
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For those who love to read some real gossip about Celebrities in Hawaii, go to the bottom of the right side bar where you find links to Britney Spears in Hawaii, Paris Hilton in Hawaii & Lindsay Lohan on Maui. Warning - this is straight from the Paparazzi!
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First of all let me say that koalacoastweb.com is a very informative vacation guide for the Big Island of Hawaii. Not only does it give great tips on real estate for sale, but it also recommends vacation destinations, vacation rentals, and offers lots of valuable information for travellers to the Koala Coast. My personal experience meeting a celebrity in Hawaii, was on the island of Oahu, back in the 80s. Don Ho was still putting on shows there and as a teenager I loved listening to Tiny Bubbles and all his Hawaiian songs. We went to his dinner show and afterwards I had my photo taken with him. My husband and I both love Jim Nabors and were saddened to here that this last Christmas was a final goodbye to the show "Merry Christmas with Nabors and Friends", which has been a tradition in Honolulu for the last ten years. I remember watching him as Gomer Pyle on the Andy Griffith show, and couldn't believe how wonderful his voice was when I heard him sing for the first time. Fixtures on Maui are Willy Nelson and Chris Christoffersen, and we recently attended a fund raiser at a local church, (for $10) which featured Willy as one of the performers. A little older but still singing. Well celebrities are just people like us and why shouldn't they enjoy the best place on earth!!
Hey Pua... Like the previous post states "celebrities are just like us so why shouldn't they enjoy the best place on earth to live" except that I feel we make to much of celebrities in our midst. Most of the ones visiting the Kohala Coast stay out of sight and rent $3000 a night bungalow at the Mana Lani resort or they rent a beach house for thousands a night and never leave except in those big limos with the blackened windows you see crusing down the coast. I say to you celebrities come out of hiding and let us show you some aloha-no worry we no bite. localguy
I loved Hawaii. We stayed on waikiki beach. It was good to see some of the places where Elvis did his films. I'm going to go back one day and stay a bit longer.
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