{"id":1038,"date":"2013-08-15T13:15:30","date_gmt":"2013-08-15T13:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/?p=1038"},"modified":"2021-10-28T00:16:20","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T00:16:20","slug":"waialae-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/waialae-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"Wedding Location Review: Waialae Beach Park aka Kahala Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When a bride dreams about flying across the Pacific Ocean to marry the love of her life, the last thing she dreams about is getting married in the backyard of a luxury condo, next to a sidewalk. \u00a0Pictured above: \u00a0the most popular wedding location in Oahu, Waialae Beach Park. \u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

According to Government statistics, Waialae Beach Park is the most popular location for beach weddings on Oahu; not to mention, the State of Hawaii.\u00a0 Out of the estimated 20,000 weddings that take place on Oahu each year, almost one-quarter of those weddings, happen at Waialae Beach Park. \u00a0 Here’s a ridiculous fact: more weddings took place on that grassy twenty-square-foot plot (pictured above), than on the island of Lanai and Molokai combined.<\/p>\n

At one point, Waialae Beach Park had gotten so popular as a beach wedding location for destination brides, that it forced the State to create a beach permit law with hopes of regulating the congestion of brides there (the state did not succeed). \u00a0Till this day, wedding companies still fight for the “choice” grassy patches to marry their couples; limousines, crowd the parking<\/a> lot, and photographers blanket this area in search for that perfect shot.<\/p>\n

Looking at a spreadsheet of statistics, anyone could mistakenly conclude that Waialae Beach Park, because of it’s massive popularity, must be a great wedding location. \u00a0In fact, one can conclude that it must be the best, the greatest. \u00a0After all, the majority of destination wedding companies here on Oahu, love this place….<\/p>\n

So it must be great…right?<\/p>\n

No. \u00a0 It’s convenient.<\/p>\n

It’s convenient for the bride, but more so, very convenient for the wedding company. \u00a0Planning more than one wedding at Waialae Beach Park is logistically a lot easier than planning multiple weddings across the island in one day..<\/p>\n

\"Entrance-2<\/a>If a family is watching TV in the living room of their condo, you can hear it from below.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"waialae1<\/a>The beachy area of Waialae Beach Park. \u00a0It’s not too “beachy” if you ask me.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

As you have probably have figured out by now, I am not a fan of Waialae Beach Park at all. \u00a0Here are my personal rants about this place<\/p>\n