Emily and Matt

My favorite ride at Disneyland is Soarin’ over California. In Kauai my favorite ride is Soarin’ over Kauai. You take a helicopter flight over the island. In about an hour you can see all the sights. Unfortunately this one is much more expensive. At least it lasts longer and you don’t have to wait in line. Anyway, we had the privilege of riding in a helicopter with no doors and riding in the front with the pilot (thanks to Emily weighing nothing.) This allowed me to get some good video of the flight. Unfortunately it’s a little shaky (going 120 mph with no doors can do that) but it’s not too bad. The other effect this causes is that it’s much louder inside the helicopter. The camera didn’t have large noise-canceling headphones like we did, so I had to cut the sound out.

The first video is shot as we entered Waimea Canyon. We go right over a lip of a hillside and enter the canyon. It plunges hundreds of feet below us. There are waterfalls all over the place. Many times I thought we were going to hit the sides of the walls with the helicopter. It was very exciting.

The second video is shot as we exit Waimea Canyon and hit the coast. This was another breathtaking view, seeing the Na Pali Coastline for the first time. I think the video speaks for itself. It ends with a quick shot of Emily and the pilot. Hope you enjoy.

Sorry for the delay in getting the videos to you. Once I uploaded them, Matt wanted to change the audio so you didn’t have to hear all the wind. It took me a second to figure it out and there weren’t very many good song options… definitely nothing Hawaiian, and I think I chose an Irish one. Whatever.