Hawaii The Big Island Revealed

Updates To 6th Edition

It happens every time. The day after we send the disks off to the printers for our brand new edition, somebody changes something that directly affects what we write in the book. Several times we've e-mailed these changes to the printers (it's our only chance to yell that classic publisher line, "Stop the presses!") but after the presses roll we're left shaking our heads, saying, "Yeah, we know that changed. We'll correct that in our next printing." The internet is the next best thing to yanking back all the books in print and scribbling in the changes that always occur.

The updates below are for the 6th edition of Hawaii The Big Island Revealed. There are no longer any updates to the 5th edition on our site.

Did you know? At Wizard Publications we continually strive to bring you the most up-to-date and accurate information on the islands. We are the only publisher who updates our books every time we reprint them. So if you see the updates below already listed in the book you just bought, you may have a recent printing.

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Tsunami Update: Resorts: The Kona Village Resort remains closed. Phone lines at Kona Village are working but no lu‘au.

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For an update on Kilauea Volcano's area closures please click here www.nps.gov/havo/closed_areas.htm to see the current advisories in effect as posted by the National Park Service daily.

Hele-On Bus (page 25) fell victim to budget short-falls and is no longer free unless you're over 55, a student or disabled, for everyone else it's a buck now. also on this page, Jack's no longer does bus tours for non-Japanese speakers.

Kilauea Clothing Co. Vintage Aloha Wear (page 58) is closed.

Elementz Designs (page 74) is closed.

Divine Goods Hawai'i (page 75) is closed. As are Sweet Surrender and Pacific Island gallery on the same page.

Volcano Winery's (page 104) phone number changed to 808-967-7772.

Nutty Guys and The Grove Gallery (page 122) are both closed.

Umauma Falls (page 125) cost is now $12 to view the falls.

Journey and Island Paperie (page 137) are both closed.

Kahua Ranch (page 177) phone number changed to 808-882-4646.

Mauna Kea State Park (page 179) to get revervations call 808-961-9540.

Sea Strike (page 183) changed their phone number to 808-895-1972.

Waikoloa Beach Golf Course (page 186) changed phone numbers to 808-886–7888.

Before we could get our books on the shelves, Hawaii Healing Ohana (page 224) closed.

U•Top•It (Island Dining) is closed at the moment while they look for a new location. The phone number still works.

A restaurant (Island Dining) is no longer open to the general public, Pahoa Village Cafe.

Huli Sue's (Island Dining) underwent some changes since we visited. The Waimea location has a similar lunch menu to our review, but a completely different dinner menu (upscale, white tablecloths, etc.), and it's now called Allen at Huli Sue's (new owner/chef Allen Hess). The Mauna Lani location is now Marco's Italian Kitchen and has a completely different menu.

Bianelli's (Island Dining) has moved to Keauhou Shopping Center, 78-6831 Alii Drive. Their new phone number is 808-322-0377. Kohala Snack Shack changed their name to King's View Café. Jungle's Edge Coffee also changed names to Kona Brothers Coffee.

Patz Pies (Island Dining) has moved to 82-6127 Mamalahoa Hwy just south of the Manago Hotel at Kamakani St. and is now called Patz Pies at Paparoni's.

The following restaurants in Island Dining have closed: Blazin' Steaks, Giovanni’s Aloha Shrimp, Pizzeria Zacchini, Sweet Paradise Chocolatier.

Hale Pohaku (page 294) is no longer being managed by a rental agent.

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