5. Aulani Resort

At Disney's Aulani resort on Oahu's quieter leeward coast, Mickey, Donald Duck and company ditch the park for the beach. The two-towered Hawaiian-themed property–think really big Enchanted Tiki Room–is Disney's first hotel without an amusement park attached. But who needs rides when you can spend Thanksgiving swimming in two huge pools, snorkeling in the Rainbow Reef private lagoon, and inner-tubing the Waikolohe ("mischievous waterway") Stream? From $399 (rooms sleep 4); disneyaulani.com