How To Reach Hawaii WITHOUT An Airline?! + Pickleball Insanity 😂🌴 | Sunburnt Podcast Ep. 39
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We built the ultimate (and ridiculous) backup plan to still make Thanksgiving in Paradise
The most important piece of information is the very last thing we'll say
We've got the hottest alternatives on the books
Amelia Earhart set the record for the first solo flight from Hawaii to mainland North America
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Flights throttled by the shutdown and 10% of departures getting axed? We built the ultimate (and ridiculous) backup plan to still make Thanksgiving in Paradise—plus a Guinness-level pickleball saga, Amelia Earhart awe, and two clutch VACATION RULES. Why hit “Play”? ✈️ Your No-Plane Hawaii Menu — From Private jets, to Public Boats and even a Blimp. We price out the madness so you don’t have to. 🎾 Longest Pickleball Rally Ever — Twin brothers go for over 6 Hours. Unreal focus. 🛩️ The First Big Jump — The world's first solo flight from Hawaii to the mainland (Jan 11, 1935): Wheeler Field → Oakland in a plan named “Old Bessie the Fire Horse”. 🏃 Vacation Rule #53 — Pack running gear. 🕙 Vacation Rule #134 — Conquer jet lag. 🦃 Countdown: 13 days to “Chantry’s Thanksgiving in Paradise” (Nov 26, Blue Note Waikiki). We’re fired up. Hit play for tropical escapism, big-swing travel hacks (some real, some hilariously not), and SPF-level laughs on the road to Waikiki. 🎧 New episodes every week — Subscribe & Get Sunburnt Chapters 00:00 Cold open: Frozen horse meat, “spotted dick,” King Ralph 2?! 06:24 “Front Desk” sketch (balcony + ironing board bit) 06:45 Ep. 39 + “3-9!” chant 07:01 13-day countdown to Blue Note Waikiki (Nov 26) 10:39 Trip hype: one more episode before wheels-up 20:42 Flight cancellations + shutdown ripple effects (context) 22:21 No-plane routes begin (private jet to PJ math) 26:18 Luxury motor yacht option ($100k–$500k) 27:02 Private sailing yacht ($2k–$20k; 10–21 days) 27:59 Cargo-ship passenger (~$7k) 32:59 Private submarine ($500k–$1M) 35:03 Suborbital space hop ($500k–$5M; under an hour) 37:20 Amphibious seaplane ($200k–$500k) 38:05 Blimp/Zeppelin crossing ($1M–$5M) 39:45 DIY extras: stowaway, soundstage Hawaii, “Up” Blu-ray raft 43:35 Crack open the Good Book (Guinness time) 45:17 Pickleball rally record 49:04 First Flight From Hawaii record 52:43 “Old Bessie the Fire Horse” + prize context 57:37 Vacation Rule #53: Run the city at dawn/sunset 1:01:56 Vacation Rule #134: First-night bedtime (local) 1:04:01 Jimmy Buffett mini-bit + wrap to Waikiki 1:06:22 Outro + “Front Desk” tag #SunburntPodcast #ComedyPodcast #TravelComedy #TropicalTravel #Waikiki #BlueNoteHawaii #ThanksgivingInParadise #VacationRules #Pickleball #WorldRecords #AmeliaEarhart #HawaiiTravel