There are palms and a glorious sunset, and the pageantry is fun, even informative. The food -- well, you didn't come for the food, did you? This is another mass-produced event for 1,000 or so. A bus takes you from one of six Waikiki hotel pickup points to a remote beachfront estate beside a picturesque cove on the western side of the island, 27 mi from Waikiki.