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Opening the Royal Hawaiian Apple Store

5:30 am, October 1st, 2008, Giles Turnbull


Royal Hawaiian Apple Store Grand Opening from hawaii on Vimeo.

Here’s nicely edited footage of the opening, just a couple of days ago, of the new Apple Store in the Royal Hawaiian Center in Waikiki.

There’s also some behind-the-scenes preparation shots, of the kind you don’t see very often given how secretive Apple is, showing the build team putting the finishing touches on the store frontage just hours before the opening ceremony itself. Which includes dancing and acoustic guitars.

Posted by Giles Turnbull in News, Quickies, Retail Stores | Comment on this article

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3 comments

    Love it!

    Macr.nl, on October 1st, 2008 at 6:43 am

    Apple Store, Hawaii, Paradise — Nice escape for what ails you

    Alfred J. Fortin, on October 1st, 2008 at 8:54 am

    in hawaii their is only one island with an apple store and they have 4 of them.

    bailey009, on October 2nd, 2008 at 2:52 am