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The 1961 musical comedy Blue Hawaii was filmed in Hawaii on Oahu and Kauai.

Filming locations on Oahu
Waikiki Beach: A famous beach in Honolulu
Hanauma Bay Beach Park: A volcanic crater beach near Hawaii Kai
AlaMoana Park: A park near Waikiki Beach
Polynesian Cultural Center: Located at 55-370 Kamehameha Highway, Lä'ie

Filming locations on Kauai
Coco Palms Resort Hotel: Located at 241 Kuhio Highway, Kapaa
Lydgate Beach: Located on the east side of the island
Wailua River: A river on Kauai

Coco Palms Resort was a resort hotel in Wailuā, Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, that was noted for its Hollywood connections, Hawaiian-themed weddings, torch lighting ceremonies, destruction by a hurricane, and long-standing land disputes. The resort includes or is near to many culturally significant spots and the sites of some of the most important legends and historical events for Native Hawaiians.

The famous wedding scene was filmed at the Coco Palms Resort Hotel. The hotel was destroyed by Hurricane Iniki in 1992 and a fire in 2014. Only two hurricanes have ever made landfall in Hawaii.

Elvis Presley also stayed at the Hilton Hawaiian Village during filming. The hotel's open-air entrance was used in the movie.

On January 25, 1953, the Coco Palms lodge opened with 24 rooms, five employees, and two guests. The lodge consisted of the main residence, which had been converted into the former businessmen's lodge, with eight rooms, and an additional 16 rooms in a reconfigured army surplus barracks.

The entire property was set in front of the beach and encompassed 35 acres, with over 2,000 coconut trees remaining from the former Lindemann coconut plantation. Although believed to have been a royal grove, the coconut grove was planted in 1896 by William Lindemann, a German immigrant.

While the exact origins of a Hawaiian torch-lighting ceremony are unknown, the use of this incarnation of Hawaiian culture, performed at many Hawaiian hotels, began at the Coconut Palms The ceremony would become a big part of the Coco Palms story. Hawaiians dressed in a traditional malo would blow a conch shell and beat a drum, as the call was answered by one man running across the coconut grove, lighting torches on his way until the entire lagoon was lit

The event would be followed by an hour-long Polynesian-themed show in the dining room. Bruscher had a firepit built for roasting a pig in full view of guests to entice them into the Lagoon Dining Room, one of three dining areas at the hotel.