Flying to Hawaii

My wife and I have done it twice.
Like others have said, I'd rather get the flying out of the way and have more time in paradise.
The last time we flew out, on United, the last leg of our flight was LAX to Honolulu, but we didn't have set seats.
Just before boarding, we went to the counter to get our assignments, the guy printed out the boarding passes and said it was the "best I can do."
He did pretty well; first class, the best flying experience of my life, the flight could have been 10 hours and I wouldn't have cared.
God, I wish was going back, I love that place so much and the fact I have a free place to stay (my brother-in-law lives there), sigh...