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Since we were trapped in the house all day yesterday while the hurricanes past around Hawaii, we had to get out of the house today! So we drove north to the Dole Plantation in Wahiawa. My sister is visiting this week and she wanted a Dole whip, and my son wanted to ride the train, so it was the perfect afternoon adventure.
The Dole Plantation has a botanical garden, corn maze, train ride, farmers market and a big store with lots of pineapple paraphernalia. There’s also food, drinks and Dole whips!
When we were in line to buy our tickets on the train, a boy found a gecko and put it in a plastic bag. As he closed the bag the other people in line gasped and said the boy was going to kill it. I tried to get the family’s attention but they didn’t speak English and didn’t seem to understand. My sister said someone walked over and saved the gecko while I was purchasing our tickets.
In line for the train ride (a 30 minute wait on a Saturday) a family with a little boy around my son’s age told us we had to go feed the koi fish in the pond afterwards. She said they went to the store beforehand to buy fish food because it was too expensive to buy it from the machine by the pond. Then she grabbed a paper bag and filled it with about 3 cups worth of fish food and handed it to us.
After we threw large handfuls of fish food at the pile of koi, we were done, but still had some left in the bag. There was a little boy next to us who was grabbing fish food off the ground that others had dropped and throwing it to the fish. So we offered him our leftover bag, and he looked confused and said “Why?” I told him we were done and he took off running with the bag. As we walked away from the pond he came running back with his sister and yelled “Thanks!” as they ran to the pond.
After the train ride and fish feeding, we went to get some food! My sister got the traditional Dole whip in a bowl, my son got a Dole whip cone, and I got a huge bowl of pineapple. While he was stealing my pineapple he dropped his cone and didn’t seem too concerned. He ended up eating almost all my pineapple! If you have never had pineapple in Hawaii I can’t even explain how amazing it is. You just have to try it. At least he didn’t get upset about the dropped cone!
There were even a few chickens and a female peacock that showed up. It was a great afternoon at the Dole Plantation!
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What a fun trip! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for reading, Ashley! It really was a fun trip :)
It looks like you had a really fun outing. I have never heard of Dole Plantation. I will have to remember that whenever we make it out to Hawaii! I hope you are staying safe in the storms!
Thanks! Yeah it’s a fun and easy outing with kids, and not too expensive if you don’t buy everything!
I love pineapple! I bet this was such a fun trip!
Me too, it’s my second favorite fruit after strawberries!
What an awesome trip! :)
Looks like an absolute blast!!! :-D
Thanks for reading Susannah, it was fun :)
That looks like such a fun trip! I hope you enjoy the time with your sister. :)
It was! Thanks I will :)
How funny, I have dole pineapple in my cupboard :)
They used to have a cannery there too, but moved it to Honolulu by the water so it was closer to the docks!
haha wow pineapple everywhere! It looks like such a fun day out – especially after a day of being stuck inside because of a hurricane, of all things! So what are dole whips? I wish I’d seen a photo! :)
Oh it’s the bowl of ice cream my sister is holding in the first photo! It just looks like soft serve ice cream and it tastes like pineapple! You can get it in a cone or a bowl with chunks of real pineapple. Soooo good! They have them at Disney too.
We were just there! Like 2 weeks ago, when we were on a quick trip to Hawaii. My grandparents said they visited Dole in the 70s and they said we ought to go, so we did it. I had fun in the maze. :)
Really?! That’s awesome! I went in the maze last time we went and let me just say the maze is no place to bring a stroller lol
Wow this looks like a lot of fun – and mmm I would love to try pineapple in Hawaii someday soon!
It’s so tasty! Actually I’ve noticed that pineapple in any tropical area is very good, but Hawaii is the best I’ve had so far!
Wow the scenery is just so beautiful! I’ve never been out to Hawaii before but it looks amazing!
I hope you can visit one day, Janet! The scenery is one of my favorite parts of Hawaii. I love the trees and the beautiful shoreline.
If I ever visit Hawaii, this is one stop that I will just have to make.
Thanks for reading, Danielle! It’s definitely a fun trip to take if you are on Oahu for a week or so.
Thank you for sharing your day with us! Hawaii is so beautiful & I would LOVE to be able to go there some day. If I do, I gotta have that Dole Whip…YUMM! :)
I bet you guys had FUN FUN FUN ! I would love to visit Hawaii HERE SOON and eat fresh pineapple there
Wonderful place! I wish to visit once.
I would love to visit visit Hawaii (it’s on the ever growing travel to-do list, haha), I’d definitely make a trip here too, looks a lot of fun.
I’ve tried the Dole Whips at Walt Disney World and love them, so obviously I’d have to experience the real deal!
Love your story about the fish food at the Koi pond :)
The Dole Plantation is so much fun! I’ve actually never had a dole whip at Disney, but I’m hoping to go there with my son at some point and I can compare :)
Definitely need to compare and obviously we all appreciate the sacrifice you’d be making for your readers ;)
hahaha, oh I do what I can ;)