As Liz commented on in the last entry, I gotta throw a shout-out to Aloha Isle Refreshments (sponsored by Dole), conveniently located in Adventureland.
For most of my life, I'd never eaten one of these. I'd heard stories, but since most of my trips were on a shoestring budget, I wouldn't buy any food.
Then, last year during a once-in-a-lifetime pilgrimage to The Price is Right, my brother and I also visited Disneyland and got one of these, and you know what? It really hit the spot. That's one of the memories I have from my very memorable first visit to Disneyland, sitting on a bench eating ice cream with my brother.
Like they say, it's the little things.
- Delicious pineapple-themed snacks, what more do you need? Ice cream, probably skewers, juice, and all sorts of crazy combinations thereof. There are a ton of refreshment stands throughout the parks, but this is one of the most famous... for good reason. In fact, the only other one I can think of off the top of my head is that goddamned McDonald's French Fries wagon near the Frontierland/Adventureland border.
- I imagine pineapples are vegan, so there'll be something on the menu for Sarah. She loves snacks, too!
- Those benches are in the primo people-watching area of Main Street USA and Adventureland. I LOVE watching people on vacation, they're either absolutely wonderful or horribly grotesque. I remember sitting at that bench in Disneyland, watching kids crying for ice cream, parents denying them in nice ways and awful ways, people sitting and enjoying the park and people sitting and having a terrible time. I'm always amazed at how unhappy people can get over stupid, little things, especially at a place like Disney World. I wish I could say Dole Whips fix everything, but some people just can't be fixed.
- It's right by the Enchanted Tiki Room, and though I won't visit the Florida version (I disagree with its New Management), there are terrific pictures of parrots drinking pineapple juice, which I find delightfully absurd. Birds can't drink pineapple juice!
Liz, you wanna chime in on this?
(And I know the pic is from Disneyland, it's still the best thing I could find.)
3 comments:
i love this pinapple whip, aka bob dole. even though the sweet ice cream, which conjures up memories of winn dixie creamsicle filling, makes the pineapplejuice so mouth puckeringly sour. on one of my many trips to disney with my sister when i was in college, i promised to buy her one if she ordered it with confidence as a bob dole. she did, and i love her for it. she earned every bit of that free pineapple whip. she did me more proud by doing this later in the day: in the haunted mansion once you are trapped in the room with stertching pictures with no windows and no doors, the lights go out and you see a body hanging from the cieling. when this happened my sister screamed out, with no prompting from me - its bob dole! what a treat.
Birds can eat juice skewers!
Okay, it's been over two years since I've been to Disney but the Dole Whip has made a lasting impression (so much so that I've googled where it can be bought and aside from Hawaii, the Disney theme parks are the only mainland USA places I can find). HOWEVER, Yogurtland in the West Village has some really excellent Pineapple Tart yogurt that is just as delicious, though not served in float form. I also didn't remember until I did a search that when I chronicled my own Disney trip, basically the whole thing was about DW. I am...obsessed? http://whoisliz.wordpress.com/2006/09/18/i-am-so-dole-whipped/
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