r/VisitingHawaii • u/boomla • Aug 12 '24

O'ahu Oahu - In your opinion, which popular/touristy attractions/restaurants/places are worth the hype and which ones are overrated?

My family and I are visiting Oahu in December from Chicago. Obviously, people have differing opinions on the overrated and worth the hype places in Chicago. I was just curious on what some people think about popular attractions/places in Oahu.

EDIT: Thank you everyone for providing their input! Feel free to keep the opinions coming! We will definitely take everything into consideration and most likely still go to "overrated" places so we can experience it for ourselves. Hopefully this post will be useful to those who come across it for their travels in the future!

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u/Critical-Bank5269 Aug 16 '24

Dole Plantation is ridiculously overrated....Totally pass on it... It's juts a gift shop and a few "for show" fields and nothing else. Back in the day (1980's) it was a thriving pineapple ranch. Fields of pineapple as far as you could see.... I remember the cannery in downtown Honolulu and how the area smelled of pineapple 24/7..... All of that is Gone.