When that big wave came, I told myself, Don’t panic! Dustin told me to bend my knees and lean forward for the gas pedal, because when you lean forward, you go faster. “This is awesome! Wiping out was the funnest thing, too. I think girls nine-no, seven and up-would like it.” I was scared of wana, but wearing the booties made me feel way more comfortable. She told me to put my feet farther apart, keep my knees bent and stay in the middle of the board. “It’s helpful, having Dustin there, ‘cuz your parents don’t really tell you anything. After a shoreline briefing, Dustin and the boys paddled out to the lineup, where she provided instruction and took care of watching for rising surf, big-set waves, and drifting in the current. Owner Dustin Tester and her all-female team of instructors specialize in working with kids. We took Kama, eight, and Ha‘ena, nine, for a lesson with Maui Surfer Girls. Nothing captures the quintessential Hawai‘i vacation like the thrill of riding a wave. They can talk and express their feelings.” It’d be cool if it went a little faster, but I think it’s good for families. I thought it was cool to go by people’s houses and see in their yards, like what kind of fruit they were growing. I learned a lot about Lahaina-like the Sugar Cane Train has nothing to do with sugar cane. The guy narrating would say funny stuff I learned more about Lahaina than I have in my whole life, even more than watching Visitor Channel 7.” I was disappointed that it wasn’t air conditioned, and they didn’t hand out any food. “My favorite was the bridge and the train fart. Ha‘ena, nine, and Gabby, eleven, named as highlights the steam whistle, crossing a 325-foot curved wooden trestle, and getting hit with a “train fart”-a belch of water and steam. The Sugar Cane Train has been choo-chooing along the same route for thirty-eight years, and though modern life has encroached on the view, it’s hard to resist the old train’s charm. They made it not too educational, but still fun.”īeing transported by an authentic steam locomotive is almost like time-traveling back to Hawai‘i’s plantation days, when railroads hauled cane to the mill and brought workers to and from the fields. I learned about the sharks that have two pointy fingers and about the starfish. I actually felt very comfortable with sleeping in the room with the sharks. I like when we got to play Mad Scientist. You get to do a lot of things you wouldn’t get to do in the daytime. Sleeping over at the Maui Ocean Center is fun!” The only thing I’d change is to let us go into. The only part that was spooky was learning about the glowing fish like the cookie-cutter shark way down in the ocean. I liked playing on the microscope and stuff like the shark tooth and plankton. Everything was fun-feeding the hammerheads and playing Mad Scientist. “It was kind of scary, at first, being with all those other kids, but as the night went on I felt safe. Reservations required check the website for upcoming dates. Plus, pizza for dinner and pancakes for breakfast! Recommended for children in third through eighth grade. Microscopes and computers reveal teeny marine life. Kids tour aquarium exhibits in the dark, discovering bioluminescence and nocturnal behaviors with specially outfitted flashlights. Three staff naturalists-turned-chaperones keep the group busy feeding green sea turtles and hammerhead sharks, holding sea stars, petting sea cucumbers, and playing games. With 2,000 different sharks and fish constantly circling by, it’s hard to say who’s watching whom, as the sleeping bags get rolled out. A room in the shark exhibit became home base for nine-year-old Ha‘ena, eight-year-old Kama, and fifteen new friends. Maui Ocean Center’s Sleep with the Sharks opens the aquarium to kids for after-hours exploration.
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