Do not buy tickets for the USS Arizona Memorial! Get there early in the day, entrance to the grounds is free, and get in the stand by line for the Arizona Memorial. You will have no trouble getting to see it. Don't waste your money on tickets 😅 We had a great time. The memorial was beautifully kept and a definite must in Oahu.

This just seems like a "must-see" for every American visiting Oahu. I'm not sure what I was expecting, but I was pleasantly surprised. We opted to add-on a one-hour narrative given by Jamie Lee Curtis. It was so inexpensive and worth every penny. The entire area is very attractive and well laid out. The movie, speakers and exhibits were all so informative and touching. It was all such a wonderful tribute. Viewing the USS Arizona from the National Memorial is an extremely moving experience. You should put Pearl Harbor at the top of your Oahu itinerary.

Big area. Can pick any of the 4 tours. Each tour is around 2hours. You can choose Pacific Fleet Submarine museum, Pearl Harbor National memorial, Pearl Harbor Aviation museum, Battleship Missouri memorial. The only free option is the USS Arizona memorial. If you want to be assured of a place, you booked online at the fee of 1 USD. However, if you just walk in, just join the stand by q, and if vacancies are available , you would be allow to visit the memorial. When we were there on a Thursday, a weekday, there were many walk ins and they had no problem getting into the tour.

This was a bucket list item and since it was our first visit to Hawaii we made plans to visit the Memorial our first day. On our adventure we took a city bus from Waikiki Beach where we were staying and rode to Pearl Harbor National Memorial. We arrived early which was great since they open the gates at 7 am so we were able to view the movie of the day events.Prior to going we got the tickets to ride over in the boat to the Memorial so be sure not to miss this step (rec.gov), as the standby line was very long. We got right on the boat and went to the Memorial which was a very humbling experience. After awhile we had to get back on the boat to be taken back to the visitor center. I only wish we could have taken more time on the Memorial. We did this on our own without any tour company and it worked out very well allowing us the time to see, read, watch what we wanted on our time line. We were very happy we did it this way for that reason. Beautiful, historical site.

Always wanted to go to Pearl Harbor! Our tour Guide was very nice! Got to see the USS Arizona, the National Memorial Cemetery of the pacific, the Capital, and Royal Palace. It was a perfect day today to learn about history!

This was one of the highlights of our trip to Hawaii. We bought the tickets from the National Parks recreation.gov site for the whole day and visited the Missouri, Arizona (separate ticket), the Bowfin sub, the airport and all the museums. It was a very moving experience.

We spent at least 6 hours at Pearl Harbor, looking at the free museums, the USS Arizona Memorial tour and the USS Missouri Memorial. We arrived early and walked around the outside area before looking at the free museums. Once we lined up for our USS Arizona Memorial tour, everything ran smoothly. Lunch at 604 restaurant just outside Pearl Harbor and spent the afternoon at the USS Missouri Memorial. If you want to see everything, get there at opening time and don't book in anything else, you will likely be there the whole day.

We flew into Honolulu on Thanksgiving Day. 1st day we visited the National cemetery. It is huge! Very well laid out. The next day we boarded the Norwegian cruise ship and for a week we island hopped. Very nice way to see the islands. Although some excursions were pricey, they were good. Sometimes it's cheaper to get off the ship and take a cruise around the island by one of the vendors on the dock. Came back to Honolulu for a few more days before coming back home. Saw the Pearl Harbor National Memorial. Very nice! Did learn you can get there by bus. $3.00. And if you have a Soc. Sec. card, it's only $1.25! Costs nothing to get into the Memorial, but make sure you have no purse-or have your "stuff" in a clear bag- or you'll have to pay $7.00 to check it. Well laid out and very interesting! My husband was in the service, but not during a war time. He laughingly says he was stationed in the foreign country of Texas!

Our driver/tour guide Chauncy (aka Juicy) was excellent, providing us with great background information while navigating a large double-decker through heavy traffic! He deserves all commendations. I gave the trip 4/5 because time was right after arriving at Pearl Harbour. There was a movie to be seen and other activities as well as grabbing something for lunch along with the visit to the sunken Arizona. An extra 15-30 minutes at Pearl Harbour would have been great.

Visiting Pearl Harbor was the #1 thing we wanted to do when visiting Hawai'i and it's the reason that we came to O'ahu and not one of the other islands. It is an incredibly humbling and somber experience to visit the USS Arizona Memorial and to remember what happened there over 80 years ago. Seeing the "Black Tears" of oil that is still seeping out of the battleship is truly an experience. We then took the ferry to the USS Missouri and we loved the way that they had arranged the Missouri to face the Arizona; you can view the two places where the US's involvement in WWII started and ended simultaneously and it's something we'll never forget. Being able to see exactly where WWII ended with Japan's surrender was pretty amazing as well after having read about these historical events for years. One of our favorite things to see was that the signer for Canada accidentally signed on the wrong line (something we've all done) and it was a nice reminder that you don't always have to try to be perfect and that historical ceremonies can still have some snafus. The USS Bowfin submarine is also a very interesting site to see and you can walk through the boat and tour the top of it as well. Lastly, visiting Ford Island and the Aviation Museum was a thrill; it houses an amazing collection of historic planes and it's amazing to see windows that still have bullet holes in them from the attack (it was akin to seeing the building with a cannonball hole in it at Gettysburg). The entire site is extremely well done and everything is respectful to the sailors who served on these vessels and to those who lost their lives in the attack. Visiting Pearl Harbor was a humbling and emotional experience and one that we will never forget.