They do not allow backpacks, purses, fanny packs, camera bags, luggage, diaper bags or shopping bags. Leave it in your car. OR check it in at their lockers - they charge extra but I'm not sure how much.
Once you enter, grab a ticket. You will watch a 25 minute documentary (really interesting) and then you will take a free boat ride to the USS Arizona Memorial (also free) and then you come back and then you can take a walk around.
I visited the Missouri, air fields and memorial sites. The staff could improve a lot on the disorganization of the main hub. (The 4 stars are for the exceptionally excellent attractions, which if not implied I wish that there could be separate ratings for the management.) I arrived more than an hour before my Missouri tour (booked online). Parking is tight and have to wait to start. But unexpected was the 20+ minute wait for bag checking. Then at the entrance there are multiple lines and hard to find help on which line for your event. I found the Missouri tour counter with a long line, and some staff explained that although I booked online I have to wait in the ticket purchase line. By this point it was approaching the "30 minutes before" deadline to check in. So in desperation I cut to the front and explained the situation to the Missouri agent. She said "you're about to miss your bus" (what bus??, I thought.) and I quickly rushed with -1 minutes until the bus leaves and barely caught it. I was lucky and glad to have made the event, but would not be surprised if a lot of people missed their scheduled times due to the mismanagement.
Type that address in and you'll arrive at the parking lot.
It is undoubtedly extremely important site but I was expecting better organization of the whole place. You have to reserve your ticket in advance to get to the USS Arizona Memorial, otherwise you have to wait in a line from 5.30am to get a ticket at a gate (tickets are for free thus many people don't even show up). When you are on site you have no idea where to go and where you need a ticket to. Park service was not very helpful as well.
1 Arizona Memorial Road
Honolulu, HI. 96818
What an amazing place to visit. Your tour guide can exaggerate on the security, but just follow instructions. Bring all your cameras and phone fully charger. They don’t want you to bring a bag along for some reason. But I saw people bringing theirs and got them inside. Or you can leave it at desk for a $4 dollar fee.
The Arizona Memorial is a Very nice and quite place to remember the fallen navy men of all the ships in Pearl Harbor. The national parks service does a great job in telling the story of what happen before and after The Pearl Harbor attack. I found it really interesting that Oil is still sleeping out of the ship. They said that it was just refueled with 500,000 gallons of oil before the attack. The Arizona leaks 9 quarts of oil a day and at that rate it is presumed that it will leak for another 70 plus years from 2018.
This place is open from 7:00am - 5:00 pm. First tour starts at 7:45 am and last tour is at 3:00 pm)
Because we were jet-lagged, we woke up super early and decided to check out Pearl Harbor. Here's a tip! RENT A CAR. I'm looking at all these tours and they charge so much money. GUESS WHAT? Pearl Harbor is FREE!! That's right - FREE!!! So don't get ripped off. On the website, it says that they give away 1300 free tickets daily.
It's a beautiful place to visit so spread the word and don't pay money to expensive tour companies.
One other small thing for a separate place - the Arizona memorial boat visit. I see that the staff makes every effort to instruct people to have the best respect possible and not act as if it's a typical attraction by requesting people to not talk loud or text while visiting. Definitely appropriate. Also I sense that there may have been some bad guests in the past. But my feedback is it's not necessary to upfront talk harshly in such a strong condescending tone to mostly first time guests. I feel most people were a little uncomfortable. I think that a better way would be to simply explain the expectations in a clear but respectful manner and the guests are more than capable of following the expectations.
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