Updated - Polynesian Adventure Tours - Oahu: Premium USS Missouri, Arizona Memorial & Punchbowl Luxury Tour (63P)
- Trvanie: 510 Minút (cca.)
- Poloha: Waikiki, HI
- Kód produktu: PMNYQ5
UPDATED 2021: Description of activity subject to change without notice due to new limitations and updated capacities. Thank you.
Schedule:
- Availability:
- October-December: Friday
- January-Onward: Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Tour Time: 6:45 AM
- Duration: 8 Hours 30 Minutes
Join like-minded guests preferring a deluxe small vehicle experience for their exclusive tour of Pearl Harbor’s two most iconic sites. The USS Arizona Memorial and USS Missouri battleship represent the beginning and the end of the WWII. Your entertaining driver guide’s live narration provides fascinating insights into the events shaping the conflict and resolution of the war. The live narration is enhanced with video and photos shown on vehicle monitors. A delicious restaurant lunch is included, and Punchbowl National Cemetery, Hawai’i’s ’Iolani Palace, and other sites are viewed during the tour.
Our guests select the Premium tour for how they will experience Pearl Harbor as much as for what content is included. It’s the “tour for non-tourists” preferring a personable guide whose sense of hospitality and knowledge of Pearl Harbor’s historic past is shared with respect, humility, and the Spirit of Aloha.
Tour Highlights:
- Convenient pick-up from several Waikiki locations
- Live tour narration by delightful, knowledgeable driver guide
- View historic images and video clips on tour vehicle monitors
- Visit the USS Arizona Memorial
- Pearl Harbor Visitor Center exhibits
- View actual film footage of the attack
- Stroll the grounds to view WWII Bowfin Submarine, Japanese Kaiten “suicide sub”, Remembrance Circle
- Guided deck tour of USS Missouri battleship with docent, including locations of surrender ceremony, office and crew quarters, artillery, kamikaze aircraft crash, and much more
- Drive through Punchbowl National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
- See Hawai’i’s Iolani Palace and grounds from deluxe tour vehicle
- King Kamehameha statue
- Lunch included
Amenities:
- Small group tour on a mini coach
- Local slice of banana bread
- Chilled bottled water
Recommendations:
- You should bring items that allow you to be comfortable.
- You should wear sunscreen and bring a camera.
- Do not leave anything of value unattended on the coach.
Restrictions/Requirements:
- NO BAGS allowed at some Pearl Harbor sights. Bag storage is available for a fee during visits to the Arizona Memorial and the Visitor Center. Please read the following details:
- The US Department of the Interior has declared a, “no bags” policy at the Arizona Memorial and Visitor Center. Passengers may not carry any concealing items. This includes purses, handbags, backpacks, diaper bags, etc. Bag storage is available at the entrance to the Visitor Center, $7 for small bags and $10 for larger bags, including luggage. Small cameras are permitted. Allowable vital items may be placed in your pockets.
- Due to ceremonies on December 7th each year, the park is closed to commercial vehicles and we do not operate our normal tours to the USS Arizona Memorial on that date. Also, on rare occasions, and due to external factors outside of our control (including inclement weather and/or shortages of boat launch tickets), there is the possibility of not being able to visit the Arizona Memorial during your visit. You will still be able to visit the many Arizona exhibits and visitor’s center, the USS Bowfin and other monuments at the park.
Location: Pick-up offered in the Waikiki area. Please see Transportation tab for pick up locations and schedule.
Special Notes:
- Please arrive 15 minutes prior to your scheduled pick-up time.
- Please do not leave any valuables on the coach.
- If you require any special accommodations due to disability, please include them under the special requirements at the time of booking. 48 hours notice required prior to the date and time of service.
- This tour does not operate on Christmas, New Year’s Day, or Thanksgiving.
More Details:
The day’s adventure begins as your driver guide welcomes you aboard a mini coach. You’ll enjoy a slice of banana bread and learn of Waikiki’s colorful history as you depart for Pearl Harbor. Your guide’s live narration is complemented by historic images, and video shown on vehicle monitors.
You’ll visit the solemn USS Arizona Memorial directly above the USS Arizona battleship that sunk during the attack on December 7, 1941 and became the final resting place of many of the 1,177 officers and crewmen who were lost. It’s a powerful reminder of those who gave their lives for their country. You’ll view actual film footage of the attack, view Pearl Harbor Visitor Center displays, and gain firsthand insight into WWII in the Pacific and beyond.
Aboard the famed Battleship Missouri, you’ll walk in the footsteps of General Douglas MacArthur, Admiral Chester Nimitz, and officers of the Allied Powers in 1945 when the instruments of surrender were signed on the ship, signaling the end WWII. “Mighty Mo” valiantly fought in WWII, the Korean War and in Desert Storm in the Persian Gulf, supporting the cause of freedom.
Lunch is at Mangiamo by 604 where guests select from several delicious options. Please indicate any dietary restrictions – vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, nut-allergy, etc. at the time of booking, the menu selections are subject to change.
You’ll remember the sacrifices of America’s heroes as you ride through Punchbowl National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. View ‘Iolani Palace, home of Hawaiian royalty, and visit the King Kamehameha Statue, and other sites before returning to Waikiki.
(Menu Tab)**Menu items subject to change without notice.**
Menu:
- 604 Burger – served with french fries.
- Eggplant Parmesan – served with spaghetti
- Chicken Alfredo – served with fettuccine
- Creamy Italian sausage – served with rigatoni
- Caesar Salad with Chicken
- Pepperoni Pizza
Please Note: Please indicate any dietary restrictions – vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, nut-allergy, etc. at the time of booking, the menu selections are subject to change.
(Transportation Tab)Please arrive 15 minutes before your scheduled departure time and allow a 5-minute window for your driver to arrive.
Pick up Schedule:
- 7:00 AM – ALA MOANA HOTEL (HONOLULU, OAHU) (outside the Mahukona St. entrance)
- 7:00 AM – AQUA PALMS WAIKIKI (in front of IHOP)
- 7:00 AM – PRINCE WAIKIKI HOTEL (Entrance facing the boat harbor)
- 7:05 AM – HILTON HAWAIIAN VILLAGE (Grand Islander Bus Depot)
- 7:10 AM – HALE KOA HOTEL WAIKIKI (Front Entrance)
- 7:10 AM – HOTEL LACROIX (WAIKIKI GATEWAY) (Side Entrance Olohana St)
- 7:15 AM – SHERATON WAIKIKI HOTEL (Tour Bus Terminal – Aloha Landing)
- 7:15 AM – TROLLEY STOP (Curbside at the front of 233 Saratoga Rd)
- 7:15 AM – HOKULANI BY HILTON GRAND VACATIONS (Curbside on Lewers St. under the Hokulani sign by the bottom of the escalator)
- 7:20 AM – ROSS DRESS FOR LESS (Curbside at Seaside Ave)
- 7:25 AM – OHANA WAIKIKI EAST (Curbside outside front entrance on Kaiulani Ave)*
- 7:30 AM – HYATT REGENCY WAIKIKI (Koa Ave – curbside, under green awning)
- 7:40 AM – THE TWIN FIN HOTEL (fka Aston Waikiki) (Curbside Paoakalani St)
Please note that the completion date for the construction is tentative; we will reroute guests through July 31, 2024 and keep you updated on any further developments.
