WAYDESWORLDHAWAII's video: PEARL HARBOR USS Arizona Memorial HD Waydes World Hawaii

"CHILD FRIENDLY" My Parents are in town so what better place to stop at first than Pearl Harbor and the USS Arizona Memorial. This holds a deep place for my dad who was an Airmen who left the service as an Air force Sergeant in 1968. Pearl Harbor and the USS Arizona Memorial remain THE top tourist destinations in Hawaii with over 1,500,000 visitors annually. The addition of the Battleship Missouri and the 1999 opening of the USS Missouri Memorial has further enhanced the importance of this historic area. The best time of day to visit the Memorial remains early in the morning before the tour buses arrive. The USS Arizona Memorial Visitor Center is open daily from 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Interpretive programs, including a 23-minute documentary film about the attack on Pearl Harbor and the boat trip to the USS Arizona Memorial, begin at 8:00 a.m. (7:45 a.m. in the summer). The last program each day begins at 3:00 p.m. The Memorial is closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years Day. Allow 75 minutes for the tour. This does not include time waiting for your tour to begin. Use that time to enjoy the USS Arizona Memorial Museum or waterfront promenade and check out the USS Bowfin submarine. PLEASE NOTE: First off, you will, I repeat, you will feel rushed on this TOURIST MAD HOUSE once you actually get onto the USS Arizona Memorial. Before you know it you will be ask to get in line and get ready to get back on your boat and leave(about 15mins). This is where you DON'T, I repeat, you DON'T get in line and you choose to stay on the memorial. This will allow you to have the memorial almost to yourselves for 5-10 mins and it will allow you to get those images you couldn't get with all those people around. When the next boat leaves get on that one. They don't ask you for tickets so don't worry. Also, note that following the events of 911 new security regulations have been put in place here. No purses, handbags, backpacks, camera bags, diaper bags, or other items that offer concealment are allowed. Strollers with pockets and compartments must be empty before being allowed in the visitor center. Personal cameras are allowed. Baggage storage is available for a small fee at the nearby USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park and visitors are encouraged to use it. You can visit the USS Bowfin and the USS Missouri and other things but you won't see it on Waydes World...it's not worth it in my book, not for the money.