Pearl Harbor Narrated Multimedia Tours & Virtual Reality Center
#1 VIP Pearl Harbor National Memorial Tour
Take total control of your tour and experience Pearl Harbor National Memorial at your pace and on your terms with this amazing self-guided VIP tour.
There is a reason why the USS Arizona Memorial is the number one visited destination in Hawaii. Millions of visitors from all over the world come to this majestic setting to see for themselves where World War II began for the United States on December 7th, 1941.
This incredible 60-90 min tour that contains over 4 hours of pictures, videos, and archived materials is the official self-guided VIP National Park Service USS Arizona Narrated Multimedia Tour and is highly recommended to all visitors that desire the most in-depth, engaging, and enriching Pearl Harbor experience possible.
Hosted by the famous actress Jamie Lee Curtis, Pearl Harbor Survivors, and the National Park Service historians, this fascinating Narrated Tour has 28 key stops and will bring to life the events that changed the Pacific forever.
Jamie Lee Curtis will guide and narrate for you through the Visitor Center’s two world-class museums, with narration aboard the USS Arizona Memorial and then along the shoreline for the incredible "Path of Attack Tour.” You will hear and see testimonials and hair-raising stories firsthand from actual USS Arizona and Pearl Harbor Survivors as they retell their extraordinary experiences while they help you understand and retrace the events of Dec 7, 1941.
*NOTE: There are NO escorted tours allowed at the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center.
Please check in with your confirmation at our USS Arizona Memorial Narrated Tour desk, located in the courtyard of the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center.
This self-guided narrated tour begins upon check-in and is available in 9 languages. English, French, German, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Italian, and Russian. This tour will even translate the National Park Service’s 23-minute movie documentary into the visitor’s language. (Tour is also available in Russian and Italian but does not translate the movie).
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Purchase of this virtual reality tour does NOT include a boat ticket reservation for the USS Arizona Memorial, which must be made separately online at https://www.recreation.gov/ticket/233338/ticket/16
Guests may check-in at the Tour Desk or Virtual Reality Theater located just inside the main entrance anytime during the day of the tour reservations between the hours of 7 am and 3:30 pm.
Monday-Friday 8 am to 4 pm Hawaii Standard Time
Tel: 808.954.8759 or toll-free (U.S. & Canada) 1.866.332.1941
Email: tours@pacifichistoricparks.org
Shop in advance and show up in official USS Arizona Memorial gear! Official USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor Gift Shop Use promo code "advance" and receive 15% off your entire purchase. Flags and Harley Davidson items are excluded. All proceeds go back to support our parks.
Strollers are allowed in the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center, but not in the theater. You will be able to leave your stroller by the entrance of the theater and pick it up at the end of your program. Please keep in mind that this means you will have to hold your child for the duration of the program (about an hour and 15 minutes).
We have restrooms located throughout the visitor center. Please keep in mind that there are NO public restrooms on the USS Arizona Memorial. Please plan accordingly.
Other than clear bottled water, there is NO food or drinks allowed in the theater, on the shuttle boats, or at the USS Arizona Memorial. However, food and drinks are allowed at the visitor center, which has a small snack shop with sandwiches and drinks. The nearby Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum has a lunch truck. There is a restaurant at the Pacific Aviation Museum, and the USS Missouri Battleship has a lunch truck. There are also many restaurants a short drive away from the visitor center.
Parking fees at Pearl Harbor National Memorial are $7/day for private and rented vehicles. This fee will be collected through a virtual pay system on visitors’ mobile devices or via an onsite kiosk. This revenue will support the park.
While cameras, water bottles, wallets, and other small items can be brought on-site, no bags (or other items that offer concealment) are allowed at the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center. However, there is a bag storage facility located at the Pacific Fleet Submarine shuttle bus stop, where you can store your belongings for a fee of $7 per bag or $10 per luggage.
The Pearl Harbor Visitor Center has reserved accessible parking in the front parking lot. The restrooms, theater, exhibit galleries, bookstore, information desks, drinking fountains, Navy shuttle boats, and USS Arizona Memorial are all fully accessible to visitors in wheelchairs.There are also many locations throughout the park for visitors to sit and rest. Please keep in mind that there is no seating at the memorial.
The Pearl Harbor Visitor Center has reserved accessible parking in the front parking lot. The restrooms, theater, exhibit galleries, bookstore, information desks, drinking fountains, Navy shuttle boats, and USS Arizona Memorial are all fully accessible to visitors in wheelchairs.
There are also many locations throughout the park for visitors to sit and rest. Please keep in mind that there is no seating at the memorial.