Visitor Center 30 Min Narrated Multimedia Tour
Pearl Harbor Narrated Multimedia Tours & Virtual Reality Center
An Official National Park Service Tour
There is a reason why the USS Arizona Memorial is the number one visited destination in Hawaii. Millions of visitors worldwide come to this majestic setting to see where World War II began for the United States on December 7th, 1941.
This incredible 30-60 self-guided multimedia National Park Service USS Arizona Narrated Tour is highly recommended to all visitors who desire a shorter 30-60m minute in-depth tour to get the most important facts of the Pearl Harbor experience.
Hosted by the famous actress Jamie Lee Curtis, Pearl Harbor Survivors, and the National Park Service historians, this fascinating Narrated Tour has 15 key stops. This amazing experience 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 for those who have purchased tickets and then along the shoreline for the incredible "Path of Attack Tour.” Hear and see firsthand actual USS Arizona and Pearl Harbor Survivors as they retell their stories and retrace the events of Dec 7, 1941.
Videos and USS Arizona Memorial library photos are INCLUDED!
* The multimedia tours DO NOT include National Park Service boat tickets to the USS Arizona Memorial. Please visit https://www.recreation.gov/ticket/233338/ticket/16 to reserve those tickets.
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Need to Know
- Exclusions
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
- Check-In
Guests may check-in at the Virtual Reality Center located just inside the main entrance to the right anytime during the day of the tour reservations between the hours of 7 am and 3:30 pm.
- Tour Reservations Department Contact
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 & Save
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
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).
- Restrooms
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.
- Food
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
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.
- Bags
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.
- Dress Code
Visitors are reminded that they are visiting a site of tremendous loss of life in service to our country. Military visitors to the memorial are within the bounds of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, and military regulations relating to military dress are enforced by Navy personnel. Per the Pacific Commander, military visitors in uniform are required to dress in Class B or better in order to gain access to the USS Arizona Memorial. Battle dress uniform is not allowed on the memorial, though it is allowed throughout the visitor center and at sites on Ford Island. Military visitors are welcome to wear civilian clothes when they visit.
- Accessibility
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.
For visitors with hearing impairments, the documentary shown in the theater is fully captioned (in English). There is an induction loop for use with hearing aids. Visually impaired visitors will find signage in braille in addition to tactile models of various interpretive resources throughout the site.
