Virtual Reality Center - Walk the Deck of the USS Arizona Vr Tour

Pearl Harbor Narrated Multimedia Tours & Virtual Reality Center

An Official Pearl Harbor National Park Service VR Tour - No Boat Tickets Required. 

Imagine being able to walk the deck of the Battleship USS Arizona on Dec. 7, 1941, the day it was sunk by an armor-piercing bomb. This historically accurate virtual reality experience transports you onto the main deck of the USS Arizona. This tour will give you a 360-degree perspective, enabling you to view the entire Battleship.  

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.  

You can walk the deck inspecting the ship's guns, battle stations, and weapon systems. Feel what it was like to be onboard one of the world's most special battleships in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, before that fateful event that would change the world forever.   

These incredible Pearl Harbor tours are best shared with our new virtual reality technology. Discover the Pearl Harbor Virtual Reality Tours for yourself. All equipment is provided and easy, safe, and comfortable to use.

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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 

  Visitors without reservations may stand in a standby line but there is no guarantee that they will get a seat to the memorial especially during peak seasons.

• 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.

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