Virtual Reality Center - Explore the USS Arizona Today Vr Tour
Pearl Harbor Narrated Multimedia Tours & Virtual Reality Center
Virtually dive underwater and explore one of the world's most historic battleships as she rests today in Pearl Harbor.
This is an exceptional, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to explore the iconic 608-foot-long USS Arizona as she rests on the floor of Pearl Harbor today. While actual diving is strictly controlled in one of America’s most revered war graves, you may now virtually experience this spectacular and historic ship underwater as she rests today after over eight decades following the infamous attack on Pearl Harbor at the National Memorial's new VR Center.
Below the waterline, you will see the mammoth Arizona guns that were never fired in battle. Explore the gun emplacements called barbettes. In Barbette #4, view the entrance to the well where USS Arizona survivors have had their remains interred so that they may rejoin their fellow shipmates in eternity. This special tour is sure to provide you with special memories for a lifetime and great stories to share with your family and friends.
Virtual Reality Tours:
View Pearl Harbor Virtual Reality Center
• This is one of the National Park Service's special comprehensive VR tours for the USS Arizona Memorial and the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center
• The 15-minute VR begins upon check-in
• This great package tour also includes admission to the National Park Service's new Pearl Harbor Virtual Reality Center.
Other VRs include Air Raid Pearl Harbor, which provides the timeline of the attack and places you on the deck of the USS Utah, one of the battleships destroyed on that Sunday morning, December 7, 1941. Three minutes after the first wave of Japanese warplanes arrived at Pearl Harbor, a message was sent that would resonate through history: “Air Raid Pearl Harbor, This is no Drill.” Within two hours, 2,390 Americans were killed and 1,177 wounded.
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Need to Know
- Exclusions
This program DOES NOT include the movie/boat tickets to the USS Arizona Memorial. Please visit 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.
- Parking
Beginning April 15, 2023, parking fees at Pearl Harbor National Memorial will be $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.
