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Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor Tour & Circle Island Sightseeing

Pearl Harbour

Reviewed by: Karen

Excellent from start to finish, our guide was so entertaining we had a wonderful time, he was full of information about anything you wished to know about, but also talented when it came to telling the odd joke and impressive when he sang, he got the whole coach full of strangers in the morning becoming friends by the end of the trip. This adventure was first class and I would certainly recommend this tour to anyone of all ages, there was something for everyone to enjoy with plenty of stops for photo opportunities or just marvel at the outstanding scenery.

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Posted on:	2011/10/01

Home of the Brave Pearl Harbor & Military Base Tour

What an awesome day

Reviewed by: Aus Family

Travelling with my 15yo girl & 10yo boy we had some reservation as to whether they would enjoy this tour. What can I say it was awesome. Duke our tour guide (and owners son) made the day completely enjoyable, upbeat, interesting (even to non Americans) and nothing was to much trouble. We only had about 20 people of this tour so was very personal and comprehensive. An early start meant we beat the crowds at Arizona and Duke's personal knowledge made for an even better tour.
Basically if you want to do a military tour - YOU MUST DO THIS !!!!!!!!

Don't worry about Missouri & Bowfin (they require another full day) these can be done another day. This tour takes you onto the military bases and gives a genuine insight as to what they are like.

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Aloha to the Aus Family,
Thank you for responding with such an excellent review. We appreciate your support. Duke's passionate about his work. We continue each and every day to keep history alive at Home of the Brave. We are happy that your family enjoyed your day with us!
Aloha,
Janet Tomlinson
Home of the Brave Tours

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Posted on:	2011/09/27

Complete Pearl Harbor Tour with Lunch - Visit Main Exhibits, Memorials & Museums

Pearl Harbor Heroes Adventure Tour

Reviewed by: Kevin Nicolin

Great tour. Very interesting and very moving. Don't miss this one!

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Posted on:	2011/09/26

Home of the Brave Pearl Harbor & Military Base Tour

The best tour I have been on!

Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous

I have taken ALOT of tours in my day, and this is by far one of the best I have ever taken. From the minute I got into the (very nice and very CLEAN) charter, the guide, Duke (who just happens to be the son of the owner!) just MADE the day. He was friendly, professional, and extremely knowledgeable of the rich history surrounding both Pearl Harbor and WWII in general.

Throughout the tour, he used humor and wit to share fascinating REAL stories of actual soldiers and events to really make this time in history come alive to all on board. I was just so impressed.

This tour was so much better organized than most other tours I have been on, yet they somehow managed to not make me feel like cattle being herded and pushed around....although we had a schedule to stick to, I never once felt rushed or hurried...it was such an enjoyable day. Duke had a great balance of giving us time on our own to look around the sites and exhibits (rather than treating us like children) yet he was always

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Aloha Mr. Anonymous,
Thanks for the 5 Star Review! We appreciate your positive feedback and will continue to do our best to keep history Alive!
Please join us again on Home of the Brave Tours and stop by our new Home of the Brave Brewseum next time you are in the islands.
Aloha,
Janet Tomlinson
Home of the Brave Tours

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Posted on:	2011/09/03

Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor Tour & Circle Island Sightseeing

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Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous

had a great time on tour guide was very knowledgable of the island and what to do for fun thanks

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Posted on:	2011/08/03

Royal Star Pearl Harbor Experience with Tickets to Arizona Memorial & City Tour

First timer

Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous

I'm from NZ and am intending on bringing some 11-12yr olds back next year. I found it very moving and am sure everyone who attends will also be the same. I hope that when I do bring my students back that they will also appreciate and understand the impact it has had on everyone involved. Thoroughly enjoyed the experience.

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Posted on:	2011/07/24

Complete Pearl Harbor Tour with Lunch - Visit Main Exhibits, Memorials & Museums

Pearl Harbor Combined Adventure

Reviewed by: crj

Great experience for the entire family. Absolutley, worth spending the day. Very inspiring and sobering at the same time.

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Posted on:	2011/07/14

Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor Tour & Circle Island Sightseeing

Professional traveler

Reviewed by: Paula

Ken L was an outstanding tour guide.He possesses lots of outstanding "island" information and history. The entire tour was great and my family and I enjoyed it immensely.

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Posted on:	2011/07/10

Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor Tour & Circle Island Sightseeing

Awesome

Reviewed by: Christina

We had such an amazing tour guide. He was so informative about the island in general. He talked about all kinds of plants, animals, history of the island, celebrities, hot tourist and local spots, restaraunts, activities, and pearl harbor. He was a walking Hawaiian encyclopedia. Every question we asked he was able to answer. He even had a notebook of pictures just incase he needed to show us something not found on the tour. The tour was an all day event that seemed short. Before we knew it the time creeped up and our tour was coming to an end. His name was Ken and I would take that tour again only with him. My whole family learned so much and throughout our vacation we were able to answer all of our other tours questions and they were so impressed; that was the best part.

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Posted on:	2011/07/02

Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor Tour & Circle Island Sightseeing

Awesome Adventure.

Reviewed by: George K

We just came back from our Hawaii vacation and thoroughly enjoyed the tour. It started off in Pearl Harbor which is just amazing and a very powerful experience. We then continued onto Dole Pineapple plantation (make sure you try a Dole Whip) and the North Shore. We then continued onto other amazing sites along the western side of the island, including lunch on a secluded area on the water. Our tour guide was hilarious, and just an all around great guy who really added to the experience. I can't wait to go back to Hawaii to take the tour again. I would recommend this to anyone who is going to Oahu for a vacation.

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Posted on:	2011/06/26

Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor Tour & Circle Island Sightseeing

Very informational and entertaining

Reviewed by: Amy T.

The tour was a great use of our time on the island. It does take an entire day though so be prepared for that. Pearl Harbor was great, there was no question on where we needed to be and when. If you want a full look at the Pearl Harbor site (submarine and all) you should plan more time to go back or do this part separately.

Our tour guides were friendly, helpful, and funny. They kept our attention the whole day with lots of great tidbits about the island. The tour was awesome. We got to see where filmings happened and which beaches were great for which activities. It was awesome. I wish we had done this tour on our first day of the island instead of toward the end of our trip.

I would definitely recommend the full circle and not just the north shore tour. There is so much more you get to see in the last couple hours. I can hardly wait to go back and use all the information!

I would definitely recommend!

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Posted on:	2011/05/16

Royal Star Pearl Harbor Experience with Tickets to Arizona Memorial & City Tour

Our driver saved the day!

Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous

Initially, we were told that we were unable to tour the Arizona until 30 minutes before we needed to check out of our hotel. Our driver, Cousin Jerry, saved the day. He walked up to the ticket booth and obtained tickets for my entire family for a tour three hours earlier. This gave us plenty of time to tour the Arizona and Honolulu and have lunch. He really went the extra mile for us!

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Posted on:	2011/05/05

Royal Star Pearl Harbor Experience with Tickets to Arizona Memorial & City Tour

Well Over Due

Reviewed by: Gotesky5

Waited 40+ years to go, way too long, something that every American should see. But needed more time, than 1 day. If opportunity came, would go back and spend more time.

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Posted on:	2011/04/20

Royal Star Pearl Harbor Experience with Tickets to Arizona Memorial & City Tour

Too short

Reviewed by: Gabriela

The main benefit in this tour was to have someone else stand in line and get the tickets and drive around. The Arizona memorial and Missouri tours are handled basically self tours. My favorite portion was the oral history as told by our guide, Cousin Jerry. This was too short. I wish I had heard more from him.

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Posted on:	2011/04/18

Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor Tour & Circle Island Sightseeing

Very informative

Reviewed by: Diane

Visiting Pearl Harbour was a moving experience. The island tour was excellent. Hana was a very good tour guide. Recommend it to anyone wanting to see Oahu.

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Posted on:	2011/04/17

Complete Pearl Harbor Tour with Lunch - Visit Main Exhibits, Memorials & Museums

Pearl Harbor Tour

Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous

This was a great experience we got to see the USS Missouri, The Pacific Aviation Museum, The USS Arizona Memorial, and the USS Bowfin. Our driver Francis was very nice and took very good care of us. This would be a long day for children under the age of about ten, other than that it would be a great experience for anyone who is interested in Pearl Harbor as well as other interesting aspects of the US military.

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Posted on:	2011/03/27

Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor Tour & Circle Island Sightseeing

A poignant experience

Reviewed by: Tony

Visiting a place where a family member once served and where so many paid the ultimate price was an emotional experience we will never forget. The tour of the the submarine "Bowfin" was especially interesting, and the Arizona Memorial was a moving esperience. Everyone should visit this place at least once.

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Posted on:	2011/03/26

Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor Tour & Circle Island Sightseeing

Excellent!

Reviewed by: Linda

Having lived on Oahu for 5.5 years in the 50s, my sister and I were anxious to visit old haunts, outside the Waikiki area and this tour certainy accomplished that for us. Our guide, Greg, went above and beyond the list of attractions/sights we were scheduled to see and had such a breadth of knowledge about the islands' history, culture and general Hawaiian topics that we came away from the tour much more informed than when we started it. He was witty, caring and very dedicated to his job, making all his passengers feel very special for a day.

From giving us hints about how to get the best seats on the boat for the Arizona Memorial in the morning until the time he dropped us off - exhausted - at the end of the day, touring with Greg was like being part of an extended family.

If there were more than 5 stars, this tour and the guide would get them. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves - on the first day of our 10-day trip - and set the standard by which we judged the others we took

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Posted on:	2011/03/15

Royal Star Pearl Harbor Experience with Tickets to Arizona Memorial & City Tour

Well worth it! Recommend.

Reviewed by: Sunbrn

The tour and the tour bus were excellent. We got tickets to the Arizona shuttle/tour as advertised and the driver was fun and informative. Worth the price for the "front of the line" tickets at the Arizona. Family of 6 really enjoyed the experience and it was the right duration for the youngest (5).

The instructions for pickup at 635am were vague enough to cause a little confusion for us because the hotel where we were picked up is closed and under renovation. And the point of contact number on the voucher was not answered at that time of the morning to make sure we were at the correct location. A little "personal attention to detail" giving more information would have gone a long way to make the pickup less stressful. This is our only complaint... minor.

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Posted on:	2011/02/27

Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor Tour & Circle Island Sightseeing

Double N Kenn

Reviewed by: Feb72011

Tours are only as good as it's tour guides and Kenn was good. Travelling with 3 generations of women, I was able to sit back, relax and let Kenn do his magic. A Morgan Freeman like masterpiece, The women, mother, wife and niece, were bringing up his name long after the tour ended. The 11 hours passed by quickly. Well worth the money. Mahalo

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Posted on:	2011/02/10

Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor Tour & Circle Island Sightseeing

Fun & Edcational

Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous

What a tremendous pleasure it was to be on this tour. The guide, Greg was very good at his job. Loved it. Helps to know what to come back to investigate further and come back we will.

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Posted on:	2011/02/09

Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor Tour & Circle Island Sightseeing

pearl harbor/circle island tour

Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous

Great tour! Kenn was an awesome tour guide.

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Posted on:	2011/02/08

Premium Pearl Harbor Tour - USS Arizona, Battleship Missouri, Aviation Museum Control Tower & Lunch

Really enjoyed this tour

Reviewed by: Mike B

Our travel agent suggested this tour as a great way to see Pearl Harbor and downtown Honolulu, and she was right on the money! Our guides were friendly and very informative sharing lots of detail, Pearl Harbor was moving and very special, and the USS Missouri was impressive. This is a great tour, though you spend a lot of time on the shuttle while going through Honolulu

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Posted on:	2011/02/08

Royal Star Pearl Harbor Experience with Tickets to Arizona Memorial & City Tour

Excellent Pearl Harbour tour

Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous

The tour to Pearl Harbour and the US Arizona was very interesting and educational. We are not Americans and were impressed at the objectivity apparent in the various museums and displays. The Arizona Memorial is moving, all the more so as it is still leaking oil and we are forced to remember that it is something real, not a recreation or imagined scene.
Our guide, Frank, was personable and full of stories and information. He was fun!

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Posted on:	2011/02/07

Complete Pearl Harbor Tour with Lunch - Visit Main Exhibits, Memorials & Museums

Interesting Day

Reviewed by: Gary

I have booked all my Pearl Harbor Tours over the years with Hawaii Activities and have always had a great day. This was a new tour being offered and I thought that it would be the perfect tour that would allow me to visit four major WWII sites in one full comprehensive day. It met all of my expectations and then some. The actual tour was very informative and moving. Our driver/guide, Francis, did a fantastic job during a day filled with problems. First, the bus was running late with all the different pick-ups and it didn’t reach my hotel until a half-hour after my scheduled pick-up time. Then we had to meet another bus and transfer all those people to our bus. This made us later yet and put us right in the middle of the slow moving rush hour morning traffic. When we finally got to the Arizona Memorial we were running behind. Then when it was our turn to finally enter the movie room, the electricity went out in the entire Visitor Center. We had to skip the movie and head right

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Posted on:	2011/02/03

Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor Tour & Circle Island Sightseeing

Best Way to Start Off Vacation

Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous

This was the best tour to start out a trip to Oahu. It let you see what all the island has to offer so you can decide what you want to go back and see more of.

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Posted on:	2011/01/10

Royal Star Pearl Harbor Experience with Tickets to Arizona Memorial & City Tour

Pearl Harbor and Arizona Memorial

Reviewed by: mama d

Everyone should experience this tour sometime during their life. The memorial is a tragic, yet holy and beautiful tribute to our fallen military who died so suddenly on Dec. 7, 1941.

The tour operator was very informative and treated everyone like family. The downtown tour was full of history and tidbits shared by our driver, "Cousin Jerry", a full blooded older Hawaiian gentleman.

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Posted on:	2011/01/05

Premium Pearl Harbor Tour - USS Arizona, Battleship Missouri, Aviation Museum Control Tower & Lunch

Well worth the time and money

Reviewed by: Wally F

Our group thoroughly enjoyed this excursion. Our tour guide/bus driver, Garfield, was amusing and extremely knowledgeable. The bus was very comfortable.

We recommend this excursion to anyone interested in seeing the WWII sites at Pearl Harbor as well as the Punchbowl Cemetery.

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Posted on:	2010/11/23

Home of the Brave Pearl Harbor & Military Base Tour

Wow - what an amazing tour this was

Reviewed by: Meg Amor

This Home of the Brave tour was absolutely fantastic. We looked at a lot of tours but this one sounded the most interesting. And it certainly out to be so.

From start to finish our brilliant tour guide Olav told us fascinating and riveting information on the Pearl Harbour attack - a lot that we didn't know! He is a mine of information and as a tour guide he was one of the best I've ever been on a tour with. Great easy style, marvellous interesting information, and a good sense of humor. He got everyone organized without any fuss or muss and was fun to be with.

What this man doesn't know about Pearl Harbour - I wouldn't think is much. He had pictures and played big band music, clips, and riveting information on all sorts of levels, fun, factual, historical, the spies, the politics, the battle. Very very good.

I would highly recommend this tour. Nice smallish group - about 20 people and it was easy. Loved this tour. Excellent leader and well worth the money. Thanks

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Aloha Meg,
Thank you for joining us on Home of the Brave Tours. Olav has been with our company for many years now. We are so proud to have him be a part of our team. Your positive reviews continue to inspire us to keep doing what we do best - making history come alive. Thank you so much!
Aloha,
Janet Tomlinson
Home of the Brave Tours

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Posted on:	2010/11/20

Complete Pearl Harbor Tour with Lunch - Visit Main Exhibits, Memorials & Museums

Pearl Harbor Tour

Reviewed by: Sue from Sydney Australia

When I booked this trip I had researched many other companies and chose this one as it concentrated on Pearl Harbor offerring a full day comprehensive tour of this amazing site .
The tour exceeded our expectations, with Wes our informed and humorous bus driver and the amazing guides at various parts of the Pearl Harbor site all contributing to a very positive experience at this awesome harbor. It is an awe inspiring experience to stand at the place where the war commenced for the USA with the horrible loss of precious lives ,and even more spine tingling, standing at the exact spot where the treaty to end the war took place. The experience was enhanced by amazing informative guides and I would strongly recommend this particular tour for anyone going to Pearl Harbor.

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Posted on:	2010/10/12

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Pearl Harbour

What an awesome day

Pearl Harbor Heroes Adventure Tour

The best tour I have been on!

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First timer

Pearl Harbor Combined Adventure

Professional traveler

Awesome

Awesome Adventure.

Very informational and entertaining

Our driver saved the day!

Well Over Due

Too short

Very informative

Pearl Harbor Tour

A poignant experience

Excellent!

Well worth it! Recommend.

Double N Kenn

Fun & Edcational

pearl harbor/circle island tour

Really enjoyed this tour

Excellent Pearl Harbour tour

Interesting Day

Best Way to Start Off Vacation

Pearl Harbor and Arizona Memorial

Well worth the time and money

Wow - what an amazing tour this was

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