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Parasailing in Waikiki with Hawaiian Parasail - Diamond Head Views with Triple & Tandem Flights

Super bumpy and scary experience

Reviewed by: YYC

Do not book sunset tour if you are sensitive to the feeling of weightlessness and sea sick. The driver makes the ship super super bumpy, which is unnecessary and they only care about the profit. I was feeling extremely unwell and asked if they could send me back and then continue the tour, but the driver kept ask me “do you want to cancel everyone” and kept saying I will have to pay for everyone’s tour. I will not do the parallel sailing so it should save them time to send me back but they just kept making fun of me with no empathy. After the trip I asked if I could get partially refund as a observer since I didn’t do the parallel sailing and saved them time and strength , which is reasonable , but they just denied my request.
I took other ship tours and all of them are fine, but this one is a immediately NO. Especially the driver said he could not understand my English made me feel kinda under a racist circumstances.

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Packages: Super Flight: 1000ft Line
Attended as: Couples
Posted on: 2021/11/23
Activity Date: 2021/11/19

Oahu North Shore Beach Horseback Riding Experience - Daytime Tours

One of the best things to do in Oahu

Reviewed by: Kara

The oceanfront trail was simply gorgeous. The horses are retired polo horses and so amazingly trained and sweet! As well the guides know exactly how to help you connect with your horse!

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Packages: Standard Daytime Horseback Rides
Attended as: Couples
Posted on: 2021/11/22
Activity Date: 2021/11/20

Waimea Valley Toa Luau & Free Admission Entry Ticket to Waimea Falls [5:00 PM]

Best Luau on the Island. Not just a show, a real family experience.

Reviewed by: Michael B

Easily the best Luau on the island. Real hands on experience for the whole family.
This was certainly the highlight of our week in Hawaii. We stayed at the Hilton Lagoon Resort in Waikiki. Our condo overlooked their Luau which we watched twice from our balcony. I can only describe their Luau as trip to McDonald's. It was big and all but was certainly nothing special and nothing personal. They seat about 400 people with most tables seated far away from the stage. Compare that to our experience at Toa Luau and it was like fine dining as compared to a trip to McDonalds. Toa opens up with hands on experiences for everyone. While the guests do not get to climb a coconut tree they do show how it has been for hundreds of years. Guests are given the opportunity to peel off the husks, crack a coconut, and shred the meat. The above ground cooking oven was quite interesting. From there we started with the stage show and took a tour of the Pacific Islands. This is the Luau you want to attend, you will not be disappointed.

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Aloha and mahalo for the good review Michael! We are glad to hear that you had a great experience with us and enjoyed the food we prepared for you guys. We would love to see you again soon!

  • The after Luau Pic.

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Attended as: Families
Posted on: 2021/11/22

Passport to Pearl Harbor Ticket - Official One-Day Admission & Self-Guided Tour

A beautiful Historical Experience

Reviewed by: Catherine

Everything I needed to see! Beautiful historical experience and the tour guides truly know everything there is to know!

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Packages: Passport to Pearl Harbor
Attended as: Couples
Posted on: 2021/11/21
Activity Date: 2021/11/19

Kualoa Ranch Movie Sites Tour - Visit TV Shows & Hollywood Filming Locations

Movie Tour

Reviewed by: Ken

Awesome fun tour...Our tour guide was the best very funny and knowledgeable.

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Packages: 90-minute Hollywood Movie Sites & Ranch Tour (Until Feb 6th)
Attended as: Friends
Posted on: 2021/11/20
Activity Date: 2021/10/26

Passport to Pearl Harbor Ticket - Official One-Day Admission & Self-Guided Tour

Passport to Pearl Harbor (still need to get your own USS Arizona tickets)

Reviewed by: CiaoBella

This Passport to Pearl Harbor was very convenient because you have the QR code that'll easily get you all the places except the USS Arizona Memorial.
Once you arrive, they'll check your vaccination card & ID and will give you a wrist band. From there it's up to you where you want to visit.
I started with the USS Bowfin, where they'll give you an audio you can listen to as you walk through the sub. My advise is to make sure to carefully listen to it before moving forward cause it's not going to replay. Once you're done visiting the sub, there's a museum that has a virtual tour of the submarine.
After taking a 10 minute shuttle to USS Missouri, you get to step foot where the Japanese surrendered 80 years ago. On the Battleship there's guides who can answer your questions and give you a piece of history. You take another 5 minute shuttle to the Pacific Aviation Museum where they have displays of old aircrafts. It's a great place for those have interest in airplanes cause you are standing right there in front of 20+airplanes! The last stop I made was to the USS Arizona. Highly advise to purchase the boat ticket in advance on the Recreation.gov website because if you don't have one you're going to be in the stand-by line. Give yourself about 1.5-2 hours for each attraction so you can make the most of this passport.

  • COVID Screening

  • USS Bowfin Musuem

  • View from Battleship Missouri

  • Pacific Aviation Museum

  • USS Arizona Chek-in

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Packages: Passport to Pearl Harbor
Attended as: Friends
Posted on: 2021/11/18
Activity Date: 2021/11/05

Hilton Port Waikiki Sunset Cruise with Cocktails & Appetizers - Spirit of Aloha

Sunset Cruise

Reviewed by: Nancy

It was such an enjoyable sunset cruise. The crew were so great and kind and FUN.

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Packages: Sunset Cocktail Cruise
Attended as: Families
Posted on: 2021/11/18
Activity Date: 2021/11/15

Kualoa Ranch Horseback Riding & Jurassic Valley Movie Sites Tour

Most beautiful spot on the island!

Reviewed by: Holly

I actually did not end up horseback riding because my friend was 5lbs over the weight requirement, so we switched for the E Bike tour instead and had a blast! I am however disappointed about the horseback ride. I understand the weight limitation because we wouldn’t want to cause strain or damage to any animals, but my friend and I have both been horseback riding throughout our varying vacations and it’s never been an issue. A horse can hold a man. Anyways, the bikes were great. The valley is beyond beautiful and our tour guide was to coolest!

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Packages: 2-Hour Horseback Ride [Morning Package]
Attended as: Friends
Posted on: 2021/11/15
Activity Date: 2021/11/07

Hidden Gems at Gunstock Ranch Guided Tour - Private ATV Off-Road Adventure

Amazing

Reviewed by: Caroline G

we had a great time. Our guide was really kind and very funny. The scenery is exceptional and the meal delicious. Huge thanks to Cole Volpe our guide who gave us a taste of the fruits we found on the ranch and drove us like a pro. Thanks for all

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Packages: 2-hour Sunset Off-Road Tour with Campfire Dinner
Attended as: Couples
Posted on: 2021/11/14
Activity Date: 2021/11/12

Waimea Valley Toa Luau & Free Admission Entry Ticket to Waimea Falls [5:00 PM]

Awesome Experience

Reviewed by: Kara

This luau was super great and family oriented. The whole staff puts so much effort into a great show! As well it is so awesome to get a free pass to Waimea falls, great purchase for your buck!!

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Aloha and mahalo Kara for the great review and 5-star rating. We are glad to know that you enjoyed the luau and had a great experience at Waimea falls. We would love to see you guys again soon!

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Packages: [5:00 PM Show] Silver Package: Standard Seating + One Drink
Attended as: Couples
Posted on: 2021/11/07
Activity Date: 2021/11/05

Hilton Port Waikiki Sunset Cruise with Cocktails & Appetizers - Spirit of Aloha

Must try while in Hawaii!

Reviewed by: Eme

This was such a great and fun experience! The staff was super friendly and helped us take photos. This is one of the best things we did while in Hawaii.

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Packages: Sunset Cocktail Cruise
Attended as: Couples
Posted on: 2021/11/06
Activity Date: 2021/10/16

Kualoa Ranch Horseback Riding & Jurassic Valley Movie Sites Tour

Would totally do it again!!!

Reviewed by: Eduardo L.

My wife and I enjoyed the entire trip. Our tour guide was very friendly and very experienced. She went above and beyond for us to enjoy the experience. We will happily recommend for our friends and family that visit the island to do the same. Thank you so much!

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Packages: 2-Hour Horseback Ride [Morning Package]
Attended as: Couples
Posted on: 2021/11/06
Activity Date: 2021/11/04

Waikiki Fishing Tour in Honolulu - Oahu Group Adventure Where You Keep What You Catch by Blue Ocean

Fun morning

Reviewed by: Jenica

This is a nice quick activity for people interested in finishing whether your new or experienced. This can get real tippy on the waves so make sure you have anti-nausea just incase.

The small crew is great, fun and friendly, they're helpful and supportive.
We're used to some medium fish from rivers and lakes mainland, so these fish seemed small, but it was still fun fighting with some on the line, that's always the fun part.
However the water is so clear it's such a different experience.
They will teach you how not to get your weight stuck and how to get it out if you do, if not, they'll help you.

While moving from fishing spot to spot, we had dolphins swim along side our boat and saw a few turtles breach!!
Would love to see if there are bigger fish to catch depending on season but overall was fun, don't expect to be catching massive ocean fish though.


I do not recommend this for kids who either have not fished or are not interested in it before hand. It's fishing, there's a lot of waiting and patience involved, and most kids if they havnt fished before and know it's a waiting game, like on our tour will get bored within 10 minutes of holding a line and will either annoy the other guests or just simply won't enjoy it.

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Packages: Fishing Tour
Attended as: Friends
Posted on: 2021/11/05
Activity Date: 2021/10/30

Best of Kualoa Full Day Package - Hollywood Movie Sites Tour, Jungle Expedition, Farm Tour & Lunch

Tours and tour guides are awesome!

Reviewed by: Wendy Chitwood

The ultimate package gave us 3 tours and lunch! We loved the Aloha Aina tour, learning about the land the plants, birds and all the agriculture. We enjoyed the hawaiian snacks, learning about the taro, the fish ponds and raising oystes and shrimp. The Hollywood movie tour had fun learning about different movies filmed on the ranch. The Jungle tour was awesome for the views and historical Hawaiian stories of how the ranch came to be what it is today! LUNCH was yummy! Each guide was very informative and always safety first oriented.. Thank you Kualoa Ranch !

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Packages: Best of Kualoa Combo - Movie Tour, Jungle Tour, Farm Tour & Lunch
Attended as: Couples
Posted on: 2021/11/02
Activity Date: 2021/10/31

Kualoa Ranch Movie Sites Tour - Visit TV Shows & Hollywood Filming Locations

What an awesome time!!!!!

Reviewed by: Oscar

This place is amazing. It was a birthday surprise gift for a huge Jurassic Park fan and We really enjoyed our visit. Looking forward to seeing more of it in the future.

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Packages: 90-minute Hollywood Movie Sites & Ranch Tour (Until Feb 6th)
Attended as: Couples
Posted on: 2021/11/01
Activity Date: 2021/10/30

2.5-Hour Waikiki Guided Turtle Snorkel Tour, Snacks & Drinks - Holokai Catamaran

We snorkeled for the first time with turtles.

Reviewed by: Judith Byrne

My friends and I were celebrating our 30th wedding anniversary in Honolulu. The turtle swim was our first activity. It met all of our expectations and then some. The three men who took out out to swim made us feel very comfortable and we saw several turtles while snorkeling. The catamaran ride was exciting and the views of the island were breathtaking. This is a must activity for anyone visiting this island.

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Packages: 12:00 PM Snorkel Cruise
Attended as: Couples
Posted on: 2021/11/01
Activity Date: 2021/10/10

CLIMB Works Keana Farms - Oahu Zipline Tour with 8 Lines, ATV Ride, Rappel, Skybridge Course

Zip Line in Hawaii

Reviewed by: Thien Vu

Great activity to do in Hawaii. Awesome and helpful staff

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Packages: Zipline Adventure
Attended as: Friends
Posted on: 2021/10/31
Activity Date: 2021/10/29

Kualoa Ranch Movie Sites Tour - Visit TV Shows & Hollywood Filming Locations

Beautiful Fun

Reviewed by: MaryB

Our family visited the ranch October 2021. We did the movie tour and it did not disappoint! Our tour guide was friendly and full of knowledge. The ranch was absolutely beautiful and the gift shop had plenty of affordable souvenirs! We will definitely visit again to do different tours.

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Packages: 90-minute Hollywood Movie Sites & Ranch Tour (Until Feb 6th)
Attended as: Families with Young Children
Posted on: 2021/10/30
Activity Date: 2021/10/04

Kualoa Ranch Jurassic Jungle Expedition Tour & Off-Road Adventure [90-minutes]

Great tour

Reviewed by: Mick from San Jose

Very fun and entertaining. Lots of amazing views and the guide was well versed in local history. I think the best part was the movie sets so next time we will do the movie sets tour so we can see all of them.

  • Best pic of the trip

  • Oh no!

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Packages: Jurassic Jungle Expedition Tour - 90 mins (Until Feb 6th)
Attended as: Couples
Posted on: 2021/10/27
Activity Date: 2021/10/25

Kualoa Ranch Movie Sites Tour - Visit TV Shows & Hollywood Filming Locations

Awesome Family Experience

Reviewed by: May D.

We had a great time. According to my eight year- old daughter, this was the best part of our Oahu vacation. We will definitely return and book the same activity, this time with our close friends.

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Packages: 90-minute Hollywood Movie Sites & Ranch Tour (Until Feb 6th)
Attended as: Families with Young Children
Posted on: 2021/10/27
Activity Date: 2021/10/25

Waikiki Submarine Tour - Descend to 100ft, See Shipwrecks & Sunken Airplanes

Could not have been happier.

Reviewed by: Ed From PHX

We went on the Sub as a group of 4. The only thing I would suggest to for next time is have a few people on each side of the sub. There were times when they saw something on one side and the other side did not get to see it or Photograph it. If we had people on both sides we would have had photos of all the different things.

The guide was very enjoyable and made the trip a blast. He told us things about the fish and the scenes from 107 feet below we would have never known, and he made it interactive as well.

I would highly recommend this to anyone that is looking to see things below the surface and not have to worry about having a SCUBA cert or getting eaten by sharks ( like one of our group did)!

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Aloha Ed !

Mahalo for your 5-star review! We are so happy to hear that you enjoyed your recent experience with us, from the shuttle boat ride to the deep-sea exploration. We love hearing from our guests and are thrilled to know you had a fantastic submarine adventure! Thank you very much for sharing your valuable feedback and recommendation.

We hope to have the pleasure of welcoming you back in the future aboard one of our submarines and/or the Majestic by Atlantis Cruises for another Atlantis adventure; an underwater journey, sunset cruise, or seasonal whale watch cruise.

Feel free to post and follow us on social media at #atlantishawaii.
A hui hou (until next time).

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Packages: Premium Submarine Tour (Larger Window)
Attended as: Couples
Posted on: 2021/10/26
Activity Date: 2021/10/03

CLIMB Works Keana Farms - Oahu Zipline Tour with 8 Lines, ATV Ride, Rappel, Skybridge Course

This was fantastic!

Reviewed by: Gina&Greg

Views were amazing, absolutely beautiful! The guides were great people to be around. U can tell they really enjoy their job.. the experience was professional and fun.. I would do this again! What a great time we had

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Packages: Zipline Adventure
Attended as: Couples
Posted on: 2021/10/25
Activity Date: 2021/09/30

CLIMB Works Keana Farms - Oahu Zipline Tour with 8 Lines, ATV Ride, Rappel, Skybridge Course

Zip line

Reviewed by: Bookout

Super fun and exciting. Will definitely go again. Guides were fun helpful and great at making everyone feel comfortable with the experience

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Packages: Zipline Adventure
Attended as: Couples
Posted on: 2021/10/23
Activity Date: 2021/09/28

ワイキキビーチ サーフィン1時間プライベートレッスン <1~4名まで/ロイヤルハワイアンホテル>

It was fun. 楽しかったです

Reviewed by: ay☆

The view of Diamond Head and the scenery from the ocean side was amazing! The instructor was kind and cheerful, making the experience enjoyable!

海側から見るダイアモンドヘッドや景色が最高でした☆
インストラクターの方も優しく明るくて楽しく過ごせました♪

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Packages: サーフィン【プライベートレッスン 】
Attended as: Solo Travelers
Posted on: 2021/10/23
Activity Date: 2021/10/03

Honolulu X-Treme Parasailing Tour Adventure [700ft, 850ft, 1000ft or 1200ft Rides]

Fun

Reviewed by: Luke

I had never been parasailing. It was worth it but your only in the air for a short period of time. Coming from an adrenaline junky, I was hopefully it would be more. Guides were cool and super fun. Wouldn't do it again. But just because it wasn't that big of thrill

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Packages: X-Treme Ride [1000 feet]
Attended as: Friends
Posted on: 2021/10/23
Activity Date: 2021/09/28

Haleiwa Shark Tours - Best Shark Cage Diving in Hawaii with Local Expert Guides

I'd do it again

Reviewed by: Luke

About 9 to 10 sharks ranging from 7ft to 12ft. Close enough to touch. The two guides were awesome and fun. I'd do it again no doubt

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Packages: Shark Cage Adventure
Attended as: Friends
Posted on: 2021/10/23
Activity Date: 2021/09/27

ハンズ・ヒーデマン サーフィンレッスン

First surfing experience. 初めてのサーフィン

Reviewed by: ay☆

The sea wasn't crowded, and I was able to learn at my own pace with one-on-one instruction, which was enjoyable. The movie also became a great memory!

海も混み合ってなく、マンツーマンでゆっくり教えて頂けたので楽しかったです☆
ムービーもいい思い出になりました♪

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Packages: プライベートレッスン(5歳以上)
Attended as: Solo Travelers
Posted on: 2021/10/23
Activity Date: 2021/09/30

Kualoa Ranch Movie Sites Tour - Visit TV Shows & Hollywood Filming Locations

Lani is GREAT

Reviewed by: Vivian

Our family of 15 went on this tour with Lani...she was A MAZ ING..She was so knowledgeable about the culture and the tour was perfect. She even taught us some of the Hawaiin lingo. I would definitely do this tour again, especially if it was with Ms. Lani

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Packages: 90-minute Hollywood Movie Sites & Ranch Tour (Until Feb 6th)
Attended as: Families with Young Children
Posted on: 2021/10/22
Activity Date: 2021/10/20

Kualoa Ranch Movie Sites Tour - Visit TV Shows & Hollywood Filming Locations

Lani is AWESOME!!

Reviewed by: Shae

Lani was an amazing tour guide. She was very knowledgeable and so much fun. She was even our professional photographer for our group of 14. We learned a lot about the Hawaiian culture, language and about all of the movies filmed. The kids were even entertained

  • Family

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Packages: 90-minute Hollywood Movie Sites & Ranch Tour (Until Feb 6th)
Attended as: Families with Young Children
Posted on: 2021/10/22
Activity Date: 2021/10/20

Kualoa Ranch Horseback Riding & Jurassic Valley Movie Sites Tour

Horses

Reviewed by: MRS

Really fun time. Gentle horses. Great guide. Beautiful scenery.

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Packages: 2-Hour Horseback Ride [Morning Package]
Attended as: Couples
Posted on: 2021/10/18
Activity Date: 2021/10/16
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