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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Packages: | Test Package |
Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
Posted on: | 2011/02/27 |
Reviewed by: Retired CA teacher
Very complete and entertaining day; learned many new things about Polynesia.
Thank you one and all!
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Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2011/02/27 |
Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous
This was a very pleasant surprise for the rest of our group who did not expect this welcome in Hawaii. The person greeting us at the airport welcomed each one of us individually and was then prepared to take numerous photos in a suitable location outside the airport arrival area. She then also made sure that we get to our prebooked bus on time. Definitiely worth it especially for 1st timers and for special events. If you want to make your hliday in Hawaii something to remember, start with a lei welcome right at the airport, it puts everyone in the right mood no matter how long the flight.
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Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
Posted on: | 2011/02/21 |
Reviewed by: alaska
We did the pearl harbor honolulu city tour. Cousin Duke ( driver) made the trip fun. The highlight of the day was the honolulu city tour. We enjoyed the tour guides personal touch. Had fun
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Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2011/02/17 |
Reviewed by: Nancy Radwan
Next time I will do a full day instead of half day and see all the demonstrations in the village.
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Packages: | Test Package |
Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
Posted on: | 2011/02/14 |
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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Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
Posted on: | 2011/02/10 |
Reviewed by: Hoffmans (Nebraska)
This was spectactular! We watched the sun come up over the clouds at 10,000+ feet. Before the sunrise the stars were so wonderful. We could see so many. The sunrise itself was breathtaking. This is an experience well worth the early wake up call. Bob is a very knowledgable and entertaining tour guide. I reconmmend you ask for him too!! This is an experience we will never forget. One that all visitors to Maui should do!
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Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2011/02/10 |
Reviewed by: Bill Melsheimer
The greeter was friendly, informative and extremely helpful. She was able to answer all our questions and helped us through the airport and to our transportation. We felt very special getting the leis while the other people on the plane just walked by with no one there to greet them.
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Posted on: | 2011/02/10 |
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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Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2011/02/09 |
Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous
Great tour! Kenn was an awesome tour guide.
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Packages: | Test Package |
Attended as: | Friends |
Posted on: | 2011/02/08 |
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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Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2011/02/08 |
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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Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2011/02/07 |
Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous
The guide, Greg, was knowledgeable and fun. Especially, when we were at the Heiau, we got good extra information from him.
The van was full that day and too much in and out of the van with elderly passengers. Each stop was so short. The description of the tour gives a little bit higher expectation than what the tour delivers.
My flight was really late in the evening, and this was good way to spend the afternoon.
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Packages: | Test Package |
Attended as: | Friends |
Posted on: | 2011/02/03 |
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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Attended as: | Friends |
Posted on: | 2011/02/03 |
Reviewed by: Sharon
I have been to the North Shore before and enjoyed this trip the most. We enjoyed the Waimia Falls park more due to the guides suggestions. he was very knowledgeable and interesting. I especially enjoyed the turtles. I would recommend it for the young and hardy or an old folk like me. Great fun!
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Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2011/02/02 |
Reviewed by: Gary
I have booked the “Polynesian Cultural Center – Full Day Ambassador Package” with Hawaii Activities many times. I have always found their voucher instructions to be concise and accurate. I particularly appreciate the fact that Hawaii Activities will leave a e-mail or hotel voicemail message for you reminding you of your upcoming activity and any necessary updated information.
The Polynesian Cultural Center is a MUST SEE when visiting the Islands! It is an amazing full day of learning the culture of the people who established the Islands. Each Village that you will visit will provide you with a description of their creation and demonstrate their unique culture through dance, song, and demonstrations. The interesting thing about this day is that nearly every individual who is working at the Center is a full-time student at BYU of Hawaii which is located next door. The money raised from the admission fee to the Center funds the scholarship program of the University which su
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Attended as: | Friends |
Posted on: | 2011/01/30 |
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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Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
Posted on: | 2011/01/10 |
Reviewed by: seattleWA
Dont miss "HA-the Breath of Life"-this presentation is showing all the different costumes and dances of the 5 different tribes inside the Polynesian Culture Center-is a very nice introduction to their culture all concentrated in a 90 minute presentation. Staffs were kind and frendly. However, I would not recommend the buffet- food is not worth the price...
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Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2011/01/09 |
Reviewed by: Tamrich
I was here a number of years ago. It is a great experience.
However, it has become much more commercialized!
The selling of drinks, trinkets, etc.way too much.
The dinners were fair.
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Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
Posted on: | 2011/01/09 |
Reviewed by: Bruce
Arizona part was incredible. Missouri tour a little disappointing since my dad served on the ship & I wanted to know more. Tour kind of rushed us thru. Need more time on the MO & less time in Punchbowl.
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Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
Posted on: | 2011/01/08 |
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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Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2011/01/05 |
Reviewed by: Sheri Scribe
Our tour guide Patty was terrific! She had the task of trying to get a busload of tourists stay on schedule. She was patient and kind even when she should have been frustrated with the people who were consistently late for everything from pickup to meeting up with the rest of the group when assigned, but you would never know it! Due to some of the group being late we were not able to stop and see everything that was on the schedule. Patty did drive us by the sites but we could not stop and take pictures and explore. I guess that is part of being in a tour.
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Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
Posted on: | 2011/01/03 |
Reviewed by: Kathy Doucette
This tour was fantastic and was the second time we had taken it. The first time was five years ago and we took it again this time with a friend. She thought we would be bored but not at all as we learned even more about the island. Our driver grew up on the island and was able to tell us stories going back generations. This tour is a must see for anyone visiting the island! Aloha!
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Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
Posted on: | 2010/12/30 |
Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous
I booked this for couple on their arrival to Oahu and was worried being it was done on the internet that they would not receive their lei. BUT.... Was extremely excited when I received word that they had got their greeting and that it made their arrival so special. Not only did they get amazing help and support at the airport, but they got to keep the personalized sign!! We are so thrilled that we are booking another greeting for another couple that are going over!!!
*** Their plane even arrived 55 min late and the greeter was ready and waiting for them at the gate!!!
Amazing! Thanks for making it memorable!
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Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2010/12/26 |
Reviewed by: Niki L
I scheduled a lei greeting for my mom and she was absolutely surprised and excited to have such a unique greeting to the island. The greeter who "leied" her was extremely friendly and helpful. The silk lei was really beautiful and will be a wonderful memento. I am going to suggest this activity to all my friends and will probably book another greeting for our next visitors. Thank you so much!
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Attended as: | Friends |
Posted on: | 2010/12/19 |
Reviewed by: あらん
1日でカウアイ島の見どころを回ってしまいます。
英語ツアーでアメリカ、オーストラリア、日本からの参加者でしたが、みなさんと仲良くなりバスの中でも盛り上がりました。途中途中でガイドさんがウクレレを弾きながら歌ってくくださるのもよかったです。
ランチは、ゴルフ場の中のレストラン。景色もよくおいしかったです。
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Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2010/12/14 |
Reviewed by: AndyV
This was a great trip, but we should have done the whole day - there just wasn't enough time to visit everything. The food was exceptional - every part of the show was fantastic.
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Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
Posted on: | 2010/12/11 |
Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous
Overall the tour was very good with visits to many points of interest around Honolulu in the morning and then tour the PCC in the afternoon. Dinner was quite nice and the "breath of life" show as wonderful!
However, we wish that the driver would let us know that there would not be any time for lunch once inside the PCC as the activities inside the PCC would be jam packed. The bus driver should gave us 15 to 30 more minutes inside the Dole Plantation Center so that we could get a light lunch before we head off to the PCC.
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Packages: | Test Package |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2010/12/03 |
Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous
Very nice, small group with a well informed guide.
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Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2010/12/02 |
Reviewed by: SM
Don't get me wrong, we had a wonderful time at PCC however our guide kept leaving us behind, she moved so quickly thru the crowds that my husband had a hard time keeping up, pushing me in a wheelchair. She would just go on without us. We did not get to experience everything we paid for, the food was medicore, our guide could have cared less but the parade of floats was amazing and the HA breath of life show was an experience of a lifetime.
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Packages: | Test Package |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2010/11/29 |
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