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The Tale of Two Palaces History Tour

A TALE OF TWO PALACES

Reviewed by: Gerry

An extremely interesting tour and very informative. It gives you an opportunity to see the Summer House and Iolani Palace of Hawaii's royalty. The audio tour in Iolani Palace was excellent. It would have been nice to have been allowed to take photographs inside the Summer House and Iolani Palace but perfectly understandable why this is denied. Excellent tour and well worth joining for anyone interested in Hawaii's history

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

Pearl Harbor Tour - Mighty Mo

Reviewed by: BHof890474

Very moving experience, made all the more meaningful by an excellent tour - on time and very insightful.

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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.
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Janet Tomlinson
Home of the Brave Tours

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

Pearl Harbor.

Reviewed by: Mille Sass

I had an amazing day at Pearl Harbor. I didn´t go to the USS memorial because I don´t like boats. But instead I went on the USS Bowfin a fantastic experience. The USS Missouri battleship was awesome ! And it is so big, you need to set good time for this activiti so you can enjoy everything. And take the guided tours, they are really great. Also a big hand for the busdriver that day, Cathrine. She was great, smiling, happy, talked with everybody and maked all of us smiling. I was the only one who did the big tour in Pearl Harbor that day. On the way back she drove through Punchbowl and China town, really sweet and an exstra service for me. Fantastic day.

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Home of the Brave Pearl Harbor & Military Base Tour

Home of the Brave Tour

Reviewed by: Tony & Carol

We loved this tour! Very well run and done, family that runs it is great. Very timely and informational all the way to the end of the tour at their museum.......highly recommend this tour. Duke was awesome!

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Hi Tony and Carol,
Thank you for taking the time to share with others your positive comments. We appreciate your support of Home of the Brave Tours. Duke does too!
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Home of the Brave Tours

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

Great!

Reviewed by: Jordan

Cousin Jerry was the best! So knowledgeable and friendly. We had a great chat about all things Hawaii! We were lucky we were the only ones seeing Mighty Mo and the city tour in our group so it. The bus to Might Mo was operated by Roberts, they were great too. We will be back!!!

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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!
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Janet Tomlinson
Home of the Brave Tours

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The Tale of Two Palaces History Tour

Two Palaces Adventure Tour

Reviewed by: Cindy - Australia

This was a very informative and great tour. I learnt so much about the Royal Hawaiian Families. Our guide Jessie was extremely knowlegeable and very helpful in answering all our questions. The Palaces themselves were great too! I would recommend this tour to anybody that wants to know anything about Hawaiian history.

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

Informative Tour

Reviewed by: Iain F.

This may not be the best for younger kids but if they have any interest in the worlds history then this will be perfect. The memorial is breathtaking and a real tear jerker. I would recommend anyone visiting Oahu must see it. We had a mix up on the pickup location so we got on the bus about 30 minutes late but still made the memorial with plenty of time before our showing of the movie. The place is great and the stories behind it our sobering. The Mighty Mo is great for the whole family. Lots of cool things to touch and see. The tour continues with the downtown trip and punch bowl drive through. Both were well timed and needed after the long day of walking.

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Home of the Brave Pearl Harbor & Military Base Tour

History in the Making

Reviewed by: Russ & Barb

My father was stationed in Pearl Harbor for four (4) years commencing one (4) month after the attack. I wanted to at least have a hands on experience as to what he went through and the conditions during that specific timeframe.

Jim was the consummate tour guide. His knowledge of the "inside" and side-bar stories of the Pearl Harbor attack, many focusing on the US Army Air Corps participation, enhanced all of the stops we made: the USS Arizona Memorial, Wheeler Field, Schofield Barracks, Fort Shafter and National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl National Cemetery). These stories fill in the spaces that most of us have in our knowledge of the attack. In fact, I was extremely impressed with Jim’s knowledge in areas that I had not heard and/or read about over the years of conversation with my Mom and Dad and/or studies associated with this part of our history.

I especially enjoyed Jim’s setting the scene at all of the stops. He wants to place you in that place at that

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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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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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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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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!
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Janet Tomlinson
Home of the Brave Tours

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The Tale of Two Palaces History Tour

Great cultural experience

Reviewed by: from Calgary, AB

We went as group with 2 tweens & a Grandmother. It was great learning about the history and the culture of Hawaii.

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

Well Worth the Money!

Reviewed by: Oregon Traveler

I looked at several sites trying to decide which tour to use for our Pear Harbor Tour and chose using Hawaiian Activities because they provided the best description of the tour companies. It was easy to book on-line and when I called to ask what time the bus would pick us up at the hotel, the customer service agent immediately called the company to find out. That to me is service so I booked with them. Booking before you arrive on the island makes life so much easier because everywhere you look, there are tours being promoted and it can be confusing.

The company I chose did a marvelous job. Our coach was clean and air conditioned and the driver/tour guide was marvelous. He told us so much about the history of Hawaii that his narration brought so much more value to the tour. The same applied to the tour guide we had for the USS Missouri. He brought the signing of the armistice with General McArthur, the Allies and the Japanese to life in ways no history book can.

I will def

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

Pearl Harbor Tour

Reviewed by: Max

The tour was what you'd expect about the Pearl Harbor experience. Our driver was exceptional! He was really friendly, helpful, and went beyond our expectations. At one point as I was talking to my wife on the cell phone (in Fl), I gave him the phone and he talked to her. When the Punchbowl visit was closed for some reason, he took us to another location to enjoy. He offered to drop us off at the swap meet and come back for us at a later time, which wasn't even a part of our tour. Our hotel wasn't a designated drop-off point but he took us there and dropped us off there anyway. I'd definitely book with this company again!

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

Pearl Harbor & Missouri Tour

Reviewed by: The Metcalf Family

We took the Pearl Harbor tour with the Missouri. Sandy was our tour guide and she was fantastic! Very nice, fun and entertaining, plus knowledgeable. The bus was really big and comfortable (not like most of the yucky shuttles) and Sandy drove around Waikiki effortlessly. Amazing!

The Arizona Memorial is a must-see, although it is not exciting so kids are easily bored. On the other hand, the tour of the Missouri is great for all ages. We did the audio tour with the iTouch device, and my 13-year-old thought it was like an adventure to find the next location. We were able to explore and listen at our convenience.

The Punchbowl was closed for Memorial Day, but Sandy took us to Pal"i lookout, which was a beautiful sight and the drive up was very informational too.

Overall, a terrific tour that we are so glad we did and the price was VERY affordable. Many of the tours I saw were way over-priced, as I cannot see what they could offer over the tour we took.

We were much

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Home of the Brave Pearl Harbor & Military Base Tour

Home of the Brave Tour

Reviewed by: Ron

(Took tour on 24 April 2009) This is a wonderful tour to history buffs and non-history buffs alike. Brandon was the consummate tour guide. His knowledge of the "inside" and side-bar stories of the Pearl Harbor attack, many focusing on the US Army Air Corps participation, enhanced all of the stops we made: the USS Arizona Memorial, Wheeler Field, Schofield Barracks, Fort Shafter and National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl National Cemetery). These stories fill in the spaces that most of us have in our knowledge of the attack.

I especially enjoyed Brandon setting the scene at all of the stops. He wants to place you in that place at that time ("Notice how quiet it is....")

The museum where Home of the Brave Tours is based (the visit is part of the tour) is amazing for the small space they occupy. WW2 memorabilia (including a Jeep and an Army motorcycle from the Indian Motorcycle Company). There is also a small USO stage and a 1940's bar with lanai. The best part of this

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Home of the Brave Pearl Harbor & Military Base Tour

A FIRST TIME VISITOR

Reviewed by: Steve and Cindy

This was our visit to Hawaii. We had a terrific time on this tour. Our guide was fun and informative. We got to see almost the entire Island. It was terrific. Although we wish we had more time at the Dole Plantation. I highly recommend this tour if you only have a few days in Oahu. it is well worth the money.

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Home of the Brave Pearl Harbor & Military Base Tour

First Time to Pearl Habor

Reviewed by: Steve & Cindy

This was our first visit to Hawaii and to Pearl Harbor. This was a dream come true as our father's were WWII and Korean War veterans. Duke, our guide, was terrific. Very informative. We would recommend this tour to anyone who wants to visit Pearl Harbor.You won't be disappointed.

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Home of the Brave Pearl Harbor & Military Base Tour

Great Tour

Reviewed by: Val

I was impressed by the audio visuals used and the visuals used for USS Arizona tour and the Home of Brave portion of the tour.
The tour guide gave us some highlights of the USS Arizona attack as we waited in line for the Memorial to open.
Everything worked well: the extra tidbits, pictures in the van/shuttle, audio visuals; and the stops we made were interesting that also related with the audio visuals.
At the end of the tour, we stopped at a little museum and we were presented with a free post card that showed the areas that we had visited.

Oh - the meal on base that was all you can eat (not included in the price) but very good and less than $10. Great tour - it was a great way to start the vacation off in spite of the rain we experienced in the morning as we waited for the Memorial to open. I now have a $2 poncho that I purchased outside the Memorial and never had to use for the 12 days of my Hawaii stay. It's more of a conversation piece now :)

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Home of the Brave Pearl Harbor & Military Base Tour

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Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous

Our guide was extremely knowledgable and quite entertaining. I learned a lot and enjoyed my self

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Home of the Brave Pearl Harbor & Military Base Tour

HOME OF THE BRAVE TOUR

Reviewed by: MARY DOMINGUEZ

I HAD A GREAT TIME AND OUR TOUR DRIVER HANDSOME BRANDON WAS AWESOME. I LEARNED ALOT FROM HIM AND APPRECIATED IT. IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST TOURS I HAVE EVER BEEN ON AND BRANDON MADE THE EXPERIENCE EVEN BETTER FOR ME. I WILL DEFINATELY BRING MORE FRIENDS NEXT TIME AND DO THIS TOUR AGAIN AND HOPEFULLY BRANDON WILL BE OUR TOUR DRIVER AGAIN!

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Home of the Brave Pearl Harbor & Military Base Tour

Arizona tour

Reviewed by: witerhaven

We had Olafe as our tour guide. He is fantastic. I am a history buff and yet I learned more about the Dec 7th attack in that one trip then I have learned in all of my life.

He really really knows his stuff. Thank you to him.

I have only one complaint, the instructions to get to the hotel to meet the tour were very poor.
I think that they would be fine if a person knew the area, but we had never even been on that island. However once again Olafe was great. He waited for us and we made it. I am 61 years old and I have wanted to see that memorial for at least 50 years. I would have been heart broken if I had missed it.

So than you again Olafe

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Home of the Brave Pearl Harbor & Military Base Tour

Outstanding Tour

Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous

I have been to the Arizona Memorial 4 times and this tour provided the best experience. It did a great job of showing the historical military locations. The guides were very informative and made it a very enjoyable day.

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A TALE OF TWO PALACES

Pearl Harbor Tour - Mighty Mo

The best tour I have been on!

Pearl Harbor.

Home of the Brave Tour

Great!

What an awesome day

Two Palaces Adventure Tour

First timer

Well worth it! Recommend.

Well Over Due

Our driver saved the day!

Too short

Informative Tour

History in the Making

Excellent Pearl Harbour tour

Pearl Harbor and Arizona Memorial

Wow - what an amazing tour this was

Great cultural experience

Well Worth the Money!

Pearl Harbor Tour

Pearl Harbor & Missouri Tour

Home of the Brave Tour

A FIRST TIME VISITOR

First Time to Pearl Habor

Great Tour

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