Pearl Harbor - all afternoon tours canceled

[Robin122]

Received this today:

Aloha from Honolulu, Hawaii

 

Pearl Harbor Advisory Alert

Due to sequestration budget impacts, effective immediately, all afternoon tours for Pearl Harbor have been canceled.

Based on the reduced tour hours available, Pearl Harbor admittance tickets are now selling out up to 3 months in advance.

 

If you are anticipating visiting Pearl Harbor during your Hawaiian vacation, we strongly urge you to confirm your tour immediately. Many tour dates through June 2013 are already sold out.

 

You can book at http://www.nps.gov/valr/planyourvisit/feesandreservations.htm

This is the government site for Pearl Harbor (and other National Parks) and the only fee is the $1.50 per ticket transaction fee. Admission to Pearl Harbor is free.

This is not a tour operator...

[puddles99]

This is pretty accurate - the last tour now starts at 1pm instead of 3pm.

 

 

Source: http://www.nps.gov/valr/planyourvisit/index.htm

Sequestration Update: Changes in USS Arizona Memorial Tour Schedule

 

Due to sequestration budget impacts, the National Park Service will delay filling key positions in Visitor Services. This will have an immediate impact on the hours of operation at the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center and the number of tours offered daily to the USS Arizona Memorial.

 

Effective Wednesday March 6, 2013, the last public tour to the USS Arizona Memorial will be offered at 1:00 P.M. as opposed to 3:00 P.M. Regular program tours to the USS Arizona Memorial will take place from 8:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. and daily tickets remain available for those time frames on Recreation.gov in addition to tickets that are available for walk-in visitors on site.

 

The Pearl Harbor Visitor Center hours of operation will be between 7:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. as opposed to 5:00 P.M. The book store, snack shop, museums and audio tours remain available during visitor center hours. Access to the USS Bowfin Submarine, Pacific Aviation Museum and the USS Missouri Memorial will not be impacted. Please take this opportunity to take advantage of Passport to Pearl Harbor through Recreation.gov.

 

We will inform you of further updates as changes occur.

[pmd98052]

Did afternoon tours re-open? I was just able to buy tickets online for 2pm but wanted to check!

[Molokai-Chuck]

Yes they did add them back on.

[Molokai-Chuck]

Here is the info...

 

USS Arizona Memorial Tour

 

The National Park Service is happy to announce its new reservations program for individuals and groups for the USS Arizona Memorial Tour, the Visitor Center's official USS Arizona Memorial Audio Tour and the new Passport to Pearl Harbor Tours. Reservations are available up to 12 hours of arrival by going on line to http://www.Recreation.gov or by calling 1-877-444-6777. Reservations can be made within a six month period with a non-refundable reservations fee of just $1.50 per ticket. Hundreds of free space available tickets are available daily on a first come, first served bases and depending on the day, you may experience a few hour wait for your tour to the USS Arizona Memorial.

 

We recommend that you allow yourself at least 3 hours to immerse in our Pearl Harbor Visitor Center experience. Upon arrival to the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center, please proceed directly to the National Park Service's ticket counter, conveniently located in the courtyard area. Here you will receive your movie and boat shuttle tickets to the USS Arizona Memorial. The Audio Tour Desk and the Pearl Harbor Historical Site Partners ticket counter are also located in the courtyard of the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center.

 

Free daily tours to the USS Arizona Memorial are available from 8 am to 3pm and include a compelling 23 minute film on the history of the politics, the people and the attack on Oahu. After viewing the film, visitors are then boarded on a 150 passenger US Navy operated boat and experience an unforgettable ride to the USS Arizona Memorial. The movie and boat tour to the USS Arizona Memorial takes approximately 75 minutes.

 

The USS Arizona Memorial is built over the remains of the sunken battleship USS Arizona, the final resting place for many of the 1,177 crewmen killed on December 7, 1941 when their ship was bombed by the Japanese Naval Forces. This loss of life represents over half of the Americans killed during the worst naval disaster in American History.

[Tiffany1203]

Did afternoon tours re-open? I was just able to buy tickets online for 2pm but wanted to check!

 

 

I got mine for 2pm too! :)