USS Arizona Memorial Ticket – Pearl Harbor Ticket

There are generally two ways to get an Pearl Harbor Ticket means Arizona Memorial ticket and to manage your time at Pearl Harbor. The choice as to which option is up to you.

Option 1: You reserve the ticket on your own through the National Park Service Website. The tickets for any given day become available two months in advance. Once those are sold out, there is another set that becomes available three days before the given date. These tickets can sell out quickly, sometimes in seconds. If you would like to reserve the tickets and go to Pearl Harbor Tour on your own, here is what you need to do.
1) Go to the National Park Service website and reserve the tickets. They are free, but there is a $1 reservation fee for reserving online.
2) Once you have gotten the tickets that you need, be sure to mark your calendar for the date of your Pearl Harbor tickets.
3) Make sure that you have transportation arranged to go to Pearl Harbor. You can rent a car, catch the city bus, catch a taxi, or use a ride-share.
4) If you rent a car, you will need to drive to Pearl Harbor and find parking. (Parking can be hard to find and it is very limited at Pearl Harbor National Memorial)
5) Make sure you get to Pearl Harbor well in advance of your ticket time.
6) Go to the ticket counter to redeem your ticket voucher.
7) Make sure to be in line at least 15 minutes before the time on your ticket. Remember, if you are late, you may be locked out of the theater, and your ticket will have expired.
8) If you missed your time, you can either stand in the standby line or try and reserve a ticket for another day.

While the National Park Service manages the Pearl Harbor National Memorial, the US Navy operates the shuttle boats that go to and from the Arizona Memorial. As far as the safe operation of the shuttle boats, the US Navy has the final say. They can suspend the operation of the shuttle boats if they determine that the conditions on the water are too hazardous to continue. For example, if the wind picks up over about 28 miles per hour and the waves become too high, the Navy can shut down the shuttle for safety. If there is a storm on the way, such as a hurricane, the Navy can shut down the shuttles. Even if the wind is not strong, if there is lightning, the Navy will shut down the shuttles. Then there are other environmental factors. Such as, when an endangered sea turtle was seen swimming near the Arizona Memorial, they had to suspend the shuttles until it swam away. Of course, then there are the emergencies. If there is an emergency, such as a bomb threat, they will have to shut down the shuttles. The bottom line is that the US Navy does have the final word on the operation of the shuttles. Once a shutdown occurs, usually that is it. The tickets are lost since the times would have expired. If you got the tickets on your own, that is usually the end of it. However, if you bought a tour, sometimes there is a chance that they are able to do something for you. Such as having you go again on another day, to provide tickets to one of the other attractions, it depends on the company and their policies.