Hawaiian cruise-shore excursions

[kaitlynkruise]

Happy Thanksgiving all!

For those of you that have gone on an Hawaiian cruise (  we have a 14 day out of Long Beach in Feb. on the Miracle) WHEN do they add more excursions to Pearl Harbor??? This is on hubbys bucket list, and I see only 2 listed(well, one since one is sold out)  Surely there are more excursions coming????  I have looked at outside tours, but they leave in early  morning, and we aren't due to dock until 11 am. , so we wont be able to do that.    We  strictly want to see Pearl Harbor( Punchbowl is fine, but no shopping ,city tour  etc)     I understand Pearl Harbor closes at 5, so I realize seeing the Arizona will probably not happen..... As long as he can see a good part of Pearl Harbor he will be happy.  Thanks for any help and ideas!

[pcvtmom]

We're taking the same cruise in January. They probably won't add anything else.  We had only 27 total shore excursions for the better part of a year. They finally added a few in October, but we had already booked outside of Carnival by then! You probably need to book Pearl Harbor yourself, and Uber over.

[Cushing985]

4 hours ago, kaitlynkruise said:

I understand Pearl Harbor closes at 5, so I realize seeing the Arizona will probably not happen..... As long as he can see a good part of Pearl Harbor he will be happy.  Thanks for any help and ideas!

 

I used to live in Hawaii and have been to Pearl Harbor many times (retired Navy).  Seems late for the Miracle to be pulling into Honolulu. We went on this cruise a long time ago (R/T from San Diego) and if memory serves, we pulled in around nine-ish.  But with your schedule, going to Pearl Harbor is very doable.  As pcvtmom mentioned, take an Uber.  Taxis are also available at the port.   I took a look at reservations out to the Arizona but it only goes through January 24th.  Just keep an eye on it and when your day opens up, snag a couple of tickets for a launch leaving between 1:00-2:00PM.  There is plenty to see while you wait for the boat to leave.  For tickets go to https://www.recreation.gov/ticket/233338/ticket/16.  You can do this! 🙂