Status of uss arizona- open yet-any suggestions appreciated

Going on POA on 11/3/18- does anyone know the status of the USS Arizona- I know it was closed for reinforcing the structure- any experiences in general for Pearl Harbor and how much time is needed, guided tour versus on your own... etc. Thank you

The official website is still saying 'sometime' after October 1.

The current status (except for the closure of all national parks in Hawaii due to the hurricane) is that the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial is closed to all visitors due to a problem with the dock supports at the memorial. The boats are taking visitors on a trip past the memorial taking time to allow visitors to take pictures. They do make several passes. The World War II Valor in the Pacific National Maonument (which the U.S.S. Arizona is only a small part of) is open and worth a visit. There is a museum, the movie that you watch before your boat trip, the U.S.S. Missouri (where Japan signed the surrender), the U.S.S. Bowfin ( a WW II submarine) and the Pacific Aviation Museum.

We spent 5 hours there and did not see everything. But we did get to meet 2 Pearl Harbor survivors outside the bookstore. The survivors are volunteers who meet visitors there. It was wonderful! Don’t miss it.

Ordinarily when you actually visit the U.S.S. Arizona you watch the movie about the attack, take the boat to the memorial and disembark onto the memorial. When th enext boat comes in about 15 minutes later you are asked to line up and board the boat back to the visitors center.

Please don’t skip a visit because the U.S.S. Arizona is not open to visitors.

Check http://www.nps.gov for the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument for updates.

We visit Hawaii in Mar 2019 and received a notice from HAL that our USS Arizona tour was cancelled. As the previous poster stated, they still do the narrated boat tours to the memorial. Enjoy.

Allan