Hawaii Attractions

Ala Moana Shopping Center

Advantages: Nice, good shops, restaurants, good time
Disadvantages: None

I have visited Ala Moana several times. It is really one of the best shopping centers I have ever been to (I have been a lot in US and Europe). What I liked the most is that there are many shops starting from medium to high budget, having famous designer goods. The Information Desk staff is very helpful and nice. Lots of small bench areas between shops - so you can leave your family to rest for some time if you want to have a look at some stores ...
...atmosphere inside, open air. This shopping center has the first floor dedicated to all type of restaurants and cafees, so you can eat really quickly and for the price you want. On the top floor they have some beautiful restaurants, having Hawaiian music and dances, with very good service. There is a show time at the afternoon every Sunday - with real Hawaiian Hula dances, songs and fun. Really good ...

AAmelia 13.08.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Ala Moana Center, Honolulu

wonderful hawaii spot to visit

Advantages: beautiful, great snorkling experience
Disadvantages: leaving, be careful when you are in water the coral can hurt

...around town that told about hanauma bay so we decided to go there. It was beautiful. We actually went there on two seperate occasions. The views were breathtaking and the water was so blue. I loved to just stand at the top and look out over the water. We went snorkling there also. It was the best experience. The water was so full of life. You could see all kinds of corals and all kinds of fish. It was so warm and you could swim out easily so far ...

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Review of Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve, Honolulu

  Notes from a Big Island

Advantages: Stunning, unique scenery, Excellent value for money, Be amazed by nature
Disadvantages: Madame Pele may not put on a lava show for you!

The state of Hawaii is made up of six major islands (there are 19 in total if you include all the minor islands and atolls), each with its own distinct personality, landscape and reasons for visiting them. O'ahu is home to state capital Honolulu and the world famous beach resorts of Waikiki, and it is here that the majority of visitors to these islands end up. While O'ahu is the Hawaii of imagined paradise, the playground in the Pacific that attracts ...
...it for me was the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. The United States has many National Parks that you can justifiably describe as "spectacular": Yosemite, Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon would all easily fall into this category. The Hawaii Volcanoes National Park offers something a bit more, however. As well as being spectacular, it offers nothing less than the miracle of creation as a daily attraction; Big Island is an incomplete island and evolving ...

Collingwood21 19.06.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Big Island of Hawaii

Pearl Harbor: Museum and Memorial

Advantages: Free entry, Excellent interpretation, Well organised, Good book shop
Disadvantages: Long waits possible before your timed tour starts

...in infamy". The attack on Pearl Harbor became a pivotal point in history, and the site as a result still attracts huge numbers of visitors to it (estimated to be around 1.5 million people annually). When visitors say they are going to Pearl Harbor, however, what they are actually referring to is the USS Arizona Memorial, which consistently ranks amongst the top three most visited attractions in the state of Hawaii every year. For a state that offers ...
... The attack on Pearl Harbor, while swift in execution, had been slowly brewing for years. The US once had good relations with Japan, but after the occupation of Manchuria in 1931, relations gradually deteriorated between the two countries, and got worse still when Japan became a formal ally to the Axis powers in September 1940. Early in 1941, Japanese military leaders recognised the strength of the US navy in the Pacific as the chief ...

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Review of Pearl Harbor, Honolulu

So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish

Advantages: I did get to swim with a dolphin, Friendly staff
Disadvantages: Expensive, Small, Poorly maintained, Poor visitor facilities, Conditions for animals not great

...trip. This was where the Sea Life Park came in, as an option to swim with dolphins that we could afford a bit more easily. "Is This The Way To Waimanalo?" = The Sea Life Park is located on the windward side of O'ahu on Makapu'u point, near the town of Waimanalo. It is easily accessible from the tourist hub of Waikiki via the number 23 bus (which is conveniently marked "sea life park", runs frequently and picks up along Kona ...
...small compared to the huge sea life centres you find in mainland America, but no - it is just small. The central attraction is the open-air ocean theatre where daily shows are performed with dolphins and penguins, but we found upon arrival that this was closed for renovation. While we had come with the primary aim of swimming with dolphins, had I been a regular visitor this would have been very disappointing as there was no indication that the main ...

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Review of Sea Life Park, Hawaii