Honolulu Day 2

Coffee and relaxing on the deck.... our usual morning start. We are headed to Pearl Harbor and the Arizona Memorial today so we are trying to figure out the best way to get there. Cab is about $35-$40 each way and 18 minutes, Bus is $5 each but takes 45 minutes.  We elected to cab it and hope to find someone else from the ship to split a cab.

Showers then breakfast and we headed out on the days adventure.

Once off the ship and through the terminal, we found several people promoting tours and shuttles to various venues. One fellow was offering a return trip to Pearl Harbor for $15 each so after considering the pickup times, we took it.  Worked out great!

Once at the Pearl Harbor Historical Sites Center we looked through the various museum sections that showed the lead up and attack of the military installations on the island.  We have signed up for an Arizona Tour that leaves at 12 pm so we loitered in the area until our time. A very nice 25 minute long video was shown that explained the attack and the resulting damage. In particular to the Arizona. It was very good.

Model of the Nakajima B2N2 "Kate" at the Museum

 We then boarded our transport boat and headed off to the memorial. Sadly the dock at the memorial was damaged so we were only able to do a few passes close by. We also cruised by the Battleship Missouri.  

Missouri panorama.. only way to get it all in!

Arizona Memorial

We returned to the center and walked the grounds. With time being a factor we wandered around and checked out the various naval displays. (Next time we visit we will take in the Aviation Display on Ford Island)

Arizona's anchor

40MM Quad Gun Assembly

USS Bowfin Submarine

We headed back to our shuttle pickup point and it arrived right on time at 14:45. Back on the ship at 15:04 we changed up and went for a walk about the town. A stop at King Kamehameha's Statue  

The King!

Burial place of King Kamehameha on the grounds of the Kawaiaha'o Church

Kawaiaha'o Church

Side of the Kawaiaha'o Church. Beautiful gardens

 We continued our walk along the waterfront past several beaches and sky scrapers. Some amazing architecture!

I had Kelly's fish mounted :-)

Stunning architecture. Poor glass cleaner!

 We eventually made it to Waikiki Beach and stopped for a much deserved drink and appitizer. It went down nicely. We enjoyed the beach then grabbed a cab back to the ship. Back on board at 18:00  we met up with the Orr's and before I could sit down for a drink, we were off to the show. The headliner was a comedian and we thought he was pretty funny. Older folks in the crowd were not impressed though as he took some digs at some "aging issues". Oh well win some, lose some.

After the show we headed back to the room to change and they announce that our departure was going to be delayed until 22:30 due to a problem with one of the propeller assemblies called an Azipod 

Dinner in the dinning room was good once again with great service from our wait staff Joseph and Rostan.  Cathy & Bryan disappeared on us so we went down to the helipad to watch our departure... and waited.. and waited. Ok not happening so we headed back to our cabin. At 11:48 the lines came off and we swung around in the harbor. We had a fantastic view from our deck of the entire city.
 

A great view of Aloha Tower and part of the city.

 Off to the rack as we cruise over to the island of Maui and our last stop on the cruise before Seattle.