Desi got up very early and took an uber to Pearl Harbor and got in line for the USS Arizona. He was on the Naval Operated Ferry to the memorial by about 8:30. The memorial was amazing, seeing the Arizona from above and just seeing the size of ship and everything and learning more stories from the morning of the Pearl Harbor Attack was an honor. Desi took an uber back to the resort and was back by about 9:45 am. Just in time after Julie and the girls were finished making Polynesian Mickey ears, we went back up to the room. After making lunches and getting everyone ready we made our way as a family to Pearl Harbor and got there about 11:30. We learned that MO and Air Museum were a shuttle ride away and you could not take food with you as the MO is docked at the Naval Base. So we took the shuttle and toured the Missouri. We learned that the Missouri is where the signing of the end of WWII occurred, and it is parked at pearl harbor to mark the book ends of WWII for the US. The beginning being the Arizona and the end being the Might MO. We learned about the life of the MO from 1944 to where it sits today, its life in 3 wars and the history of that amazing ship. We then had lunch on the dock next to the MO.  We then made our way to the Pacific Air Museum. We saw a lot of planes from the Pacific war, some windows that were shot out during the attack on Pearl Harbor. We got to see some of the advancements of the American air fleet, took a lot of pictures of planes and helicopters. There was supposed to be the command modules of Apollo 8,10,11, and 14 at the museum but we did not see them. The helicopters that were on show were also used in the recovery missions when the apollo command modules returned into the pacific. With the Pearl Harbor museums closing at 5pm and us needing to depart by 4pm we had to head back to get the tour of the submarine. We had a small adventure with the buses getting back, which took way longer than it should have. We then walked through the submarine and saw the tiny space that the sailors must work and sleep in. We then did a little shopping and departed Pearl Harbor. Tonight, at the resort we have the Wakala Lua. We got changed and went to line up for the Lua. The line was quite long, because of the pictures. We got our pictures and made out way to seats. We then did a few activities made wrist Laes, the girls got temp tattoos, and learned how to play a little ukulele. The feast and the show were a lot of fun, just a great story of the Ko’ Ohlino region. Really everything on the menu was fantastic with great desserts including guava icing cakes and coconut pudding cakes.

Tomorrow we are going to the Polynesian Cultural Center.