– Beginning right this moment, Might third, at 3pm HST, the first reservation reserving window for USS Arizona Memorial tickets will broaden from one week to eight weeks upfront. The secondary reservation reserving window, which is at some point upfront, will stay the identical. Reservations could be booked at this recreation.gov link. For extra details about these modifications, see this link to the park’s Facebook announcement. Moreover, take a look at our updated tips for visiting the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor.
– Starting Might 4th, trans-Pacific vacationers to Maui County will likely be required to take a speedy COVID check upon arrival. Vacationers who’re full vaccinated are exempt from this new post-arrival check. See more details about visiting Maui here.
– Rental cars continue to be very expensive and difficult to find in Hawaii. From our latest fast analysis, we discovered day by day charges ranging wherever from about $100 to over $250 per day. Sure, per day! As KHON2 reports some vacationers are even renting U-Haul vans to discover the islands.
– The Waikiki sand replenishment challenge is scheduled to complete this month. For roughly the subsequent three weeks, there will likely be partial seaside closures from 6am to 6pm with a variety of huge gear transferring sand. We first shared details about this challenge in January. As we stated then, should you plan to go to Waikiki whereas this challenge is energetic however need to reduce this disruption, our recommendation could be to remain on the Hilton Hawaiian Village (see our review), which is located fairly removed from the challenge exercise. The just lately refurbished and reopened Outrigger Reef is an effective distance away from the exercise. One other sensible choice could be to remain on the Kahala Resort (see our review), which is about 10 minutes away, however straightforward to entry the eating places and outlets of Waikiki.
– In case you like watching TV sequence which can be set in Hawaii, you’ll be glad to know that CBS announced NCIS Hawaii is deliberate for the 2021-2022 broadcast season.