My wife and I purchased a 3 day package w/ the following activities. I'd actually give it a higher rating of 2 stars if not for the misleading descriptions on the GoCity website (see below). First, the good:
1)Visit the Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum/ Battleship Missouri/ Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor- Highly recommend all 3, particularly the Missouri.
2)Kualoa Ranch Hawaii/ Jungle Expedition Tour- Also a lot of fun, w/ some great views. Recommend, but you have to pay extra to get the decent tour. To be fair, this is explained on the GoCity website.
The other activities were somewhere between boring to downright bad. GoCity needs to be more clear about what the customer should expect.
3)Experience the Makani Catamaran Sail
-“Get the chance to see dolphins, flying fish, and whales”. Phrased to make it sound like you will see them when you almost certainly won’t, but its not technically false advertising.
-Very boring around the 40 minute mark. Good for pictures, but that doesn’t require 2 hours.
- Asked a staff member to place a souvenir behind the bar to keep it safe. Was very clear. Evidently she was paying half attention b/c she threw it out, and then became angry when I asked for it back. Very weird (sober?) rude behavior, especially considering how polite and calm I was. She didn’t even offer a half-hearted apology. Thankfully we were able to retrieve it.
4)Experience the Moana Splash Luau + Sea Life Park Admission:
A)Sea Life Park
-Small sea park for small children. This was NOT stated in the description. If you’re an adult w/o kids you'll be ready to leave in about 10 minutes. Very misleading pictures. Compare the pictures on the site to those you can find online from actual visitors.
-They have a dolphin show. Animal nut or not, this was extremely disturbing and should be illegal. Could see several animals had bent fins (a sure sign that they are physically/ mentally unhealthy).
- My wife and I went to the nearby beach (beautiful) to kill time before the luau. Highly recommend checking this beach out if you can (just skip the park).
B)Moana Splash Luau
-Stood around 2 hours waiting while the organizers checked in at least 100+ guests.
-“Deluxe shell lei greeting upon arrival”-- cheap trinket. Can buy at any local store.
-“Cultural activities and demonstrations like lei making, temporary Polynesian tattoos, hula lessons, coconut headband weaving and ukulele lessons”-- no ukulele lessons and didn’t see the tattoos. As for the other cultural activities, these aren’t particularly interesting and there are so many people its not even worth doing.
-“Delicious dinner buffet”-- Boring, low quality food. Hadn’t eaten all day, and couldn’t stomach it. This on top of the long lines due to the ridiculous number of people and limited buffet space.
- “Free Drinks”-- Not nearly enough to make this not terrible.
-Performance was good, but its nothing special. I literally saw the same thing at a mall in waikiki a few days later.
-Nearly stranded b/c the park is in the middle of nowhere and the luau ends ~30 minutes AFTER the public bus services end (why?). Getting an uber/dash was impossible even though we tried booking early so we left to catch the bus.
5)Enjoy the Circle Island Tour and Snorkeling:
Overall terrible. Could definitely arrange a much better tour, even for this low cost.
The itinerary for this joke was:
-2 somewhat scenic points near Honolulu that you can easily see yourself
-Random strip mall/ the tour guide’s friends banana stand
-Coffee/ macadamia nut store-- admittedly they have great coffee
-Beautiful beach-- the only good stop on the tour
-Grossly overpriced fried shrimp restaurant w/ a mongoose infestation out back (better than rats I guess?).
-Random fruit stand -- try the fried banana
-Lame snorkeling at rocky crowded beach (see below)
-Dole Pineapple Plantation Center- a large store w/ overpriced trinkets, dolewhip (you can get free samples in waikiki) and hordes of people. Nothing of interest at all. Complete and utter waste of time.
-Another random coffee shop
-“Enjoy an hour of snorkeling in Haleiwa.”-- By this they mean drop you off at a random beach full of tourists and rocky outcroppings w/ some snorkeling gear and come collect you in an hour. My wife and I were laughing at how ridiculous it was.
The only good thing about it was the tour guide who at least made an effort to show off some parts of Honolulu on the return trip.
More than half of these activities were/are a complete waste of time and money. I didn't expect much, but wow. You're better off just hanging out at the beach in waikiki.