What an experience for my wife and I.
Our entire visit to Hawaii was based in Maui. We scheduled this day trip to Oahu through Polynesian Adventure tours and we had a great day.
HOWEVER...and this is a big issue, the initial coordination with the Polynesian Adventure tour folks could have been a recipe for complete disaster. Luckily, it wasn't for us.
Two days before the tour, we confirmed all the arrangements with the Polynesian Adventure folks including the meeting place and time at the airport in Oahu (as we were flying in from Maui). We were told to look for the Polynesian Adventure van at between 8:15 AM and 8:30 AM at a specific location. On the morning of the tour, we arrived at the airport on Oahu on time and were sitting having breakfast at 7:45 AM when we received a call from Michael (our tour driver). He was looking for us as we were late to meet up with him! Luckily, we were just a 5 minute walk to get to him. He explained that the we were due to be at Pearl Harbor at 8:30 AM and the time to meet advice given to us from the front office was very wrong. Luckily for us, it all worked out and we got to the van in time.
As we understood from Michael, of the 4 couples scheduled to take that tour that morning, 1 couple had the wrong meet up time and could not make the van in time.
Once we got on the van, we were taken care of in grand fashion. Michael did a great job all day long and the tour was a complete success! Michael even had time to drive us around Honolulu to see some of the sights. We stopped for some pictures and he was fabulous with his tour commentary too!
We had a great time.
Advice! Confirm your arrival time and meet up with the van time! List your cell phone in your reservation details and BRING YOUR CELL PHONE with you!!!