We were told well ahead of time that we might not get to the Arizona Memorial proper because tickets weren't being issued. However, we were also told we were welcome to join the stand-by line. We decided to avoid the stand-by line and make use of the narrated audio/earphone tour which was included with the price of the Salute to Pearl Harbor ticket. We feel we made the right decision. The narrated tour plus the film at the site took us almost the entire three hours made available to us by E Noa and we felt we gained a much better understanding through the narration which we would have missed by using up our time in the stand-by line. Our driver and tour operator, Kim, was extremely knowledgeable and share this information on the hour trip out and back. In all, the experience was extremely worthwhile.