Reviews for Polynesian Cultural Center
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The Polynesian Center messed up our booking and cancelled our tickets last minute. Now we can't get tickets to the luau so our kids will miss out on this experience.
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Amazing experience learning about the various cultures of Polynesia.
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This is an absolute must do if you are visiting Oahu! Came with my husband and 4 kids ages 17-9; it was everyone’s favorite thing we did on the island! Every staff member is kind and professional and I can tell they want everyone to have the best experience possible. It was pouring rain the day we were there, and all workers remained in great spirits and performed at 100%. We did a self guided tour which worked great for us- we liked going at our own pace. The gateway buffet was incredible! The best buffet food we’ve ever had. So many options and everything we had was delicious. Do not miss the Ha Breath of Life show! It’s everything you are hoping to see- hula dancing, the haka, amazing fire dancers. 10/10 would recommend the PCC. Can’t wait to come again.
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이번에 PCC를 방문하면서 쿤가이드님께 받은 자료를 바탕으로 셀프투어로 둘러봤어요. 결론부터 말하면 생각보다 훨씬 만족스러웠습니다. 처음에는 가이드가 없으면 조금 심심하거나 이해가 부족하지 않을까 걱정했는데, 제공된 자료가 꽤 잘 정리되어 있어서 각 빌리지의 특징이나 문화 설명을 따라가며 관람하는 데 큰 어려움은 없었어요. 오히려 제 속도에 맞춰서 천천히 보고 싶은 곳은 오래 머물고, 관심이 덜한 곳은 빠르게 이동할 수 있어서 훨씬 자유로운 느낌이었습니다. 각 폴리네시아 섬마다 공연이나 체험 요소들이 잘 되어 있어서 단순히 보는 것보다 직접 참여하면서 즐길 수 있는 점도 좋았어요. 특히 시간표만 잘 체크하면 주요 공연들도 충분히 놓치지 않고 볼 수 있습니다. 다만, 가이드가 설명해주는 디테일한 스토리나 숨은 이야기까지는 알기 어려운 점은 조금 아쉬웠어요. 그런 부분까지 깊게 알고 싶은 분이라면 가이드 투어가 더 좋을 수도 있을 것 같아요. 전체적으로는 “자유롭게 돌아다니면서 편하게 즐기고 싶다”는 분들께 셀프투어를 추천합니다. 개인적으로는 부담 없이 여유롭게 즐길 수 있어서 더 만족스러웠던 경험이었어요!
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Truly a breath taking center. Highly recommend it for 1 of the most desired place to visit. First for my wife and 2nd for me. Going to return again
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Despite the pouring rain - we were able to ‘go inside’ in large areas to learn about the Polynesian cultures - very interesting, especially the music and dancing demonstrations. The ‘village’ has beautiful water features throughout. A must see. The pass gives you access for three days which is a bonus!!
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Exceptional learning facility! The BYU students from each of the 6 islands shared their music, joyful dancing, food (I now have a delicious coconut bread recipe), art, games (actually warrior skill practices), weaving, fishing and so much more that I was not able to enjoy it all. The ticket did include a couple more days to come back and walk around on your own, but they do not open until noon and I had to check out of the hotel across the street by 11a. My tour guide, Lesa, was wonderful + shared working on his grandparents farm with his large family. I especially enjoyed learning how the boys on one island did all the cooking for their families and that Tonga has remained an independent nation. I ate at the buffet and there were so many different Polynesian entrées, sides, + desserts that even taking a small taste of everything filled me up quickly. It was so nice they had provided a pamphlet showing a list of what was available.
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저는 마지막타임에 가서 둘러보고 저녁 공연을 봤어요 입장료는 조금 비싼편인데 좋은 자리로 보는걸 추천해요 저녁 공연이 너무 인상깊었고 문화적으로 예술적인 공연이에요 불쇼도 신기하고 각 원주민의 역사를 알수 있어 더욱 좋았어요
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As the Kona Storm moved in we didn't get to experience all the Ohana. God Speed to North Shore and all those affected
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Wife and I went here some time ago. We went on the bus from another hotel real early in the morning and came back after the show Breath of life at night. What a beautiful wonderful day there didn't have to drive that was great. This was well worth the money lots of walking lots of interaction with each station and a boat parade and the food was excellent. Really really nice place.
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Although we had fun, we felt that exhibits were missing many key aspects of culture. Little about religion, beliefs and rituals were presented which was likely because some of those conflict with LDS views. We found it rather underhanded to book a very expensive tour only to find out that it was being operated by a church; this made a lot of it feel like cultural appropriation. We were not amused with the mural at the buffet depicting latter day prophets. We were hoping for truly authentic presentations of the cultures and felt much was watered down or omitted. The Breath of Ha was very good, but again, the subtle infusion of LDS belief was not great.
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I wish we had more time! We were only here for one day and were not able to see a lot of stuff at the islands. The gateway buffet was excellent. The show was really good, a little long for our young kids, and the seats are quite uncomfortable. I would consider bringing some kind of pad to sit on. The fire portion of the show toward the end is by far my favorite, it is epic!
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I remember liking this place as a kid. Having come back as an adult, 15 years later, the experience is definitely not the same. It’s essentially Polynesian Disneyland without the rides or other things that make Disney magical. Everything presented here is pretty and flashy, but content is all very sanitized. You leave with truly no idea what these cultures are about aside from a few flashy dances, which are definitely a portion of their culture but there’s so much more that’s missing! This is really just a glorified display for tourists that don’t care about a truly genuine experience. We went to the bishop museum in Honolulu the day after and felt like we learned much more about the cultures, history, and people in one exhibit than we did here the whole day - definitely regretted the visit after that. There’s also religious undertones with all the content, with it funding the nearby Mormon church. The end of day show was truly kind of boring for an atheist, being centred about the miracle of life and having no interesting storyline aside from that. There was a small fire spinning display for the last few minutes, and the rest was just traditional dance in modernized, flashy outfits. The luau was kind of sad, food wasn’t good and the shows at the luau was less interesting than the rest of the day. Highlight of the day was really just a few exceptional staff making entertaining displays and conversation at a few location during the day.
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