Great experience - Really great experience. The buffet was great and the show was amazing! Definitely worth the trip.

nothing bad about it - amazing will go again show was the best part

We did the Island Villages Tour followed by the Aloha Luau and finished the day with the night show - Overall was amazing worth every penny spent. Our tour guide China was an amazing person and overall made the experience better.

Wonderful experience - We had a wonderful experience at the Polynesian Cultural Center. The villages were fun, interactive, and very informative. Our tour guide (Taaro and Jarred) was friendly, knowledgeable, and kept everything organized, making the day enjoyable from start to finish. Overall, we were very satisfied and would highly recommend this experience.

Just Do It, A Great Time! - You can spend the whole day here! My wife and I spent from when they opened to the big show at 7:30. They have so many interactive events, shows and educational sites. Lots of fun. The crowds were not bad at all, but we went on a Saturday. Do the Luau and the Breath of life show. A must do!

Wonderful day of Culture and Learning - We were a group of 14 and everyone had a good time. We all came away learning new things about Polynesian culture. We enjoyed the presentations at each island. The staff was excellent at explaining, demonstrating, getting you involved in the activities. Eli was a fantastic tour guide. Serita gave out lots of info on the boat ride

Spectacular Day! Need Two Days to see everything. - We had a fabulous day at the Polynesian Cultural Center. We had a group tour for Islands of Polynesia. With 8 people in our group it turned out to be a private tour! So much to see on the various islands- you need more than one day. Our tour guide, Dylan, was excellent and took us to see all the main highlights. I could take or leave the Ali’i Lu’au for dinner- the food was good, not great. But others in our group loved it. The pineapple/coconut drink they give you when seated for dinner was worth the entire price of admission for my wife :-). They save the best for last. HA: Breath of Life is spectacular! It’s a full production and just blew us away.

First Time and will be back again. - It was our first time visiting PCC. It was so fun and learned a lot about the Polynesian islands. Our tour guide, Aela, was great. She was kind and gave an awesome tour. The atmosphere of the staff, activities, and even the marketplace was all memorable, fun, and an amazong experience. We will definitely be back.

Cultural center fun - Our guide was very nice and tried to connect with us on a personal level. I think his timing could have been better to get to do more activities but he did a good job making sure we saw the demonstrations.

Where are the tummies? - I knew going in that the Mormons own and run the PCC, so I wasn’t sure how white-washed a version of these cultures to expect. I’m not an expert in any of these cultures, but I noticed at the show that nary a female belly button could be seen anywhere. It’s such a small detail but I know at least enough to know that Moana doesn’t wear a tank top. And this detail made me wonder what other details were changed in the service of fitting a Mormon narrative. I spent the day here with my family, and my kids (9 and 11) loved the various activities. They give you a passport to stamp at each of the islands for completing the various activities. My kids are suckers for stamped passports. We decided against a guided tour because my parents had done the tour recently and told us how the tour guide was as much to be a guide as to witness to their tour about their faith. I also was very turned off by the fact that one of the passport stations involved a tour of the BYU campus and another was a missionary house. Those are not part of Polynesian culture. The tour guides range somewhere between very nice and mildly apathetic, so we didn’t go on the tour and they still stamped our passports. The exhibits were reminiscent of a the most watered down Disney-fied version of these cultures. Unlike colonial Williamsburg or other historical sites, there was nothing ugly. History is messy, hard, and imperfect, but not here. Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt. There were weapons and war dances, but no context for their significance. I found the stage show similarly lacking in context. The production itself is fun- again my kids were thoroughly entertained. But since the stage show presents the life of one man living in all six cultures, it turned six distinct cultures into a mono culture. Other than a brief into about what stage of life he was living in, I never knew the significance of what was happening. Were they putting out fire with their butts as a rite of passage or for fun? Is that a ritual in all the cultures, or just one? How much agency did women have in their lives? Do all these cultures marry for love, or is politic strategy a factor? I’ll never know, at least if I only rely on my day here to find out.