Hi again!!!
We are trying to map out our days and I am having trouble prioritizing/budgeting time. There are so many amazing things.
We have the Oahu GoCards and were going to split Pearl Harbor in the morning and then the catamaran sail in the afternoon, 1 pm. I am trying to find a peaceful way to pick parts of the Pearl Harbor locations- we usually prefer to do ALL of it but we just won't have time. I am having a hard time choosing.
How long would you earmark for each part of the Pearl Harbor locations?
And
Which would you rank as preferred?
We have 6 kids, all love history but some are younger. 14,13,12,10,8,5
All are physically able to handle climbing, will listen intently and love any experience they got.
Since we did that exact same thing (PH in the morning catamaran in the pm) - I will say it is hard to get everything in. We did the Arizona the prior day, in the afternoon. You need a couple hours just for that, with the pre-show and museum that goes with it. For adults, I think that's a high priority, and for kids - even the younger ones get a sense of the emotion... plus at the very least, the short ferry ride back and forth.
We still didn't get everything in the next day, though. I wish we had gotten to PH earlier, but it was a weekday and I didn't want to join rush hour traffic. We didn't even attempt the Pacific Aviation museum, which I'm sure is awesome, but we lived in the DC area (read: Smithsonian!) too long to prioritize that. So we first did the Bowfin, b/c it was what our kids were most excited about (DS7, DD11). I think it was about an hour to get through the whole self-guided headphone recording tour of the sub, but we didn't go to the museum next to it at all b/c we wanted to get over to the Missouri. And here is where I will offer a very concrete piece of advice I wish I had known - eat by the Bowfin. DS was starting to complain about being hungry, and we told him to wait until we got to the Missouri. You have to take a shuttle bus there, which is a time suck to wait for, but the actual ride is nice and informative. Well, we got there, and there was just a little snack shack and a food truck - with a line of a few dozen people, moving at a snail's pace. Eventually we talked the kids into splitting literally the last slice of pizza at the snack shack and a bag of chips, but we still wasted 30min for that. Ugh. The Bowfin's quick service may not have been as tasty as the local food truck at the Missouri, but it would have been far easier, and with shade and more plentiful seating. You need a couple hours to really see the Missouri, but we had nowhere near that much time. We blitzed through as fast as we could, took the shuttle back, and I grabbed crappy sandwiches from the mini-mart-ish thing next to the gift shop while DH got the car, to eat on the drive to the catamaran. Aside from the Arizona, you'd need a good 4-5 hours to really properly see the Bowfin, Missouri, shuttle back and forth, and eat lunch.
Nix the Bowfin if anyone is claustrophobic. Otherwise, it probably would rank highest for most younger kids. DS7 was super excited to see the Missouri b/c it's a battleship... but it wasn't as interactive as the Bowfin for someone his age. The Arizona probably ranks highest for most adults. We got stuck in traffic going home, so I also might suggest you go back to PH after the catamaran ride. We didn't, b/c I didn't want to get stuck in traffic... wrong call. It was pointless to try to get going. We could have gotten another hour of touring in there, and just eaten dinner somewhere nearby while we waited for traffic to die back down. Hope this helps a bit!
In fact, I'm thinking it sounds really yummy for my lunch today... 
