statue of liberty and ellis island tour
i went on the statue of liberty and ellis island tour with sam chan the last weekend he was in town. we were also joined by his wife, my roommate and two other male friends. so, a crew of 6 of us.
we bought tickets about 2 weeks in advance. i would highly recommend this (especially on weekends) since we saved an estimated 1 (or more) hour in line. we purchased tickets from the internet. when figuring out logistics for our reservation, the website was very unhelpful. it is not very descriptive about where to go to get on the boat, when to get there, etc. if you want to go up into the statue of liberty, i'd recommend buying the tickets at least a month in advance. it doesn't cost extra, but only a limited number are available.
we left from nyc and got off at the 4-5 bowling green stop. there were people dressed in statue of liberty costumes leading the way. our reservations were at noon, but i am not sure that the specific time really mattered. i think we could have shown up at 11 and still used the reservation.
once everyone boards the boat, the boat goes to the statue of liberty first. we got off and walked around the island. we did not have the passes to get up into the statue. then we got back in line to get on the ferry. they wouldn't let us on the ferry that was at the dock, so we had to wait another 30 minutes to get on the next one.
we then made it to ellis island. we walked around the museum (which i put in a separate post) and checked out the outside of ellis island. we visited the memorial wall. if you want to donate money, you can put your relative's name on it.
overall, we found that we felt like we didn't know what we were doing the entire trip. ferry schedules weren't posted, which caused an extra 45 minutes or so of waiting in between rides. the website was not helpful when we had questions about the procedure, etc.
we did get some nice pictures out of the ferry ride...some really great views of manhattan.
times visited: 1
time spent on tour: 5 1/2 hrs
overall: B
we bought tickets about 2 weeks in advance. i would highly recommend this (especially on weekends) since we saved an estimated 1 (or more) hour in line. we purchased tickets from the internet. when figuring out logistics for our reservation, the website was very unhelpful. it is not very descriptive about where to go to get on the boat, when to get there, etc. if you want to go up into the statue of liberty, i'd recommend buying the tickets at least a month in advance. it doesn't cost extra, but only a limited number are available.
we left from nyc and got off at the 4-5 bowling green stop. there were people dressed in statue of liberty costumes leading the way. our reservations were at noon, but i am not sure that the specific time really mattered. i think we could have shown up at 11 and still used the reservation.
once everyone boards the boat, the boat goes to the statue of liberty first. we got off and walked around the island. we did not have the passes to get up into the statue. then we got back in line to get on the ferry. they wouldn't let us on the ferry that was at the dock, so we had to wait another 30 minutes to get on the next one.
we then made it to ellis island. we walked around the museum (which i put in a separate post) and checked out the outside of ellis island. we visited the memorial wall. if you want to donate money, you can put your relative's name on it.
overall, we found that we felt like we didn't know what we were doing the entire trip. ferry schedules weren't posted, which caused an extra 45 minutes or so of waiting in between rides. the website was not helpful when we had questions about the procedure, etc.
we did get some nice pictures out of the ferry ride...some really great views of manhattan.
times visited: 1
time spent on tour: 5 1/2 hrs
overall: B
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