New York Tourist Passes, I’m dithering!

[Mumindevon]

We (husband and I) visited NYC in April for 5 days. We bought New York passes before we left and registered them on our phone. They were expensive but we really felt we saw more because we had them eg when we went to top of the rock our pass included a tour of the Rockefeller centre which was amazing. We did book crown tickets separately but enjoyed Ellis island more. I think it depends on how many galleries/museums you are planning on visiting.
Have a look at visitacity app. It’s free and you put in home many days you are at a place and it plans your itinerary by grouping close attractions together and you can delete/add things in including restaurants.

[Dissuziq]

I did a 4 day trip for a friends daughters 18th and used the new York 4 attraction explorer pass, we got the best deal for this from Costco.co.uk around £15 cheaper than any of the others. It gave us the top four we wanted to do Empire state, Top of the Rock, Statue of Liberty and the 9/11 memorial using the app was so easy and meant we didnt have to think about getting multi tickets. This just meant everywhere we wanted to go it was all paid for and a lot less hassle

[400ixl]

Originally Posted by Myakka17

Wondering how to view SOL myself. We'll be there over New Year so very very busy time. I imagine the free boats will be ridiculously busy. Any suggestions?

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As already mentioned just jump on the Staten Island Ferry which is free and goes right past SoL. You then just jump on the return ferry back and you get the view of Manhatton and Brooklyn bridge etc.

[Apricota]

I got back Saturday we had the New York passes for three days and got value on two of these, was still worth it overall. The state. Island ferry of an evening was good, indeed the cheapest drinks in town, and the. Wait eps minutes and the boat back, got some good sunset shots.