Statue Cruises

Reviews about Statue Cruises

• Jess Bird

  Sep, 12 2018
  ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
  Two parts to this review...
  The actual boat ride and islands were great, plenty of room on the boat to move around, not a huge amount of seats but sufficient. The islands were accessed easily and moving from Liberty to Ellis and back to New York was easy with plenty of options time wise. Signage on the islands was good.
  The down side to this experience was definately the lining up and security process, we arrived at Battery Park - it was chaotic with little signage as to where to go. I don't know whether it is always this busy but there were lines everywhere. We had difficulty finding someone to ask where to line up, once we did we joined a line that was easily 500metres long (for a reserved time ticket at 12pm). The alternate (flexi time) line was easily 1.5km long - no exaggeration). These two lines were very slow moving and eventually come together after 1 hours + wait to a unorganized bottle neck where that is full of frustrated/cold/angry people pushing for their place in 'a line' to be able to enter the security screening room. This line has very few staff around providing any sort of order or assistance. The day we visited it was -15.C and all the lines are outside with no shelter. After being pushed through security screening where staff are clearly over stressed, we were able to get onto a boat immediately and the rest of the experience is great and enjoyable. Our wait was in excess of 1.5hours to get through security and we had purchased a reserved time, the wait for the flexi ticket holders must have been well over 2.5 hours so i would recommend buying the reserved.
• Isaiah James

  Mar, 12 2018
  ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
  A very nice historic experience BUT they don't notify you well enough and there isn't enough signage to direct you to the pedestal which really is frustrating when you reserve something in advance. So they drop you off to see the immigration museum first which I think they should save for last because you can use a lot of your time there and miss the pedestal like we did. And unfortunately we could only spend a part of the day there. It was my first time in the east coast so I was disappointed. The trip lost a little magic there.

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Nearest places

• Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal

  Establishment, Museum

  1 Audrey Zapp Drive, Jersey City, NJ 07305

  +1 201-915-0615

  njparksandforests.com

  Closed now: Until 07:30am
• Liberty Landing Marina

  Establishment, Transit station

  ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

  3 reviews

  76 Audrey Zapp Drive, Jersey City, NJ 07305

  +1 201-604-5799

  libertylandingferry.com

  Closed now: Until 09:00am
• Morris Canal Park

  Establishment, Park

  ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

  2 reviews

  Jersey City, Jersey City, NJ 07302

  +1 201-915-3401

  state.nj.us

  Open now: Until 10:00pm
• Colgate Clock

  Establishment

  Jersey City, Jersey City, NJ 07302

  cityofjerseycity.com

  Open now: Open 24 Hours
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  Liberty Park 2 Hour Parking (No Ferry Parking)

  Establishment, Parking

  243 Audrey Zapp Drive, Jersey City, NJ 07305

  Open now: Open 24 Hours
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  Ferry Parking Lot

  Establishment, Parking

  1 Audrey Zapp Drive, Jersey City, NJ 07305

  Open now: Until 10:00pm