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New York City 1-Day Hop-on Hop-off with Empire State and Statue of Liberty Ferry

New York City 1-Day Hop-on Hop-off with Empire State and Statue of Liberty Ferry

Overview

With a 1-day Big Bus ticket to New York City, you can follow two hop-on hop-off routes—downtown and uptown. In addition, gain entry to the 86th-floor observation deck at the Empire State Building and enjoy convenient transport service to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty National Monument via round-trip ferry. Rather than booking separately, save time and money with one ticket.

- Board a hop-on hop-off Big Bus at any stop along two routes
- Explore the sights of downtown and uptown Manhattan
- Admission ticket to the Empire State Building observation deck included
- Travel round-trip by ferry to Ellis Island and Liberty Island

City: New York City

Tue 22 Oct

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Starting at $106.50

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Tue 22 Oct

Starting at $106.50

Make a reservation

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What's Included

Ferry to Liberty & Ellis Islands

Admission to the Statue of Liberty Island (only)

Audio commentary on board

Audio Tour for Liberty & Ellis Islands

2 Routes - Uptown and Downtown

Admission to the Empire State Building observation deck

1-day hop-on hop-off bus pass

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Tickets claimed after 3pm are valid for the next day
The Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island Ferry operates from 9:00am to 3:00pm with regular departures from Battery Park. You will need to redeem your ticket voucher with a Big Bus Tours staff member before heading to the ferry terminal
This ticket includes a ferry journey to both Liberty Island and Ellis Island, but not interior monument or museum access.
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Gear/equipment sanitised between use
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Reviews (144)

Bob J

Sep 2019

Our trip on the Blue Line was very informative and comfortable. Ving, our tour guide, was very knowledgeable and he was very personable. Great value.

Poppy19026

Sep 2019

Simply not worth the money. A 7 day subway pass is $33 dollars and all you miss are a couple of facts. The buses take far longer than advertised (they blame this on traffic however it’s simply because there aren’t enough buses). If a bus is full, you simply have to wait. We waited 45 minutes for a bus as 2 were full. In another instance, we missed our tour because the employee said it was full but didn’t check the bottom which had seats. - Nothing was done. When I complained a refund for these reasons wasn’t allowed, people ended up getting Uber’s which really is inconvenient and expensive. I have attached a photo from my video of the queue and the email response I got. Note - he gave a refund link however these reasons are not eligible. So really, it’s all a pile of bulls**t.

Response from Host

Oct 2019

Good Afternoon Poppy19026 We are apologetic for the inconveniences, please know we monitor capacity and prepare for busier times. We understand your frustration, unfortunately, refunds are determined by the National Administrator and the results are based on reasoning within policy guidelines by a case by case basis. The closures and reroutes were due to city events which are out of our control and due several city events including UN General Assembly that week, we encountered delays, route changes and cancellations. Please know whenever we have to change or alter a route, or close a stop completely, we only do so once mandated by the Dept. of Transportation. We post these changes on our website and app under “Service information’ All of our guides and agents are aware of these changes and should be informing customers also. In spite of that, we wanted to thank you for sharing your thoughts and feedback with us. Kind Regards, BBTNY

happytravelersnow

Sep 2019

Avoid this tour company on the week of Fourth of July. Long lines, over an hour wait at the starting point, impossible to get on at other stops since buses are already full and do not stop. It felt like Big bus workers were overwhelmed with the crowds and saw as the cattle herd... except one tour guide, who saw as a human family. Buses do not have air conditioning and can not let people ride on the first floor, too hot. Our experience with this company was beyond frustrating, we wished we did not buy this tour. From finding the new location to get our passes and rude encounter there, as they printed the wrong tickets, to night tour that we hardly were able to get on, to not being able to use some tours altogether, because they end early in the day, to hours lost waiting for the bus that passes by already full, to ruined NY vacation. At the different time of the year you might have different experience. Our experience was during Fourth of July week, company sold too many tickets, did not have enough seats on the buses, horrible thing to do to the costumers.