So the trip itself is nice. around 60 mins. the microphone on this boat was very quiet, but you could hear like 75% of what the guy was trying to tell you. When you go, book online via somewhere like tripadvisor, its about half the price of the walk up ticket. Then when you get on, go straight upstairs, don't sit down, you won't see very well whilst moving out into the bay. Stand up, probably on the right hand side so you'll be on the side of the liberty island when you get over there!