As first time travellers from the UK to NYC we opted to do a cruise tour as heard some great things and we were not disappointed!! The cruise was a couple hours long (we did the half cruise) which started up near the Naval museum on the Hudson, took us down past Ellis island and Statue of Liberty and round up the East Ricer and back again. On the way down the tour guide (can’t remember his name but local New York with a great beard!) talked us through a lot of history of the city, showed us all the sites and even spoke about some of them not part of the cruise. He was funny, friendly and very knowledgeable! The cruise gave us a different vantage point than on the island and we saw some of the best views of the city of the trip!
We learned a lot of things we didn’t know and it was a really great way to start our trip!
Advice: it’s bloody freezing in December out on open water so make sure you wrap up!
10/10 would recommend