vincentguillaume
Dec 2021
Going at 8am, to enjoy morning view and not so crowded....but we were wrong and ...visit is merely insipid.
Staff usually smiling and welcoming was late, no welcome and with a tone different. Control of bags was harder than in airports , we had to throw away items that were screened ok in JFK, Roma and Geneva airport ...nonsense....
Moving on we had to go through a number of alleys that depict Empire State Buulding as the thing to do. Like an overblown ego, this self satisfactory presentation is somehow disappointing and no historical details to feed one curiosity....
Once you reach the top, nothing really. Top of the rock offers you the iconic view on ESB, but ESB offers you a chance to pay 38$ pp to reach the upper level.,,
Disappointing.
I believe that tower OWTC south of Manhattan might offer another great view - and one of the bay too. We should have done that one instead.
And go visit liberty island : great visit, great museum - a nice surprise to us :))