I was there for a week and managed to get my 5 sights in so got my moneys worth from the explorer pass. Just make sure you read the small print, eg if you really wanted to go to 9/11 musuem this pass takes you to the tribute centre instead etc. I have no other pass's to compare it too so not sure if it the best or not but if you are there for less than a week you may struggle to utilise 5 trips. Quite nice getting 15 off in Macy's :- just take the booklet with you into the store and get it stamped
Good to get combo package with various places to visit, but not helpful that you can only pick up the card from the office. It would be good if you could pick it up from any of the venues. Instead we had to make special trip to the office before we could start using the pass.
Really great value for money and really easy to exchange the voucher for the passes.