Explorer pass is not worth it's money. Instead go for network city pass
Very useful card, but the booklet that accompanies it needs updating, some of the attractions no longer accepted the pass. Also, if you wanted to use it on the Statue of Liberty, the office to get the ticket using the pass is out of the way and that is not made too clear.
I was a little dissapointed that we had to go out of our way to get the cards validated for each place that we
wanted to see. You state that you did'nt have to line up but that isn't so,we still were told to go in line.
We only used two of the three venues as we could not be bothered with the third . Apart from that I still love New York.