So convenient, no waiting in line extra time for tickets for some of the spots, I was so glad I purchased this for my trip!
This was a great way to see some of the sights in New York for the 2 days we had. We didn't realize though that the 9/11 Tribute was not the 9/11 Museum/Memorial. The tour guide was very informative, but the tour was suppose to be 1:15 hours but ended up running about 1:45 and it was cold so not all that enjoyable.
I would give the New York City Explorer Pass a 4 IF there was a LOT more communication between the tour companies of the Hop on and Hop off buses around the city. It was the first part of the pass we used, and we were unaware that we needed a ticket that was needed ANY time we were going to hop on and hop off for the next 48 hours, and the first bus did NOT give us a ticket sidenote:it was really chaotic because there was a change in buses due to the microphone not working. When we went to use the bus the next day, we couldn't, and didn't want to buy another pass. We ended up cabbing it and MORE expnense. The tours had just moved over to the fact that the tickets ARE IN FACT interchangeable!!! Therefore it didn't matter that we didn't have stubs, we had earphones proving we had been on the bus. Better communication between tour companies would be better. The tour we did take the one day was excellent though, and would only alter a few things like the quality of the sound system, and perhaps stop overs at stops.