We did the helicopter tour on my Birthday and what an experience it was! Everything ran really smoothly from the moment we walked through the door to stepping off of the helicopter. I mentioned that it was my Birthday and the team treated us like royalty - they even let us sit up front with the captain for the flight! We were extremely lucky to have a bright, sunny day so went around lady liberty and up the west side of Manhattan, level with central park and back down again. The views were amazing and the pilot's commentary was brilliant.
Would thoroughly recommend this to anyone looking for a helicopter experience - the price was great too!
Excellent experience and great value. Even if you consider it's a relatively short time in the air we were about 15-20 mins, it was an amazing experience - very comfortable, incredibly exciting and, after visiting the Empire State Building the previous night, this was exceptional to see the city from 'even higher' and from bottom to top of Manhattan. It was also the first time we'd been in a helicopter. A must do if you can.
It was an amazing trip, never been in a Helicopter before.