New York Pass: Empire State Building and 100+ Attractions

We bought the 3 day New York Pass and found it good value for money. The app is super helpful at putting all the attractions into one place so you can see what you want to do. We just got our money's worth compared with if we had paid for tours/events individually. In some places, it was very quick to just turn up and scan the pass to gain entry (such as the Empire State Building). other places, such as the 9/11 memorial, required you to queue with everyone else in order to get tickets. BE AWARE that the information on each attractions page is not up to date. We found this in multiple places. 1. The Picnic place by Central Park. the New York pass says that they open at 0900, they don't - they open at 1000. We found out the hard way by turning up at 0900 and the window said 1000. We had double checked the New York pass website which still says 0900. 2. The Central Park bike tours page says that reservations are not needed for Bike Tours. That is also not true. They only do tours at 1000 and 1300, which is not listed on the page - the page says to turn up and they will allocate you to the next tour. This information may be old and it may just be that the app requires updating. But a heads up to not use that app as a bible or gospel as it could get you into some strife! Have a look at all the individual activities that you want to do over a period of time to see if you could do it cheaper yourself. The hop on hop off bus was also a great idea for us on our first full day, as it gave us our bearings without the need to use our own legs or energy.

I got this pass for a 4 day trip with my 12 year old. The pass was very easy to use and allowed us to try things we may not have otherwise. There was a sale (imagine this is common) and we paid 180 for the child's pass and 240 for the adult pass. While we definitely saved money off the full price of entry for all the attractions, for me the main value was in having paid upfront and therefore having no surprises on cost. It also allowed us not to be too worried about "getting our money's worth" at each individual attraction if we were tired or in a rush. We were happy with everything we did (attractions listed below). There were no lines for anything (May 2023) except the Yankees and getting into the American Museum of Natural History (was a Saturday). The line for Yankees tickets was very long. If these could be booked in advance through the pass would be amazing. We booked the Catacombs and the Lower East Side Food Tour in advance. Day 1 - Top of the Rock, MoMA, Madame Tussaud's (an example of an attraction I would not have paid for separately, but my daughter loved and I'll admit it was pretty impressive - was a great way to spend an hour while waiting for a Broadway show) Day 2 - Circle Line 2.5 hr boat tour around the entire island of Manhattan, The Edge, New York Yankees Tickets (pass says Grandstand, but they gave us good tickets in the 200s, a friend came with us and it was $70 for his ticket next to us) Day 3 - the Catacombs, Lower East Side Food Tour (this tour went to the Essex Market and with our NY Pass we got free bagels at Davidovitch), Rise NY (another example of something I would not have paid for separately but my daughter adored, and, I'll admit, it was fun since it was included, again, a fun way to spend 45 mins or so while waiting for a Broadway show) Day 4 - Central Park bike rentals, American Museum of Natural History

Heb deze pas niet gekocht, mede door de reviews... We zouden zo'n €250 per persoon kwijt zijn voor iets dat veel mogelijkheden heeft, alleen is de pas dan maar 3 dagen geldig. Dan moet je je wel zo enorm de benen uit het lijf lopen en constant in musea zitten om het eruit te halen... Veel dingen zijn in NY gratis te doen / te bezoeken en als je 1 betaald iets per dag doet, kun je het veel meer verdelen en zie je ook genoeg, tevens kun je dat over bijvoorbeeld 6 dagen spreiden. En het is uiteindelijk dan goedkoper.