Amazing to see it for real (Statue of Liberty)

Member Name: Gemma87

Product:	Statue of Liberty
Date:	30/01/09 (10 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Being so close

Disadvantages: Not being able to go up the obersevation deck,

Think of New York and what would be the first thing you'd think of? I'm guessing it would be the statue of Liberty, as that's what I thought of when I thought of New York.

It's an icon image that reminds everyone of New York and standing on the edge of the Hudson River and I could see the statue of liberty although from where we were it was no bigger then my thumb. Yet still I was amazed and me and my boyfriend were taking photos zooming in as close as we could.

Quickly we headed for Pier A which would be where we could get the ferry across to Liberty Island where the statue was.

When you get there you'll need to go and buy you tickets, and then queue up for the ferry. This is quite a long queue and roughly I would say it took us an hour to get onto the ferry, although with the excitement of it you honestly dont even notice the amount of time your waiting.

When you get through into the pier you'll have to go through security similar to that at an airport. You may also get asked to remove your shoes (be careful here as we went in December and it had been snowing so the floor was wet, boyfriend eneded up with soaking feet!) but once your though here you can go onto the ferry.

It takes about 15 minutes of chugging along on the ferry until you get the Liberty Island my advise though is as your setting off go to the back of the ferry you'll get some awesome pictures of the New York skyline like all those you see in films.

As you approach the Island it's amazing I couldnt believe that we were this close to the statue of liberty! It was something that for me represented New York, and so it was amazing to see it this close.

Once of the Island you can get up close to the statue and it was only at this point I actually reaslised the size of it! This is perfect opportunity to get some great photos of the statue and we even found zooming in on the statues face was great as this is the sort of detail you never really get to properly see! Unfortunatley while we were there we could not go upto the crown or even the observation tower at the base of the statue however it was still great to just be so close to an iconic statue.

There is also a gift shop and restuarant on the Island, where we bought a few tourist things such as keyring photo frames etc.

Yu can then either get the ferry back to New York or over to Ellis Island.

I would say that you need about half a day to visit this, and is really a must see as everyone will want to know what it's like!

Summary: Must see as its so iconic