The Statue of Liberty (Statue of Liberty)

Member Name: klwtgw

Product:	Statue of Liberty
Date:	21/06/09 (24 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Great view of Manhatton.

Disadvantages: Long queues.

The Statue of Liberty was a gift from France symbolising the freedom in America; its a great trip to make from either Battery Park or from the New Jersey side of the river. There is joint point trip which takes to to the statue and to Ellis Island.

*Ellis Island was the 1st place immigrants stopped before they were allowed into America.

*Cost: We chose to leave from the New Jersey side as the queue and journey time is about a third of that from battery park, about 15 minutes. The cost is $12 for adults and $5 for children you can also can an audio tour which is about double those prices.

*What to do there: when we went there (2008) you where limited to how high you could go up the statue and you could only go to the 2nd platform. There queue for this was extremely long at around a 2 hour wait. However, if you are able to go up much higher I would recommend it at you will have a great view of New York from there.

*There is food and gift shops on the Island and plenty of very helpful park rangers.

If you are visiting there you ought to ensure you leave a whole day to go to the statue and Ellis Island and the best place to take photos from is on the ferry on your way there.

Thank You For Reading.

Summary: A great place to go and visit in New York