New York Harbor Hop-on Hop-off Cruise including 9/11 Museum Ticket
New York City, United States of America
Take the express route to the new National September 11 Memorial and Museum in New York City on a one-day hop-on-hop-off cruise through New York Harbor. Your hop-on hop-off ticket is valid for one day and includes timed admission to the 9/11 Museum, located within the archaeological heart of the World Trade Center site. The museum, containing over 100,000 square feet of exhibition space, tells the story of 9/11 through multimedia displays, archives, narratives and a collection of monumental and authentic artifacts. Intimate stories of loss, compassion and recovery are presented and the lives of every victim of the 2001 and 1993 attacks commemorated.
Outside you will find the twin reflecting pools of the 9/11 Memorial, inscribed with the names of the nearly 3,000 victims of the terror attacks. The reflecting pools, nearly an acre in size, feature the largest man-made waterfalls in North America and sit within the footprints where the Twin Towers once stood.
After departing from Pier 79 in Midtown, the cruise will stop at World Financial Center, a short walk from the National September 11 Museum, where you have timed admission. Inside the museum, you'll have unlimited time to browse the exhibits before rejoining your cruise. In addition to the 9/11 Museum, this exciting tour gets you close to such iconic sites as the Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty, Brooklyn Bridge and Governors Island, just to name a few!
Your hop-on hop-off ticket is valid for one day, allowing you to design your own sightseeing itinerary for your trip to the Big Apple. Hop on and off as often as you want, and enjoy informative and amusing commentary as you go! The boats will give you up-close views of the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, the Brooklyn Bridge many more New York City sights.
By traveling around the city on the cruise, you’ll beat the infamous New York traffic and enjoy easy access to hundreds of sites like the 9/11 Memorial Memorial, Chelsea Piers, the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, Times Square, DUMBO and Williamsburg. Boats depart regularly throughout the day from six stops (see Itinerary section below for stops) so you can plan your day around your sightseeing!
This tour was excellent right from the start from stepping onto the water taxi. The tour guide was friendly, engaged the crowd really well, was very informative and made you feel really good! Having the entry into the 9/11 museum was an added bonus. The museum was very interesting and probably the highlight of the day. To have the museum ticket included on the package, i would definitely recommend this tour. The photo opportunities at the Statue of Liberty were great with the skipper turning the boat so people on both sides of the boat had opportunities to take photo's.
Review by: cynthia s, October 2017
I am a New Yorker visiting from the West Coast where I now live. What I liked most of all was being on the spectacular Hudson looking at how the Jersey shore is rivaling Manhattan's. It puts you right off without the subway and a long walk to get to the Museum. Easy Peasy
Review by: EDWIN F, October 2017
Every citizen and or visitors to NYC should see the 911 memorial. It is tastefully done but still tells you the whole story of what happened. Going down and down underground set the tone for the whole experience.
Review by: William R, September 2017
9/11 museum portion of tour which I paid for was not available until late in the day even though I was there to check in for boat trip before first boat of the day.
Review by: Kathleen S, August 2017
This tour was amazing!
Review by: PolPop6770, August 2017
We were lucky with a warm, beautiful day in November. The ferry was comfortable and spacious. 9/11 Museum is a definite must see but very emotional.
Review by: Heather L, August 2017
Everyone should see this amazing exhibit!
Review by: Tanya B, August 2017
This tour was not worth the money charged by _br/_ viator. The boat trip was okay, but you could hardly hear the tour guide over the voices of the tourists, as he described the scenes. The computers were down when we arrived at the pier, so we had to pay for our 911 Museum tickets twice. Stop 3 was not available.
Review by: ann-marie_89, February 2017
The tour was really good! I definitely recommend it. The tour guide gave us lots of information and the photo opportunities at the Statue of Liberty were really good!
Review by: Stacy c, January 2017
Me and my two adult sons did this tour in January. Believe it or not we actually had great weather. A tad cold, but a beautiful, sunny day! Purchased through TripAdvisor for a very fair price we felt like we couldn't go wrong. Starting at pier 79. The ticket agents were extremely helpful as the tickets say accepts e-ticket we didn't print our tickets out. Be sure to go to the ticket booth upon arrival to exchange your vouchers for actual tickets.I recommend printing your vouchers ahead of time as they want the printed copies. They took a picture of the voucher from their personal cell phone since at that point we had no way to print. The water taxi was a typical water taxi, nothing fancy, but it was comfortable and not crowded. The guide was knowledgeable and pointed out landmarks along the way, she was helpful in letting people know what was at each stop. We exited at the 911 Memorial with plans to do the memorial museum and come back to the Taxi for more touring however we loved the 911 Memorial, museum and surrounding area so much we actually spent the rest of our day there. The museum is a beautiful tribute to the people and the families that lost lives and had lives changed forever on September 11. It's obviously a very somber place. A time for reflection. The volunteers at the museum are also very knowledgeable and helpful. I also recommend going to the top of the 1 World Trade Center!
Review by: Rebecca T, December 2016
The 911 museum visit made the day! Each ferry crew was exceptional.
Review by: Mike, December 2016
Enjoyed the opportunity see many sights throughout the day - the 9/11 museum and memorial, Wall Street area, Brooklyn Bridge, and Statue of Liberty. The boats were always on time, and the staff was friendly and helpful.
Review by: Jodie C, December 2016
Great way to see the highlights of the city if you have limited time._br/_ The 9/11 museum is a must if you are visiting New York but you will need at least 2 1/2 hours to see it all.
Review by: Angela L, November 2016
All fabulous..........
Review by: Gillian S, October 2016
As my husband is an ex firefighter this was a must for us. Very reflective. Even if you have an entry time still be prepared to queue. Our entry time was 12 and we got in at just turned 1.
Review by: CAROL K, October 2016
I would use this service again and tell my freinds about it. loed the tour guides info. i feel the people at the ticket booth were not forth coming with all the info I needed and found out after the fact all your service gave us.
Review by: Thomas K, October 2016
well worth booking in advance, good cruise, amazing museum experience
Review by: Kathryn R, October 2016
If you are limited for time this is an excellent way of seeing some iconic sights. Once on the harbour taxi you get an expert commentary so you don't miss anything. _br/_ Dropping off at Battery Park there is a 5-10 min walk to the memorial and museum. Be prepared for an emotional couple of hours, No jingoism, just an incredibly tasteful account of an horrendous day and account of the hours, days and months that followed. You cannot class this as enjoyable, but we still count it as the most memorable part of our visit. _br/_ Walking down Wall street we rejoined the taxi to continue sightseeing. Brooklyn Bridge, Ellis Island and Lady Liberty with a stop for photos and a history lesson, very good. Your ticket is valid for the whole day so I would advise getting there as early as you can to fit as much as you want into your day.
Review by: Linda Jane S, October 2016
It was a great experience but having only 2 boats getting off made the waits long to get back on the boat. The tour guide was informative. Felt sorry for the staff as some of your customers got very irrate with them over the waits._br/_ The 9/11 museum was very chiling but not what I expected, as we had previously done the walking tour when the museum was not open. I found the walking tour more personal and very informative.
Review by: Gorskij, October 2016
Waterways clerks not very efficient . Cruise n narrator excellent. 911 museum very moving.
Review by: Carol B, October 2016
Outstanding experience. The guide was not only knowledgeable but very funny and engaging. Great overview of different areas of New York I had never seen. Highly recommend
Review by: Sandy, October 2016
Enjoyed this so much we are planning to do this again come Spring. Some friends are interested as well.
Review by: Herbert E, September 2016
Great experience. Spent most of the day at the 9/11 Museum.
Review by: Joanne H, September 2016
Booked the 9/11 tour for September 11th, took the money for 5 travellers, no trips on that date
Review by: Radmila V, September 2016
Water taxi is great idea but we did not get off on every pier. It was impossible to see and to get back to pier on time. We picked 3 piers.
Review by: Darlito L, September 2016
A wonderful trip!
Review by: JEAN H, August 2016
The absolute perfect way to explore areas that you may otherwise miss. Second year I have done this tour and will recommend it to friends visiting the Big Apple.
Review by: Sandra, August 2016
Money well spent for a wonderful cruise that can last all day! and entry to the poignant 9/11 Museum.
Review by: Patricia H, July 2016
The tour was wonderful so much to see.Our tour guide aboard the boat was great f un and full of useful_br/_ information.The museum was the high light for me so thought making a must see
Review by: Trina T, July 2016
Great way to get around and make stops to sightsee
Review by: Pamela M, July 2016
Tour guides were informative, entertaining and incredibly helpful.
Review by: ANN C, July 2016
We enjoyed our trip on the new york water taxi and 911 musuem. I just wished the transaction would just direftly be with the vendor.
Review by: Patricia A, July 2016
This tour was way oversold...people stood along all of the edges of the boat so those of us seated could see very little...terrible experience...will never do it again...would not recommend it to anyone...
Review by: Shawn A, July 2016
The tour guides are really excellent. We learned a lot and the service was well explained. Glad we did it
Review by: Terri W, July 2016
This tour was amazing!
Review by: Jayvee C, July 2016
The water taxi was great! We stopped at the Greenwich Village for lunch before doing the 9/11 museum tour. Took the water taxi again and got off Battery park for the 9/11 museum. The museum is definitely worth it, very moving make sure you allow another activity to lift your spirits up after the tour. We hopped back to the water taxi and completed all the stops. Overall, the experience was great.
Review by: Linda B P, July 2016
This tour was amazing!
Review by: atrindall, June 2016
A good tour well covered_br/_ The only issue was getting to the start_br/_ The address is not correct as the road noted has been closed for some time_br/_ Needs better information for visitors
Review by: Miriam C R, June 2016
Excellent and very moveong
Review by: Amanda B, June 2016
This was a great hop on cruise your. The views amazing and the crew was too notch! We were told a lot of interesting stories and the crew made sure we were able to take great pictures. 9-11 Memorial was also very good. This is a good way to see 9-11 because you get a timed ticket so you have less .
Review by: Patricia D, June 2016
This tour was amazing!
Review by: 823mike, June 2016
Everything made so easy, from booking trip, receiving voucher which had all instructions for joining trip to exchanging for tickets._br/_ Thank you Viator,_br/_ Mike
Review by: Jacqueline R, June 2016
This tour was amazing. We enjoyed the 911 museum, the statue of liberty, and the rest of the tour. Great value for the money.
Review by: sandpiperservices, June 2016
Beautiful breezes on the Hudson yesterday for our Hop on and Hop off Cruise. We got a late start, but still managed to see everything we had on our bucket list and met very nice tour guides and crew. All we can say is and #34;Wow! and #34; Please do this if you like a less crowded way to enjoy NYC Harbour sites!
Review by: Richard A, June 2016
Great job adding boats to meet holiday demand surge. Very knowledgeable and fun crew.
Review by: Jeanne P, November 2015
an all together great experience end to end.
Review by: Maritia M, November 2015
The Cruise was very good. I had just had surgery and was unable to do much walking. This was a great way for us to take in the sights.
Review by: Francine E, October 2015
The 9/11 Museum was moving and sobering. Not to be missed. However, getting there in the Hop-on-Hop-off was not good. Viator listed a 10:45 am departure time and an entrance time into the Museum at 12 pm noon. We purchased this tour and had a voucher for the water taxi, with a note to be at the pier at least 15 minutes prior to departure time and the museum entrance. My husband and I were there in plenty of time. The problem arose we we found out that THERE IS NO 10:45 water taxi departure time. There was a 10 am taxi and the next would be at 11:30 am. This meant we had to waste time waiting at the pier and risked not getting into the museum at our appointed time. _br/_ The walk from the Battery Park pier to the museum is at least 10 to 15 min. When we docked at Battery Park we rushed to get to the museum because we were already late. We were greeted by very long lines but with some pleading we did get in. _br/_ According to the transportation people we spoke with, Viator has been told to update their information about departure times. The day was almost ruined.
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