August 18, 2008
Central Park's hot air balloon to depart Friday
Friday is your last chance to float up 30 stories above Central Park in the Aeroballoon hot air balloon.
Reservations for the entire run filled up fast, but Aeroballoon accepts walk-ups every day from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. The best time to come without reservations is 10 a.m., when the balloon is less likely to be grounded for weather reasons, a spokeswoman told NewYorkology by e-mail this afternoon.
She estimated that about 3,000 people thus far have gone up in the balloon, but they’ve had to take a pause of two to four hours nearly every day due to afternoon breezes or thunderstorms.
The price for a 10-minute ride is $25 for adults and $17.50 for children. The balloon is here courtesy of the Central Park Conservancy and NYC Department of Parks & Recreation to o celebrate the 150th anniversary of Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux’s original design of the park — known as the Greensward plan.
Picture credit: NewYorkology contributor Vidiot.
August 18, 2008 3:47 PM in Kids, Romance, Sightsology, Upper East Side, Upper West Side
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