May 15, 2009
The big Q: How to get Statue of Liberty crown tickets?
Update: The Statue of Liberty’s crown is now open and tickets are on sale.
The website for Statue Cruises, the only company allowed to ferry visitors to Liberty and Ellis Island, has updated their front page with the question everyone’s asking:
“How do I get tickets to go up in the crown of the Statue of Liberty?”
The answer:We are working out the details of distributing tickets and will make a public announcement just as soon as we can. Information will also be available on the National Park Service’s website at www.nps.gov/stli.
Once at the NPS site, again you get the question:
“How do I get tickets to go up in the crown of the Statue of Liberty?”
The NPS answer:We are working out the details of distributing tickets and will make a public announcement just as soon as we can.
On May 8, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced the Statue of Liberty’s crown will reopen on a limited basis starting July 4.
The key phrase: limited basis.
Salazar said only 30 people an hour, in groups of 10, will be allowed to the crown. How those 30 are picked is likely to be determined by lottery. One element of the plan got far less coverage: “The Statue of Liberty will be open for the next two years. Then it will be closed again for work on a long-term solution that will improve safety and security permanently,” according to the news release from U.S. Department of the Interior.
All those plans are sure to frustrate tourists, especially the ones who have a hard time with the current system, which includes airport-style security before boarding the boat, and again with puffer machines on Liberty Island if they’ve managed to secure one of the limited monument passes that allows access into the museum in the Statue of Liberty’s pedestal. Earlier this week, about 20 angry tourists huddled around the closed ticket booth at Castle Clinton, shocked the last boat of the day departs from Manhattan at 3:30 p.m. this time of year. One exasperated group looking through their tour book was overheard making plans to instead go to the Sports Museum, (which shuttered in February.)
Correction: This entry was changed to note that the final ferry of the day is 3:30, not 1 p.m. However, 1 p.m. is the last boat of the day for monument-pass holders.
Picture credit: Statue of Liberty and a ferry operated by Statue Cruises, on the day it took over the route from Circle Line Downtown in 2008. Amy Langfield/NewYorkology.
May 15, 2009 12:46 PM in History, Kids, Museums, Sightsology
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