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NY SKYRIDE + Empire State Observatory

NY SKYRIDE + Empire State Observatory
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Empire State Building
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Empire State Building
NYSKYRIDE
2nd Floor
Empire State Building
350 Fifth Ave
New York  10118
United States
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Price
$42.00
Prices shown are a guide to standard adult prices generally available, including any applicable per ticket fees - other concessions may also be available.
For use from
Sat, 10th May 2008
For use to
Wed, 31st December 2008
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Combine two great attractions at one convenient location. After "feeling the sights" on NY SKYRIDE, experience one of the most breath-taking views of a lifetime on the 86th Floor of the Empire State Building. Above the city's bustling streets, the Observatory offers panoramic views from within a temperature-controlled, glass-enclosed area or from the surrounding open-air promenade.

NY SKYRIDE


NY SKYRIDE is New York’s one and only virtual tour simulator. It is a High Definition IMAX® style adventure tour of New York City narrated by actor Kevin Bacon and located on the second floor of the Empire State Building. The NY SKYRIDE is a simulation tour that takes guests on a tour of New York City. Not only are we a great NYC tourist attraction but an Empire State Building tour is greatly enhanced with our unique New York sightseeing trip. In 12 minutes, through the magic of flight simulation, guests “fly over” over 30 sights New York is famous for without ever leaving the second floor of the ESB. In addition, the experience includes 2 static pre-shows. The first called “I am New York”, a 7 minute perspective of the history of the Empire State Building and “Top 10 Things to do in New York”, a 7 minute presentation on all that New York has to offer visitors.

Location


The NY SKYRIDE is located on the second floor of the Empire State Building. Entrance to the SKYRIDE is from the 33rd Street entrance (not the main 5th Avenue entrance.) Enter the building at 33rd Street and turn left up the escalator.

Hours of Operation


NY SKYRIDE runs all day from 8AM to 10PM, 365 days a year (with curtailed hours on Christmas eve, Christmas Day, New Years eve and New Years Day).

Requirements


As with any moving attraction there are certain precautions needed. People with a history of heart ailments, neck or back pain, motion sickness, fainting or dizzy spells should exercise caution. Pregnant women should not ride the NY SKYRIDE . Minimum height for the NY SKYRIDE is 36”. Children may not sit in laps and must be able to sit in a seat by themselves.

Running time: 25 minutes


Empire State Building


DIRECTIONS


By Subway:
1, 2, or 3 (Seventh Avenue Lines), A, C or E (Eighth Avenue Subway) to 34th Street/Penn Station. Also B, D, F, N, Q, R or Path to 34th Street/Avenue of the Americas.

By Train:
To Penn Station: Long Island Railroad, New Jersey Transit, Amtrak. From Westchester/Connecticut: Metro-North to Grand Central Station, subway shuttle to Times Square to 1, 2, or 3 subway trains downtown one stop.

By Car:
Drive into Manhattan via any connecting bridge, tunnel or road.

By Bus:
From Northern Manhattan/Upper East Side, M4.
From Upper West Side/Harlem, M10 south.
From Downtown/West Side, M10-north.
From other Manhattan locations, any north-south bus to 34th Street and transfer to M34 or M16. Disembark at Seventh Avenue.
From Northwest Queens, take Q32.

PARKING


The Empire State Building does not have a parking garage. On West 33rd St. between Fifth Ave. and Broadway, there is a garage and there are several parking lots and garages close by as well. On the street parking is difficult to impossible in midtown Manhattan.

ACCESSIBILITY


The Empire State Building is fully ADA compliant. You may use one of our special entrances, take an elevator to the Concourse level to purchase tickets for the 86th floor observation deck, take another elevator to the 2nd floor security check area, then elevators take you to the 80th and finally the 86th floor. We have handicapped accessible bathrooms on the Concourse and 86th floor observation deck and the deck also has lowered viewing walls and binoculars. All elevators have lowered selection panels which are also in braille. Please enjoy your visit.

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