Anything & Everything New York (PART 2) - [please search thread before posting]

phatbear

in cod we trust!!!!

Savvy_Sue

SI ferry: our suggestion is to stay at the back of the ferry each way, while everyone else heads for the front. You get the skyline on the way to SI, and the statue on the way back, and no crowds.

Also we did the trip twice, once in the day and once late at night, just for the ride.

niceday999

phatbear wrote: »

eh voila a rotating restaurant:

http://www.marriott.com/hotels/hotel-information/restaurant/nycmq-new-york-marriott-marquis

the restaurant itself is called "the view"

Thats it...thanks....i have just read the reviews on Tripadvisor and think i'll give it a miss..........

pcg2001

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

SI ferry: our suggestion is to stay at the back of the ferry each way, while everyone else heads for the front. You get the skyline on the way to SI, and the statue on the way back, and no crowds.

Also we did the trip twice, once in the day and once late at night, just for the ride.

Never thought to do it at evening!! Great tip for next time! Did you find the terminal in SI at all scary at night?

phatbear

We've done the statent island ferry in the daytime and night time and personally I prefer night time, the statue looks more stunning lit up, and the ferry tends to be a tad quiete, and neither terminal was scary, mind you im a tuff guy and dont scare easily, however there was no obvious threat

Savvy_Sue

pcg2001 wrote: »

Never thought to do it at evening!! Great tip for next time! Did you find the terminal in SI at all scary at night?

No. There were 5 of us, and I honestly never felt worried at all, the whole time we were in the USA. But then we live in a city and work in one of the least salubrious parts of it, so we're all used to the 'mean streets'.

The boys (16-21) cycled round Central Park on their own, and were later roaming the streets of Wildwood on their own at all hours.

Mind you a colleague is not long back, and accidentally saw in the NY on the SI ferry, which they did NOT enjoy! :rotfl:

Beetle_lover

Savvy_Sue wrote:

Mind you a colleague is not long back, and accidentally saw in the NY on the SI ferry, which they did NOT enjoy! :rotfl:

wha??? Lol x

tifosi

The View is also available for just drinks - quite expensive but worth it for the experience!

(I'm sad and have been in there on each of the 5 times I've visited NYC!)

wept

niceday999 wrote: »

Thats it...thanks....i have just read the reviews on Tripadvisor and think i'll give it a miss..........

Don't trust everything you read on Tripadvisor - we ate there and it was brilliant!

niceday999

wept wrote: »

Don't trust everything you read on Tripadvisor - we ate there and it was brilliant!

i know what you mean...but there are so many bad reviews i dont think i would risk spending hundreds of dollars for it not to be nice.....