haylee sladek

Review of Statue Cruises

BEWARE!!! READ BEFORE YOU GO!!!

BEWARE!!! READ BEFORE YOU GO!!!

As soon as you approach Battery Park there are workers -(scammers) all around the entrance. DO NOT stop until you get to the Castle Clinton building which is where they sell/redeem your tickets! The workers in the royal blue jackets and the man in the orange vest are NOT affiliated with Statue Cruises. They will ask to see your tickets then proceed to tell you that there is a long wait time but that they can upgrade your ticket for $35 and will send you over to a boat around the corner that will take you on the cruise for no wait. They will not tell you that they are actually sending you on a shuttle over to New Jersey to get on a fishing boat (which is not the picture they will show you) and if the boat is full you will be stuck in the middle of nowhere for 1hr waiting on it to get back.

3 hours, $350 and an Uber ride back from Jersey our group was able to get on the real Statue of Liberty Cruise which was great!