Statue Cruises

I had both a pleasant/​annoying experience. I booked tickets way in advance to access the crown, I understand the heightened security and reason behind this. The crown steps are insanely steep and this makes sense for a limit allowance of people everyday. You have to put your things in a locker, the website states this but it wasn’t very obvious but luckily I had cash.
The employee on the NJ side was late to scan our tickets, and when she arrived she was very slow and not friendly at all, looked absolutely miserable to be there. When you get on the ship they tell you nothing at all regarding the trip. In fact I got off at the statue of liberty first, then from Ellis island had no choice but to go back to the statue and finally back to Jersey– wish they would at least have the courtesy to tell you this in advance, they expect you to figure out everything on your own.
The statue was awesome as was Ellis Island, but it took quite some time due to these travel plans. Would highly recommend anyone wanting to go to research their plan prior to the trip to avoid this.

Statue Cruises Charters boats ferry visitors back and forth from Liberty State Park, and Ellis Island and Liberty Island. As there are no other competing companies, a visitor must try to just take them for what they are, good or bad.
It is a relatively short ride. There is upstairs and downstairs, and inside and outside deck seating. They are very careful to make sure that it is not overcrowded and there are life vests that are visible to the passengers.
Having said that, I think that the bathrooms can stand to be better. It would be nice also if they had a little narration going on about the places we are about to see, but I do realize that may be asking too much. I just felt it was kind of a wasted opportunity. They have a snack bar with overpriced junk food, but I do not fault them on this since how often would passengers really go and get some food?
I think that there is room for improvement, but since the boats are just in charge of ferrying passengers to the REAL attractions, I think they do their job right. Just do not expect any other frill than that and enjoy the destinations.

Was a good experience. We were booked for 2pm ferry ride and we found out that we have to go through the airport security kind of system. Takes almost more than 30mins to pass the security BUT if you book your tickets ONLINE then you can surpass the traffic ahead of you in the line. The tour which we took had an option to make a stop at Ellis Island — it is a historic island with lot of history behind it. While returning back there was a big line to get back on the cruise as it was closing time.
Plan your trip ahead and book your tickets online. It is worth taking this cruise.

Stood on the tour boat for an hour in addition the statue tour was closed. Poor communication all around.

These guys get you from NYC or Liberty State park to Ellis Island and the Liberty Island. There’s a snack bar inside the ferry offering your typical junk food and water. Pretzels, Hot Dogs, Nachos with cheese are the standard served there. Overpriced? Yes, but what do you expect. If you can, backpack your own food and water.
There are also bathrooms on the ferry if you are brave enough to use them.
All ferry boats offer outside seating on the top deck giving you an opportunity to take some amazing photos of Ellis island, statue of liberty and the NYC skyline on the opposite side.
Schedule is decent, you can get the boat regularly every 30 minutes pretty much on the average. They do run a bit late during midday due to high tourist volume but overall they get people moving on and off the boats.
Parking is $ 7 for the entire day for a car on the NJ side, and the boats are much less crowded if you can go via that route. I did and was extremely happy with my decision. There is also a free parking lot right next to the ticketing windows, however its limited to 2 hours daily between 9am and 5pm. Don’t risk it leaving the car here longer or pay the concincuance.
Book the crown and pedestal tickets in advance, you wont be able to purchase those at the ticket window if you are just coming without a ticket. Only the grounds will be available.
I love coming here and being a tourist in my own city.

These idiots doesn’t even know how to maintain the crowd. All they care is about money. Battery park side is wAy better in this regard.

Not bad. Took my boyfriend for our one year anniversary. The hors ’ d vours were just carrots, celery, broccoli, cherry tomatoes, and pita chips. Definitely eat beforehand! Drinks were small, but not overly expensive, considering this is Manhattan. Great view of the statue of liberty and the bridges.

This is the company that ferries you to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty.
The ferries are really clean and the seating is nice. you have a choice of upstairs or downstairs, inside or outside on either deck. We sat inside because the outside area filled up fast due tot the perfect weather that day, but it was still nice. I was still able to get some good pictures of anything that came within site, as any good tourist should be able to do.
All in all I do not have to recommend them since they are the only way to get to either place, but I still think they are a good option.