Gray Line New York Sightseeing
New York, NY 10036-7009
Phone: (212) 445-0848
- Cross Street:
- Between 47th Street and 48th Street
- Directions:
- A, C, E; 1, 9; 2, 3; N, R; S; 7 at Times Sq
- Hours:
- Daily 24 hours
Editorial Review for Gray Line New York Sightseeing – by Jason Won
The Style
Sitting above the fray provides a new perspective on the Big Apple. After passengers settle in and relax, they can safely gawk at pedestrians or take snapshots of architecture without having to navigate through the aggressive crowds. And since your ticket allows you to hop on and off the bus at will (and lasts 48 hours), you can stop to explore any of the sights on foot.
The Substance
Looping through Brooklyn, downtown, midtown and uptown, visitors will glimpse many of the city's major landmarks, such as Museum Mile, the Chrysler Building and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. A non-stop loop circling the theater district and Brooklyn Heights offers a sparkling nighttime view. Throughout, a knowledgeable, good-humored tour guide is on hand to point out sites and explain their fascinating histories--while periodically informing you of insider info, like when's the best time to visit the Empire State Building.
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Insider Tips
Multilingual OptionsGray Line also offers an eight-hour Showbiz Insiders Tour which takes you behind the scenes at "The Lion King," Radio City and NBC studios. Whatever you choose, French, German, Italian and Spanish speaking tours are given daily.
Sit PatientlyYou'll find seating on both levels of the bus; since the vehicle frequently stops to let off passengers, you needn't wait too long for an upper deck seat.
Invest WiselyWhy buy tickets for each loop individually when the All Loops Tour is a much better value? Group rates for parties of 10 or more and charter services are also available.
User Reviews for Gray Line New York Sightseeing
06/26/2008 Posted by HenryJean
I read other reviews before posing my review.And I have to say, the tours to me are what I expected.But one thing you must do,and that's ask questions,but not when a tour guide is conducting the tour,as I experienced during my trip. Also, I have a comment to the person about some of the buses leaving half empty. The reason for that is to accomodate other passengers at other stops.The Grayline company is pretty big,and sometimes tourist coming to NYC are overwelming,especially during the summer months.And also around the Independence Day Holiday. And also, NYC is a big city.And in a big city,you have traffic.Something I experienced during my tour. The rush hour here is nothing compared to other cities.I couldn't believe the tour guide when she told me that close to 5 million people travel to NYC for work,from the outer boroughs and NYC. Now that's alot of people. There is another tour bus company with similar type of buses,but those buses didn't have a downstairs like Grayline. And it looked like those buses don't offer air conditioning like our bus. ANd if it rains where could you go on those buses. Anyway,my favorite tour was the Uptown Loop. ANd I also saw that all the tour guides are different. But luckily,I had the good ones on all my loops. The best part, I got to ride on a double-decker bus,and didn't have to go all the way to London to do it.
Pros: Got to see alot of NYC
Cons: Had to wait in line for about 40 minutes to get on the bus,but who hasn't waited in line before?
06/25/2008 Posted by brandystewart
If you have time to do several of the "loop tours" I would highly recommend it. We purchased the "all loops" tour, which allows 3 days to take them at your leisure. A great value for the money. We found it to be an easy way to scope out the city without pounding the pavement and thus saving our feet. The hop-on / hop-off work out well for us too. We would start the tour, get off for shopping, museums etc... and then hop back on and pick-up the rest of the tour. The tours were fun, relaxing and the guides informative. In addition to the general information given, each guide had their own tidbits of little known facts. Also, the tour guides would tell you when the best photo opportunities were coming up and to "get your cameras "ready!" Best seats are up top.
Pros: See the city without killing your feet!
