Tag: #New York

There is also a memorial here in Liberty State Park for all the people in New Jersey who were killed on 9 Eleven. Very sad.

I had bought tickets to the Crown of the Statue of Liberty. When I went to collect the tickets the man said he needed to see Viv as well and also our photo ID. I had left our Passports back in our Airbnb and had my licence with him. Asked my better half if she had hers. Looked in her Phone Wallet and no she thought Polly our granddaughter had pulled it out. I looked in my wallet and I had an old Licence for Viv that had expired. I wasn’t sure if they would accept it. Viv prayed that it would be like Brother Andrew who used to smuggle Bibles into Russia that she would pass. Amzingingly he accepted it and we got our bands to climb the crown. We then had to go through security to get to the ferry boat.

As we were catching the boat from New Jersey the ferry stopped at Ellis Island first. The problem was he wouldn’t give us the tickets until a later ferry. This meant we didn’t have enough time to see Ellis Island before our booked time for the Crown. The ferry back from the Statue takes you back to New Jersey. So you would have needed to take the New York ferry from the Statue back to Ellis and look around. Then get the ferry back to the Statue and then back to New Jersey.

We landed on Liberty Island where the Statue was located and we knew they had lockers there to put your stuff in. Glad our American friends had a quarter. The Statue is a pretty impressive close-up and is a bit on the old Fort which was an 11-pointed star. Once again we had to go through Airport-style security again to go to the crown. There was a huge line and I thought oh no but turned out it was for the lift and it only took 4 people at a time. So we took the 176 steps up.

After reaching the pedestal we had to get processed again to go up the crown. As the Staircase is very narrow really only one person can fit. Think of the stairs as a circular spiral that goes up one way and down the other side. Speaking to the National Parks Employees they said that if you are taller than 5′ 10″ you pretty much have to bend your head as you climb up. To be honest with you you also wouldn’t want to be too large either as you may not fit either. There were resting spots about every 20 or 30 steps from memory where we let people go past us. I kept joking with a German lady who nearly knocked me over on the Ground level.

Upon reaching the top of the Staircase we were again stopped by a National Parks person who controls when you can make the final ascent to the crown. You can see the inside of Lady Liberty’s face here. At the Crown, you can see through the Windows to New York. But the Light for us wasn’t great to take photos from. Then on the way down, we saw a sign that said Emergency Elevator for Medical Emergencies. We all thought how would anyone get up there to rescue anyway.

After we got back down to the pedestal we had a walk around there where the views were totally open and great. The weather for us was very overcast though and so the clarity wasn’t as good as a Blue sky. We also found the Foundation Stone of the Statue.

Finally, we explored the bottom of the statue and looked at the Museum. It would be quite easy to spend a whole day here if you were reading all the info in detail. You can see the Original Torch that was on the statue until the 1980s.

There is also a memorial here in Liberty State Park for all the people in New Jersey who were killed on 9 Eleven. Very sad.

I had bought tickets to the Crown of the Statue of Liberty. When I went to collect the tickets the man said he needed to see Viv as well and also our photo ID. I had left our Passports back in our Airbnb and had my licence with him. Asked my better half if she had hers. Looked in her Phone Wallet and no she thought Polly our granddaughter had pulled it out. I looked in my wallet and I had an old Licence for Viv that had expired. I wasn’t sure if they would accept it. Viv prayed that it would be like Brother Andrew who used to smuggle Bibles into Russia that she would pass. Amzingingly he accepted it and we got our bands to climb the crown. We then had to go through security to get to the ferry boat.

As we were catching the boat from New Jersey the ferry stopped at Ellis Island first. The problem was he wouldn’t give us the tickets until a later ferry. This meant we didn’t have enough time to see Ellis Island before our booked time for the Crown. The ferry back from the Statue takes you back to New Jersey. So you would have needed to take the New York ferry from the Statue back to Ellis and look around. Then get the ferry back to the Statue and then back to New Jersey.

We landed on Liberty Island where the Statue was located and we knew they had lockers there to put your stuff in. Glad our American friends had a quarter. The Statue is a pretty impressive close-up and is a bit on the old Fort which was an 11-pointed star. Once again we had to go through Airport-style security again to go to the crown. There was a huge line and I thought oh no but turned out it was for the lift and it only took 4 people at a time. So we took the 176 steps up.

After reaching the pedestal we had to get processed again to go up the crown. As the Staircase is very narrow really only one person can fit. Think of the stairs as a circular spiral that goes up one way and down the other side. Speaking to the National Parks Employees they said that if you are taller than 5′ 10″ you pretty much have to bend your head as you climb up. To be honest with you you also wouldn’t want to be too large either as you may not fit either. There were resting spots about every 20 or 30 steps from memory where we let people go past us. I kept joking with a German lady who nearly knocked me over on the Ground level.

Upon reaching the top of the Staircase we were again stopped by a National Parks person who controls when you can make the final ascent to the crown. You can see the inside of Lady Liberty’s face here. At the Crown, you can see through the Windows to New York. But the Light for us wasn’t great to take photos from. Then on the way down, we saw a sign that said Emergency Elevator for Medical Emergencies. We all thought how would anyone get up there to rescue anyway.

After we got back down to the pedestal we had a walk around there where the views were totally open and great. The weather for us was very overcast though and so the clarity wasn’t as good as a Blue sky. We also found the Foundation Stone of the Statue.

Finally, we explored the bottom of the statue and looked at the Museum. It would be quite easy to spend a whole day here if you were reading all the info in detail. You can see the Original Torch that was on the statue until the 1980s.