We booked a VIP tour of the Empire State building, 911 Memorial and the Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York City. We booked through Viator who organised this terrific trip for us. We met our tour reps outside the Empire State around 8.30am and were showed inside around 15mins before the general public. This meant we also had... More

After all, it is the Empire State Building! I have been there at least four times, last time with the children. We all loved it. No need to pay extra to go up to the 101:st floor, the view from the 86:th is enough. We went early, got there at 9.30. Almost no lines but a bit crowded once you... More

We visited on a Monday morning we had bought tickets through Expedia. There were no queues so after taking time to admire the beautiful Art Deco interior we took the lift to the top! Hired a head set for ten dollars that explains all the views and what you can see. A great way to see the city from height... More

The elevator...and up to the sky... The all around view of New York city is great. Even with the wind and the crowd. The teen was please to experience it, and I was please to have her there. You should do it. The automatic passing through shopping on your way out is OK but... Well I guess when you have... More

Recently visited the Empire State, did it as part of a tour so didn't have to queue the security is airport style. Staff dressed like Disneys Tower of Terror ride, this made me nervous about the elevator ride lol.Overall it was ok but Top of the Rock was in my opinion better.

It was my first trip to New York and I made this a priority. We went first thing in the morning and by the time we left at 11am,it was getting very busy and crowded. We only went up to the 86th floor observatory, which is $25. However, if you want to go to the very top (which I believe... More

Its a great view, no doubt about it, but you must research to find the best times when the crowds are smaller, thus a shorter wait to get to the top. Assume that summer, around xmas and Easter breaks are all heavy tourist times.

We arrived about 10:20pm and were immediately accosted by the seller outside who tried to tell us that the queue was an hour long and we should buy an express ticket. He gestured towards shadows in the window to demonstrate the queue. We politely declined and went inside where we waited 5 minutes to buy tickets and 5 minutes to... More

Empire State Building is in Midttown in NYC, and is not a beautiful building to look at. It is actually not very nice looking at all. But, it does give the best view of all of Manhatten. From 84th floor, you can see all the boroughs of NY; Queens, Brookelyn, Staten Island, Manhatten, Harlem etc. It is WONDERFUL. I would... More