Statue of Liberty: Pre-Ferry Express Tour

Experience the Statue of Liberty like never before with express pre-ferry tickets and a visit to the brand new Statue of Liberty Museum. Enjoy priority boarding, a guided orientation tour, and a self-guided audio tour in multiple languages.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Battery Park - Guided tour of Battery Park
  • Castle Clinton National Monument - Pass by as you learn the history of Castle Clinton from you tour guide on the way to the Statue of Liberty Ferry
  • Statue of Liberty - As you get off the ferry you will visit and enjoy the grounds of Liberty Island. Take take and go through the Statue of Liberty Museum
  • Ellis Island - Enjoy the ground of Ellis Island and visit the Wall of Hero’s. Look to see if you can discover your families name. Visit the Ellis Island Museum.
What's Included
  • Priority Boarding to the ferry
  • Multilingual audio tour headsets for Ellis Island
  • Multilingual audio tour headsets for the Statue of Liberty National Monument
  • Express Boarding to the ferry
  • Entry to Statue of Liberty Museum
  • 30-minute Statue of Liberty and Battery Park Orientation Tour
  • Entry to the Ellis Island National Immigration Museum (unless 2 PM tour selected)
  • Ferry tickets to Liberty Island
  • Live tour guide on Liberty Island and Ellis Island (if Guided Tour option chosen)
  • Ferry tickets to Ellis Island
What's Not Included
  • Live tour guide inside Statue of Liberty Museum 
  • Live tour guide inside the Ellis Island Museum 
  • Access to the pedestal or crown of the Statue of Liberty
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Embark on a 30-minute familiarization journey at the Statue of Liberty and take advantage of express quick access to the Statue of Liberty Ferry Liberty to reach the statue. Your guide will aid you navigate the processes for boarding the ferry heading to Liberty Island. Make use of priority boarding to spare significant time. Immerse in a self-guided audible tour with the supplied headphones, available in nine languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Russian, and Arabic.

Cross the New York Harbor to the Statue of Liberty. Gain entry to the new Statue of Liberty Museum situated on Liberty Island.

  • Audio tours are available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Hindi, Korean, Russian and Arabic.
  • Family friendly audio tours designed for children ages 6-10 are also available in the same languages.
  • A mandatory airport grade security screening is conducted prior to boarding the ferry. This means no liquids, alcohol, weapons or large bags are allowed.
  • Depending on the queues, and time of year, any tour departing from 1pm onwards may not make it to Ellis Island before it closes for the day,
  • Minors (17 or under) must be accompanied by an adult (25+)
  • Due to local regulations, the Statue of Liberty Museum, Ellis Island, and the Ellis Island Immigration Museum may not be open on the date of your visit
  • August 2024 – Due to construction, priority boarding is temporarily suspended OR
  • August 2024 – Due to construction, express boarding is temporarily suspended
Location
24 State St
State Street
24 State Street is also known as One Battery Park Plaza. The tour guide wearing a yellow uniform will meet you on the plaza outside Starbucks. Do not enter Battery Park. Do not go to the Statue of Liberty ticket booth as they will not have your tickets.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Hope_a
Jul 2, 2024
Trip worthy taking! - The trip was well worth it. I was amazed by the size of the statue and the history behind it was interesting knowledge gathered from my guide Caesar 🙏
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Debbie_g
May 26, 2024
Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island Tour - We had beautiful weather for this tour, which added to the fun! Our guide, Nina, had great stories and information about the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. We had plenty of time to explore the areas on our own also. We did learn that the boats, Liberty Island Cruises, is the only company that will take you to the island and drop you off for the tours. There are many scams out there where they try to get you to book on their boats that do not drop you off at the islands, so beware and use a legitimate tour company like Viator to book your tours and avoid this! This was a good one!
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Luke_t
Dec 2, 2023
Enjoyed our trip - Really informative, definitely worth doing! Our tour guide was very clued up and we had a good time exploring the islands.
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Amy_s
Oct 19, 2023
Our guide was very knowledgeable and enthusiastic. - The boat ride to Miss Liberty and the beautiful New York City harbor that she calls home. It was my daughter's birthday wish to visit the Statue of Liberty. She was overjoyed to finally meet her.
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Jessica_f
Jul 30, 2023
Highly recommended - Great guided tour! It was a little difficult to find the meeting spot, but the tour guides helped us tremendously. Tour guide taught us a lot as well!
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Joi_b
Apr 3, 2024
Not worth the money. - Very disorganized and not worth the money. Our tour guide tried to get our group of 20 people to cut the very long ferry line, which caused a great disturbance. The information given at the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island was not worth what we paid.
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Cathy_d
Apr 2, 2024
New York Statue of Liberty and Ellis island - Was not happen when your guide helper tried to cut an hr long line and caused commotion ending up going to back of line anyway snd cutting out your short. The tour guide herself was informative but our tour was delayed an hr because of the mishap. I would have cancelled if you could have tss as irk phone call
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Mehdi_a
Jul 10, 2024
Unreliable - This company are the most unreliable company they get ur money no service misleading I never ever trust nor believe this company
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Rafael_r
Jun 22, 2024
rip off - the two hour line under the sun was horrible! i paid for an express entry pass and that was a lie. tickets were 25$ at the door and we paid double for nothing,
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Vivian_c
Jun 8, 2024
Scam - We wait for an hour at meeting point for the operator but the operator didn’t show up and can’t get them at all
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