The Ride: Interactive NYC Bus Tour with Live Performances

Experience the excitement of THE RIDE, an interactive Broadway-caliber bus tour in New York City. Enjoy live performances and explore the city like never before!

Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Times Square - Central area in NYC that has many shops, restaurants, offices and flashing billboards
What's Included
  • All taxes, fees, and handling charges included
Additional Information

Strap on your seat belt and prepare for THE RIDE, the most exciting entertainment experience to hit New York City! This dynamic and interactive part-show, part-city tour will have you amazed by the sights and sounds of New York as you whiz through its streets on a multi-million dollar theatrical bus. THE RIDE is a Broadway-caliber show with New York…

Location
259 W 42nd St
West 42nd Street
Meet our Customer Care Team at 42nd Street and 8th Avenue in front of Five Guys Burger Restaurant. Please arrive 15 minutes prior to your departure time.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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(969 Ratings)
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Seaside35054761561
Feb 22, 2025
Brilliant Ride - Exceeded all expectations with young kids - Rarely write a review but the Ride really exceeded expectations. I was quite hesitant at first given some of the reviews but the concept is brilliant and was the highlight of my seven year old son’s trip to NYC coming from the UK. The hosts were great, of course it’s a little cheesy but lots of fun and had us laughing out loud throughout. Been to NYC countless times but this is highly recommended if you’re on the fence and have children in tow, or just want a fun way to see NYC!
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Wanderingc2025
Feb 3, 2025
Scotty & Jackie Make The Ride The Best 36 Hour (Wink) Tour in All Of NYC ! - We got the Wonderful Jackie & Scottie as our dynamic duo for our 36 Hour (wink) Midtown Manhattan tour. Must do! Ask or Scotty & Jackie!
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Neena
Jan 19, 2025
Fun, and quirky! - One of my highlights, fun, different, funny and great impromptu rappers. The hosts, particularly Stuart is fun, witty and keeps the fun going. A different way to do the tourist things, while sitting in a fun, interactive bus, you sing, answer questions and interact with pedestrians outside the bus. It was a great 1.5 hours, a highlight!!!
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Lyn_j
Jan 1, 2025
The Ride - Something different x Good fun x Hosts are very interactive . Great way to see the city x A little bit expensive for a hours trip x
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Alexo585
Feb 17, 2025
Fun Ride - Very knowledgeable & entertaining hosts. Really enjoyable when the hidden members join in on the streets. Great way to spend an hour in NYC
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Airliebird9
Jan 15, 2025
Unusual concept but a very good experience. - Whilst the tour on The Ride was fairly enjoyable and the street performers absolutely brilliant, the Manhattan traffic can never be controlled and hence the journey in the allotted time does not venture far around Manhattan. The commentary onboard was friendly and amusing and in general the tour is something different from the norm and well worth a booking.
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S9366resharond
Jan 11, 2025
Awesome experience - - Awesome experience - the two compares for the trip were very funny and made it seamless - the street performers were awesome and very diverse - they get the people on the street to engage with the people on the bus
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T135ycsaraht
Jan 8, 2025
Honestly just fun! - If you're going to do a bus tour around the city, this is a super fun way to go. Our hosts were really funny and, though some of the stuff was kind of cheesy, it was also very cute. I'd classify this more as edutainment than historical or something, but we enjoyed the way the city facts were delivered and seeing all the performing artists planted around our points of interest. We saw an actor, a jazz dancer, a breakdancer, a singer, a rapper (who was definitely freestyling and it was awesome), and a ballet pas de deux—all in just over an hour. An unexpected bonus was how much the regular (not employed by The Ride) people on the street interacted with us and our hosts' ability to work it into the show. The only thing that would have made it better would have been a little tiny bar but again, it was just an hour. :D Also! My daughter left her phone on the bus and Stewart, one of our hosts, found it and took many hilarious selfies for her as a parting gift.
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Experience736157
Jan 27, 2025
Misleading and didn’t honour booking through go city pass - If I could give zero I would. Our ride got cancelled and made us wait 40 mins in the cold to tell us this. I had a go city pass with 4 attractions and the ride company claimed one of my attractions and said we were no shows. Which was a lie as they cancelled on us. I only found this out when I went to use my pass for my final attraction and they said it was invalid. I had to spend over 30 mins on the phone to the city pass helpline explaining what had happened.
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Michael_j
Dec 30, 2024
Do not go on this tour - Got rhere and they Canceled our ride at the last minute due to bus “breaking down”. People on the bus 15 minutes after ours got to go on theirs. Poorly organized and chaotic scene.
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