Comments on: The view is the payoff http://daryllang.com/blog/361 Daryl Lang's blog about media, culture and transit Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:50:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Renee http://daryllang.com/blog/361/comment-page-1#comment-132 Renee Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:23:31 +0000 http://daryllang.com/blog/?p=361#comment-132 Wow, they ARE checking the blogs. Scary. Wow, they ARE checking the blogs. Scary.

]]> By: Jeremy http://daryllang.com/blog/361/comment-page-1#comment-131 Jeremy Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:04:50 +0000 http://daryllang.com/blog/?p=361#comment-131 I find the observatory at Rock Center much more efficient -- with timed ticketing -- and the view isn't all that different. I find the observatory at Rock Center much more efficient — with timed ticketing — and the view isn’t all that different.

]]> By: Daryl Lang http://daryllang.com/blog/361/comment-page-1#comment-130 Daryl Lang Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:30:13 +0000 http://daryllang.com/blog/?p=361#comment-130 Fair enough: Citypass has the big three New York museums, which definitely aren't second-tier. I was confusing it with another pass I've seen advertised on the subway. Citypass could improve its reputation by making sure it's not associated with the ticketing process at the Empire State Building. The people who run the ESB are poor stewards of the brand. If they pitch something to me, I am less likely to buy it. I'm also likely to associate it (even accidentally) with second-rate ripoffs. Fair enough: Citypass has the big three New York museums, which definitely aren’t second-tier. I was confusing it with another pass I’ve seen advertised on the subway.

Citypass could improve its reputation by making sure it’s not associated with the ticketing process at the Empire State Building. The people who run the ESB are poor stewards of the brand. If they pitch something to me, I am less likely to buy it. I’m also likely to associate it (even accidentally) with second-rate ripoffs.

]]> By: T.A.B. http://daryllang.com/blog/361/comment-page-1#comment-129 T.A.B. Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:03:32 +0000 http://daryllang.com/blog/?p=361#comment-129 Dude, they're checking the blogs! I soooo gotta write about this. Dude, they’re checking the blogs! I soooo gotta write about this.

]]> By: Susan Wilson http://daryllang.com/blog/361/comment-page-1#comment-128 Susan Wilson Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:23:21 +0000 http://daryllang.com/blog/?p=361#comment-128 Your review of the Empire State Building experience showed up in my Google Alerts this morning because you mentioned CityPass. I can't speak for the Empire State Building, but I can tell you that if you had a CityPass in your hand when you arrived at the Building, you would have avoided the entire lower floor and its many distractions. You could have saved a couple of hours, depending on the time of year, and simply waited for the elevators to take you to the 80th floor. With a CityPass, your view would have been the same, but you would have received a complimentary audio tour. You would also have access to Manhattan's most popular museums and attractions. The Statue of LIberty and Ellis Island Museum, Guggenheim Museum, Museum of Modern Art, the American Museum of Natural History, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art make up New York CityPass along with the Empire State Building. Collectively these museums house 500 million artifacts and art. You paid $34 to see the Empire State Buidling. For $40 more, the rest of these museums, clearly not second-tier offerings, are included. Users have nine days to visit all attractions, and, the booklets are transferable for anyone to use within the nine days from the first date they are used at the first attraction. CityPass is available in other cities where skyscrapers and viewing towers are included. I hope you give CityPass a try next time. You might see something you really like in one of those museums. Your review of the Empire State Building experience showed up in my Google Alerts this morning because you mentioned CityPass. I can’t speak for the Empire State Building, but I can tell you that if you had a CityPass in your hand when you arrived at the Building, you would have avoided the entire lower floor and its many distractions. You could have saved a couple of hours, depending on the time of year, and simply waited for the elevators to take you to the 80th floor.

With a CityPass, your view would have been the same, but you would have received a complimentary audio tour. You would also have access to Manhattan’s most popular museums and attractions. The Statue of LIberty and Ellis Island Museum, Guggenheim Museum, Museum of Modern Art, the American Museum of Natural History, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art make up New York CityPass along with the Empire State Building. Collectively these museums house 500 million artifacts and art.

You paid $34 to see the Empire State Buidling. For $40 more, the rest of these museums, clearly not second-tier offerings, are included. Users have nine days to visit all attractions, and, the booklets are transferable for anyone to use within the nine days from the first date they are used at the first attraction.

CityPass is available in other cities where skyscrapers and viewing towers are included. I hope you give CityPass a try next time. You might see something you really like in one of those museums.

]]> By: Betsy http://daryllang.com/blog/361/comment-page-1#comment-127 Betsy Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:31:46 +0000 http://daryllang.com/blog/?p=361#comment-127 $34?!?! When I went to the ESB, I paid $7!! Granted...it was 11 years ago.... $34?!?! When I went to the ESB, I paid $7!! Granted…it was 11 years ago….

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