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At various locations like the Top of the Rock Observatory and the Empire State Building in particular you will discover that as part of the tour they want to take your picture. There reason is at the end of the tour they will try to sell you your picture at an exorbitant price, clearly not worth it in my humble view or have much value.
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Alternative: As an alternative when you are at these places look for a great photo opportunity and take your own pictures for free!
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As you can see from my picture here you can get your picture taken with these people dressed up like the Statue of Liberty. He quoted me $5 USD to take as many pictures as I wanted. I hesitated not sure I wanted to pay to get my picture taken and in the end dropped in the $5. When i asked for a couple more pictures to be taken because I thought that was part of the deal, he gives me a dose of NY attitude and tells me I only gave him a dollar! I managed to get a second picture and then didn't bother to debate this with him.
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Alternative: Get your picture taken with the real Statue of Liberty and spend your $5 USD on a local corned beef sandwich or something.
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BestParking Sun Aug 19, 2007 06:20 UTC
This is just to let you know that the above website has been re-branded as http://www.BestParking.com - free reservations are now included. | gilabrand Fri Aug 17, 2007 15:38 UTC
Never knew about the "top of the Rock." Next trip I will go there. | newyorkerman Fri Jun 22, 2007 19:08 UTC
Are you joking about messages being the reason that store was shut down? ;-) | LauraWest Sun May 27, 2007 16:24 UTC
The Naked Cowboy tip was not expected! His website was fun, too;excellent tips you have begun here. Thanks! |
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