ONE IF BY LAND – TWO IF BY SEA
BUY A TICKET ON THE RIDE, GET A FREE HARBOR CRUISE ONBOARD A NEW YORK WATER TAXI

 New York’s Two First-Choice Tour Attractions Combine For A Day of Family Joy
AN ICONIC PARTNERSHIP, JANUARY 5  –  MARCH 22

NEW YORK CITY (January 2015)- Starting Monday, January 5th and running through Sunday, March 22nd, anyone who buys a ticket to THE RIDE will receive a FREE 60 minute harbor cruise onboard a NEW YORK WATER TAXI (a $31 value!). Departing from Pier 16 at the South Street Seaport NEW YORK WATER TAXI has 5 daily departures making it easy to take pictures of the Statue of Liberty. Combining THE RIDE with NEW YORK WATER TAXI allows our customers to enjoy two iconic NYC attractions for the cost of one, adding real value to a day out in the city. Tickets can be purchased at The Ride’s two box offices or online atwww.TheRideNYC.com

ABOUT THE RIDE
Los Angeles hosts The Universal Studios Hollywood Tour.  Leavesden, England has recently opened Warner Brothers’ The Making of Harry Potter Tour.   New York City owns THE RIDE, which has become the singularly most requested ticket at Travel Agents’ offices all over the country.   The concept is a brainstorm of design that has resulted in a fleet of multi-million dollar motor coaches whose interiors are a state-of-the-art wonderland of electronic wizardry that guide 49 dazzled tourists around the most fascinating city in the world. THE RIDE’S original genius was its realization that the streets of Manhattan are a fifty-mile stage exhibiting the most riveting visuals on earth.  Adding its own actors to the crowded mix on the street, the huge motor coaches deliver a show worthy of the standing ovations and group euphoria that results at the end of each RIDE.  The motor coaches are events in their own right.  They are specifically designed theatrical vehicles; the tallest allowed by federal law, fitted with stadium-style seating that orients the 49 fortunate participants sideways so as to look through the massive windows that deliver New York as the most successful Broadway show on earth. These unanimously acclaimed coaches are equipped with surround sound, 3,000 LED lights and 40 video screens.  They are, in essence, rolling state-of-the-art theatres that introduce their travelling audiences to an interactive experience that only the most interactive city in the western hemisphere could deliver.   Each motor coach’s external speakers and lighting allow riders and on-board performers to interact with THE RIDE’S street performers as well as anyone else they pass on the street.  THE RIDE is an EVENT whether you are on the bus or on the street.   But it’s better on the bus.  A fact mightily agreed upon by both Broadway critics and audiences alike.

THE BRAGGING RIGHTS
THE RIDE has played forty-five months of sold-out, multi-million-dollar, state-of-the-art, electronically interactive tours of the Midtown Area of the Greatest City in the World.  Over 270,000 very happy customers have supported the 4.2-mile journey that has been termed “a Passport to New York City.”  CEO/CCO Richard Humphrey is awaiting to greet THE RIDE’S 275,000th RIDER.    The 275,000th RIDER.

ABOUT NEW YORK WATER TAXI
New York Water Taxi (NYWT) is an affiliate company of The Durst Organization Inc.  A partnership venture between Douglas Durst and Tom Fox, New York Water Taxi has been a New York fixture since 2002, beginning with a spunky fleet of five distinctive black and yellow-checkered vessels.  Today, the iconic 12-vessel fleet also includes the vessels of their sister organization Circle Line Downtown. The New York Water Taxi’s mission is to provide entertaining, stimulating and enlightening ways to see New York City’s dazzling skyline, celebrated bridges and lush waterfront parks, while maintaining a community-conscious fleet that honors New York’s cherished waterways.  The New York Water Taxi’s crews and staff provide the best customer service this side of the Hudson River by maintaining the highest standards for all customers.

THE RIDE’S TWO BOX OFFICES:
234 West 42nd Street between Broadway & Eighth Avenue.
1200 Sixth Avenue  at 47th Street

TICKETS:  $74
Individual Tickets:  ExperienceTheRide.com & 866-811-4111
Groups: 212-244-2551 x168