Statue of Liberty - How to Climb to the Crown! 

Hope he enjoys it! I'm just happy our reservations prevented us from waiting in that line!!! Enjoy your weekend!

Shopping - haha, thanks! It's a pleasure to work (and have fun) with all of you guys! Glad you had a great day! Let's do this again!

Thanks! It was a special day with some dear friends. ...Really a unique experience!

Thanks and just wait until the next video. Hollywood will be calling!

Thanks, buddy! Just spent some time out West - it is good to back in the Northeast. My mother was born and raised in the Bronx. Her folks moved to NJ in the early 70's and that's kind of what got us here.

Thanks! Not much of a city guy, but it was a fun trip!

That was great, Mike! Have a super weekend!

Appreciate the thoughtful and encouraging words, Chad! Hope you guys can get out there, pretty cool experience! Have a great weekend!

Does it work that way? :) If you ever change your mind, I'm sure the fearless and now popular NYC tour guide, Jack McDonald, will be happy to show you around!

Thanks, it's fun learning and experimenting with new things. My wife thinks I'm crazy, but I *almost enjoy the editing as much as the trip! itself :) Appreciate the kind words and ave a great weekend!

Always so uplifted and encouraged by your comments, Alan! Thanks!

Great comment! Love your kind words and humor!

My pleasure, Charley...think of yourself joining us on the climb!

Right on! That line would have killed me. I can't think of any attraction where I'd wait in a line like that! :)

Glad you experienced this one! So memorable!

Appreciate that, Jill! Have a great weekend!

You have a great weekend too!

Thanks for watching and sharing the kind words!

Thanks! It was a special day!

Neat, Angela, glad you were able to visit the Statue! Have a great week!

Really kind of you, Robert! Yeah, channel made some big gains over the summer as the Sequoia and Yosemite videos "popped." Picked up most of the views and subs through both of them. Then a few weeks back they both hit a wall and things slowed down. Crazy RU-vid algorithm picks you up and then dashes you to the ground! :) Hope you guys are doing well. Will get going on the 911 Memorials then plan to tackle the Montana trip. Enjoy the weekend! Hard to believe it's been almost 3 months since we were in San Diego.

What do you mean by the " RU-vid algorithm"? RU-vid is weird. My videos sometimes go thru " Hot" cycles also and just die. Kinda strange but over all ive been doing better with the views by sharing on other sites mostly. Lately some nice comments from subscribers as well so its all about posting new material. Im shooting for like 10 more clips by years end and try and get to 30,000 views over all.

Yeah, RU-vid has a complex computer system (it's always changing and no one know how it works) that rates videos on what it thinking is important, Naturally those are the ones that will should up early in a search or be recommended for a viewer. The key is cracking the code to get picked up by the computer. Much of it is determined by total views and interactive comments from others, etc.

I just keep reminding myself that the videos I make are primarily for friends and family. Don't want to get caught-up with finding my significance (as many do) in likes and subs.

Interesting. Makes sense though. I do enjoy getting the views and promoting the channel but like you, its still about creating memories with family and Friends and sharing them.

Hey, thanks Eric! Glad you were able to experience. You'd be surprised as to how many in our area have never been up to the crown! Appreciate the kind words and have a great weekend!

Hope you are doing well, my friend! It was a cool adventure, would have loved to get up into the torch (need to make some more contacts). :) Really hot here - some of your AZ weather has hit the NE!

Glad to read your kind words about the video! Also encouraged to hear of the investment you are making in your children, Keep it up!

Appreciate that, my friend! Yeah, no attraction in the world is worth waiting in a line like that! Thanks for watching and have a great weekend!

Hello to Bonecrusher too!

I knew you'd be missing the Northeast! Thanks for watching and commenting, Sue. Hope you are doing well. We miss you!

So true! It was a tight fit, definitely not easy for a big guy. I suppose it all added to the adventure! Have a great weekend!

They were great, each in their own way. Hope to get the 911 Memorial up later this week. A few times I was literally brought to tears. Thanks for watching and enjoy the rest of your weekend!

haha! Yeah, for a guy 1 inch shorter it was a challenge. Sill a good call for you... unforgettable adventure!

Hey Shane, I'm running 6'4" (though I believe I've shrunk a little with the age! :) That structure was definitely not build (constructed in the 1800's) for large people! Challenging, but it added to the adventure! Have a great weekend!

Yes, I use "PicMonkey." There are some free options, but I subscribed. It's not too much each year. If you go with it and need some help, give me a call.

Appreciate the comment! I am 6'4", broad shoulders and 230. It wasn't impossible, but there were some tight squeezes. Thankfully they limit the number up there so it wasn't too crowded. Probably not the cleanest adventures with all the people grabbing those bars, but definitely worth it. Enjoy!

What an incredible story! Thanks for sharing that. Really fascinating to me because my father worked in lower Manhattan when they were constructing the Twin Towers too. I was only 8, but he had stories of their construction. He was transferred to, yes, the Midwest (Chicago) in the mid-70's. I moved back to the east coast (NJ) with my family just 2 months before the tragedy in 2001. Again, thanks for your comment! We all have special memories of that building.

Thanks for the reply, and my apologies for the typos. (I was typing in the dark) I too was tranferred to Chicago In 1969 to stay with my Great Grandmother for the summer. I was five when I left. I remember my aunt tried to convert me to a Cubs fan, but my heart was in New York at the tender age of five and I rooted for the Mets that whole summer. I remember they took me to a game at Wrigley to watch the Cubs vs Reds. Johnny bench hit a homer in that game, and I might have been the only kid sporting a shiny Mets helmet which my aunt begrudgingly bought for me in lieu of a hot dog. Our apartment was the Masryk Towers Coop which featured an amazing view of the Pitt Street pool, and over the top of that the amazing NYC skyline completely unobstructed. We could see the tiny billows of smoke from the Pan Am building when the helicopter crashed there in '77 The Bedroom I mostly occupied as a kid growing up was the only room in the house that faced west, so I was the only one in the house that could see the tops of the towers.

@@Unconsciouzone Oh man, this great comment was just discovered in my spam folder??! Thanks for the reply - neat story! All the nest!

Not sure what they are doing these days - we were there 6 years ago. I would check the website or give them a call for up-to-date information.

Just a symbolic gesture of what we go through for the flock, brother! The whole adventure was one gigantic parable!

Yes, that would be something else to make it that far up. Still, the crown is pretty cool!

Same way you went up.

I'm sorry to hear that, but a trip to the base of the statue is still worth your time. All the best!

Sorry to hear about your experience! We've been in this weather pattern for almost a week now here in the area. Glad to hear you made the best of it and hope you can get back and explore more of the monument in the future!

Maybe, we will be in the NJ area for a couple more months.

So sorry, should have mentioned in the video. Can't recall the name anymore.

Should have recorded that... I know a walk from the ground floor to the crown is equal to walking up a 20 story building - 377 steps. We moved up rather quickly. I believe it was well under an hour.

6'4"

Hey Jacob - this site here should be able to help you reserve a crown trip. www.statuecruises.com/statue-liberty-and-ellis-island-tickets?bid=crown#/ Often they are booked 4-6 months in advance. Not sure where to go if you want to get there earlier.

@@AmericasParks ok awesome thank you so much for the info I'll check it out

Not totally sure, but many say the 7 spikes represent the seven seas and the seven continents. The viewing point from the torch is closed. Now the crown is as high as you can go.

@@AmericasParks thx for reply

Yes, it was definitely a unique experience! Hope you get get out there some day. Thanks for watching!

I hope so and do check out our channel too :)

Thanks, Josh! It was a cool day. Love the views, but really enjoyed the uniqueness and challenge of this excursion. Most of the work was probably just getting there with the NY volume of people on a hot day. Have a great one!

Would enjoy helping but have had issues allowing others to use my footage. So sorry, I cannot grant permission.

Suppose it could happen, but I believe you're rather safe on this one. Thanks for the comment!

Thanks for watching the video!

@@AmericasParks where are you in US

@@sathish8031 East Coast - not far from Statue of Liberty

@@AmericasParks Now what time in US , I am in Tamilnadu, India

The contrast between the people and the government is probably common in many nations. I'm sorry to hear about your country. May peace prevail. Thanks for watching!