Around 4.00pm and is the best tour for seeing most points of interest and Steve the tour guide of you get him is superb. He has great knowledge as is a native New Yorker and is quite comical too.

First, we went to Central Park, where we got off the bus to view the Dakota apartment building, where John Lennon used to live, and his memorial, Strawberry Fields. We had time to take pictures, everywhere we went. We went to Rockefeller Center, the 911 Memorial, rode the Staten Island Ferry, where the Statue of Liberty was visible from the boat window. We rode the bus, between stops, but tour guide was giving us information, along the route, as we were riding. It was raining and cold, the day I took the tour. Don’t know whether the weather influenced the number of times we got off the bus, but we still got to see and learn, a lot.

I do not believe there was a restroom on the bus. However, the bus stop at the 9/11 site and the Staten Island Ferry station had restrooms.

Our bus had a glass top so it was great to see out of. We went in November so not sure if it had air conditioning but i would guess it did, Really nice bus I would think with fair skin in the middle of july one should consider not an open top bus. Our tour was great and would love to do it in the summer another time.

Hello, I personally would not upgrade. you see plenty without the glass roof. and you get off the bus ever so often. Send the money on something fun to do with the kids.

We were staying in Manhattan, Times Square and had booked a hotel there only a couple of blocks for pick up. Viatour is very helpful.

You may remain on the bus if you want to.

The boat you take during the tour is the Staten Island Ferry which is free (you just board as a group); from what our guide said, those ferries run 24/7, 365/year… not sure if they shut down for inclement weather or not? Hope this helps!