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Giveaway: Shark Boat Tour of the New York City Waterfalls!
One of the most anticipated events of this summer is the New York City Waterfalls. Starting on Friday, June 26th and running through October, four spots in the East River will be morphed into 100 foot high waterfalls. It's all part of a public art project by artist Olafur Eliasson who is challenging us island dwellers to pay a bit more attention to our water.
The five 90 to 120-foot tall installations will operate from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., seven days a week, and will be lit after sunset, adding a striking element to New York City’s iconic skyline. One will be by the Brooklyn anchorage of the Brooklyn Bridge, the other between Piers 4 and 5 at Furman and Joralemon Streets in Brooklyn. A third waterfall will be located in Lower Manhattan at Pier 35, and the fourth on the north shore of Governors Island.
The project uses only environmentally sustainable energy and they promise that the structures won't harm the fish, shoreline or aquatic life (yup, thats right, fish actually live in the East River). And if your family gets really into it, you can follow up the waterfalls with trips to MOMA and PS1 where Eliasson currently has exhibits which incidentally are great for babies since they include lots of colored lights.Bonus: Mommy Poppins is teaming up with Circle Line Tours to give 3 lucky readers a 4-pack of tickets to the Shark Boat speed boat tour of the waterfalls. What better way to get kids psyched to see some cool public art then by passing it at really fast speeds? And, learn after the jump about other FREE boat tours of the waterfalls that anyone can get tickets for!
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The Shark Speedboat Ride is a 30-minute thrill ride that will pass by all the waterfalls as well as Lady Liberty. The show includes music and lots of excitement as you whiz through the East River. Since the boat goes really fast children must be at least 40" to ride and be able to sit in their own seats. Tickets normally cost $21 per adult and $15 per kid, but special for Mommy Poppins readers, get a $5 discount off each Shark Boat ticket by printing out this page and showing it at the box office, the discount is limited to 4 tickets per order.To see the waterfalls at a more sane pace or with small children, you can take an official 30 minute tour on the Patriot or Zephyr. TIckets are just $10 or $5 for children. Circle Line Downtown is also offering a limited number of FREE tickets to the official 30-minute tour. The first three weeks have already been completely booked, but to try to get free tickets for after July 16th go to circlelinedowntown.com for directions on how to reserve free tickets to see the New York City Waterfalls. Another option for a free boat ride is to hop on the Staten Island Ferry or the Govenors Island Ferry which won't get you to all waterfalls but will still get you some nice views.
Please Note - the Circleline has two offices so be sure to go to the Circleline Downtown location which is at the Seaport and where all the waterfall tours will leave from.
How to enter our New York City Waterfalls Shark Boat GIveaway:
If you would like to enter to win four free tickets to the Shark Boat post a comment here and let us know your summer plans.
- You must leave your comment by Sunday, June 29th at 6 PM to be considered.
- Anonymous comments can not be considered.
- Neither will multiple commenters.
- We promise not to use your emails for anything other than getting in touch the winners.
