Rockefeller Center’s rotating “Skylift” experience has stunning views of Manhattan.
Top of the Rock has a new ride that gently soars into the sky and rotates, so I tried itAs much as I enjoy the New York of the sky, I’ve never actually visited Top of the Rock: It’s one of those things you always plan to get to someday, but put off because “it’ll always be there.”For an additional $35, you can step onto Skylift for a three-and-a-half-minute experience that gently extends toward the sky, then slowly rotates to offer a 360-degree view that encompasses four boroughs and New Jersey.
I can’t say the extra 30 feet was thrilling — it doesn’t feel too much higher than the upper deck of Top of the Rock, which sits on the building’s 70th floor. Somehow, the fact that I was moving made the surrounding skyscrapers feel bigger and closer. My heart didn’t swell; nothing took my breath away. But it was neat.
At one point they looked down and realized the floor was transparent, letting you see the roof-deck 30 feet below.“It’s brilliant,” Smith said after the experience. “I didn't realize how massive was, to be honest.”
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