CityPass Will Save You Money and Make Travel Life Easier

CityPass offers a pocket-size booklet of admission tickets to a select collection of top-drawer attractions in 11 North American cities, priced to save about 50% off regular admission.

CityPass has five cost-taming tips for a memorable city vacation:

1. Purchase a CityPass for New York, Southern California (theme parks), Boston, Atlanta, Chicago, Philadelphia, Toronto, Seattle, San Francisco, Hollywood, or Houston at www.citypass.com, and print the voucher at home to save money on shipping fees. The voucher is redeemable at any participating attraction, so not a step is wasted. Once in hand, CityPass allows visitors to bypass most ticket lines, spending time inside cool attractions, rather than overheating in long lines. CityPass includes general admission to the most popular attractions and sightseeing in each city and often includes an extra value, such as an IMAX movie, audio tour, or same-day admission to a sister museum.

2. Ditch the guidebook. A CityPass is slim, fits in a pocket, and packs not only admission tickets, but a map, information about transportation directions, insider tips, coupons and discounts, and four pages of recommendations from the experts at National Geographic Traveler magazine – specialists in what inquisitive travelers need to know.

3. Travel like a local. Take the bus, train, or trolley. A Metrocard will save in New York subways, MARTA’s a good bet from the airport in Atlanta, snare a CTA pass in Chicago for the elevated trains, and head for LA’s clean, efficient Metro Red Line to get from downtown LA to Hollywood’s Walk of Fame.

4. Park yourself. Enjoy fresh air, people-watching, and a simple picnic lunch between tickets. New York’s Central Park and Atlanta’s Olympic Centennial Park are close to CityPass museums. Houston’s 455-acre Hermann Park borders the Museum District and is home to the Houston Zoo. Chicago’s Millennium Park has entertainment and free evening concerts. Visitors to Boston can enjoy the 10-acre waterfront park surrounding the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. The famous Boston Harbor Walk connects the Library to miles of public beaches.

5. Some sights really are free. Don’t overlook the energy and distinctive local flavor of each city’s famous intersections, districts and city center. Make a beeline to Times Square for theater of the street. Hollywood and Vine is legendary to star-seekers. Seattle and San Francisco have fascinating waterfronts. Sometimes just watching the world go by while munching a street vendor snack is the way to go.

New York CityPass costs only $74, a $134 value, and includes the Empire State Building, Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Museum of Natural History, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Guggenheim Museum, and a choice of how to inspect the Statue of Liberty–with the option of either a Statue Cruise to Ellis and Immigration Islands, or a Circleline Sightseeing Cruise around lower Manhattan.

San Francisco CityPass includes a cruise, museums, aquarium, and 7-day MUNI Passport-including cable cars-for $54, a $98 value. The Southern California CityPass is unique access to Disneyland, Disney’s California Adventure, Universal Studios Hollywood, SeaWorld in San Diego and the San Diego Zoo for $247, a $356 value.
There are three ways to buy a CityPass. The booklets are always the same price in all locations:

  1. Click on http://www.citypass.com and have a booklet sent to a home, office or hotel address.
  2. Buy online and save a shipping fee by printing a voucher that can be redeemed at the attraction visited.
  3. Or buy a CityPass at any participating attraction. For recorded information, call 877-THEPASS (877-843-7277), and for customer service, call 888-330-5008.

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