The 4 New Year's Eve Celebrations in New York City Worth the Cold

1.NYC: New Year’s Eve Buffet Dinner Fireworks Harbor Cruise

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 37 reviews · from $552Our pick

Ring in 2025 aboard a New York harbor cruise with buffet dinner, open bar, DJ music, skyline views, and fireworks from the water.

“-meals and drinks not very interesting, despite a fairly high price -servers a bit overwhelmed -very long start, about 45 minutes after the announced departure time -the circuit seemed truncated to us, we expected to go to the Hudson side of Manhattan, but we didn't go further than the Statue of Liberty. -return also strange, we returned to the departure dock (PIER15), and we stayed about 30 minutes opposite before docking, as if it was to use up the time planned for the cruise.. -too bad for these negative points, because the views of Brooklyn, Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty were very beautiful, as well as the fireworks for…”

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2.NYC: Cornucopia Majesty New Year’s Eve Party Cruise

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 14 reviews · from $369

Review of NYC’s Cornucopia Majesty New Year’s Eve cruise, with buffet, open bar, DJ, reserved seating, fireworks, and practical tips.

“Excellent organization, magnificent setting. Fantastic DJ. Efficient staff. Dinner with limited choice but good, there was also something for vegetarians. The only downside was that the women's bathroom was completely flooded and very slippery, and apart from a sign, nothing was done about it. A girl fell and hurt her wrist, and a waitress who was there didn't even offer to bring her some ice. Apart from that, everything was truly magnificent, with a wonderful New Year's Eve fireworks display.”

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3.New York Pier 15 New Year’s Eve Buffet Dinner Cruise

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 13 reviews · from $496

Ring in the New Year aboard a New York dinner cruise with buffet dining, drinks, DJ music, skyline views, and fireworks.

“Super gezellige Oudejaarsavond met leuke muziek, heerlijk eten en drinken en vuurwerkshow. Door de mist was het vuurwerk helaas niet heel goed te zien maar dat mocht de pret niet drukken.”

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4.NYC: New Year’s Eve Drinks, History and Ball Drop Tour

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 11 reviews · 8 hours · from $350Best value

Review of NYC’s New Year’s Eve speakeasy tour, with Prohibition stories, drinks, open bar, snacks, and a distant Times Square ball drop view.

“thought we would go into speak easies. the tour was ok given that the bar was open and pizza, snacks were provided. Not a lot I remember about the prohibition. still we got to see the ball drop after confusion and NYPD saying we couldn't.”

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