We paid extra to do the VIP tour which was well worth it. We had a fantastic guide tell us about the history. We also got to see the very exclusive rainbow room which is not included in standard ticket.
Top of the Rock NYC Observation Deck | Best Skyline Views of Manhattan
Believe the hype. Top of the Rock’s three levels of indoor and outdoor observation decks deliver spectacular, unobstructed views of the city skyline. With terraces facing east, west, north, and south, Top of the Rock’s panoramic sights make it the ultimate observation deck in NYC. At the pinnacle of 30 Rockefeller Plaza’s 70 floors, it’s one of the top things to do in New York City.
The Top of the Rock experience is being reimagined and exciting new additions to the observation decks are on the horizon. While we are under construction, you can still expect the same fantastic views, but please note that access to specific areas may be limited while we work hard to bring new features to Top of the Rock.
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Daily from 9:00 am – midnight
Last entry at 11:10pm.
30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10112
Enter on 50th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues
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General Admission – Top of the Rock
See the best NYC view from 70 floors up at our indoor and outdoor observation decks.
Express Pass
Get immediate entry at any time on the day of your choice, priority elevator access, and a 20% discount at the gift shop.
VIP Pass
Go on a guided tour of Top of the Rock Observation Deck with expedited entry, priority elevator access, the Photo Pass, and 20% off at the gift shop.
Rock Pass
Take the Rockefeller Center Tour, and learn about its incredible art and history, with a visit to all its major landmarks and artworks. Then visit Top of the Rock for the incredible 360-degree views of the NYC skyline. It’s two one-of-a-kind Rockefeller Center experiences in one.
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You won’t wait in long lines to enter Top of the Rock. Our timed ticketing means you are granted immediate entry at your scheduled time.
If poor weather or visibility affect the day of your visit, we will gladly reissue your ticket for a later time or date.
Are you ready for the return of the Limited Too aesthetic?
Perspective by Ashley Fetters Maloy
Staff writer
February 27, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. EST
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I bought the most confusing garment I’ve ever owned at Limited Too. It was 1999, and I found a black, ankle-length skirt made of ripstop nylon, with big cargo pockets and a crinkly elastic waistband, on the clearance rack.
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What the practical use for a parachute-pants skirt might be — for anyone, let alone a very indoorsy fourth-grader — I could not say. What season it was meant to be worn in, similarly, was a mystery. But I strutted into my classroom wearing it with a hair scarf (a la Lizzie McGuire) and a neon-green top that read “Limited TOO.” The “TOO,” and perhaps this is redundant, was sparkly.
“Limited Too,” I have wince-laughed to myself remembering this outfit in the years since. What a weird and hilariously loud formative chapter in the sartorial lives of so many millennial women.
So, imagine my face last September at Cynthia Rowley’s show at New York Fashion Week, when a model came down the runway wearing a chunky-striped, cropped turtleneck and … a long, billowing blue skirt made of something distinctly parachute-y, with a drawstring waist and cargo pockets.
Limited Too, the mall brand spun off from The Limited in 1987, became a tween-focused brand in the late ’90s and hit its peak popularity in the mid-2000s. Today, the distinctive Limited Too aesthetic is something a certain subset of the American adult population simply knows when it sees it. (Like pornography, but its similarities end there.) Limited Too apparel had several distinct hallmarks: glitter and sequins; cartoon flowers; neon pinks, greens and oranges; touches of gentle ’60s and ’70s psychedelia; pastel knitwear with subtle sparkles; faux fur in both earthly hues and in colors that evoked troll dolls. Much of it felt experimental in a low-stakes kind of way, particularly its girlish stylizations of the sporty styles of the day (see: shrunken “LTD2” football pinnies; silky, petal-pink camouflage-print cargo pants; and, of course, skirts made from ripstop nylon). Highlighter-colored, juvenile, whimsical — perfect apparel in which to clothe a sassy 11-year-old in that brief window of time before she graduated into the more muted color palette (and more PG-13 messaging) of Abercrombie & Fitch.
Limited Too disappeared from malls in 2010, three years after the end of The Limited, and the vast majority of Limited Too’s former stores were converted into Justice: Just for Girls. Like a lot of derelict mall staples (Sharper Image, the Disney Store, Structure), the Limited Too brand name has resurfaced in the inventory at low-end department stores. Now, however, a trio of 2023 fashion collections indicate that the cheeky, hyperfeminine, fantastical spirit of Limited Too may be on offer once again, this time for adult women.
Rowley’s spring and summer 2023 collection is a feast of girlie delights. A T-shirt dress in iridescent lavender summons the coveted silk Limited Too pajamas that were once all the rage at sleepovers. Models at her show last year came down the runway in silk cargo pants, a baby-blue faux-fur skirt, flower-embroidered bell-bottoms and even deconstructed football jerseys with glittery stripes on their baggy sleeves.
