Six ways we've discovered to visit the Statue of Liberty

1. Staten Island Ferry 
1. goes by it and it's free
2. no tour guide
2. NY Water Taxi
1. From Clinton Castle
2. Had a tour guide
3. Circle Line Cruises
1. We got tickets from doing Big Bus for Circle Line Cruise
2. Had a tour guide
3. From Pier 83 (or 79?)
4. Liberty Cruises
1. We got tickets through the Topview site, but there's also a Liberty Cruises site
2. From Brookfield Place
3. Had a tour guide
5. Statue Cruises
1. The only cruise that goes to the Statue of Liberty and you disembark
2. This is the one we haven't done
3. Leaves from Castle Clinton
6. Hornblower
1. Can reserve through City Sightseeing or Hornblower
2. From BPT
3. Had a tour guide