What are some tips for visiting Alcatraz?|136879

I_ll be visiting in August. Should I go at night? Can you go during the day and stay until the night boat leaves? Interesting facts about Alcatraz? Hauntings? What to see while there? Thanks!

I am a hotel concierge in San Francisco and I consistently help my guests visit Alcatraz. Yes, purchase your tickets in advance by going to www.blueandgoldfleet.com. They are the only authorized ferry service that lands on the island. The cost is $16.50 for the daytime, audio tour and $23.50 for the tours at night. DON_T pay any more than that.

Buy you tickets in advance!!!!

Yes, you can go in the daytime and stay till the night. Take the audio guided tour. It is really cool and it goes over everything including hauntings, and the best things to see there.

Take the first evening cruise - around 5ish. This way you get the daylight to see the island, etc.. But you get the incomparable views of SF on the boat ride back.

Reserve your ticket early, and be prepared for high winds.

Hey I_ll be going in October.I went to a web site and looked at it.Yes you can go at night,but I prefer to go during the day,because you can see more.It_s 26.50 aperson and you have to make a 30 day reservation.Don_t remember the web site,I just typed in Alcatraz in the yahoo search bar and I clicked on the first web site it gave me.I_ve never been and want to go.

Bring your own food, water, and bring a jacket. SF can be chilly even in the middle of summer!

Be sure to book the boat tickets early - like weeks before you go.
You can come and go as you like, as I recall.
The cell block is smaller than you might think. But you can spend 2-3 hours on the island and see it all.

Well I went in the day and it was amazing. If u go at night, u might not be able to see cuz everything was black and dark. They have these tours that u put a casette in a player and u walk around the prison. The only thing is it can become very confusing. However, it was absolutley amazing!!

bring a lunch from the mainland, the local chow is as bad as the jail food was

Buy your tickets way in advance! They sell out quickly! We were just there this last weekend and they told us the wait for tickets were 3-4 months, especially during the warmer months.

Well Alcatraz is really cool. I_ve been there in the day ,but I really want to go at night so that I can truly feel being in Alcatraz like its prisoners once did. Like others have told you buy your tickets weeks before because tickets disappear quickly. Also it is haunted. It is rumored to be haunted by the Robert _the birdman of alcatraz_ Stroud. It is also said that Al Capone_ s ghost is still around in the infirmatory where he spent most of his time because of his disease syphillis. They say u can sometime hear his banjo playing. Also make sure to check out the shower room which has a ghost that is allegedly trapped there because when he was alive he killed a man and is afraid of God_s punishment. Check the part of the shower room that is fenced though. Its really fun. U should also go in the night because I heard they have more activities than in the day. Also i almost forgot go in the holes in Cell Block D where supposedly a prisoner was killed by a ghost. I saw a show in which someone went inside the hole and the ghost made his presence known.