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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 215443, member: 4626&quot;]No restaurant (wouldn&#039;t be able to fit one in there); the closest thing are some snack vendors on the island.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are three points you can get to in the statue:</p><p><br /></p><p>The top of the pedestal, below the base of the statue, can reach this by elevator.</p><p><br /></p><p>The crown, once you get to the pedestal you have to take lots of stairs to get there.&nbsp; Get a good view from the crown but it&#039;s a pretty cramped space.&nbsp; (EDIT: Have learned that due to security concerns following 9/11 the interior of the statue is currently closed to the public.)</p><p><br /></p><p>The torch, from the crown there&#039;s a small spiral staircase that leads up to it.&nbsp; However since the renovation in 1986 this is no longer open to the public.&nbsp; (YET ANOTHER EDIT: Have learned that by 1917 it was already closed to the general public; only a handful of people under very limited circumstances would be allowed up there.&nbsp; In 1916 the torch was modified to be glass that could be illuminated from within; this allowed water to leak into the arm which caused corrosion that made the torch balcony unsafe.&nbsp; In 1986 the torch was repaced with a solid one again, the arm was strengthened, but access to the public was never reinstated.&nbsp; Even when it was open, only 11 people could go up there at once.)</p><p><br /></p><p>So today the highest you can go is the crown, unless you&#039;re a park ranger.&nbsp; (EDIT:&nbsp; Sorry, the highest you can go right now is the top of the pedestal.&nbsp; When I last visited it was possible to go as high as the crown.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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