Merle Exit, Queens Times

“My next adventure was experiencing THE RIDE, one of those great “happenings” from which you walk away in a great mood and smiling. There are these multi-million dollar coaches that are equipped with surround sound, LED lighting and 40 video screens. They are, in essence, rolling state-of-the-art theatres that introduce their traveling audiences to an interactive experience that only New York could offer. Adding their own actors to the crowded mix on the street, the huge motor coaches deliver a show worthy of the standing ovations and group euphoria that results at the end of each RIDE. The microphones and sound system on THE RIDE are open both ways and the “audience” of whoever happens to be passing will see and hear it all, especially the constant encouragement of getting them to wave back at you. You can tell who the tourists are; the ones taking photos and video of this event. What became most amusing to me was seeing how many people treated both the bus and the actors as if they were just a typical occurrence. They were the New Yorkers.”