<!--quoteo(post=12925070:date=Feb 17 2011, 06:22 AM:name=dparker713)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (dparker713 @ Feb 17 2011, 06:22 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=12925070"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=12925035:date=Feb 17 2011, 02:27 AM:name=Judge Smails)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Judge Smails @ Feb 17 2011, 02:27 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=12925035"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->OK, starting to flesh out potential itinerary. Thinking of going midweek to American Idiot and Fuerza Bruta - cheaper, easier to get tickets. Wanted to split up the musicals, so Yankee game on Wednesday makes sense. Starting with those 3 events, want to work in sightseeing via ferry, walking tours and eating all over, Top of the Rock, etc with Museums. Add in Central Park bike rental, Belmont Park, shopping, etc.Saturday June 11th - arrive late afternoonSunday, June 12thMonday, June 13thTuesday, June 14th – American Idiot – 7pmWednesday, June 15th - Yankees vs. Rangers, 7:05pmThursday, June 16th - Fuerza Bruta – 8pmFriday, June 17thSaturday, June 18th - depart late afternoonQuestions:1) Better to do bike rental in Central Park on Sunday or on a weekday? Didn't know if it would be too crowded on a Sunday or on the contrary better with more people2) Best way to start the real first day of the trip on Sunday? Ferry ride? Bus tour? Heard bus tour great way to get a feel for the city.3) Top of the Rock - better during the day or night (summer)4) Suggestions of best itin's for certain days if you were doing the trip?5) Any of the multi-attraction passes (e.g. City Pass) worth it?6) Any good discount tips (gonna be a pricey trip to be sure)<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->Not sure if you specifically want to do a Yankee game, but imo Citi is the nicer place to catch a game and the Mets have a home date that Friday. Also, you have the option of a Yankee day game on Thursday which would get out in plenty of time for the show.1) I wouldn't lock into any specific day for the bike trip - I'd wait until you knew what the weather was going to be. 4) Long list in this thread, you're better off figuring out if there is something specific you want to eat (best pastrami, best pizza, etc) or if you want recommendation for where you'll be5) Only if you're going to hit up multiple attractions6) You don't have any museums listed on your trip, but they're certainly cost effective entertainment, with or without the discount. Tastes vary, but its hard to go wrong with the Met or the Natural History Museum.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->1- as a guy who spent a lot of time on a bike and running in CP, I'd recommend not doing this on a weekend... insanely crowded and dangerous navigating around (lots of weekend warriors thinking they're the next Lance Armstrong and riding much faster than traffic or their skills can handle, along with tons of tourists meandering out into traffic and a lot more dogs too). Things might have changed, but the roadway was off-limit to cars after 10 or so during the week- I'd look into that before committing to riding on a certain day. It's car off-limits all weekend.2- I don't know about bus-tours... they're obviously popular, but seem a bit hermetic and creepy to me (like going to the zoo, except we locals are the animals and you're the ones in a cage). Why not just spend the day walking around where your hotel is? Times Square? Walk across town to Rockefeller Center and just poke around, maybe do top of the rock then.3- I recently did this for the first time- we went during the day and it was phenomenal how much you could see. Night time would be cool, but just in terms of seeing for miles and miles and really getting an amazing perspective on how NYC lays out, I'd say the day is better.4- Where you eat should be less about the day and more about where you're checking out in your itinerary... unless you'll want to head home to freshen up before dinner each day (which also makes sense). Other than that, don't do Sushi on Mondays... or is it SUndays? The fish market is closed one or both of those days, so you're getting older fish. And call first- some places are closed Mondays.5- dunno6- IIRC, I mentioned Century 21 dept store next to Ground Zero... your ladies will be find a lot there on the cheap (it's a giant discount store, but with a huge range of price-point and product- my fashion designer wife and I do a ton of our clothes shopping there. be forewarned- it's hit or miss, so don't go in expecting to buy anything particular.Met and Nat History museums entry fees are "suggested donations". Give what you want for your family- seriously. I have friends who still give a buck.More importantly, we need to come up with some rules of the road for you guys so my surly neighbors and I don't get all sidewalk-ragey on you.
The crush of people will make it unbearable.
The crush of people will make it unbearable.
(flame away) Are your kids science-types who want to look at Dinosaur bones, stuffed animal dioramas and see a pretty cool space program? There are interesting seasonal exhibits, and obviously way more that I'm giving it credit for, but... maybe I've just been too many times with my 3yo- just doesn't seem like the kind of place I'd recommend over a visit to the Met, especially with teenage/young-adults. The Met has something for everyone; the range of history, media, location and style is off the charts. Architecture, textiles, clothing, armor, weapons, statuary, tribal/non-western, ultra modern, photography, etc, etc. The main problem with the place is that it can be incredibly overwhelming and it's easy to get sucked into looking at things that might not be as interesting as others and just get burned out. Oh- and this is a place (along with the Nat) that has the "suggested" donation.
No idea; I never travel in with that big of a group.
