

Flights to LaGuardia (LGA)
Right now I hope to arrive around 12PM and leave around 5PM from LGA. If enough people can arrive at this time, we will rent a limo to take us to the hotel. It's approximately a one hour drive to the city from LaGuardia. As soon as you book your flight, please e-mail me your itinerary.
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Four Nights at the Marriott Marquis
in Times Square
1535 Broadway
New York, New York 10036
Phone: 1-212-398-1900
I have us booked three rooms with two double-beds each. I will drop the extra room as needed. Rates are running around $219/night plus tax and city fees. With four people to a room, the approximate total per person for the trip would be $250 for lodging.
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Let's Play Tourist
I want this to be a 'do what you want' trip. I've got Frommer's Guide to NYC and have read pretty much most of it. I also have a friend's suggestions from her recent trip to NYC in April. Below find a list of things to do in NYC with hyperlinks. The only set things that I want to do (doesn't mean everyone else does) is the Rockette's show at Radio City Music Hall one night and dinner at Tavern on the Green in Central Park another night. I'd rather wait in line once we get to NYC to get cheap Broadway tickets. We've got to get our group of Rockette tickets soon before they sell out. I'll send out info for that shortly.
New York City Pass allows admission into the American Museum of Natural History, Guggenheim Museum, The Museum of Modern Art, Intrepid Sea Air Space Museum, Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises, and Empire State Building Observatory without waiting in ticket lines. The price is: Adult Price $53, Children $41. I don't recommend this as I don't think we'll do enough of these to justify the price. You make the call. These can be purchased before traveling to NYC.
| Location | Attraction | Cost | Hours | Directions | Tips |
| Ellis Island | Immigration Museum & Wall of Honor | $10 for ferry | 9:30AM-5:PM (last ferry at 3:30) | Walk south through Battery Park to Castle Clinton for tickets | |
| Liberty Island | Statue of Liberty | ferries leave every 1/2 hour | |||
| Downtown | Ground Zero | Bounded by Church, Barclay, Liberty, and West Streets | Viewing Wall on Church St. Side | ||
| Downtown | Trinity Church | ||||
| Downtown | Wall Street / NYSE | 20 broad st. (between Wall street and exchange place) | NYSE isn't open to the public for tours | ||
| Downtown | U.S. Customs House | ||||
| Downtown | Brooklyn Bridge Walk | Subway A or C to High Street | Walk through little park to (alt. route is to follow Prospect Place under the bridge, turning right into) Cadman Plaza East and head downslope (on the left) to the stairwell that leads up to the stairs that cross over the bridge | ||
| Upper East Side | Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) | $12 adults $7 students | Tues-Thurs 9:30AM-5:30PM and Fri 9:30AM-9:30PM | Fifth Ave (82nd Street) | Museum Highlights Tour very day at 10:15AM and 3:15PM for free |
| Upper East Side | The Cloisters | Incl. With Met | Tues.-Sun. 9:30AM-4:30PM | End of Fort Tryon Park | Free guided Highlights Tour Tues-Fri at 3PM |
| Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) | $20 adults $12 students | Wed.-Mon 10:30AM-5:30PM | 11 West 53 Street, New York, NY 10019-5497 | Many impressionists | |
| Private Galleries | |||||
| Central Park | |||||
| Midtown | Empire State Building | $11 | 10AM-midnight | 350 Fifth Ave (at 34th Street) | 86th is open air while 102nd is enclosed |
| NBC Studio Tours | $18 | begin every 15min Mon-Sat from 8:30AM-5:30PM | 70min tour of possibly Today Show, NBC Nightly Newes, Dateline, and/or Saturday Night Live (rehearse on Thur. sometimes) | ||
| Midtown | Grand Central Terminal (tour & dine) | food | 42 Street (at Park Ave) | Municipal Art Society free tour on Wed at 12:30PM meeting at info booth on the Grand Concourse | |
| Midtown | Rink at Rockfeller Center | Good Morning America (7-10AM) | Good Morning America (SW corner of 49th St and Rockefeller Plaza) | also see Channel Gardens, GE Building, Good Morning America | |
| Midtown | Radio City Music hall (Rockettes) | $75 | 8:30PM nightly | between 48th and 50th street (from Fifth to Sixth Ave) | |
| Late Night with David Letterman | Mon-Thurs at 5:30pm, & Thurs 8pm (must be 18) | Ed Sullivan Theater, 1697 Broadway, New York, NY 10019 | December will be open for requests in September through the hyperlink | ||
| Upper West Side | Live! With Regis and Kelly | Mon-Fri at 9am (must be 10) | ABC Studios, 7 Lincoln Square (Columbus Ave. and W. 67th Street) | Send your request on a postcard to: LIVE Tickets, Ansonia Station, P.O. Box 230777, New York, NY 10023-0777 (up to 4 tickets) | |
| Upper West Side | The View | Mon-Fri at 11am (ticket holders by 9:30am) | ABC Studios, 320 W. 66th Street (just passed West End Avenue - 11th Ave.) | Must submit requests before 3 months of show date. Submit request once and for 4 tickets (I did on 7/21/05). They will be sent out 3 weeks in advance if you get them. | |
| Midtown | Conan O'Brian | Tues-Fri at 5:30pm (must be 16) | NBC Studios (Rockefeller Plaza) | You may request up to four free tickets by calling the NBC ticket office at (212) 664-3056 in advance. | |
| Midtown | 2hr Semi-circle Cruise | $23 adults $12 children | Daily 10AM and 4PM | Set sail from Pier 83 on 42nd Street. | sees Statue of Liberty, Battery Park, Bridges |
| Downtown | Staten Island Ferry | free | open 24 hr, every 1/2 hr | Whitehall Ferry Terminal at southern tip of Manhatten | get on old orange and green boats (with decks) and stand on right side leaving Manhatten for views of Statue of Liberty, great skyline views (round trip time is 1 hr) |