Everything & Anything New York City

Ganga

John259 wrote: »

Have you explored the official web site?
https://www.911memorial.org

Thanks for that,googled it yesterday and loads of sites came up,i think that the companies who do the " passes ",ie NY Pass etc list it. Anyway have visited the official site and signed up for the tour and museum,cost a bit more,over $80 but only likely to be there once.:)

greenface

One good thing when we once went was meeting a lot of our friends from around the world and singing Happy Birthday to my lad who was 17 at the time . He is a wheelchair and SLD . we got to the Earthcam in Times Square (used to be one by TFIs) at 5 oclock NYC time with a cake actually given to us from Macys once we told them our plans. Friend and fambo logged on some from AUS /NZ and Sweden and it started as 5 people then 8 then 20 then 120 in times square by the time we finished singing and waving . special time for us and a great memory from our trip . WoWza that was 10 years ago tomorrow was just talking about it last night . http://earthcam.com/usa/newyork/timessquare/?cam=tsstreet you can plan a wave home .Its fun

Ganga

greenface wrote: »

One good thing when we once went was meeting a lot of our friends from around the world and singing Happy Birthday to my lad who was 17 at the time . He is a wheelchair and SLD . we got to the Earthcam in Times Square (used to be one by TFIs) at 5 oclock NYC time with a cake actually given to us from Macys once we told them our plans. Friend and fambo logged on some from AUS /NZ and Sweden and it started as 5 people then 8 then 20 then 120 in times square by the time we finished singing and waving . special time for us and a great memory from our trip . WoWza that was 10 years ago tomorrow was just talking about it last night . http://earthcam.com/usa/newyork/timessquare/?cam=tsstreet you can plan a wave home .Its fun

I am sure your son will never forget it,happy memories:)

d0nkeyk0ng

SWMBO wants to go to New York. It's a last minute thing as she's only managed to get her annual leave approved. We're planning to go from 8th or 9th April.

Currently, flights are looking around £1500 total if we book through Aer Lingus. That leaves us a hotel budget of around £1000 for four nights.

The tripadvisor reviews for 4* hotels all seem varied and picking one that will be good enough seems to be a struggle. Wyndham New Yorker was one option.

Does anyone have any recommendations?

richardw

How much is a Hampton Inn?

pompeyrich

Have you had a look on ba.com for flights and hotel? They have some 4 night flight and hotel from around £1,100 per person, so under your total stated budget. Those prices are from London, although they are similar from other UK airports.

moreofthegoodstuff

Just booked some trips now looking at tickets for Aladdin - does anyone have any tips on getting lower priced tickets/or which seats to go for, there's some tickets for about $77 each but I'm not sure if they are rubbish seats.

19lottie82

I promised myself we wouldn't go back after the combination of high costs and the poor pound, but we've had a bit of a windfall so I have promised we will take the kids (13/17) in December.

Is there such a thing as a decent sit down restaurant in manhattan (ideally midtown but if not, not important) for a reasonably priced meal? Ie 2 courses plus a drink each for 4 people for under $120 before tax and tip?

Or am I dreaming?

Thank you

Lottie

richardw

19lottie82 wrote: »

...Is there such a thing as a decent sit down restaurant in manhattan (ideally midtown but if not, not important) for a reasonably priced meal? Ie 2 courses plus a drink each for 4 people for under $120 before tax and tip? ...

Yes, just don't pick the expensive food and drink on the menu.

19lottie82

richardw wrote: »

Yes, just don't pick the expensive food and drink on the menu.

Based on my last 2 recent trips it's not quite that simple!

Any examples to accompany your suggestion?