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Originally Posted by martin_g34
What's on tap for the tour?
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Tell me what you'd like to see... that's what I'm looking for-feedback.
I'll tell you what I used to do for my tours - I started off at the World Trade Center and went to the top for an overview of the city and of the day. Obviously, we'll have to ammend that to the Empire State Building or maybe the Rainbow Room (not sure if it's opened yet). After the Empire State Building, we'd probably head down to the World Trade Center site or "Ground Zero" as everyone else likes to call it (btw, I
HATE the term... it's still the WTC to me) There's not really a whole lot to see at the site. It's just a big hole with construction slowly going on. From there, we could take a walk down along the Hudson River with fantastic views of the harbor and the Statue of Liberty. Then around through Battery Park and up the East River to the South Street Seaport for lunch (if we time it right). The South Street Seaport is a mall of sorts on the pier on the East River just below the Brooklyn Bridge. Everyone seems to like the view of the bridge and they tell me it reminds them of the shot in the opening credits of Night Court (remember that show?!) From there, we check out Wall Street and then wind our way through the village and China Town where we usually hop on the subway up to the 70s or 90s in Central Park (depending on how much of a walking mood the people I'm with are in) We take a nice walk through Central Park which, even if you live in the area and have never done, it's amazing. It's amazing that you can be in the middle of this major city and, at places in the park, not even realize you're in such a major city! From there, it's down 5th Avenue checking out all the stores (not stopping, just looking) Then, check out Radio City and where the Today Show is taped and then over to Broadway, 6th, or 7th Avenue and down to Times Square where we could probably have dinner by this time.
The only thing that I always regret not being able to make it to is Grand Central Station. The only way to get the crowd there is after Times Square or on the way to Times Square. It's about 4 or 5 LONG city blocks away across town. Usually at this time in the day, I ask everyone if they want to and they're usually too tired.
We can probably change some stuff up with a bus and take it around a bit more instead of walking. However, part of the experience is walking. You'd want to walk through the Village and China Town. 5th Avenue and even Park Avenue or the financial areas we could probably hop on the bus. We could also add some other stuff in there with saved time from not walking and taking the bus.
Other ideas might be Coney Island, Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island (if there's enough interest), Yankees Stadium, Shea Stadium, Brooklyn promenade. Give me some ideas everyone!
i think its a good idea if you can get the bus for a good price and show the city to the out of state folk...
