My itenary - what do you think?

[elisebutt]

01/04 Day 1
Leave H/Row at 14.20 - cry as I say goodbye to Colin - arrive at New York - 16.10(ish)
Get to Jolly Madison Towers - whenever
Unpack and find food!!!!!
Walk around locale gripping Zach's hand so tight it turns blue!!!

02/04 Day 2
Do the Beast!! (wild boat ride)

And buy City Pass then take a more leisurely NY boat trip
Visit USSR intrepid - Sea/Air/Space Museum
Have lunch on the hoof
Do the Empire State building - clutching City Pass firmly so I don't have to join the awful ticket queue(avoid temptation to see how long it would take Zach to hit bottom)Relax over coffee and get over vertigo then go to the Time Warner Center / Mandarin Oriental hotel lobby to see the view from over the road after forgetting how bad vertigo is!!
Go to Little Italy for Dinner - drool - meatballs!!!
Cab home avoiding muggers en-route.

03/04 Day3
Visit American Museum of Natural History - after convincing Zach that educational IS fun!!
Go for nice touristy ride around Central Park.
Visit Mars 2112 and get blasted off for a lovely lunch/simulator ride - blech!!
Get the water taxi to downton and then walk all the way back - shopping of course - Century 21 here I come!!!
Dinner in Chinatown tonight - What no chips mum???
Pack - groan!!

04/04 Day 4
Catch plane to JFK at 11.45 arriving at 14.53ish
Get tfr to Radisson Anaheim, avoiding shootouts that Jenny kindly warned me about - thanks Jen!!!
Unpack - again!!! Then wander down road(avoid drive bys) to Disney to collect hoppers for tomorrow - thus cunningly avoiding queues in the morning and also to see if i can get a PS for Goofy's Kitchen as I can't get thro on the phone - sob
Find food - anything - probably starving by now!!!
Sleep!!!

05/04 Day 5
No plans - Just Disneyland - run like mad to get on ride furthest away from gate and get a fast pass as well so I get at least 2 good ones in!!!
Lunch and Dinner a la Disney

06/04 Day 6
California Adventure
Same plan as yesterday - note to self - get guide book for Disneyland so I know what is where!!

07/04 Day 7
MY BIRTHDAY !!!!
Cry with joy at getting PS for Goofy's kitchen or not as case may be - still trying to get through to Dis Dining - sigh!!!
Anyway - Try to do rides that we didn't manage yesterday or couldn't persuade boy onto.
Eat lots!!!
Pack - again!!!

08/04 Day 8
Fly to ORLANDO!!! Leave 08.45(ugh) and arrive 16.15
Tfr using lovely Quicksilver to Crowne Plaza Universal
Unpack and wander around I/Drive aimlessly until hungry
Put boy to bed and stay up really late doing laundry!!!

09/04 Day 9
Universal Studios today - yeay - get bus up there and do everything!!!!Well MIB and Jaws definitely and see what else we can fit in.
Stagger home and find a Sizzler

10/04 Day 10
Islands of Adventure
Today will be spent in negotiation with boy as to what rides will not kill him.(Hulk definitely WILL!!!)
Eat at Hard Rock tonight - yeay!!!

11/04 Day 11
Seaworld
Aaah - look at the nice dolphins and then spend several hours scrubbing hands to remove smell!!! Sit at the front and get wet watching Shamu, then proceed to freeze in the Arctic. Let Zach loose for several hours in the playground whilst I put feet up wth coffee thinking of strategies to get him onto Kraken. Go get free beer!!!
Go find a Red Lobster for dinner and pig out - Seafood IS Atkins friendly you know!!!

12/04 Day 12
Wet 'n Wild today - I'll just chill in the lazy river whilst Zach goes nuts in the wave pool - I may be induced to leave for a go around the Fuji Flyer.
Tan!!!
Dinner somewhere - depending on what we've found in the locale

13/04 Day 13
Lots of shopping!!! Beltz outlets and Walmart
Lots of eating again!!!

14/04 Day 14
Pack, check out and stow luggage somewhere safe, really early.
Universal/IOA again just to get our money's worth - do all stuff we missed until 2.00 then get to airport nice and early for flight at 18.25

15/04 Day 15
Get in at the ungodly hour of 06.20 - Let Colin admire my tan and then fall asleep in car probably with drool sliding down my neck and snoring. Cry when I get home cos it's all over and I'm broke!!!

 

[JohnW]

Did the American Museum of Natural history last October and it was really good. Had to drag DW out of the Dinosaur section which you can see anywhere to concentrate on the American Indians section which was excellent. the museum is very big and we spent 2 hours in there and only saw half of the museum.

Although Manhatten isn't that big, you can end up doing A LOT of walking and it can take longer than you think to get around town, especially by road as they are SO congested.

 

[signtalker]

Elise you might be broke and tired, but hey what a great time you will have!Are you not taking the staten island ferry to the statue of liberty??, im not sure if you can go up inside it like you used to, but the boat ride is worth doing, and visiting the shop!.

What about MACYS!!!!(convince Zak its a great place LOL!!)Empire state building(excellent) views superb, would really suggest going up in the evening as well as the daytime!

Other than that, sounds great,are you riding round central park in the horse drawn carriages??(thats pretty cool!)

Jules

 

[mmtdevlin]

Elise, I was in New York for a week in December ..... there is a fantastic Italian around 48th and Times called John's Pizzeria. Fantastic Pizza's, it's not expensive and they have a good menu . Just another option for eating out. Have a great time!

oh, and p.s. you should still be able to go ice-skating at the Wollman Rink in Central Park at this time of year.