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13 Apr 13, 10:35 PM |
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Getting Excited
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Another one of us
Old/New... or at least my attempt! I just really liked this tree The list of names went on for as far as I could see We went into the gift shop... Christmas in June! We caught the boat back. Staten Island Ferry and Brooklyn Bridge Back on the mainland we had a look at the many memorials for various historical events. The Immigrants WWII The Korean War American Merchant Mariner's Memorial Police car anyone? The original plan was to cycle over the Brooklyn Bridge but we were just feeling too tired so we decided against this and just had a mooch around instead. Another reason to come back we decided!
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1986, Disneyland Hotel California 1990, Polynesian Resort 1993, Grand Floridian Resort & Spa 1994, International Drive- The Summer of Wet N Wild! Christmas 1996, Fort Myers Christmas 1997, Fort Myers Christmas 2006, Emerald Island February 2009, Bella Vida Villa and Contemporary Resort August 2010, Newport Bay Club, DLP Christmas 2011, Bella Vida Villa, Bay Lake Tower and Royal Pacific Resort June 2012 New York pre 30th trip Edited at 01:30 PM. |
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13 Apr 13, 10:48 PM |
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We decided to go to Wall Street so below are some photos I took along the way.
Small streets near Wall Street Stock Exchange Trying to capture smoke rising from the sewers! Where the first ever American President, George Washington, was inaugurated.
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1986, Disneyland Hotel California 1990, Polynesian Resort 1993, Grand Floridian Resort & Spa 1994, International Drive- The Summer of Wet N Wild! Christmas 1996, Fort Myers Christmas 1997, Fort Myers Christmas 2006, Emerald Island February 2009, Bella Vida Villa and Contemporary Resort August 2010, Newport Bay Club, DLP Christmas 2011, Bella Vida Villa, Bay Lake Tower and Royal Pacific Resort June 2012 New York pre 30th trip |
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13 Apr 13, 10:58 PM |
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We went into Tiffany's to have another look around; somehow we ended on the engagement floor where we witnessed a couple supping champagne whilst choosing her ring... We also ended up on another floor which was just for food... we hastily made our exit! We found ourselves in Century 21 and we lasted all of 10 minutes! Talk about two extremes...
Feeling a bit weary we caught the subway back to our station which was 7Av/ 53rd Street. Not really fancying going out for dinner tonight we decided to pick up a slice and took them back to our room where we slobbed out and watched some dire tv! We were utterly exhausted and got an early night, ready to make the most of our last day before our evening flight home.
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1986, Disneyland Hotel California 1990, Polynesian Resort 1993, Grand Floridian Resort & Spa 1994, International Drive- The Summer of Wet N Wild! Christmas 1996, Fort Myers Christmas 1997, Fort Myers Christmas 2006, Emerald Island February 2009, Bella Vida Villa and Contemporary Resort August 2010, Newport Bay Club, DLP Christmas 2011, Bella Vida Villa, Bay Lake Tower and Royal Pacific Resort June 2012 New York pre 30th trip Edited at 10:54 AM. |
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14 Apr 13, 10:40 AM |
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Woah this trip sounds awesome! I'm also flying VA from Heathrow to JFK and preying we don't have that long of queue in immigration!
Lovely huuuuuuge room! I didn't know about the cable car 'transportation' either until I noticed it on my map and as we are staying up in Midtown, we will be doing it! Top of the Rock looks lovely at sunset, did you go up Empire State? Can't believe how busy Times Square is at 12AM! :O. I'm going to look into a meal at that revolving restaurant in the Marriott! |
14 Apr 13, 11:01 AM |
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Fingers crossed you won't. It wasn't fun! We loved The London and it was really lovely to have such a big room and good to have the lounge to chill out in. The cable car is definitely going on my must do for August! We didn't, no. We had previously been up ESB when we went in 2007 but not TOTR. I preferred TOTR as you do see ESB and also Central Park, however, if you haven't done ESB before then it's must do! I know, it's crazy how busy it was! It was a lovely experience, there is a bar on the floor above the restaurant too.
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1986, Disneyland Hotel California 1990, Polynesian Resort 1993, Grand Floridian Resort & Spa 1994, International Drive- The Summer of Wet N Wild! Christmas 1996, Fort Myers Christmas 1997, Fort Myers Christmas 2006, Emerald Island February 2009, Bella Vida Villa and Contemporary Resort August 2010, Newport Bay Club, DLP Christmas 2011, Bella Vida Villa, Bay Lake Tower and Royal Pacific Resort June 2012 New York pre 30th trip |
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14 Apr 13, 02:16 PM |
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Today was our last day in New York and we were determined to tick as much off our list and enjoy our last day. I checked in on my phone and after much research about our seats home was pleased to know we had 6K and 7K in UC! (Thanks Virgin Flying Club!) I had secured a late check-out for 2pm... anything later than that and the hotel wanted big bucks (think $300+)
I had carried out some research last night and we decided on breakfast at Sarabeths on Central Park South. It was a beautiful day in the City and although it would have been lovely to sit outside we didn't really want to wait 30+ minutes for a table so we shown straight away to our table. I had pancakes with strawberries which were delicious! Toby had an omelette which he really enjoyed I had a hot chocolate- I am quite partial to a hot chocolate whilst I am out and about at breakfast time. Toby had a juice of some kind... something with cranberry We really enjoyed Sarabeth's and hope to return in August. The prices were very, very reasonable and again, I would recommend it! Bill paid we soon made our way towards 5th Avenue. The Plaza Pulitzer Fountain We headed off towards Grand Central Station and passed the Waldorf Astoria on the way After a looooooong walk we were almost there
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1986, Disneyland Hotel California 1990, Polynesian Resort 1993, Grand Floridian Resort & Spa 1994, International Drive- The Summer of Wet N Wild! Christmas 1996, Fort Myers Christmas 1997, Fort Myers Christmas 2006, Emerald Island February 2009, Bella Vida Villa and Contemporary Resort August 2010, Newport Bay Club, DLP Christmas 2011, Bella Vida Villa, Bay Lake Tower and Royal Pacific Resort June 2012 New York pre 30th trip |
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14 Apr 13, 02:39 PM |
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We couldn't find our way into Grand Central... but after a while we did and WOW was it worth the walk!
We started to walk back uptown and back at the Rockefeller Centre so we have some daytime photos! Wise words from John D Rockefeller Jr.
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1986, Disneyland Hotel California 1990, Polynesian Resort 1993, Grand Floridian Resort & Spa 1994, International Drive- The Summer of Wet N Wild! Christmas 1996, Fort Myers Christmas 1997, Fort Myers Christmas 2006, Emerald Island February 2009, Bella Vida Villa and Contemporary Resort August 2010, Newport Bay Club, DLP Christmas 2011, Bella Vida Villa, Bay Lake Tower and Royal Pacific Resort June 2012 New York pre 30th trip |
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14 Apr 13, 02:55 PM |
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Getting Excited
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Some more photos from around the Rockefeller Centre
As we need to finish up packing we started to make our way back to our hotel. We checked out and headed into Central Park but not before making a stop and grabbing a burger to eat in the park. Really we could have picked something up from Whole Foods on Columbus; oh well we live and learn . Some photos from our impromptu "picnic" Picnic over we headed deeper into the park.
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1986, Disneyland Hotel California 1990, Polynesian Resort 1993, Grand Floridian Resort & Spa 1994, International Drive- The Summer of Wet N Wild! Christmas 1996, Fort Myers Christmas 1997, Fort Myers Christmas 2006, Emerald Island February 2009, Bella Vida Villa and Contemporary Resort August 2010, Newport Bay Club, DLP Christmas 2011, Bella Vida Villa, Bay Lake Tower and Royal Pacific Resort June 2012 New York pre 30th trip |
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14 Apr 13, 03:10 PM |
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Getting Excited
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More of Central Park
The Loeb Central Park Boathouse Street Performers Artist painting the street performers We decided to hire a row boat near the Loeb Central Park Boathouse
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1986, Disneyland Hotel California 1990, Polynesian Resort 1993, Grand Floridian Resort & Spa 1994, International Drive- The Summer of Wet N Wild! Christmas 1996, Fort Myers Christmas 1997, Fort Myers Christmas 2006, Emerald Island February 2009, Bella Vida Villa and Contemporary Resort August 2010, Newport Bay Club, DLP Christmas 2011, Bella Vida Villa, Bay Lake Tower and Royal Pacific Resort June 2012 New York pre 30th trip |
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14 Apr 13, 03:43 PM |
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Join Date: Jun 07
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More of our boating experience
With heavy hearts we left Central Park and headed back towards Columbus Circle A quick gift stop in Hersheys and some other shops in Times Square we were soon back at the hotel. I had arranged with Groundlink to be collected from The London at 6pm, I received a notification via their app advising the driver was outside. Car loaded up and we were on our way... traffic was horrendous and bumper to bumper. We were glad we had made the decision to get the car early. On the bridge en route to the airport at my last fleeting view of Manhattan
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1986, Disneyland Hotel California 1990, Polynesian Resort 1993, Grand Floridian Resort & Spa 1994, International Drive- The Summer of Wet N Wild! Christmas 1996, Fort Myers Christmas 1997, Fort Myers Christmas 2006, Emerald Island February 2009, Bella Vida Villa and Contemporary Resort August 2010, Newport Bay Club, DLP Christmas 2011, Bella Vida Villa, Bay Lake Tower and Royal Pacific Resort June 2012 New York pre 30th trip Edited at 04:18 PM. |
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