- The
2006 Trip To New York City
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- A
private tour designed by Mrs. Sloan in conjunction with EF Class Trips.
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- Sunday,
May 21, 2006
- Depart
on motor-coach from Stout Middle School for overnight trip to New York
City
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- Monday,
May 22, 2006 - Day 1
- 11:00
AM Walking Tour of Midtown
- On
our walking tour, stroll down glamorous Fifth Avenue in the heart of
midtown Manhattan. Pass Rockefeller Center, home to NBC Studios and Radio
City Music Hall, an Art Deco triumph. Absorb the grandeur of Saint
Patrick’s Cathedral, with its 26-foot-wide rose window and soaring
Gothic spires. These peaks were added in the 1880s, nearly 30 years after
the cathedral’s construction. Continue past the ultramodern Trump Tower
and F.A.O. Schwarz, the world’s largest toy store. Reach Central Park,
New York’s 840-acre pastoral retreat. In 1844, renowned landscape
architect Frederick Law Olmsted designed Central Park in response to local
demand for the establishment of a public park to preserve the city’s
woodland from increasing urbanization.
- 1:00
PM Empire State Building and Observatory
- This
evening, view the city from the Empire State Building’s observation
deck. Once the world’s tallest building, the Empire State Building
remains one of Manhattan’s most elegant symbols. Built in just over a
year during the depths of the Depression, this limestone beauty’s iconic
status was sealed in 1933, when the building starred in King Kong. Since
the 1976 bicentennial celebration, the building’s top stories have
glowed at night with seasonal colors.
- 5:00
PM Dinner in New York City
- Enjoy
one of a variety of culinary styles each night during your stay in the Big
Apple.
- 7:00
PM Hotel in New York City Area
- Arrive
at your hotel, check in and get some well deserved rest. This pricing is
based on our following hotel partners: the Holiday Inn Hasbrouck Heights,
NJ, the Holiday Inn Saddlebrook, NJ, or the Holiday Inn Fort Lee, NJ.
(*Please note that we offer many additional hotels in and around New York
City. Please discuss your hotel requirements with your account manager.)
- Overnight
in New York
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- Tuesday,
May 23, 2006 - Day 2
- 7:00
AM Breakfast
- Enjoy
an expanded continental breakfast at your hotel, including at least one
hot item such as eggs or pancakes. Cereal, fruit, juices, as well as bread
and pastry assortments are also included.
- 9:00
AM Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island
- Ferry
to Liberty Island to marvel at the Statue of Liberty. A gift from France
in honor of the French-U.S. alliance, the 151-foot-tall statue’s iron
skeleton was designed by Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (of Eiffel Tower fame),
sculpted by F. A. Bartholdi and modeled on the Colossus of Rhodes. Liberty
Enlightening the World, the statue’s full title, was unveiled to much
fanfare in 1888. Continue on to Ellis Island, which welcomed millions of
immigrants to the New World around the turn of the century. Ellis Island
is now the site of a museum chronicling the history of European
immigration.
- 1:00
PM Free Time
- Enjoy
free time for your own explorations of the city.
- 4:00
PM Walking Tour of Soho & Greenwich Village
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north of SoHo you’ll find the narrow, winding streets of Greenwich
Village, a hotspot of the 1950s Beat movement. The focal point of the
neighborhood is Washington Square Park, framed by the buildings of New
York University. “The Village,” as it’s known to New Yorkers, was
settled in colonial times by residents of New York City, which was then
confined to the region south of Wall Street. In the 1880s, immigrants
moved into the area in great numbers. By the turn of the 20th century, the
neighborhood’s diverse ethnic population, tolerant atmosphere, and low
rents began to attract artists and writers from all parts of the U.S. The
powerful mix gave birth to the country’s first, and most celebrated,
haven of Bohemianism.
- 6:00
PM Dinner in New York City
- Enjoy
one of a variety of culinary styles each night during your stay in the Big
Apple.
- Overnight
in New York
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- Wednesday,
May 24, 2006 - Day 3
- 7:00
AM Breakfast
- Enjoy
an expanded continental breakfast at your hotel, including at least one
hot item such as eggs or pancakes. Cereal, fruit, juices, as well as bread
and pastry assortments are also included.
- 9:00
AM Guided Tour of the Met
- With
over three million objects in its collection, the Metropolitan Museum of
Art is home to one of the most extensive art collections in the world. The
galleries include works from the Paleolithic era to the contemporary
avant-garde. Among the museum’s most popular exhibits are Egyptian
artifacts, Oriental sculpture, ancient glasswork, African art, early
European musical instruments and American decorative art.
- 12:00
PM Lunch in Midtown Manhattan at your own expense.
- Stop
for a bite to eat right in the middle of bustling Manhattan. Find a
traditional New York deli and enjoy your favorite sandwich as you absorb
the neon lights of Times Square- home to Broadway’s best musicals-or
relax under a tree in nearby Bryant Park.
- 1:00
PM Guided sightseeing of New York
- An
expert local guide leads your sightseeing tour of New York City. Travel
down Wall Street in the Financial District. Site of the bustling New York
Stock Exchange, Wall Street got its name from cautious Dutch settlers who
built a wooden wall around their settlement for protection. Pass the
United Nations Building, officially an “international zone” and not
part of the United States at all. Drive through Greenwich Village, New
York’s raffish province of bohemians, immigrants and students, and pass
the cast-iron architecture of impossibly trendy SoHo (from “SOuth of
HOuston Street”). Continue through the culturally rich immigrant
communities of Chinatown, Little Italy and Harlem. You’ll also make a
stop outside MTV’s studio for a glimpse of the popular “Total Request
Live” program.
- 5:00
PM Dinner in New York City
- Enjoy
one of a variety of culinary styles each night during your stay in the Big
Apple.
- 7:00
PM Broadway show
- This
evening, join New York’s many avid theater enthusiasts at a Broadway
performance (show depends on availability).
- Overnight
in New York
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- Thursday,
May 25, 2006 - Day 4
- 7:00
AM Breakfast
- Enjoy
an expanded continental breakfast at your hotel, including at least one
hot item such as eggs or pancakes. Cereal, fruit, juices, as well as bread
and pastry assortments are also included.
- 9:00
AM Guided tour of United Nations headquarters and interactive Model U.N.
session
- Take
an insider’s look at the U.N. and see the Security Council Chamber and
General Assembly Hall. Then take part in a Model U.N. simulation, led by
the United Nations Association of the USA. UNA-USA’s widely popular
program, participated in by over 200,000 young people around the world
every year, simulates the U.N.’s General Assembly, Security Council and
other deliberative bodies. Students “role play” U.N. ambassadors from
member countries and debate the most current issues, from the global
response to terrorism to human rights and peacekeeping. They prepare
resolutions, debate proposals and navigate the U.N.’s rules of
procedure, all in the interest of learning cooperation and conflict
resolution.
- 12:00
PM Visit to Sony Wonder Technology Lab
- At
New York’s Sony Plaza Technology Lab, you’ll discover the wonders of
communication and information technology through interactive exhibits and
displays.
- Head
back home later on in the afternoon.