Would like your opinion on NYC itinerary- thanks!

I%26#39;m planning a trip to NYC- a first time visitor- and would like to know if my plans are ';do-able';. There will be 3 of us: me (a 50 something female), my 22 year old niece, and my 16 year old daughter. I%26#39;ve bought airplane and hotel reservations from Expedia. We will arrive at 10 o%26#39;clock on a Friday morning and are staying at the Salisbury Hotel (across from Carnegie Hall) until Monday evening. Our plans are:

Friday: Times Square, NBC/Rockefeller Center tour, St. Patrick%26#39;s Cathedral, Tiffany%26#39;s. (The girls also want to go to TRL- they have a standby ticket line at 2PM on 44th %26amp; Broadway.) Possibly a Broadway show at night.

Saturday: Purchase the bus ';hop on hop off'; 48 hour tour. World Trade Center, Greenwich Village, SoHo antique fair, Dinner at ';Butter'; Restaurant. (The 22 year old%26#39;s request.)

Sunday: Harbor/Ferry tour, Chinatown, Brooklyn Bridge, unsure of night activity.

Monday: Today show or Good Morning America, Museum of TV %26amp; Radio, 5th Avenue shopping, Central Park, and TRL if we didn%26#39;t make the Friday show.

Is this trip possible? Also, I would appreciate any comments, advice, or suggestions that you could make. Thanks! Pat

Would like your opinion on NYC itinerary- thanks!

Any thing%26#39;s doable, you%26#39;ve got a lot planned for your first day - excuse my ignorance, what is TRL?

Also, on your last day you%26#39;ve got a lot packed in, when is your flight back to AL leave?

Do you have Broadway tickets yet?

You should check theatermania.com for availability of shows; your other option, wait in line at the TKTS booth, most spend an hour or more in line.

Be flexible, if you don%26#39;t get to see or do something, don%26#39;t fret, you can come back.

Poppa

Would like your opinion on NYC itinerary- thanks!

I assume it%26#39;s Total Request Live, that MTV show Carson Daly did (he%26#39;s not on that still, is he?).

The trip looks possible, you did a good job of grouping things in the same areas on the same day. I would just make sure you leave enough time to get to the airport Monday, rush hour can be a killer (you didn%26#39;t say which airport you are flying to and from)

Thank you for the replies. Yes, TRL is the MTV show, Total Request Live. I don%26#39;t know anything about the show except that I am too old to go! You must be between 16 and 24 years old to be in the audience. Go figure.

No, we don%26#39;t have tickets to a play yet. I was hoping to get discount tickets after we got there. I had heard about the TKTS booth, and I heard that there are two of them. Would you know if one might be better than the other? We won%26#39;t be picky about the play, we mostly wanted the experience.

Our airport is LGA and our flight leaves for home at 8 o%26#39;clock Monday night. What time would you suggest leaving for the airport to avoid being stuck in the traffic? (We%26#39;ll be using a taxi.)

I didn%26#39;t ask before, but if anyone has any restaurant suggestions for the areas we%26#39;re visiting, I%26#39;d appreciate it. Thanks again. Pat

You%26#39;ve got an ambitious itinerary! You can get some tips on Lower Manhattan from my blog posts. I visited there with a girlfriends several months ago. If you want some tips on getting great deals on knock-off designer purses in Chinatown, check out that post. Also Little Italy is right next to Chinatown. Stop at Ferraro%26#39;s for Italian pastry and coffee.

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It depends on what your girls are into. But I just went with my family, im just turned 23 sister 19 brother 16 step sisters 13 and 12.

There would be no way we could have crammed all that in. no way. yes we have more people but... the day moves by fast and the lines to wait in things are ridiculous.

The hop on hop off bus is slowmoving... it took us two hours to get from midtown to the the world trade center. because they make so many stops and have to deal with traffic.

so here is my opinion day by day:

TRL is in times square... so they could take it in while they wait in line. seems like a doable day. probably not the day for a show though. goes to late and you have to be on time.

saturday is very doable.

The ferry tour takes up a lot of time. So will shopping on canal street. The ferry takes a while to get the island and you will want to do the tours when you get there and you will have to wait for those. I think the brooklyn bridge for another day... but while the views are awsome... i dont get the point walking it. as you walk around soo much otherwise. the views from the ferry will be equally stunning. It wouldn%26#39;t be a must do for me.

Monday: I would give yourself more time for shopping! central park is cool but what are you planning to see there? you can take the uptown hop on hop off or the mid town loop and get all the views of the park you will need.

its really packed. everyone will be tired, really tired. go with the flow of things. if you can%26#39;t make something dont feel like you have to.

sunday evening seems like that best night for a show but i am not sure they have them those nights.

Things i would give up to go see HAIRSPRAY again! (it was awsome!)

- brooklyn bridge, rockefller center tour

-you wont have time to do everything you want on friday the lines to get into the tour and to TRL will take up most of your day. I actually wouldn%26#39;t waste time on it unless the girls are dying to do it. I would never wait that long for trl to maybe have someone on that day i don%26#39;t like... but that is just me.

my humble TA opinion.

carmines in times square is fun expeirance and it is ';nice'; not super ';nice'; but nice enough to be a nice dinner. they do things in family sized protions so maybe a salad, and appetizer will be enough for you 3. Feeding 3 girls at a nice resturant for around 50 bucks? that is awsome!

Thank you so much for your suggestions. I now have an ';updated'; itinerary that I am going to put here under a new post. Your comments are appreciated! Pat

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