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Travel Info Itinerary Things to do in New York City Registries |
Date/Time | Event |
Friday 7:30pm | Rehearsal dinner for ceremony participants |
Friday Night | For non-ceremony participants try Riga, an Italian restaurant adjacent to the hotel (see below), for dinner |
Friday 10:30pm | Meet some of the bridal party at the hotel bar |
Saturday Morning and Day | Day is yours to explore the area. New York City is only 35 minutes away by car or bus from the hotel. There is also plenty of nearby shopping (free transportation to the Willowbrook Mall available from hotel). The hotel also has a beautiful indoor pool area and exercise gym for you to enjoy. |
Saturday 6:30pm | The Main Event (Ceremony and Reception) at the Westmount Country Club in West Paterson, NJ which is 10 minutes from the hotel (carpools or vans available to reception and back). |
Sunday 10:30am-3pm | Post-wedding Brunch at Weisbarts (bride's parents) which is 20 minutes from Newark Airport (10 Ivy Terrace, Millburn, NJ) |
Description | Cost/Schedule | Contact Info |
Big Onion Walking tours of New York's ethnic neighborhoods and historic districts (last between 2 and 2 1/2 hours) | $12 adults/mostly on weekends (see web site for schedules | http://www.bigonion.com or call (212) 439-1090 |
Federal Reserve Bank of New York tour (lasts approximately 60 minutes) | Free of charge/Monday through Friday (except Bank holidays) at 9:30 am, 10:30 am, 11:30 am, 1:30 pm, and 2:30 pm | 33 Liberty St - up to 30 visitors can be accommodated on each tour, reservations must be made in advance (1 month or more) call (212) 720-6130 or e-mail frbnytours@ny.frb.org |
New York Stock Exchange tour | Admission tickets are free (Individuals and families are admitted on a first-come, first serve basis)/Monday through Friday from 8:45 AM to 4:30 PM (tours go every half hour) | The NYSE Interactive Education Center (IEC) is located at 20 Broad Street, 3rd Floor (admission counter is located outside 20 Broad Street) |
Kayaking on the Hudson River | Free | http://www.downtownboathouse.org or call status line at 212-385-2790 |
The Metropolitan Museum of Art | $10 adults (suggested), $5 children (suggested) / Friday-Saturday 9:30 am-9 pm, Monday closed, Tuesday-Thursday 9:30 am - 5:30 pm | 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street - http://www.metmuseum.org or call (212) 535-7710 |
Whitney Museum of American Art | $10 adults, children are free (pay-what-you-wish admission for all after 6 pm on Friday's) / Monday Closed, Tuesday-Thursday 11 am-6 pm, Friday 1-9 pm, Saturday-Sunday 11 am-6 pm | 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street - http://www.whitney.org or call (212) 570-3676 |
Rose Center for Earth and Space (at the American Museum of Natural History) | Combination tickets (including admission to the Museum, the Rose Center for Earth and Space, and the Hayden Planetarium Space Show) are $19 for adults, $11.50 for children / Sunday-Thursday 10:30 am-4:30 pm, Friday-Saturday 10 am-8:45 pm | W 81st St and Central Park West - http://www.amnh.org/rose or call (212) 570-3676 |
New York Historical Society | $5 adults, children are free / Monday Closed, Tuesday-Sunday 11 am-5 pm | 2 W. 77th St. - http://www.nyhistory.org/ or call (212) 873-3400 |
Museum of the City of New York | $7 suggested adults, $4 children / Monday Closed, Tuesday-Saturday 10 am-5 pm, Sunday 12 pm-5 pm | 1220 5th Ave. (at 103rd St.) - http://www.mcny.org/ or call (212) 534-1672 |
Intrepid Sea Air Space Museum | $12 adults, $6 children / Monday Closed, Tuesday-Sunday 10 pm-5 pm | W 46th St. (at 12th Ave., Pier 86) - http://www.intrepidmuseum.org/ or call (212) 245-0072 |
St. Patrick's Cathedral | N/A | 5th Avenue between 50th and 51st Street - http://www.ny-archdiocese.org/pastoral/cathedral_about.html or call (212) 753-2261 |
Trinity Church | N/A | 74 Trinity Pl. (at corner of Broadway and Wall St.) - call (212) 602-0800 |
Central Park | N/A | 59th to 110th Sts b/w 5th and 7th Aves - http://www.centralpark.org/ or call (212) 360-3456 |
Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island | N/A | leave from Battery Park or Liberty State Park - http://www.nps.gov/stli/ or call (212) 269-5755 |
Fraunces Tavern Museum | N/A | 54 Pearl St. (at Broad St.) - call (212) 425-1778 |
Grant's Tomb Memorial | N/A | 122nd St. and Riverside Dr. |
New York Double Decker bus tours (touristy, tickets span 5 days, hop on/hop off) | $26/$16 children, Downtown and Uptown-2 1/2 each | http://www.nydouble-decker.com or call 877-693-3253 |
Gray Line bus tours (touristy, hop on/hop off) | $26-$30/$16-$20 children, Midtown-Downtown, Uptown, Brooklyn, Night Loop, Harlem Gospel-2-8 hours/tour | http://www.graylinenewyork.com or call 212-397-2600 |
On Location bus tours (tv-related tours) | $20-$30/$10-$15 children, Manhattan TV tour-2 hours, The Sopranos tour-4 hours, Sex and the City tour | http://www.sceneontv.com or call 212-410-9830 |
Take public transportation (not tours per say) | $4 all-day fun pass - M104 travels up Broadway, M10 goes from Battery Park to Apollo Theater, M20 goes from World Trade Center to the Metropolitan Museum | http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/nyct or call (718) 330-1234 |