🙂 Fantastic Vibe. Central Park. Time Square. Just being in the Big Apple!
🙁 Expensive!
2008
We landed in JFK on 9th August 2008 after flying the most economical route with Air India. Our accommodation was the budget Comfort Inn on 129 46th Street – basic but central – perfect for our needs! It is now called: Hotel 46 Times Square and looks like it has had a good face lift. Trent had slammed the door on Caitlyn the night before we flew and had partially severed her finger so the poor child was in agony… :- (
We headed straight to Times Square as we had booked to Hairspray at 20h00 at the Neil Simon Theatre, 250 West 52nd Street. We had a delightful Diner type meal at Ellen’s Stardust Diner (corner 51st Street) – a MUST for every visit – all Broadway stars sing here to earn money – SO cool.
The musical adaptation of John Waters’ 1988 film Hairspray opened on Broadway at the Neil Simon Theatre August 15, 2002, after beginning performances July 18. The musical played 2,642 performances before closing January 4, 2009, winning eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical.
We were up at 08h00 for breakfast back at Ellen’s Stardust Diner and then did a full day of walking, visiting Central Park, hopped on an open bus tour, took the ferry past Statue of Liberty, went up the Rockefeller Building (Top of the Rock) and visited Grand Central Station – Exhausting!
That evening we caught a Greyhound from NYC departing at 22h45 and arriving at Niagara Falls at 07h30 – we were so exhausted that we even managed to sleep on the bus!
This is an interesting comparison of the Manhattan Skyline: 1995 vs 2008 vs 2017
Go to: New York -1995
Go to: New York – 2017
