A 3 year who likes to get up at dawn and 2 tween girls who like to sleep in means compromise. Matt and Charlie left early to get our timed tickets to Top of the Rock (Rockefeller Center). They also spent some time exploring Central Park, which is only a few blocks away from the hotel. The girls got ready and we met them around 9:30 for our tour. Fantastic museum and beautiful views.
After we got down to street level we decided to do an audible and do the Radio City Music Hall tour rather than the Rockefeller Center tour. We all decided that was a great call. Radio City is incredibly unique and beautiful and our tour guide was fantastic. She did a great job keeping all of us(including Charles) entertained. We then made our way to Times Square and lunch at McDonald’s.
After lunch we headed to National Geographic Ocean Odyssey- sooooo cool! Highly recommend. The technology in this place was amazing. Each room was like a Disney experience ride. We then decided to head back to the hotel- a very long walk of about 30 blocks. It was a perfect walk for Charles to take a nap. We had about an hour to decompress in the hotel before heading back to Times Square via subway to go on an interactive bus, called The Ride. Our favorite part was seeing the ballet dancers dance around Columbus Circle. Another fantastic surprise in how wonderful it was. Matt and I have been to New York many times, but this was a day of firsts for all of us. A great day!
Climbing rocks in Central Park, with his dinosaur. 
Watching ice skaters in front of Rockefeller Center 
Top of the Rock- looking north to Central Park 
Looking towards the Empire State Building from the Rock. 
Fountian of Youth nural in Radio City Music Hall 
Inside Radio City Music Hall – the ceiling and walls look like sun rays 
Meeting a Rockette during the Radio City Music Hall tour. 
Coolest powder room ever… 
Virtual aquarium at National Geographic Experiance 
Just walking in NY City 
Continuing the tradition of Charles napping during vacation 
Times Square 
Times Square 
Charles being goofy on Matt’s shoulders 
One of the Street performers during “The Ride” bus tour 
on “The Ride”.
AS USUAL A BUSY DAY ON YOUR VACATION
THANKS FOR THE TOUR
YOU DO GREAT GETTING THE MOST OF EVERY DAY.
LOVE
GRANDMA
Sounds fun! Glad you compromised for the girls sake, waking up at dawn would not be my ideal vacation 😉
Oh my goodness! How do you find all that cool stuff to do??? Sounds amazing and I’m so jealous. Glad you are having fun!