NYC 2012 Itinerary
Thursday, April 12, 2012
| 7:30 AM |  Arrive in New Jersey; meet your tour manager at the Crowne Plaza, 2 Harmon Plaza, Secaucus, NJ 07094 (201-348-6900) for changing rooms and full breakfast buffet |
| 9:00 AM | Depart for Liberty Park |
| 9:30 AM |  Arrive in Liberty Park and board the next available ferry for Ellis Island — the nation's main point of entry for millions of immigrants from 1892 to 1924. The Ellis Island Immigration Museum holds exhibits, which chronicle the history of the island and the processing station. |
 After your visit, re-board the ferry for Liberty Island to view the Statue of Liberty. (November 2011 – September 2012 all interior spaces will be closed while upgrades are made to the 125 year old pedestal and the 200 year old fort base from which the statue rises. Visitors will still be able to visit the Island for unobstructed views of the Statue of Liberty) |
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 Lunch on your own at one of the islands' cafeterias |
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 Re-board the ferry for Battery Park |
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| 1:45 PM |  Arrive in Battery Park and depart  for the nearby memorial |
| 2:15 PM |  Arrive at The National September 11 Memorial, One Liberty Plaza, 20th Fl., New York, NY 10006 (212-312-8799). Experience a moving tribute of remembrance and honor to the nearly 3,000 people killed in the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, at the World Trade Center site, near Shanksville, Pa., and at the Pentagon, as well as those killed in the World Trade Center bombing in February 1993. |
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Group One (85 People) Group Two (85 People) |
| 3:30 PM | After your visit, depart for Chinatown |
| 4:00 PM |  Arrive in Chinatown — the largest Chinese settlements outside Asia. The heart of this multicultural "city within a city" is at the intersection of Canal and Mott streets. |
| 5:00 PM |  Meet for dinner at Jing Fong, 20 Elizabeth Street, New York, NY 10013 (212-964-5256) |
| 6:00 PM | Depart for Lincoln Center |
| 7:00 PM | Arrive at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts |
| 7:30 PM |  Enjoy a performance of the New York Philharmonic of Mahler's Symphony No. 1, featuring Jaap van Zweden conducting, and Prokofiev's Third Piano Concerto, with Yuja Wang piano. Avery Fisher Hall, 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023 (212) 875-5656 |
| 10:00 PM | Depart for the hotel |
| 10:30 PM |  Arrive at the Park Central Hotel, 870 Seventh Avenue at 56th Street, New York, NY 10019, (212-247-8000) and check in |