We headed into Manhattan to pickup our New York Passes (3 days of bus transportation and attractions). We opted to activate the bus passes and do some tours as the weather was good (sunny but cold). We jumped on the Uptown Tour and saw the sights from an open top double-decker bus. It was pretty chilly but we stuck it out. Tour guide was very entertaining (the best we had) singing and interacting with the passengers. We learned historic information, where movies were filmed and where the stars lived. We got off the bus at the Plaza Hotel (where Home Alone was filmed) and headed over to FAO Schwartz to check out the big piano where Tom Hanks danced in ‘Big’. After freezing our butts off on the tour we decided more layers were needed for the tree lighting so we headed back to the hotel to layer up. We arrived back at Rockefeller around 6 for the 7 o’clock show start and ended up on a side street without a view of the tree but we had a great view of the monitor broadcasting the show.
We stood for 2 hours and ebbed and flowed with 500,000 other people who also wanted to see the tree. At the end of the show we were told to come back tomorrow to see the tree – WHAT? There was no way we were leaving the area without getting a look at the tree. Security was tight and we were turned back from a few different entry points but a simple ‘Yes, we are with them’ as we tagged along on the coat-tails of a couple who had a pass got us through security. After photo-documenting our success, we grabbed a hot chocolate and jumped on the subway.Link to all Pictures
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