Washington DC/New York Trip - Spring 2011
ESTIMATED TRIP COST PER PERSON
- $1,000 - $1,200
OUR TRIP AT A GLANCE
Day 1
- Travel Day (buses to Kansas City, flight to Washington, DC and evening at the hotel)
Day 2
- 8:00 Complimentary Hot Breakfast in the hotell!!!!
- 9:00 DEPART
- 9:30 - 11:30 Tour Arlington National Cemetery (changing of the guard every 30 minutes)
- 12:00 - 1:00 *Lunch at Pentagon City Mall
- 1:30 Smithsonian Museums
- 4:30 Arrive at Holocaust Museum (take the Museum Tour)
- 6:00 Washington Monument
- 6:30 Lincoln Monument (singing and photo opportunity)
- 7:30 - 9:00 Dinner at Pentagon City Mall
- 9:00 Return to Hotel
- 11:00 Room Check and lights out! (hired security monitoring the halls)
Day 3
- 8:00 Complimentary Hot Breakfast in the hotell!!!!
- 9:00 DEPART
- 9:30 Arrive at National Cathedral, outside pictures, no tour
- 10:00 Leave for Ford's Theater and Petersen House
- 11:30 Lunch at Union Station, back on bus at 12:30
- 12:30 World War II Memorial daytime picture stop
- 1:00 White House picture stop (Lafayette Park)
- 1:30 White House Visitors Center (time permitting)
- 2:30 United States Capitol Building guided tour, Supreme Court, Librabry of Congress
- 5:30 Leave for Mimi's Restaurant 2120 P St. NW, Washington, DC
- 6:00 Dinner at Mimi's Restaurant (included in the trip)
- 8:00 Evening tour of Monuments (Lincoln/Vietnam/Korean, WWII Memorial, Jefferson Memorial
- 9:00 Time at Hotel
- 11:00 Room Check and lights out! (hired security monitoring the halls)
Day 4
- 6:00 Complimentary Hot Breakfast in the hotel!!!
- 6:45 Load all luggage and belongings
- 7:15 DEPART for Mount Vernon
- 8:00 Mount Vernon Tour (home of George Washington)
- 11:00 Leave for New York City (Get a snack or bring one with you)
- 2:00 Lunch Stop (Plan accordingly) Woodrow Wilson Exit
- 5:00 Circle Line Boat tour "The Beast" in New York
- 7:00 Check into hotel
- 7:30 Evening free, MUST BE WITH A CHAPERONE. You can wander, shop, eat. You may choose to visit the Empire State Building.
- 12:00 Room Check and lights out! (hired security monitoring the halls)
Day 5
- 8:00 Complimentary Hot Breakfast in the hotel!!!
- ?:?? Everyone will go with their assigned group at a pre-determined time
- Free day opportunities - NBC Studio Tours, television tapings, Radio City Music Hall, Central Park, Zoo, ectc.
- 5:45 Meet in the lobby to walk to dinner
- 6:00 Dinner at Ellen's Stardust Diner (included in the trip)1650 Broadway (212) 582-0161
- 7:30 10 minute walk to a Broadway Show
- 11:00 Group Picture in Times Square at the TKTS Traffic Island between 46th and 47th Street.
- 12:00 Room Check and lights out! (hired security monitoring the halls)
Day 6
- 8:00 Complimentary Hot Breakfast in the hotel!!!
- 9:00 Riding tour of Lower Manhattan, finish at South Street Seaport
- 12:00 Lunch at South Street Seaport
- 2:00 Leave for some free time (with your group) in Little Italy and Chinatown
- 4:30 Depart from Little Italy area for hotel
- 5:00 Arrive at hotel, change clothes
- 5:45 meet in hotel lobby to walk to dinner
- 6:00 Dinner at Mars 2112 (1633 Broadway at 51st Street)
- 7:30 10 minute walk to a Broadway Show
- 11:00 walk back to hotel
- 12:00 Room Check and lights out! (hired security monitoring the halls)
Day 7
- 8:00 Complimentary Hot Breakfast in the hotel!!!
- 9:30 Depart for Church performance
- 10:30 Performance at New York Church
- 12:00 Lunch in Little Italy or Chinatown
- 1:15 Leave Chinatown
- 1:30 Arrive at Battery Park to catch the Ferry Boat for Statue of Liberty (sing at the Statue of Liberty)
- 2:45 (approximately) Tour of Statue of Liberty then take Ferry to Ellis Island
- 5:00 (at the latest) catch the Ferry back to Battery Park
- 5:30 Load buses at Battery Park
- 5:45 Dinner at South Street Seaport
- 7:00 Relaxing Evening at the hotel
- 11:00 Room Check and lights out! (hired security monitoring the halls)
Day 8
- Travel Day (fly New York to Kansas City and bus back to Lincoln)