2013-08-15, 12:40 AM
Sorry if I'm too late in posting this for your daughter, we finally just got internet hooked up here!
Broadway tickets: TKTS. There's a booth in Times Square labeled TKTS (the famous bleachers under the ball drop are its roof), where, if you wait on line early enough the day of a show, you can get 30-50+% off tickets to major shows (not recent Tony Award-winners like Kinky Boots, mind you, but good shows). The cheapest way to get tickets though is to go 30-60 minutes before the show itself and ask at the box office for any final rush tickets. I have a good friend who was here in January and managed to see something like 5 shows in 3-4 days, including major hits like Book of Mormon, all for something like $50 average per show (with, you know, $120-160 being the average).
Major sights to see are really a lot of the basics:
- Central Park
- Statue of Liberty
- World Trade Center Memorial
- Wall Street and the New York Stock Exchange
- Empire State Building
- Grand Central/Chrysler Building
- Rockefeller Center
- Times Square
- Columbus Circle
- Metropolitan Museum of Art and other museums
Survival Tips in addition to the good ones listed above:
- It's easier to do anything with a smartphone, especially not be lost. If she has one, get the HopStop app - it has an offline subway map you can zoom in on while underground
- Don't go out at night without a group of people. I mean you could go out by yourself, but it's just always safer, even if it's a major area like Times Square.
Otherwise I don't know...basic street smarts? A lot of people think the city is scary and huge and terrifying but honestly if you're just visiting there's not as much you need to know without the obvious don't do stupid things. But I'm sure that won't be an issue and she'll have a fabulous time! And if you need to connect with anyone in the area, I can help whenever needed.
Broadway tickets: TKTS. There's a booth in Times Square labeled TKTS (the famous bleachers under the ball drop are its roof), where, if you wait on line early enough the day of a show, you can get 30-50+% off tickets to major shows (not recent Tony Award-winners like Kinky Boots, mind you, but good shows). The cheapest way to get tickets though is to go 30-60 minutes before the show itself and ask at the box office for any final rush tickets. I have a good friend who was here in January and managed to see something like 5 shows in 3-4 days, including major hits like Book of Mormon, all for something like $50 average per show (with, you know, $120-160 being the average).
Major sights to see are really a lot of the basics:
- Central Park
- Statue of Liberty
- World Trade Center Memorial
- Wall Street and the New York Stock Exchange
- Empire State Building
- Grand Central/Chrysler Building
- Rockefeller Center
- Times Square
- Columbus Circle
- Metropolitan Museum of Art and other museums
Survival Tips in addition to the good ones listed above:
- It's easier to do anything with a smartphone, especially not be lost. If she has one, get the HopStop app - it has an offline subway map you can zoom in on while underground
- Don't go out at night without a group of people. I mean you could go out by yourself, but it's just always safer, even if it's a major area like Times Square.
Otherwise I don't know...basic street smarts? A lot of people think the city is scary and huge and terrifying but honestly if you're just visiting there's not as much you need to know without the obvious don't do stupid things. But I'm sure that won't be an issue and she'll have a fabulous time! And if you need to connect with anyone in the area, I can help whenever needed.