New York New York

MN5

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Man I fucking hate Billy Joel's music.
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Is that even possible ?
 
Actually, I hate Elton John.
 
As you were, each to their own.

Virgil

Awesome place, loved every minute we were there.
 
Things you MUST do.
 
Head up the Empire State Building (obvious to do)
 
Take a carriage ride around Central Park (do they still do that?) We had your typical Italian/New Yorker telling us who lived where. Fucken loved it.
 
Visit Macy's.
 
Jump into a NY Cab and tell him your in hurry to where ever you need to go, ours was fucken nuts. Im not sure how he didnt run over a dozen people.
 
Take a Helicopter ride over Manhattan.
 
Catch a show on Broadway on a Saturday night, then walk out via Times Square, close your eyes and you will think you have walked into CSI NY or any other Cop show set in NY.
 
Just soak it in, realize your in the Greatest city on Earth.

taniwharugby

if its a surprise trip to NY with your wife, will she let you out of the bedroom 
 
Get your nerd on
 
<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.popspotsnyc.com/iconic_new_york_city_film_locations/'>http://www.popspotsnyc.com/iconic_new_york_city_film_locations/</a>

hydro11

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Virgil" data-cid="578577" data-time="1462863493">
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Awesome place, loved every minute we were there.
 
Things you MUST do.
 
Head up the Empire State Building (obvious to do)
 
Take a carriage ride around Central Park (do they still do that?) We had your typical Italian/New Yorker telling us who lived where. Fucken loved it.
 
Visit Macy's.
 
Jump into a NY Cab and tell him your in hurry to where ever you need to go, ours was fucken nuts. Im not sure how he didnt run over a dozen people.
 
Take a Helicopter ride over Manhattan.
 
Catch a show on Broadway on a Saturday night, then walk out via Times Square, close your eyes and you will think you have walked into CSI NY or any other Cop show set in NY.
 
Just soak it in, realize your in the Greatest city on Earth.
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Only thing I would change is to skip The Empire State Building. Hit up the <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='https://www.tripadvisor.co.nz/Attraction_Review-g60763-d587661-Reviews-Top_of_the_Rock_Observation_Deck-New_York_City_New_York.html'>Top of the Rock </a>instead. If you go up the ESB obviously you don't get a view of the ESB which is impressive to see from that height.

hydro11

The ferry to the Statue of Liberty is also considered overrated. Seeing the statue close up apparently isn't any more impressive than seeing it from the water.

Virgil

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="hydro11" data-cid="578594" data-time="1462866984">Only thing I would change is to skip The Empire State Building. Hit up the <a class="bbc_url" href="https://www.tripadvisor.co.nz/Attraction_Review-g60763-d587661-Reviews-Top_of_the_Rock_Observation_Deck-New_York_City_New_York.html">Top of the Rock </a>instead. If you go up the ESB obviously you don't get a view of the ESB which is impressive to see from that height.</blockquote>
 
For sure, plenty of other great views to be had of the ESB tho <img src="http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160510/04e874563f4c415666350c9618bd5caf.jpg" alt="04e874563f4c415666350c9618bd5caf.jpg"> <img src="http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160510/234f575bb26b4678be72e698e43ca036.jpg" alt="234f575bb26b4678be72e698e43ca036.jpg">

canefan

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="hydro11" data-cid="578597" data-time="1462867214">The ferry to the Statue of Liberty is also considered overrated. Seeing the statue close up apparently isn't any more impressive than seeing it from the water.</blockquote>We heard that and took a circle cruise that went down the river around the statue and back. The Staten Island ferry is even cheaper

MajorRage

Whatever you do, don't do the staten island ferry (free). A guy I worked with told me it was a great free way to get a close up view of the statue. Which is true, but it's also a long time wasted spent on a really shitty ferry with a bunch of trashy people and absolute trash.
 
I hit him up when I returned, and he laughed, saying he couldn't believe I did that.

Tim

If you want a day trip, Dia:Beacon is a nice, short journey alongside the Hudson river.
 
<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.diaart.org/sites/main/beacon'>http://www.diaart.org/sites/main/beacon</a>

Bones

Don't get sucked into doing the shitty virtual sky tour thing, think it's in the empire state building.

TeWaio

As others have said, deffo do Top of the Rock vs Empire State for view/crowd purposes. 
Good shoes are a must as you'll walk miles, which is part of the fun. Avoid the subway, terrible compared to other cities.
 
Hit up Corner Bistro, best burger I have ever tasted.
 
Do the absurdly overpriced horse and carriage around Central Park. So cliche but so awesome. 
Do a big loop boatride down the hudson, up the east river to central park, then back down and out to the state of liberty. 
There is a cool place you can rent kayaks on the Hudson basically across from where you're staying, where you can paddle out into the river and get greats views back to Manhatten. Also a cool driving range on a dock with a huge netting cage which is fun.

Baron Silas Greenback

I disagree about the Metro, do it. If only so that you can think about all the movies an stuff that relate to it.

Tim

Yeah, it was pretty cool seeing locations from The Warriors and other action movies.

canefan

The subway is fine, except late at night perhaps. And just like on TV or the movies cabs are hard to come by late

TeWaio

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The subway is fine, except late at night perhaps. And just like on TV or the movies cabs are hard to come by late
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Not anymore because Uber is a thing.

canefan

I would also check to see what other live concerts are on while you are there. Being one of the centres of the world there are always great bands in town

rotated

Walk the Brooklyn Bridge then have lunch/dinner at Gramaldi's just off the bridge on the Brooklyn side. Legitimately the best non-Chicago style pizza I've had in my life.
 
As others have said Top of The Rock is far superior Empire State (best photo opportunities are at very top of the lookout too, so don't worry too much when you first get there snapping pictures through the perspex).
 
If you are going to go to Shake Shake just don't go to the flagship one near Times Square - lines are 1/4 elsewhere.
 
Took a boat trip once with a mob called Circle Line - they basically did a horseshoe around lower manhattan. Very cool, killed multiple birds with one stone - got very close to statue of liberty, got a good history lesson, got some of the best pics etc. Brought a few beers from the drug store across the street and brought them on and we just enjoyed the 2 hours or so.
 
If you are going to try and see any TV shows if you look the few days before (especially day before) and you likely still can get tickets online. Check around 9-10am EST and you will have a good shot.

mariner4life

One of our friends knows the plan, and is booking the horse and carriage in CP for us. 
 
Cheers for all the suggestions guys, appreciate. Have definitely heard that Top of the Rock is the go.

Rembrandt

I enjoyed heading over to see the statue of liberty, didn't get a chance to climb inside as it had just had renovations and tickets were booked weeks in advance. Shows are a winner with the lady-folk too.

Bones

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Rembrandt" data-cid="578850" data-time="1462966919">I enjoyed heading over to see the statue of liberty, didn't get a chance to climb inside as it had just had renovations and tickets were booked weeks in advance. Shows are a winner with the lady-folk too.</blockquote>
Yeah I had exactly the same experience. Was pretty impressive close up still.

The Silver Fern

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