First of all, let me appologize that it took me so long to blog! The internet situation is not always dependable. I will divide the trips since there are so many great picutres! Lets start at the beginning...New York! We had an incredible time in New York and I already want to go back! We got to the city around 7pm on Friday night (the day after Thanksgiving). We took a taxi to the hotel and went straight to dinner. We ate at a great Italian restaraunt across the street from the hotel and then decided to go Rockefeller Center to Ice skate. We got there and it was so crowded (and expensive) that we decided not to skate, but still enjoyed the surroundings. New York is by far the most magical place during the holiday season! The lights and decorations were incredible. I felt like a kid in a candy store.
Radio City Music Hall. The Rockettes were doing their Christmas Spectacular show.
The Ginormous tree in Rockefeller Center.
The Tree again, with the famous statue.
I love this picture!
While we were near the plaza we also saw the beautiful window decorations at Saks Fifth Avenue and ate roasted chestnuts. This was the best way to welcome the holidays!
After we left Rockefeller center, we went to Times Square for a while. I LOVE NEW YORK! We wandered through the theater district looking at all the shows that were playing. I wish we could see all of them, but one will do for this trip. We stayed out until about 11:30 and then went back to the hotel. On the way we were able to stop at Herald Square and take a few night pictures of Macy's.
Just a few of the many shows on Broadway.
Herald Square. This is where the Thanksgiving Day Parade stops, right in front of Macy's.
On Saturday Morning we went to the ship and did our work. We met up with Kevin's Friend Rico and had a quick bite to eat with him. It was nice to finally meet him! We went back to the hotel and dropped off our stuff and then went out again. We stopped at Macy's on our way to Times Square and saw the Famous Macy's Santa! We traveled to Santaland via the Polar Express and the North Pole. The set up they had was fantastic. I don't have a picture on my camera, but I will scan in the picture we purchased when we get home! It was so fun!
Here is Kevin on his way to see Santa...
After Macy's, we went to Times Square and had dinner at the Stage Deli before the show. They have the best pickles!
We had some spare time after dinner so we wandered some more. We both had to go to the bathroom and finding public restrooms in Times Square is not easy. We saw this sign that said "Charmin, gotta go" so we went in. This was like a theme park for bathrooms. The presentation was incredible and they had staff members cracking jokes and cleaning the toilets every time someone went in. It was awesome!
Here is the sign. FREE public restrooms!
Here is what the stalls looked like. Every stall was cleaned after each use! AMAZING!
And the photo after the magic!
After the lovely bathroom experience, that took about 30 minutes, we went to see Shrek the Musical. The show was so fun! It was not the best musical I have ever seen, but it was very fun and enjoyable! We went to the stage door after the show and got a poster signed by the cast members.
This is the guy who played Donkey.
I got a little start struck!
This is John Tartaglia - Pinocchio - he also has a show on the Disney Channel called "Johnny and the Sprites" and was the original Princeton in Avenue Q
This is Chris Sieber - Lord Farquad. He was great!
And this is Brian D'Arcy James - Shrek!
Sutton Foster, who was amazing, did not come out of the stage door and we missed her. Slightly bummed, but seeing the other people was still fun!
Here is the final poster and Shrek all done up!
And to top it all off....
Just us in Times Square!
We had an awesome time and I can't wait to go back sometime soon!! Hope you enjoy these pictures!
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