Had a wonderful sail into New York, docking at noon. Perfect weather for viewing all the landmarks and of course the Statue of Liberty. We are parked at Pier 89, right next to the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum and the British Airways Concorde is located just outside our suite.
Our first tour was at 1 pm and that was Highlights of New York. It was great to have a tour and to see a little of NY in the comfort of an air conditioned coach. Some people had never been here and it gave them a good overview of the city. Stopped at Rockefeller Plaza for half an hour, popped into St Pat's Cathedral which was looking fantastic after a zillion $ being spent on it, then on to Ground Zero. Last time we were here there was just a big hole in the ground but to see it now is amazing.
Back to the ship for a quick dinner before the next tour, NY by Night. We were taken across Manhattan Bridge to Brooklyn and Fulton's Landing. In the twilight it was beautiful looking back across to Manhattan - should be a must on every itinerary. From there we went to the Empire State Building - we were the lucky ones with prepaid tickets but even so the lines were incredible! There are hundreds of kids and teenagers around, still being on school holidays. But to see the city at night from the 86th level was fabulous. Didn't go the full 102 levels as tickets didn't include that last bit. We were then dropped at Times Square for an hour, it was absolutely jam-packed with people and we needed a restroom. Our guide mentioned restrooms in the M & M store so in we went -music blaring, kids everywhere - had to go to the 3rd floor, lift took 5 mins to arrive the. 4 mins to go 2 levels, the line there was incredible so,
long story short, we'd already used up 20 mins of the hour LOL!!!!! Then walked a few blocks looking for a coffee (by how it is 11.20 pm) and had to admit defeat and buy a Starbucks!!!! Which was actually quite nice.
Got back to the ship at midnight after a fun day. 
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