New York City Trip 2012 The most exciting and fantastic city
on the planet! Students, Parents, Teacher,
Staff and all friends of Industrial are welcome.
TRIP
DATES: June 18-22, 2012
This is not an official school
trip and is not a student only trip,
the trip is open to both students and adults.
THE PRICE OF THE TRIP INCLUDES: Roundtrip air service Houston to New York City.
Roundtrip transfers motor coach from Industrial high school to Bush
International Airport Houston and back. Transfers via public motor coach between Manhattan and NY area airport.
Subway-pass for duration of Manhattan visit. Four nights hotel accommodations (Manhattan hotel in the heart of NYC) Breakfast and Dinner each day, lunch on your own. Two Broadway shows Visit to Empire State Building. (night view of the city) Top of the Rock (Rockefeller Center view from the 70th floor –
day view) Ferry tickets for transfer to Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.
The American Museum of Natural History (Night at the Museum film location) Evening Dinner cruise and dance around the island of Manhattan (fantastic
views of the city) NBC Studio tour. St. Patrick's Cathedral, Trump Tower, Warner Brothers Store, F.A.O. Schwarz
Toys. Walking tour of Fifth Avenue with stops at Rockefeller Center. Central Park. Time Square Chinatown shopping (cheap knock off purses and more) Visit to Greenwich Village and SOHO. Visit to Ground Zero and the newly opened memorial center Walking tour of Lower East Side, Chinatown & Little Italy.
And more new things for those that have gone on the trip before.
›Participants
are automatically enrolled in the Travel Protection Plan Plus when enrolling
for a tour. 4 out of 5
Explorica travelers protect their tours with the travel protection plan.
›Explorica’s
Travel Protection Plan $12 per day
Can be purchased up to the day of departure.
›Explorica’s
Travel Protection Plan Plus $18 per day
Includes the “cancel for any reason waiver” benefit.
Must be purchased within 14 days of enrollment.
›If
you wish, you can opt out of the Travel Protection Plan at the time of
enrollment.
Our hotel is the Milford Plaza Hotel located
in the heart of Manhattan and only steps way from Time Square.
Milford Plaza
Hotel is a historic New York City Hotel having
opened in 1928 in the heart of NYC's Theater
District. At that time Milford Plaza Hotel's
1,300 Guest Rooms and Guest Suites made it the
largest Hotel in New York City and it remains
among the largest Manhattan Hotel's today.
With Milford
Plaza Hotels ideal Mid-town Manhattan location,
in the heart of NYC's Theater District, this
iconic New York City Hotel became known
throughout the world as the, 'Lullabuy of
Broadway'.
With a total of
1,300 Guest Rooms and an ideal location in the
heart Manhattan our NYC Hotel is close to New
York City's Business Center and Leisure
Attractions.
CHECKED BAGS:
Each person will have to pay for your checked bag. It will be $25 each
way. You bag can't be over $50 lbs or you will have to pay an extra
charge. You are allowed only 2 checked bags (second bag fee is $34 each
way). I highly recommend only taking one bag as you will have to be
responsible for carrying it.
CLICK here for more information on checked bags from United Airlines.
CARRY ON BAGS:
Each person is allowed one carry on bag and one personal item. The
personal item may be a purse, computer page etc. see link below for more
personal items allowed.
CLICK here for more information on carry on bags from United Airlines
It's very important to know what you can and can't bring onboard in your
carry on bag, if it is not permitted they will take it from you and you will
not get it back.
Very Important
Please
make sure you have a picture ID with you. If not, you will not be able
to board the airplane
Adults and student
18 and over must have your drivers licenses or official government-issued
photo ID ( state issued ID or passport) to be able to check in at the
airport and board your plane. If you are under 18 and and do not have
drivers licenses or government-issued photo ID is not available, a student
photo ID is recommended. If you do not have a photo student ID you can
get one from the school but do not wait until the last minute. See Mr.
Doggett for help.
Remember that breakfast and supper will be provided for
you. We will be on our own for lunch and we will have cheap options for
you.
Plan on saving $5 per day to tip our tour guide.
Spending money
- how much money you will need will depend on how many souvenirs you want to
purchase, The only money that will need to spend will be on lunch and
tipping the tour guide. You might bring extra money for sodas, street
vending food like hot dogs, honey roasted peanuts and other snacks that you
might want.
Students that are traveling without parents or an adult will be under the
supervision of Mr. Doggett & Mr. Henry. Student traveling with their parents will be
under the supervision of their parents but also expected to follow school rules
and rules of the travel company which will be enforced by Mr. Doggett and Mr.
Henry.
Student are not allowed to be left in the hotel
alone at any time, even if traveling with a parent, tour company rules. A
student can stay in the hotel if accompanied by their parent or an adult.
Students are not allowed to be on their own at
any time while in New York City. It is okay for student to split off with
other groups as long as there is an adult willing to chaperone.
If you love seeing Broadway shows there will be
time on Monday and Tuesday night to get tickets to see an extra show or two.
Dont book tickets yet, I'm waiting to hear back from Explorica to make sure we
will have time in the schedule for the show, but I think we will. THESE
SHOW WOULD NOT BE PART OF THE COST OF TRIP AND WOULD BE EXTRA FOR THOSE THAT
WANTED TO PICK UP A SHOW. I will put a link here when I know for sure we
will have time for the shows.
One thing to keep in
mind is that we will be leaving Vanderbilt VERY early Sunday morning (around 2
AM) so some of you might want to make it an early night if sleeping on the
charter bus from Vanderbilt to the Airport and on the airplane is not enough for
you.
On Monday many
theater's are "dark" (Broadway term for no show) here is a list of shows that
are playing on Monday night and Tuesday night. Most all shows play on
Tuesday. Again don't book anything until I
give the work and post a link. I have a source to get tickets at a good
discount price.
New York City Trip 2012 
