Court
Choir and Queen’s Court
New York City Trip Itinerary
April 22-25, 2005
Friday,
April 22
4:45 AM
Meet at Prasch parking lot, load buses, leave for
Omaha (This time has
changed since the original itinerary!)
8:15 AM Depart Omaha via Northwest Airlines
Flight 454 to Minneapolis
Flight
1082 to Newark
2:08 PM Arrival at Newark Airport, meet tour director
3:30 PM Walking tour of Lower Manhattan including the
Financial District, Site of
former WTC, Chinatown,
Greenwich Village and Little Italy
5:30 PM Guided tour ends in Little Italy. Shop
until dinner.
7:00 PM Dinner in Little Italy at Sal Anthony
8:30 PM Transfer to hotel in Newark
Springhill
Suites by Marriott 973-624-5300
Saturday,
April 23
7:15 AM Leave for festival site after Continental
Breakfast at hotel
College of Staten Island
Performing Arts Center
8:00 AM Court Choir warms up
8:30 AM Court Choir performs
9:00 AM Queen’s Court warms up
9:30 AM Queen’s Court performs
10:00 AM Return to Hotel to change;
Fast Food lunch near hotel
1:00 PM Transfer to New York City
2:00 PM Step on guided tour of Midtown Manhattan
including Central Park
5:30 PM Dinner at Dallas BBQ
7:00 PM Admission to the Observation Deck at the
Empire State Building
8:00 PM Return to Hotel
Sunday,
April 24
7:00 AM Leave for Spirit Dock
7:30 AM Arrive at Pier 61 for boarding
8:00 AM Breakfast cruise on Spirit of New York with
other
festival participants
10:00 AM Festival Awards Ceremony on the Intrepid
11:00 AM Drop off at Times Square; lunch and shopping
with
chaperoned small groups
2:30 PM Meet entire group at the Gershwin Theater,
222 W. 51st
3:00 PM Reserved seats for “Wicked”
6:15 PM Meet outside theater and walk to dinner
7:15 PM Dinner at Planet Hollywood at Times Square
8:15 PM Group Photo in Times Square
9:00 PM Return to hotel
Monday,
April 25
7:30 AM Breakfast at hotel
8:30 AM Load luggage on buses; leave for Liberty
State Park,
board ferry to Liberty Island to
see Statue of Liberty,
then Ellis Island (lunch at
cafeteria on one of the islands)
1:30 PM Ferry Back to Liberty State Park and board
buses
2:00 PM Transfer to Airport for return flight
5:45 PM Depart Newark via Northwest Airlines
Flight
547 to Minneapolis
Flight
408 to Omaha
10:27 PM Arrive Omaha Airport; board buses for Lincoln
12:00 AM Arrive at Prasch parking lot (time is approximate)