Top Kid Friendly New York City Vacation Destinations

Our Family Vacation Travels took us to New YorkThis tour was especially kid friendly and fun. We
City in the summer of 2006. While there, we were abletoured several of the NBC studios including the Nightly
to visit many kid-friendly destinations. In this article, I willNews Studio, and the Saturday Night Live studio. The
list our very favorite and the most kid friendly of thetour offered a few interactive activities for the group.
stops.The group got to go through the motions of creating a
Statue of Liberty and Ellis Islandnewscast including a weather report.
The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island were one of ourThe tour starts in the Sweet Shop of the NBC
favorite stops on the entire trip. The ferry ride is easyExperience Store and ends back in the Studio Store.
to take children on, and the history park area aroundThe Brooklyn Bridge
the statue and the Ellis Island Museum offer a lot ofThe bridge is one of the completely free New York
space for expending energy between tours. If you areCity Attractions. You can, of course, spend as much
interested in touring the interior of the statue, a limitedtime as you want to on the bridge. There are plaques
number of time passes are available at no cost dailyall along the bridge spelling out the history of the bridge.
on a first-come first-served basis from the FerryThe views of New York City from the bridge are
Companyspectacular. The area around the base of the bridge is
While there, take advantage of the Park Servicea beautiful area of downtown New York City.
photography service to have your group's photo takenChinatown is just a few blocks to the North of the
in front of the Statue. They get the shot at a perfectbridge, and is another great place to walk through.
angle to show you and the statue.... good familyOne of the best things about spending your family
vacations souvenir.vacation time on the bridge is simply spending time
NBC Studio Tourtogether, walking and learning more about the country.