| Our Family Vacation Travels took us to New York | | | | This tour was especially kid friendly and fun. We |
| City in the summer of 2006. While there, we were able | | | | toured several of the NBC studios including the Nightly |
| to visit many kid-friendly destinations. In this article, I will | | | | News Studio, and the Saturday Night Live studio. The |
| list our very favorite and the most kid friendly of the | | | | tour 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 Island | | | | newscast including a weather report. |
| The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island were one of our | | | | The tour starts in the Sweet Shop of the NBC |
| favorite stops on the entire trip. The ferry ride is easy | | | | Experience Store and ends back in the Studio Store. |
| to take children on, and the history park area around | | | | The Brooklyn Bridge |
| the statue and the Ellis Island Museum offer a lot of | | | | The bridge is one of the completely free New York |
| space for expending energy between tours. If you are | | | | City Attractions. You can, of course, spend as much |
| interested in touring the interior of the statue, a limited | | | | time as you want to on the bridge. There are plaques |
| number of time passes are available at no cost daily | | | | all along the bridge spelling out the history of the bridge. |
| on a first-come first-served basis from the Ferry | | | | The views of New York City from the bridge are |
| Company | | | | spectacular. The area around the base of the bridge is |
| While there, take advantage of the Park Service | | | | a beautiful area of downtown New York City. |
| photography service to have your group's photo taken | | | | Chinatown is just a few blocks to the North of the |
| in front of the Statue. They get the shot at a perfect | | | | bridge, and is another great place to walk through. |
| angle to show you and the statue.... good family | | | | One of the best things about spending your family |
| vacations souvenir. | | | | vacation time on the bridge is simply spending time |
| NBC Studio Tour | | | | together, walking and learning more about the country. |