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NEW YORK: THE BIG APPLE 6 days |

Tour Number: 1397459VP Student Paying Group Leader: Leyla Hardy Tour Fee* Participants Group Leader Account: 3924481 $$$1818$1818 404040-40 ---44444444 Requested Tour Date: Monday, June 16, 2014 $$$1858$1858 353535-35 ---39393939 Requested Return Date: Saturday, June 21, 2014 $1928 303030-30 ---34343434 Depart From: Dallas $2008 252525-25 ---29292929 $2088 202020-20 ---24242424 *Adult Supplement For this tour, add $275 to the Student Tour Fee. ValValidid until December 31, 2013

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TOUR ITINERARY

Day 1 Hotel in New Jersey Arrive and check into your hotel. Welcome to New York City! Travel to New York City, which British explorer Henry Hudson Overnight in New Jersey “discovered” in 1609 while searching for a passage to China. Today, the Big Apple is the largest in the United Day 2 States. Upon arrival, meet your EF Explore America Tour Director, who will accompany you throughout your stay. Breakfast at Hotel

Walking Tour of Midtown Guided Sightseeing of New York City Stroll down glamorous in the heart of midtown A licensed guide leads your sightseeing tour of New York City. . Pass , home to NBC Studios You’ll explore the mosaic of Manhattan neighborhoods that and , an Art Deco triumph, marvel at the make the city so unique. Drive through , New grandeur of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, with its 26-foot-wide rose York’s eclectic province of bohemians, immigrants and window and soaring Gothic spires, continue past the students, and pass the cast-iron of impossibly extravagant and the famous F.A.O. Schwarz toy trendy SoHo (from “SOuth of HOuston Street”). And it just store, and finish at the entrance to , New York’s might feel as if you’ve left the States and crossed an ocean as 840-acre pastoral retreat. you take in the vibrant life of Chinatown and the personality of Little Italy. Finish your tour at the World Trade Center site, Dinner in New York City home to the 9/11 Memorial. Enjoy your evening meal, provided by EF Explore America. 9/11 Memorial and Observatory Subject to availability. This evening, view the city from the Empire State Building’s observation deck. Once the world’s tallest building, the Empire Metropolitan of Art State Building remains one of Manhattan’s most elegant With more than 3 million objects in its collection, the symbols. Built in just over a year during the depths of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is home to one of the most Depression, this limestone beauty’s iconic status was sealed in extensive art collections in the world. The galleries include 1933, when the building starred in King Kong. Since the 1976 works from the Paleolithic era to the contemporary avant- bicentennial celebration, the building’s top stories have glowed garde. Among the museum’s most popular exhibits are at night with seasonal colors. Egyptian artifacts, Oriental , ancient glasswork, African art, early European musical instruments and American decorative art. Photo Stop in Tour of Radio City Music Hall Dinner in Midtown Go behind the scenes at “America’s greatest showplace.” A Enjoy your evening meal, provided by EF Explore America. spectacular Art Deco theater built in 1932, Radio City’s main attraction is the annual Christmas Spectacular, starring the Show world-famous Rockettes. This world-class theater also plays Enjoy your Broadway show, sure to be an unforgettable theater host to countless other concerts, family attractions, network TV experience! specials, premieres and award shows throughout the year. Admire the curving balconies, 60-foot-high gold-leaf ceilings, Overnight in New Jersey 30-foot chandeliers and decorative carpeting. Learn about the Great Stage, view Art Deco , see the mighty Wurlitzer Day 3 Organ, experience the private apartment of the Music Hall’s founder, Roxy Rothafel, and visit the active rehearsal halls. Breakfast at Hotel Top it all off by meeting one of the Rockettes.

Statue of Liberty and Dinner in New York City Ferry to Liberty Island to marvel at the . A gift Enjoy your evening meal, provided by EF Explore America. from France in honor of the French-U.S. alliance, the statue’s iron skeleton was designed by Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (of Yankee Baseball Game Eiffel Tower fame), sculpted by F. A. Bartholdi and modeled on Enjoy a night of baseball at a Yankee's game. the Colossus of Rhodes. Liberty Enlightening the World, the statue’s full title, was unveiled to much fanfare in 1888. Overnight in New Jersey Continue on to Ellis Island, which welcomed millions of immigrants to the New World around the turn of the century. Day 5 Ellis Island is now the site of a museum chronicling the history of immigration. Breakfast at Hotel

Brooklyn Bridge Walking Tour Museum of the Moving Image Once the longest steel suspension bridge in the world, the Immerse yourself in what it takes to make , television was begun by John A. Roebling and finished shows and digital entertainment. More than 1,400 artifacts help by his son Washington. It takes about 40 minutes to traverse tell the story from start to finish, from the creative to the this massive architectural achievement using the boardwalk technical, from the historic to the cutting-edge. See selections shared by pedestrians, in-line skaters and cyclists. The from groundbreaking works and become part of motion picture astounding views make the trek worthwhile; you can see magic through interactive exhibits. Groups will also have the Midtown to the north, the port to the south and Governor’s opportunity to participate in a special workshop. Students may Island and Lady Liberty out in the harbor. create a or a stop-motion animation short, make their own political campaign ad or learn about motion by using Dinner in New York City a 19thcentury optical toy. Enjoy your evening meal, provided by EF Explore America. Student Workshop at Museum of the Moving Image Overnight in New Jersey Experience one of the hands-on workshops, which have been designed to supplement the guided tours of the Museum's Day 4 exhibitions and support learning standards across a variety of curricular areas. Breakfast at Hotel Visit the Museum of Walking Tour of Central Park Visit New York’s world-class Museum of Modern Art. The Join your tour director for a romp through New York’s backyard MoMA opened in 1929 to great controversy over its then playground. An 843-acre rectangular oasis in the heart of the shockingly modern collection. Today, it is the premier Manhattan jungle, Central Park has something for everyone. contemporary in the world, and houses more than Admire the 58 hand-carved horses parading around the 100,000 works of art-, , , prints, Friedsam Memorial Carousel, brought to the park from Coney photographs and architectural models-dating from 1880 to the Island. Later, head over to the boathouse and Tavern on the present. MoMA’s holdings include masterpieces like van Green. Continue through Bethesda Terrace, one of Central Gogh’s Starry Night and Picasso’s Les Desmoiselles de Park's best places for people watching, and find the statue of Avignon, as well as works by Chagall, Kandinsky and Matisse. Alice in Wonderland at the northern end of the Conservatory The museum also boasts a beautifully landscaped outdoor Water. sculpture garden featuring work by and Rodin. When the MoMA is closed, visit the Guggenheim Museum. Central Park Zoo Just a few yards from 5th Ave. you’ll find over 130 different Dinner in New York City species ranging from giant Polar Bears to the open-air tropical Enjoy your evening meal, provided by EF Explore America. aviary. Overnight in New Jersey NBC Studios Tour Go behind the scenes at NBC Studios and learn the history Day 6 behind one of television’s most prestigious networks. Some of the notable studios included on the tour are the Today show’s Breakfast at Hotel studio 1A and Saturday Night Live’s studio 8H. Museum of Natural History in the popular Hall of Human Origins, which includes full-sized Marvel at an array of cultural treasures, artifacts and exhibits casts of extraordinary fossils such as the 4-millionyear- old inside this renowned four-story museum spanning several city “Lucy” skeleton. Discover the complexity of earth’s other blocks. Explore the extensive permanent halls as well as new, creatures at exhibits on mammals and marine life, get up close temporary exhibits featuring wonders of history, zoology, to meteorites and moon rocks and be dazzled by the 563-carat geology and astronomy. Gaze at massive Tyrannosaurus Rex Star of India, the world’s largest star sapphire. and Stegosaurus skeletons in the Fossil Halls, the world’s largest collection of vertebrate fossils. Study human evolution Depart for Home!

Itinerary subject to change: This itinerary is subject to the most recent version of the EF Explore America Booking Conditions, available at www.EFExploreAmerica.com/BC and in the participant Enrollment Booklet. Please review the Booking Conditions carefully as they contain important information for every aspect of your tour.