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[devilish_me]

patryn's eyes are sharp! 4 gals on a holiday to US and NO SHOPPING is hardly possible remember to check out woodsbury (near NYC) or wrentham (near boston). i'm sure there are many other outlet malls along the way or on the west coast. shopping is a big part of US travel!

 

[beatoa]

Hi, I will also be going with my friends to the northeast the in july. Will be there for around 2 weeks. I will like to ask patryn33 if you could post or send me your itinerary for reference. Me and my friends are quite a loss as to where to visit. There seem to be so many nteresting places. We are looking at New York, Philadelphia, DC, Boston, New Jersey and Orlando.

 

[devilish_me]

Hi, I will also be going with my friends to the northeast the in july. Will be there for around 2 weeks. I will like to ask patryn33 if you could post or send me your itinerary for reference. Me and my friends are quite a loss as to where to visit. There seem to be so many nteresting places. We are looking at New York, Philadelphia, DC, Boston, New Jersey and Orlando.

hmmm....orlando not really in the northeastern US.

anyway...i'm also currently planning my itinerary for philly, dc & orlando...and here are some of the places that i plan to see:

NJ: Princeton

Philly: Longwood gardens, liberty bell, independence hall, NCC, Old city area, Penn Acad of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia Museum of Art, King of Prussia (shopping), Reading Terminal Market, McGillin's Old Ale House, Pat/Geno's

DC: White Hse Visitor Center (too late for me to arrange for tour), Capitol Visitor Center (Tour), National Mall, check out the monuments/memorials, lafayette park, smithsonian inst bldg (castle), Holocaust Memorial Museum, National Gallery of Art (sculpture garden ice rink), Newseum, National Air and Space Museum, Eastern Market

Orlando: Universal Studio & Universal Lands of Adventure (Citywalk - maybe), Disney Magic Kingdom & Epcot (I'll also be doing the NASA Kennedy Space Center near Coco beach)

i'm not planning to cover NYC this time round. but for NYC....there are just too many options.....the last couple of times i went, i did:

- statue of liberty & ellis island
- open-top bus
- MOMA
- The Met
- Brooklyn
- Times Sq
- Central Park
- Empire State Bldg
- Rockefeller
- Grand central
- public library
- top of the rock
- wall street
- UN
- WTC site
- national acade museum
- goethe instit
- staten island
- harlem

if you've got the time/budget to spare....do catch a musical at broadway.

for boston, you can consider:

- duck tour
- public garden
- boston common/duck pond (ice skating)
- faneuil hall
- paul revere house
- freedom trial walk
- museum of fine arts
- isabella stewart gardner museum
- harvard museum of natural history/art museum
- harvard university/university town area (harvard sq, harvard coop)
- boston public library
- mt auburn cemetery (i know it's weird but the place is very beautiful in fall!)
- charles river
- sam adams brewery
- nearby wrentham outlet

have fun planning for your trip!!!

sorry....just realised you are visiting in SUMMER.....so you can take out those ice-skating, fall colors related attractions. orlando will be quite HOT in july. remember to bring your high SPF sunscreens!

 

[patryn33]

Hi, I will also be going with my friends to the northeast the in july. Will be there for around 2 weeks. I will like to ask patryn33 if you could post or send me your itinerary for reference. Me and my friends are quite a loss as to where to visit. There seem to be so many nteresting places. We are looking at New York, Philadelphia, DC, Boston, New Jersey and Orlando.

what interest u?
art? history? shopping? food?
orlando is all the way down in Florida, going there 1 week easily gone.
DC alone i spend 3 days and thats just skimming the surface.

 

[Xeon_sg]

1 week in Northeast
U listed 5 places, each city 1 day? and NYC and DC 2 days each? exclude traveling time and checking into hotel/motel/hostel? No shopping?

White House tour, time to write in already and see what kinda schedule they give U. U may wanna plan around that.

flying from east to west cost a bomb.
U might as well focus on just Northeast coast.
I used 21days and still find it rush.
I covered NYC,Boston,Philly, DC, Niagara, Toronto, Montreal, Old Quebec city
for young ppl NYC alone is a easy 5 days trip!

omfg. FIVE days?
And i planned to cover NYC over the weekend.

 

[Xeon_sg]

hmmm....orlando not really in the northeastern US.

anyway...i'm also currently planning my itinerary for philly, dc & orlando...and here are some of the places that i plan to see:

NJ: Princeton

Philly: Longwood gardens, liberty bell, independence hall, NCC, Old city area, Penn Acad of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia Museum of Art, King of Prussia (shopping), Reading Terminal Market, McGillin's Old Ale House, Pat/Geno's

DC: White Hse Visitor Center (too late for me to arrange for tour), Capitol Visitor Center (Tour), National Mall, check out the monuments/memorials, lafayette park, smithsonian inst bldg (castle), Holocaust Memorial Museum, National Gallery of Art (sculpture garden ice rink), Newseum, National Air and Space Museum, Eastern Market

Orlando: Universal Studio & Universal Lands of Adventure (Citywalk - maybe), Disney Magic Kingdom & Epcot (I'll also be doing the NASA Kennedy Space Center near Coco beach)

i'm not planning to cover NYC this time round. but for NYC....there are just too many options.....the last couple of times i went, i did:

- statue of liberty & ellis island
- open-top bus
- MOMA
- The Met
- Brooklyn
- Times Sq
- Central Park
- Empire State Bldg
- Rockefeller
- Grand central
- public library
- top of the rock
- wall street
- UN
- WTC site
- national acade museum
- goethe instit
- staten island
- harlem

if you've got the time/budget to spare....do catch a musical at broadway.

ooo... Princeton? I heard that's an academic town? Hmmm... what's interesting around there?

For NYC i plan to cover over the weekend (2 days):
- statue of liberty & ellis island
- Times Sq
- Central Park
- Empire State Bldg
- Grand central
- top of the rock
- wall street
- WTC site
- staten island

Somehow, I'm feeling 2 days kinda short? oh.. and not forgetting need to go to some of the shops to get stuffs for frens and myself.

 

[o0KelviN0o]

ooo... Princeton? I heard that's an academic town? Hmmm... what's interesting around there?

For NYC i plan to cover over the weekend (2 days):
- statue of liberty & ellis island (half a day)
- Times Sq (night time)
- Central Park (half a day)
- Empire State Bldg (1 hour)
- Grand central
- top of the rock (either this or Empire State Building)
- wall street (3 hours to walk from 1 end to the other + photos)
- WTC site (museum under construction, so you only can visit a temp site - 30 mins)
- staten island (free ferry???)

Somehow, I'm feeling 2 days kinda short? oh.. and not forgetting need to go to some of the shops to get stuffs for frens and myself.

see my comments in blue... 2 days is not going to be enough. in fact, i felt my 5 days there were too short

 

[devilish_me]

ooo... Princeton? I heard that's an academic town? Hmmm... what's interesting around there?

yup....just the university and some of its museums. not recommending it for you unless you are into universities/university towns.

For NYC i plan to cover over the weekend (2 days):
- statue of liberty & ellis island
- Times Sq
- Central Park
- Empire State Bldg
- Grand central
- top of the rock
- wall street
- WTC site
- staten island

Somehow, I'm feeling 2 days kinda short? oh.. and not forgetting need to go to some of the shops to get stuffs for frens and myself.

i think it'd be an "amazing race" for you to do all these and still have time to eat/shop.

for empire state bldg and top of the rock...you can just pick one. if you want to say that you've been to empire state bldg...then pick that. but from top of the rock, you'd get a nice view of the empire state bldg...and be able to photograph it

with 2 days, you'd really need to be very selective. and you'll have to plan your itinerary very carefully for the most efficient use of your time.

 

[patryn33]

ooo... Princeton? I heard that's an academic town? Hmmm... what's interesting around there?

For NYC i plan to cover over the weekend (2 days):
- statue of liberty & ellis island
- Times Sq
- Central Park
- Empire State Bldg
- Grand central
- top of the rock
- wall street
- WTC site
- staten island

Somehow, I'm feeling 2 days kinda short? oh.. and not forgetting need to go to some of the shops to get stuffs for frens and myself.

princeton
http://www.visitprinceton.org/activities/
- Arts & Museum
- Flea Markets
- vineyards
- historical buildings

2 days, like everyone said u must be doing amazing race.
NYC - 17,400 km2
SG - 710 km2

NYC is many times bigger than SG and certainly more sites to see.
as a tourist its not an issue to see SG in 2 days??
- Zoo (day + nite)
- Bird park
- museum
- orchard Road
- sentosa
- China town
- Little India
- casino
- universal studio

fyi: its sounds crazy some places u do need queue and wait!

 

[o0KelviN0o]

Empire State Building from Top of the Rock

 

[beatoa]

Thanks devilish_me and patryn33 for the help. I am looking more at shopping, eating and sightseeing. Is 2 weeks enough for the places mentioned? Or is it too rush?

 

[devilish_me]

Thanks devilish_me and patryn33 for the help. I am looking more at shopping, eating and sightseeing. Is 2 weeks enough for the places mentioned? Or is it too rush?

2 weeks for New York, Philadelphia, DC, Boston, New Jersey and Orlando?

personally....i think it's not possible without compromising your travel experiences. you can't be rushing from place to place and not have a chance to enjoy the places properly right?

and also, during peak travel seasons....alot of the attractions will have long snaking queues. you'll need to wait just to step into the attractions.

if you are doing the museums in NYC, Philly, DC (which are some of the best in the states/world)....you are likely to spend several hours in each museum even if you are just walking around quickly.

and how about travel time? are you flying to boston/orlando or taking buses/trains? remember to take those travel times into consideration when planning. a bus ride from NYC to boston is already 4hrs....for example.

you could probably consider to skip orlando which is kinda out of the way and then be very very selective with what you wanna do with the rest of the places.

 

[patryn33]

Thanks devilish_me and patryn33 for the help. I am looking more at shopping, eating and sightseeing. Is 2 weeks enough for the places mentioned? Or is it too rush?

New York, Philadelphia, DC, Boston, New Jersey and Orlando (any Niagara Falls?)
what is sightseeing for u?
no museums?

we are pretty clear it is very rush.
say NYC is 5 days
Philly is 2-3 days
Boston is 2-3 days
New Jersey is 2 days
Orlando is another 5 days.
if Niagara Falls that's 1 day
add traveling time, does it fit 14 days? U know flying from SG to USA is 1 day. Are U in USA 14days? or U taking 14days off to travel USA?
no jetlag issue?

 

[beatoa]

Not really looking at museums since we are not really interested in art. There will not be jetlag issues since actually we are there on the work and travel program and we will already be there for around 2 months. We will be taking 14 days off to travel and we are actually planning to visit niagara falls during our off days, thereby not included in the 2 weeks.

 

[devilish_me]

Not really looking at museums since we are not really interested in art. There will not be jetlag issues since actually we are there on the work and travel program and we will already be there for around 2 months. We will be taking 14 days off to travel and we are actually planning to visit niagara falls during our off days, thereby not included in the 2 weeks.

where exactly will you be based? would you be spending nights/weekends exploring the area too?

if you are here for 2months....you'll have numerous weekends to explore nearby vicinity.

for example....if you are based near NYC...you can just drive to philly over one of two weekends since philly is prob just less than 2hr drive away. very good for quick short trips....especially since you aren't planning to do the museums.

if you are in philly....then you are kinda sandwiched between NYC (less than 2hrs drive) and DC (less than 3hrs drive) so it'd be easy to explore those areas over the weekends.

keep the nearby places for short weekend trips. then you can plan your longer one to cover places further away.

i'm sure you can do your shoppings in the evenings or over the weekends too? since many malls are opened till quite late.....then you need not fit shopping into your 14day trip

 

[patryn33]

@ beatoa
where U are located is impt.
2 mths and take 14days to travel. U get 6 weekend to do plenty of side trips.
museums is not always about ARTS! its also History and Science!
such as the air and space museum. or the aircraft carrier museum in NYC.

in Northeast cost there is alot of history. if U are not into history and looking for sights such as views and big famous monuments.

U may be able to spend
- 3 days NYC
- 2 day DC
- 2 day boston
- 7 day Orlando

depending on where U in northeast area, U can complete Philly, new jersey, Niagara Falls and still leave U 2-3 weekends free to venture to other less (Singaporean) traveled areas

 

[beatoa]

Basically, I will be based in cedar point, which is in sandusky, ohio. Most of the time, I will only be able to have 1 day off a week, so I guess I will only be able to visit nearby places like cleveland. I heard that there will be company visits to places like chicago and niagara falls, hence I guess I will be making use of that to explore. Regarding the museums, I would have to ask my friends as I do not really know what they want. I guess we will be looking at more for sights such as views and big famous monuments.

 

[patryn33]

I maybe able to visit u when I go cedar pt!
its a long drive 1 way.
Niagara Falls - 4.5hrs
Chicago - 5.5hrs

u guys should go see Mackinac Island, pictured rocks, sleeping bear
but thats a really long drive
- 6 hrs to Mackinac Island, MI
- 8-9hrs to pictured rocks
- 6 hrs to Sleeping Bear

 

[beatoa]

Haha. Sure. I will be working at one of the restaurants. Thanks for all the help though.

 

[starstruck123]

to beatoa: awesome! i want to do work and travel too but im gg to grad soon so it's either work or travel or grad trip. but i've got other commitments. IF ONLY work and travel can be done when u are working or sth.

anw, was wondering if 5days to ny and 2 days each for philly(mayb 1 day even), boston and dc is sufficient. btw has anyone been to hershey's chocolate world? was qte intrugued by their hands on experience. haha