Oh wow, thank you!
I think we might leave Niagara this time round from what you say, and we want to visit Canada so may wait until we do that i thinks.
Washington is a def as it is so close, only a couple of hours and couple of hundred bucks for both of us, i think it will be well worth it.
I wish i'd done it all myself now from what people are saving but i will know better for next time! The Virgin guy said to get a cab from JFK to our hotel (Manhattan) what is this Airtrain can i ask please? x
Side note, i have that Cropredy tee too
guess we went the same year lol
The Airtrain is a train that connects all the terminals in JFK and then heads out towards Queens, depending on where in Manhattan you are staying, you get on the Air train heading for Jamaica Station, you don't pay anything to start, then when you get off at Jamaica there are green ticket machines that you can use and buy a combo ticket for around $12 this pays for your journey on the Air train plus a single fare for the Long Island Railroad into Manhattan Penn Station, there is plenty of luggage space on both trains, the reason you do not pay to get on the air train is that it is free between terminals only.
At Penn station you can either walk to your Hotel or get a cab depending on where it is, ours was W35th Street so we walked, it was crazy when we arrived and so exciting! With wheely suitcases this is so easy!
We saw Wicked, this is one show that is never discounted so if you want that one you need to book before you go from their official sellers on their website, for other shows
BroadwayBox.com: free Broadway shows Discount codes for broadway theater tickets is great, write down or print off the code of the show you choose, (only some have discounts) take it to the box office of the theatre you are going to, either the same day or the day before and you can get the tickets and discount no problems, very easy. You can queue up in Times Square for some cheap tickets but this can waste a lot of precious time.
For your Six days the subway 7 day pass would be the best bargain, it breaks even after 13 trips which is easy done! Make sure you visit Greenwich Village, Chinatown, Brooklyn is great as well, Dumbo area which stands for Down underneath the Manhattan Bridge Overpass we also loved all the food on the Lower East Side
The Pass that was recommended above is a grey area, I did not find it value at all, it is worth if you have time googling individual prices of things and comparing against a list of what you want to see, the museums that they include on the pass are actually pay as you wish anyway so they are not really saving you the entrance fees, you have thee days running around like a blue arsed fly trying to do everything on the pass, the Statue Of Liberty/Ellis Island trip needs a day really and is better if you have a timed ticket for the first boat out, with the pass you end up queuing a lot for it, and having to rush back to do more stuff on the pass, also Ripleys and madame Tussauds are on the pass but have very bad reviews and there is so much more you could be doing that you cannot do here.
This is just the way it worked for us though so you really need to add up a list and see if it works for you.
We have been to lots of Cropredys, we honeymooned there in 2010
