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Central park has been designed as a relieving oasis for a rapidly growing city in the 19th century and it has evolved into one of the most historic masterpieces of the United States. A fundamental part of the city, Central Park is a requisite that no New Yorker could give up. Its architecture fits into the urban environment so perfectly, that many people never believe it is completely man-made. You will be informed about many movie scene locations that you've only been able to see on screen. The walking tours are rated effortless and there are no tough hills. Some walking tour spots: • Wollman ice-skating rink from Love Story and Serendipity • Dakota Building where Mia Farrow lives in Rosemary’s Baby • Tavern on the Green, used as a location in Ghostbusters and Wall Street • Bethesda Fountain, as seen in Enchanted and Gossip Girl • The Bandshell where Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Kramer vs. Kramer were shot • The Boathouse Café used for When Harry Met Sally and Sex and the City • The Pond, which from in Home Alone II during the pigeon lady scene • The Dairy, as beautiful Victorian gothic building, which is featured in Independence Day • The Mall, also known as the literary walk is used for Vanilla Sky and Big Daddy • The Bow Bridge, this white bridge was featured in films such as Autumn in New York and Little Manhattan • The Conservatory where Stuart Little drove sail boats Central Park Sightseeing walking tour's last 2 hours. Let their entertaining and informative tours guides enlighten you about the anecdotes of distinguished Central Park. This is an experience you will remember for years.. These guided tours are held rain or shine, extreme weather conditions like heavy rain, strong winds of 35 mph or more, heavy snow, and temperatures 24 degrees and below or 96 degrees and above. Please remember to bring your cameras. You can't miss taking pictures of must-seen places in Central Park wonderland!
Chicago Trolley:
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Bus Tracker
Guests can now head to http://chicagotrolley.com/gps/ to see when the next double decker or trolley is headed their way!
Language App
Chicago Trolley & Double Decker Company now has a FREE, foreign language app for both Android and iPhone!
This new, easy to use app provides a fully narrated tour in Chinese (Mandarin), German, Portuguese (Brazil) and Spanish. We're excited to offer this option to our international guests!
How to download? Easy as 1, 2, 3!
On the guest's phone, search and download "Chicago Trolley Tour" in the application store.
Once downloaded, open the app and the language options will appear. Choose the language needed and download.
There will be a prompt to enter a password. The password is Chicago (not case sensitive). Please provide password information only once ticket has been purchased. That's it!
So how does it work?
Headphones will be provided for any guest using the app.
Using GPS, the app follows the guests as they enjoy the views from our double deckers and trolleys. The narration is based on plotted points along our tour route. Guests can even click on each point to read the information.
Once downloaded, the app does not use data. Guests can turn cellular data OFF if they would like to. However, GPS accuracy IS improved when Cellular Data is left ON, even though no data is use.
Ticket Types
One-Day Adult Ticket
Two-Day Adult Ticket
Three-Day Adult Ticket
Kids Ticket
Valid for 24 hours after time of redemption.
Valid for 48 hours after time of redemption.
Valid for 72 hours after time of redemption.
Valid for up to 72 hours after time of redemption.
Includes access to the Downtown Tour, Night Tour, and Wrigley Field/Lincoln Park Zoo Route
Includes access to the Downtown Tour, Night Tour, and Wrigley Field/Lincoln Park Zoo Route
Includes access to the Downtown Tour, Night Tour, and Wrigley Field/Lincoln Park Zoo Route
Includes access to the Downtown Tour, Night Tour, and Wrigley Field/Lincoln Park Zoo Route
SHEDD AQUARIUM EXHIBITS
UNDERWATER BEAUTY – A SPECIAL EXHIBIT
Our living world is full of wonder. Celebrate with us the unbelievable beauty living in our oceans, lakes and rivers in a new special exhibit at Shedd Aquarium: Underwater Beauty. Get a glimpse of the grandeur beneath the waves as 100 species from around the world come together in an evocative new space. What is beauty? Spark your curiosity as you see all the ways beauty moves and coexists. Watch sea jellies pulse, eels ribbon and a rainbow come alive with reef fishes. Feel the rhythms, embrace the colors and savor the patterns found only underwater. Experience a world worth celebrating – and saving.
AMPHIBIANS
Get ready for a toadally ribbiting experience! Shedd’s new special exhibit, Amphibians, included with admission.
In Amphibians, you’ll meet 40 species of frogs, salamanders and rarely seen caecilians. Learn how amphibians’ lives are full of change, from their life cycles to their adaptations to live in nearly every environment on Earth. Find out how too much change can spell trouble for amphibians — and how you can help them cope with big changes in our world today!
Waters of the World
Travel the world in 80 habitats.
Dive into Oceans, from coastal kelp forests to the seafloor. Explore the self-contained ecosystems of Islands and Lakes. Visit Rivers—big and small—and learn more about our local waters in the new At Home on the Great Lakes exhibit. Meet hundreds of amazing animals, from tiny mantella frogsto a a giant octopus, from a Grand Cayman blue iguana to Nile knifefish, and from moon jellies to sea stars. We even have map turtles, in case you get lost.
Caribbean Reef
Take a 360-degree tour of an underwater reef community.
Follow a green sea turtle. Peek at a moray eel in a rocky crevice. Watch regal rays glide by. Get eye-to-eye with parrot fish and sharks. Visit Caribbean Reef, Shedd’s award-winning 90,000-gallon circular habitat in the grand rotunda.
Amazon Rising
Take an exotic journey in the Amazon, home to one-third of all living things.
Watch out for anacondas and piranhas, spiders, rays and a camouflaged caiman. In churning river channels, still lakes and even flooded treetops look for tetras, turtles and fruit-eating fish called tambaqui. See how the region’s animals, plants and people adapt to the water’s dramatic annual rise and fall.
Abbott Oceanarium
The Abbott Oceanarium immerses you in the vibrant coastal ecosystem of beluga whales, Pacific white-sided dolphins, sea otters and sea lions. You’ll also find a host of fishes and invertebrates that make their homes where freshwater flows into the ocean or where tides turn seascapes to landscapes and back again each day. Use our self-guided map to discover how animals are linked to each other, their homes and you.
Polar Play Zone
Kids have a place at Shedd that they can call their own—Polar Play Zone. It’s cool as ice and twice as nice! The penguins think so, too.
Play! Splash! Pretend! What would you like to be? A sleek sliding penguin? A deep-sea explorer? How about both? In Polar Play Zone, you can slip into a penguin suit and try being a bird in the Icy South play area. From there, head to the Icy North to explore the belugas’ Arctic waters in a kid-sized submarine. Don’t forget to shake hands—or is it arms?—with colorful sea stars in the touch pools. In Polar Play Zone, you’ll learn about polar opposites—big and small, fast and slow, shallow and deep, even north and south—while you play.
The Oceanarium Aquatic Presentation is included however based on available seating and remaining show times at the time of guest arrival. (2018 Aquatic Presentation Schedule)
Stingray Touch (seasonal experience) is included. Open late May through October.
4D Experience is not included however the 4D experience tickets may be purchased at the theatre for $3.00 per -person
Pets are not allowed in the aquarium
Enjoy a full day of exploration at the European Capital of Culture! City Sightseeing Bus Tour is the best way to enjoy this city full of attractions for out-of-the-box thinkers. Join us at the Cruise Terminal and start a hop-on-and-off frenzy across 8 stops as you complete this 55-min tour around the coolest city in Denmark. At Bus stop 2 you can hop-off to visit the Marselisborg Castle, which grounds and stunning rose garden are open to the public when the royal family is not in residence. At Bus stop 3, you will find Tangkrogen, an urban park to hop-off and enjoy some entertainment as you breathe in some fresh air. This huge open grassy field serves as the main event venue in Aarhus. And if you are an architecture lover, hop-off at Bus stop 4, Aarhus City Hall, with its beautiful bell tower designed by the world famous Danish architect Arne Jacobsen. Fun does not stop there... Bus stop 5 will sweep you off your feet! It's the ARoS Art Museum, which will amaze you with the most exquisite and avant-garde works of art. Go on and take a look around to discover from state-of-the-art interactive installations to classic painting exhibitions, all the way up to the rooftop and its unique Rainbow Panorama: take in the views of the city from above through a rainbow coloured 360-degree walkway! The route goes on along Aarhus River and Strøget, an area of pedestrian streets teaming with shops and bars to hop-off at and get some snack or find the perfect souvenir to take back home. Book your City Sightseeing Bus Tour online and start planning your trip to Aarhus!
Highlights Enjoy an action-packed afternoon at Warwick Castle with this great value Half Day Ticket (valid from 12pm). Only available in advance: Buy now to Save! This ticket includes: Special Half-Day Ticket Offer! Valid for entry after 12pm. Entry to the Castle, Grounds and Gardens (excluding the Castle Dungeon). This ticket excludes: October half term dates. Please click here for our half term ticket offer instead Warwick Castle and experience the fun of real history! Full to the turrets with dazzling shows and attractions, spellbinding story-telling and fun experiences all year-round, Warwick Castle is an action-packed and unforgettable family experience … Full to the turrets with dazzling shows and attractions, spellbinding story-telling and fun experiences all year-round, GET LOST IN TIME! Children on all ages can experience in the foulest and funniest bits of history brought to life by the UK’s first ever Horrible Histories® Maze! Watch your little one’s faces light up as they explore this exciting attraction; full of foul facts and fun games! This is a maze with a difference; the aim is not to reach the centre, but to reorder the muddle that mischievous Rattus Rattus has made of time, and find the way out! Witness The Mighty Trebuchet, the largest working catapult in the world, launch a cannonball 150ft into the air (on selected dates from February Half Term) and don’t miss the spectacular Flight Of The Eagles Show(twice daily) featuring an impressive collection of eagles, buzzards and vultures; marvel as multiple birds simultaneously take flight in this soaring extravaganza! You must print your e-ticket off and bring it with you in order to be granted access to the attraction.
National World War II Museum:
This museum is ranked by Trip Adviser as the #1 Attraction in New Orleans, placed #2 in America and the World. The National WWII Museum features a multitude of artifacts that portray America's WWII past. Explore the American experience in the war that changed the world. From D-Day galleries to the soaring US Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center to the groundbreaking Campaigns of Courage, this world-renowned history museum was created to inspire visitors of all ages educating them on the heroism, tragedy and liberation of WWII.
Come experience these unique and amazing Exhibits:
The Arsenal Of Democracy - Telling the story of how the war was won is at the heart of The National WWII Museum’s mission, and The Arsenal of Democracy: The Herman and George R. Brown Salute to the Home Front—the Museum's newest permanent exhibit, located on the second level of the Louisiana Memorial Pavilion, the Museum’s original building—literally brings that story home.
Road To Tokyo - Richard C. Adkerson & Freeport-McMoRan Foundation Road to Tokyo: Pacific Theater Galleries retraces the grueling trail that led from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay by way of New Guinea and Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, Burma, the islands of the Pacific, China, India, and Alaska.
Road To Berlin -The Duchossois Family Road to Berlin: European Theater Galleries brings to life the drama, sacrifices, personal stories, and strategies of America’s campaign to defeat the Axis powers and preserve freedom.
Beyond All Boundaries - Beyond All Boundaries, showing exclusively in The National WWII Museum’s Solomon Victory Theater, is a 4D journey through the war that changed the world.-Not included with ticket
The D-Day Invasion Of Normandy - The Museum's original exhibit, located on the third floor of Louisiana Memorial Pavilion, helps you understand what the Allies faced in Normandy, from the comprehensive preparations beforehand to the daunting challenges once troops landed on Normandy beaches.
US Merchant Marine Gallery - Situated at the end of the Horatio Alger Association American Spirit Bridge, this gallery honors the civilian merchant mariners who risked their lives transporting weapons, men, and material to US troops overseas.
Final Mission: USS Tang Submarine Experience - places visitors aboard the most successful submarine in World War II for its fifth and final war patrol on October 25, 1944.-Not included with ticket
Manufacturing Victory - Follow the industrial journey that took the United States from a nation perilously unprepared for war to a global superpower that led the Allies to victory in World War II.
Special Exhibit Gallery - The Joe W. and Dorothy D. Brown Foundation Special Exhibit Gallery features rotating exhibits that draw on the Museum’s own collections, as well as relevant traveling exhibits from leading institutions around the world.
Steamboat Natchez:
Rates do not include gratuity to drivers and/or guides.
Sit back and watch a master of comedy work his magic as Ron White performs during The Mirage's Aces of Comedy. White is known for his work with Jeff Foxworth