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360 Chicago Located 1,000 feet above the Magnificent Mile, you'll soon see why a visit here is rated an 'absolute must do' by tourists and locals alike. Enjoy breathtaking 360 views stretching across 4 states, and Lake Michigan. Watch the spectacular sunset from 1,000 feet, or go up at night to see Chicago shining in lights. You'll see why 360 Chicago has been voted Chicago's best view. New Chicago History Exhibit Discover Chicago's rich history and identity while learning about nine of the city's culturally unique neighborhoods. Multimedia and mirror effects fully immerse guests in this truly innovative learning experience. Tilt - Chicago's highest moving experience. Enjoy the thrill of being tilted 12,000 feet over the Magnificient Mile. Take in unsurpassed views of the city from a never-before-seen angle. TILT is a moving experience that holds up to eight visitors per cycle - approximately 50 people per 30 minutes. *Please note that TILT is an additional charge of $7.00 per adult, $5.00 per child. 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. 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
Want an entirely different NightLife experience? Get involved in the VIP nightlife Tour Tickets include: Express entry into the Academy and access to NightLife event 30-minute private reception and two complimentary cocktails per guest Complimentary light bites A one-hour, behind-the-scenes tour with private viewing of the Vault—home to highlights of the Academy's renowned gem and mineral collection Interactions with Academy researchers in the Project Lab A reserved pass for the 8:30 pm Planetarium show Anyone yearning to geek out inside a multimillion-dollar science museum with the added bonus of booze should head to Golden Gate Park on Thursdays for NightLife at the California Academy of Sciences. Since 2009, the Academy has stayed open late once a week to give the 21+ crowd full run of the place, with an ever-changing series of themed events and several temporary bars spread throughout the gigantic building. Entertainment / Music Multiple DJs and/or live bands performing in a variety of styles tied to the night’s theme, from house to swing to everything else under the sun. One hundred thousand square-foot museum packed with incredible exhibits, aquariums, a replica of a rain forest, and the largest all-digital projection screen on the planet in the planetarium. Food / Miscellaneous Food stands offer a handful of snacks and entrées that can change weekly but usually include items like pork buns, chicken with fries, and vegetarian dishes. Private lounge available for rental. What to Wear / Dress Code Casual to trendy: everything from white t-shirts and jeans to dolled up duds. Hot Nights / When to Go Only open on Thursdays, but patrons should arrive early to avoid the lines and to check out the rainforest, which closes at 20.00
Raise your glass and bring in the New Year. Includes full open bar, hors d'oeuvres, a champagne toast, live DJ, dancing, party favors and unobstructed views of the fireworks show. Age restrictions: 18 years old to sail, 21 years old to drink. CRUISE HIGHLIGHTS Statue of Liberty USS Intrepid Pier Hoboken Pier Pier 54 (Titanic Pier) Jacob K. Javits Convention Center Batter Park Ellis Island Wall Street South Street Seaport Brooklyn Bridge Chrysler Building Empire State Building World Financial Center United Nations New Year's Eve Fireworks Display RULES AND REGULATIONS All School & Camp Groups MUST be accompanied by at least 1 adult chaperone (18 years of age or older) for every 10 students/children. Running is not permitted anywhere in the attraction. Food and beverage can be purchased on site. Outside food and beverages are strictly prohibited with the exception of special dietary needs. Security and First Aid may be obtained by contacting any staff personnel. Buses are not allowed to park and wait by the entrance once the group has been dropped off. (Please see bus parking information below.) Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises reserves the right to remove any individual or group that does not comply to these guidelines
Duffy Square - Statue of Lt. Colonel Father Francis
Patrick Duffy
TKTS Discount Theater ticket kiosk
Statue of George M. Cohan
Times Square Alliance Information Center
Palace Theater
Marriott Marquis Hotel
Marquis Theatre
Bertelsmann Building
Planet Hollywood
MTV Studios
Minskoff Theater
Toys R Us
Hard Rock Cafe
One Times Square
NASDAQ Market Site
Thomson Reuters Building
New Amsterdam Theater
ESPN Zone
Conde Nast Building
Knickerbocker Hotel Building
Bank of America Building
Bryant Park
WR Grace Building
Bryant Park Hotel
Bryant Park Cafe
Chrysler Building
Library Lions - Patience & Fortitude
New York Public Library
Lord & Taylor
Empire State Building
Little Korea aka Korea Town
Madison Square
51 Madison Avenue - New York Life Insurance
Company Building
41 Madison Avenue - site of Jerome Mansion
Herald Square
Macy's
Haier Building - former Greenwich Savings Bank
Keen's Steakhouse
Bryant Park
Statue of Dr. Jose Bonifacio Andrada
Statue of Benito Juarez
Hippodrome Building
International Center for Photography
Clubhouse Row - Hotel Algonquin et al
NHL Store
William Jenkins Worth Cenotaph - obelisk
Madison Square Park
Metropolitan Life Insurance Tower
Shake Shack
William Seward Statue
Flatiron Building
Ladies Mile District
Parsons School of Design of the New
School University
Cardozo School of Law of Yeshiva University
Forbes Gallery
Forbes Magazine Headquarters
First Presbyterian Church
Church of the Ascension (Episcopal)
Washington Square Arch
University Place
Grace Episcopal Church
Astor Place
Bayard-Condict Building
Cable Building
The Wall by Forrest Meyers
Prada Flagship store designed by Rem Kohlhaas
Bloomingdales SoHo branch
Top Shop/Top Man store
Haughwout Building
International Culinary Academy/French
Culinary Institute with L'Ecole Restaurant
Canal Street
Chinatown Information Kiosk
Manhattan Bridge
Dumbo district
George Westinghouse Vocational High School
911 Headquarters
WNYE Radio & Television - New York City Department of
Education Radio & Television studios
New York Technical College of the City University of New York
Brooklyn General Post Office
Fox Cable News Building
Diamond District
McGraw Hill Building
1251 Sixth Avenue - former Exxon Building
Barclays Capital Building - formerly Lehman Brothers HQ
Colony Records
Brill Building
Ambassador Theater
Crowne Plaza Times Square Hotel
Hershey Store
M&M Store
Morgan Stanley HQ
W Times Square Hotel
Museum of Sex
Madison Square
Marble Collegiate Church
Church of the Transfiguration ("Little Church Around the Corner")
Theodore Roosevelt United States Federal Courthouse for the
Eastern District of New York
Cadman Plaza
Brooklyn War Memorial (World Wars I & II)
Old Fulton Street
Brooklyn Eagle Warehouse
Grimaldi's Pizzeria
Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory
River Cafe
Fulton Ferry Landing
Continental Army Evacuation (August 29, 1776) Marker
Fulton Ferry marker
Crossing Brooklyn Ferry railing inscription
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Heights Promenade
Brooklyn Queens Expressway
Atlantic Avenue
Sahadi Imports
Damascus Bakery
Former St. Vincent's Home for Boys
Brooklyn House of Detention
Society of Friends (Quaker) Meeting House
Kings County Supreme Court
Brooklyn Borough Hall
Brooklyn Bridge Marriott Hotel
New York Municipal Building
Woolworth Building
AIG (former Cities Service) Building
70 Pine Street
Thurgood Marshall United States Federal Courthouse for the
Southern District of New York Hong Kong Bank Building
10 Downing Street
Winston Churchill Square
Father Demo Square
Blue Note Jazz Club
3rd Street Basketball Courts
Golden Swan Gardens
St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church
Jefferson Market Courthouse Library
New York Foundling Hospital
Siegel-Cooper Building - Bed, Bath & Beyond, TJ Maxx and
Filene's Basement
Grand Lodge of the Masons (71 West 23rd Street)
Manhattan Mall - former Gimbels Department Store site
Greeley Square
Horace Greeley statue
Herald Center
City University Graduate Center and Oxford
University Press (former B Altman Dept. Store)
Take to the streets of New York with a local expert guide to explore neighborhoods once home to notorious criminals, learn how the city was ruled in waves by various immigrant crime rings and finding out what modern crime looks like in the city. On the Lower East Side, you’ll see tenement buildings where Irish immigrants lived in subhuman conditions. The most notorious area here was the ‘Five Points’ - a junction so infamous for its gang crime (rumor has it some even lived in burrows under the streets!) that Charles Dickens came to check it out himself on a trip to NYC, not believing it could live up to its reputation. It did, of course, as your guide will tell you. Irish gangs weren’t the only group to terrorise the Lower East Side however. Throughout the 1900s the Italian mafia kept Little Italy in a choke hold, while the 1970s and 1980s were dominated by Chinese turf wars that were so bloody you’ll hardly believe the stories. From the city’s earliest rag-tag gangs to the mafia empires of the 20th century, you’ll separate the truth from from myths popularized by movies like Gangs of New York and TV shows like The Sopranos. You’ll also learn about the city’s most notorious criminals; from Captain Kidd and Boss Tweed, to John Gotti and Leona Helmsley. The neighborhoods you visit are much nicer today than they were in the past but has NYC really cleaned up its act? As part of your tour, you’ll visit lower Manhattan, in particular Wall Street and the Financial District, to learn about modern, white collar crime (and the going rate for a get-out-of-jail-free card). New York City crime tours don’t get any better than when they are developed with the help of NYPD police officers and detectives. Lifetimes of studying NYC’s criminals are synthesized into a truly unique experience that will teach you how crime is inseparable from the history of this great city. Inclusions: Guided tour of the Lower East Side & Wall Street Expert tour guide Small groups of 15 people or fewer Exclusions: Gratuities Hotel pick-up/drop-off Sites Visited: Wall Street Lower East Side The old “Five Points” neighborhood Chinatown Little Italy Important Notes: Gratuities to guides are appreciated but never obligatory. This tour may not be suitable for young children, as subject matter may be graphic and disturbing. Comfortable shoes are recommended. Please note, this tour is in English only.