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[quote=Anonymous]PP here who lives in NYC with tweens.
Our kids don’t like the Met although Temple of Dundur and Arms and armor are the highlights for them. Also turtle pond is nearby so we always end up there. They like MOMA better because they know more of the paintings and it’s smaller. You can quickly walk to Rockefeller center from the MOMA, too, and they like the stores there. You can also keep going to the Kinokuniya Japanese store near Bryant Park, which they love.

We take advantage of theater weeks, and have seen a lot of shows.
On Broadway they loved Six, and off-Broadway they loved Little Shop of Horrors. My friend’s tween boys really liked The Play where Everything Goes Wrong, but my kids just liked it well enough. My other friend’s 7th grade son loved the Harry Potter show (we haven’t been - my kids aren’t into Potter). Our kids liked Wicked - it’s quite a spectacle. They thought Hamilton was loud and long and didn’t like the guns/shooting. Bizarrely, they didn’t like the Lion King - they said the Lion King show at Animal Kingdom in Orlando was better. Very strange children! If you go to a musical then listen to the soundtrack before you go - we have trouble making out what is going on sometimes and it helps to be familiar with the music.

Our kids thought top of the rock was boring, but we live on a high floor of an apartment building on the UES and they whined that it wasn’t that different from home (it most definitely is - but we went in the winter during COVID and it was freezing cold and they wanted to leave). They liked the speedy elevator, though. Not sure it’s worth the full price just for an elevator ride. We got some sort of coupon - maybe see if you can find one or get some sort of deal.

We go to Governor's Island I’m the summer because we have relatives in Brooklyn near the ferry. That’s a lot of fun, but it’s not full-on NYC touristy.

Oh! If the weather is nice then take the NYC ferry instead of the subway or bus (if it will get you where you need to go); it’s cheap and fun. Sometimes we just get on and ride around.[/quote]

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