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New York City HOP

September 30-October 6, 2010

Hosts: Larry and Marilyn Forbes #37796

Assistant Hosts: Bernie and Carole Patton #70124

This event is sold out.  Please call national at 888-757-2582 if you’d like to place your name on the waiting list.

New York, New York, if you have never been there, you will be in for a special treat. Everyone who went on this HOP in May 2007 had a delightful time exploring the great wonders of NYC. See sights that you have only seen on TV or in the magazine. New York is easily one of the world's greatest cities and is a major center for media, culture, food, fashion, art, research, finance, and trade. It also has one of the largest and most famous skylines on earth. Gone is the dirty NYC we remember from the past, and in its place is a beautiful, clean and safe NYC that is a pleasure to tour and walk through. 

Tours

You’ll be touring different parts of NYC with the same guide, which means no repeat sights, no having to go over what you’ve already seen with a new guide each day!!  This guide is the same guide we had in 2007; he is a native New Yorker, and he’s terrific, so you’ll get a great tour with him.  Your tours will definitely include Top of the Rock, the Ellis Island ferry to see the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. Admission tickets are included.  Other sights you may see (all sights are dependent on traffic, parades, demonstrations, and other events that are happening on the day of our tours): Times Square, Theatre District, Garment District, Madison Square Garden, SoHo, Greenwich Village, Little Italy, Chinatown, The Battery, Ground Zero site, Financial District, Wall Street, United Nations area, Radio City Music Hall, and the Rockefeller Center. 

Other sights are Central Park, Lincoln Center area, Upper Westside, Grant’s Tomb, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Columbia University, Harlem, Schomberg Center, Strivers Row, Sylvan Terrace, Hamilton Grange, Apollo Theater, Fifth Ave, “Museum Mile.” 

You’ll also be touring the West Point Academy, where you’ll see the Main Cadet Chapel, Trophy Point, Battle Monument, the Monument to the Great Chain, the Parade Field, the Old Cadet Chapel, and the West Point Cemetery.   Then you’ll enjoy lunch at the Park Restaurant, after which you can visit the West Point Museum and/or return to the Visitor Center, where there are several interesting displays of a cadet’s life and items you can purchase.  From there you’ll board the MV Commander for a two-hour narrated cruise through the Hudson Highlands. 

*Some changes may be made to the schedule due to traffic or events in the city.  You may see more sights than listed and may get off the bus quite often to walk to these sights.  Some sights may not be seen.  These decisions will be made at the guide’s discretion.  Lion King may be replaced if the show is cancelled.

Campground

You will be camping at the American Family Campground, with 30-amp sites.   If you want to come in before or stay after the HOP, you can call the campground at 800-226-7232 or 845-754-8388. Make sure to tell them you are with the Escapees HOP event.  There are so many wonderful places to see in the area, you may want to stay for a while and enjoy some of them.

Dog Walking

The RV park has a dog walker on site that will walk your dog for a fee. If you wish to use this service, please call the campground ahead of time at the above number.  

Schedule – Tentative – This HOP involves quite a bit of walking

Pricing

Included in your registration is six nights 30-amp electric and water camping (with dump service included as needed), motor coach tours with guides for four days, including entrance fees, gratuities for bus drivers and guides, cruise on the Hudson, four catered dinners, five catered breakfasts, one lunch, souvenir pins, HOP hosts, door prizes, and reserved seating for Lion King.

How to Register

To register, please call the HOP department at 888-757-2582 or 936-327-8873 or e-mail hopinfo@escapees.com.

Minimum registration must be met for each HOP event; otherwise the event will be subject to cancellation.  Full refunds would be given.  The minimum for this event has been met. 

Cancellation Insurance

Cancellation insurance is available through Peterson Travel Services, CM #32.  If you, or a family member, have a pre-existing condition, it must be purchased within 21 days of your initial payment.  You can get more information about this insurance by calling John or Dorothy Peterson, SKP #81699, of Peterson Travel Services, at 800-737-6435, or e-mail them at Dorothy@petersoncruises.com.

Short-term evacuation insurance

Short-term evacuation insurance is now available from SkyMed. For more information on this you can call 337-263-3030 or e-mail Dick and Marilyn Rogers (SKP #61011) at rogers@skymed.com.

Physical Needs for HOP

Escapees Inc. will attempt to provide reasonable accommodations for disabled attendees when it is within our control to do so.  We request that you advise us of any special needs as early as possible so we can make arrangements, if possible.  Many of the HOP events include considerable walking and may not be comfortable for all attendees.

Cancellation Policy

Please view the HOP Cancellation Policy.