New York City Summer Camps

I lived in New York City most of my life since a child. But I moved to Ohio for four years and returned to Brooklyn in the summer of 2010. I became busy over the winter and so when the summer of 2011 came I was ready to explore New York City once again. Come to find out my ten year old brother had a field trip to ELLIS ISLAND I was happy to accompany him for the whole day and what mostly caught my attention besides my first visit to the island, my ride on the ferry and all the bunch of people to see around me again, I noticed the RENT-A-BIKE sign across from the ferry line and found out that new yorkers are able to rent bikes which was something I really wanted to do someday as a easy and effective way of traveling through the city!!! I felt much better back home!!!

NY Skyride: Welcome back home Vanessa! Summer camp NYC trips are the best! You don't have to be an NYC tourist to take a bite out of the Big Apple.  

Name: Vanessa Diaz
City: Brooklyn
State: New York

Summer Camp NYC…it’s the camp director’s nightmare…where do we take the kids? Well what’s the one thing that local New York kids never get to do? Tours in New York City! You would be amazed how little young New Yorkers know about their town! Even more scary is how few adults ever visit their own backyard. They will fly 3,000 miles to Paris but ask them if they have ever visited Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum in midtown.

I discovered a great package that I consider one of the best children’s tour in New York City. Try the combo package of the Skyride on the 2nd floor of the Empire State Building and the building’s famous Observatory. You can purchase Empire State Building tickets and tickets for the Skyride as a special combination price with lower prices for kids. These tickets are available on the Empire State Building and the New York Skyride .

Our campers loved the mix of entertainment with a bit of history and geography of the city in the first two movies. The last 15 minutes is the ride itself which, though a little dated, is a real fun experience for the kids. Followed by that is the time saving advantage of the COMBO ticket, something camps under time pressure will appreciate. Just a short wait and everyone will be under the magic visual spell of the famed Empire State Building Observatory – 86 floors above street level. What a view!

Name: Mark Hollisberg
City: Stamford
State: CT