DAY 1 AUSTRALIA – NEW YORK (D)

Check in for your flight to New York and on arrival you will be met by your guide and transferred to your accommodation by private coach for check in. Dinner is included tonight.

DAY 2 NEW YORK (B)

After breakfast meet your guide at the hotel and commence your city tour of New York’s most famous sights (half day). The afternoon is allocated as leisure time at your teaches discretion, before returning to your hotel to get ready for your Broadway Show performance this evening.

DAY 3 NEW YORK (B)

After breakfast head to Battery Park for your ‘Statue Cruise’, stopping at the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. If you wish to enter the Statue and climb, purchase your ticket on arrival as it will depend on the foot traffic on that particular day. Returning to Battery Park, make your way to the National September 11 Memorial and the spectacular Westfield Mall complex before returning to your hotel later this afternoon.

DAY 4 NEW YORK (B)

This morning head to Brooklyn for your Graffiti Tour. Meet your guide and explore the trendy Brooklyn neighbourhoods of Williamsburg and Buswick, known for their boutique shops, restaurants, art galleries and street art. View monumental works of street art featuring cutting edge art work from some of New York's top emerging artists. Then view amazing graffiti murals of Brooklyn street artists while exploring the Hasidim Jewish, Latino and hipster culture of the area. This afternoon make your way over to Williamsburg for a 1-hour graffiti tour and art instruction. You will be with a world renowned and award-winning graffiti artist and live a real urban New York experience.

DAY 5 NEW YORK (B)

This morning head off to one of the world’s most famous museums – the Metropolitan Museum of Art, colloquially known as ‘The MET’ for your guided tour. Some schools also like to visit The Cloisters Museum in Upper Manhattan, a museum specialising in European Medieval Architecture and sculpture. It is part of The MET Museum ticket, therefore easy to access and excellent value for money. Then in the afternoon make your way to the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum where you will enjoy their 90 minute program consisting of a guided exhibition tour and workshop. Return to your hotel later this afternoon.

DAY 6 NEW YORK (B)

Today you will follow in the footsteps of your favourite TV & movie characters on one of NYC’s most popular tours. In the morning this popular TV and movie tour takes you to many famous sites in and around NYC, before commencing your ‘Make a Movie’ workshop where you get to direct, shoot and act in your own mini-movie! This is an all-day activity, returning to your hotel later this afternoon.

DAY 7 NEW YORK (B)

Catch the subway after breakfast to visit the Whitney Museum of American Art. Allow three hours. After your visit, you may like to walk the ‘High Line’ through Chelsea Markets and the Meatpackers District before heading back to your hotel via the subway. The remainder of the day is allocated as leisure at your teachers discretion.

DAY 8 NEW YORK (B)

Take a guided tour this morning of NBC Studios for a backstage look at the location of many of your favourite TV shows. Then this afternoon it is off to visit the Guggenheim on 5th Avenue for a museum tour and a visual arts workshop before returning to your hotel later this afternoon.

DAY 9 NEW YORK (B)

After breakfast, take the subway to MoMA in Manhattan to see their current feature exhibition. Then in the afternoon, visit the Brooklyn Museum of Art and Prospect Park before returning to your hotel for some down time – tonight you are off to see your final Broadway show!

DAY 10 NEW YORK – AUSTRALIA (B)

After breakfast enjoy a free morning before check out, then take your private coach to JFK airport and bid farewell to New York.

DAY 11 INFLIGHT

Inflight

DAY 12 AUSTRALIA

Arrive home (subject to airline schedules).