Rael New York City Itinerary

May 12-15, 2025

Hard Rock Hotel New York

ADDRESS: 159 W 48th St. TELEPHONE: (212) 970-1200

Monday May 12th

Airport Transfer, Hotel Check-in, Rooftop Dinner

Afternoon
  • 3:30 p.m. Arrival: JFK

    Car Service: Ultimate Black Car: (212) 809-5050

     Note: Your driver will be tracking your flight and contact you when you land to give you exact pick-up location.

    5:00 p.m. Check-in: Hard Rock Hotel, 159 W 48th St.

Evening
  • Walk 7 minutes to:

    7:00 p.m. Dinner Reservation:Dutch Fred’s, 307 W 47th St.

    Note: Reservation made in Resy.

    Walk 7 minutes to your hotel.

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Tuesday May 13th

Breakfast, Top of the Rock, Lunch, Jimmy Fallon, Sunset Cruise & Dinner

Morning
  • 9:00 a.m. Breakfast: Hotel Room Service

    Walk 4 minutes to:

    10:30 a.m. Admission: Top of the Rock-VIP Rock Pass, 30 Rockefeller Plaza

    Note: Confirmation# 1372502281037 Guided experience begins in VIP lounge and includes a tour of the hidden rooftop garden, a champagne toast and private experiences on Skylift and The Beam at Top of the Rock.

Afternoon
  • Walk 2 minutes to:

    12:30 p.m. Lunch: Del Frisco’s Grille, 50 Rockefeller Plaza

    Note: Link to reservation HERE.

    Walk 2 minutes to:

    2:00 p.m. VIP Experience: Jimmy Fallon, Studio 6B-30 Rockefeller Plaza

     

Evening
  • Walk 6 minutes to:

    6:00 p.m. Hotel Hard Rock Hotel New York, 159 W 48th St.

    Take a car (approx. 20 minutes) to:

    7:30 p.m.  Classic Harbor Line: Sunset Cruise, Pier 62-Chelsea Piers

    Note: Please arrive 15 minutes prior to departure to get boarding pass at kiosk. Booking# 271588445

    Walk to:

    9:15 p.m. Dinner Reservation: Fonda, 189 9th Ave

    Note: Link to reservation HERE.

    Take a car to your hotel.

Wednesday May 14th

Breakfast, Brooklyn Bridge, DUMBO Brooklyn, 9/11 Memorial & Museum, Dinner & Broadway

Morning
  • 8:00 a.m. Breakfast: Room Service

    Take the subway (approx. 20 minutes) to:

    Subway Instructions: Walk 3 minutes to 49th St. Station. Enter via 7th Ave & 47th St at NW corner. Follow signs for the DOWNTOWN R train. At the turnstile, tap your phone or credit card on the OMNY screen. It will charge your card $2.90 and let you pass through. Board a DOWNTOWN R train and take it 9 stops to City Hall Station. Exit using the stairs to Broadway & Warren St at NE corner. Walk 1 minute to the park.

    9:00 a.m. City Hall Park

    Walk across the Brooklyn Bridge to:

    10:00 a.m. DUMBO-Brooklyn (see map):

    • Manhattan Bridge View
    • Pebble Beach
    • Jane’s Carousel
    • Brooklyn Bridge Park
    • Time Out Market

    Walk 5 minutes to:

    11:30 a.m. Lunch: Pizza Options

    Grimaldi’s

    Julianna’s

    Note: These are next door to each other and neither take reservations, but you should be able to get in easily at lunch.

Afternoon
  • Take a car (approx. 15 minutes) to:

    1:00 p.m. Admission/Tour: 9/11 Memorial and Museum, 180 Greenwich St.

     Note: Museum Tour tickets purchased.

    Take a car (approx. 26 minutes) to:

    4:00 p.m. Hotel: Hard Rock Hotel, 159 W 48th St.

     

Evening
  • Walk 8 minutes to:

    5:15 p.m. Dinner Reservation Options: Blue Dog Cookhouse, 308 W 50th St.

    Note: Link to reservation HERE.

    Walk 4 minutes to:

     7:00 p.m. Neil Simon Theater: MJ The Musical, 250 W 52nd St.

    Note: Tickets will be sent from Broadway Direct. Order ID TFR0QGB Section: ORCH, ROW E, Seat 101 and 102

    Walk 3 minutes to:

    10:00 p.m. Cocktail Reservation: Dolly Varden, 302 W 51st St.

    Note: Link to reservation HERE.

    Walk 9 minutes to your hotel.

Thursday May 15th

Airport Transfer and Departure

Morning
  • 12:00 p.m. Car Service to Philadelphia (PHL): Ultimate Black Car: (212) 809-5050

    Note: Your driver will contact you when he arrives at the hotel.

    4:57 p.m. Departure: Philadelphia International Airport.

  • If you’d like a printable version of this itinerary, CLICK HERE.

    Please Note: Any changes after delivery of the final itinerary are subject to a fee of $25 per edit.  While Beyond the Square can assist with cancellation of dining reservations on the OpenTable and Resy platforms, schedule changes and refunds from vendors are the sole responsibility of the traveler.

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