Even though we had a late-ish night we were up early for a very special breakfast - now it's not something many people get to do, but thanks to my fantastic research skills, I had arranged for us to have breakfast with a toy solider at the FAO Schwarz flagship store on 5th Avenue.
We joined a group of about 25 others an hour before the store opened and were given a tour of the store that also included a raid of the candy store and an opportunity to test out the famous "big piano" from the movie "Big" (without the normal wait we'd experience if we were there during normal trading hours). It certainly was a fun and unusual way to spend the morning.
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| The Candy Raid... |
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| The giant gummy bear is equivalent to over 1400 gummy bears!!! |
From here I left the rest of the family and headed down to Union Square for a little bit of retail therapy, and also gave me a chance to look around the holiday market down there. And on my way to the subway I came across a parade of some kind that was blocking traffic.
We had a fairly early dinner at "The View" restaurant at the Marriott Marquis at Times Square which is a revolving restaurant, 48 floors above Times Square. We did the buffet which was fine (not a great deal of choice) but what was impressive was the 360 degree view we got of the manhattan skyline.
After dinner it was off to another Broadway show, this time it was the Disney hit and Tony Award winning show "Newsies" which was inspired by the real-life Newsboys Strike of 1899 in New York City. It was an AMAZING show and I'd totally recommend it.
We joined a group of about 25 others an hour before the store opened and were given a tour of the store that also included a raid of the candy store and an opportunity to test out the famous "big piano" from the movie "Big" (without the normal wait we'd experience if we were there during normal trading hours). It certainly was a fun and unusual way to spend the morning. 
We had a fairly early dinner at "The View" restaurant at the Marriott Marquis at Times Square which is a revolving restaurant, 48 floors above Times Square. We did the buffet which was fine (not a great deal of choice) but what was impressive was the 360 degree view we got of the manhattan skyline.
After dinner it was off to another Broadway show, this time it was the Disney hit and Tony Award winning show "Newsies" which was inspired by the real-life Newsboys Strike of 1899 in New York City. It was an AMAZING show and I'd totally recommend it. 
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