NEW YORK CITY ATTRACTIONS
A dedicated page for New York City area themed and touring attractions of note:
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(10/18/2024) Themed Wicked Suite Coming to New York City
(10/13/2024) Sleepy Hollow Experience Opens at Rockefeller Center
(10/3/2024) New SkyLift Attraction Now Open at Rockefeller Center
(9/29/2024) Take A Peek Inside Jimmy Fallon's Tonightmares Haunt with Prince Harry
(9/7/2024) Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy is Coming to New York City
(8/20/2024) Jimmy Fallon’s Tonightmares Halloween Maze Is Coming to Rockefeller Plaza
 General News - (10/18/2024) If you’re a fan of Wicked and going to be in the New York City area, the New York Hilton Midtown has something you’re going to love. An official “Wicked” themed suite has been added to give you a one-of-a-kind stay option, themed to fit in along with the upcoming feature film opening in theaters opening on Nov. 22nd. Ask for the “Stay Like Wicked” package and you can escape to a virtual “Oz” of your own for a 2-night stay in a 2-bedroom 625-sqft suite with an Oz themed entry portal, a bedroom themed like Glinda and Elphaba’s dorm room at Shiz, and you’ll be gifted with a Wicked themed backpack from the Wicked x Béis luggage collection, OPI x Wicked nail polish and Beekman 1802 products, along with Fandango movie tickets to go see the film. You can check out more details about the experience over at Forbes.
(10/13/2024) A new multi-sesnory walk-through experience called “Sleepy Hollow: Autumn’s Harverst” has just opened at New York’s Rockefeller Center. Themed around the story of the The Legend of Sleepy Hollow that introduced the world to the nightmare of the Headless Horseman, the seasonal exhibit will be offered in the “Hero” 13,000 sqft exhibit space from now through to November 10th.
On Wednesday evenings the site will also offer viewings of classic spooky films like Sleepy Hollow, Ghostbusters and Beetlejuice.
(10/3/2024) SkyLift, a new attraction at the top of the Rockefeller Center tower has now opened, lifting guests even higher into the sky for an unparalleled 360º view of the New York City skyline.
(9/29/2024) If you’re curious what it’s like inside Jimmy Fallon’s Tonightmares haunted house experience in New York City, then check out a video of Jimmy going through it with special guest, Prince Harry.
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(9/7/2024) Half Amusement Park, Half Art Installation, you may have seen that “Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy” was found, restored and put on display in Log Angeles for a limited run last year, with the help of Drake.
The colorful recovered and restored display is now making it’s way to New York City where it will open in the Hudson Yards at The Shed from November 20th through to January 5th, 2025. Follow the link for all the details about the history of this unique diplay, why it was created before it became “lost”, and how you can buy tickets to see it during the limited time run.
(8/20/2024) Inspired by all the fun at Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights, Tonight Show host, Jimmy Fallon, in launching his very own haunted house in New York City’s Rockefeller Plaza called Jimmy Fallon’s Tonightmares Halloween Maze. The special haunt will be open on select nights from Sept. 20 through to Oct. 31st. For more information on how to buy tickets, visit the official website.
Meanwhile, for those in New York looking for something a little more family friendly, the “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Light Trail” will be coming to the New York Botanical Gardens starting on Sept. 27th. The outdoor walk-through display will feature over 8300 feet of light installations, interactive video projections, LED displays and so much more. Look for it to be open through Nov. 30th.
(2/17/2024) Dungeon & Dragons fans… are you ready to hit the bright lights of Broadway? Apparently Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast are bringing a unique and interactive theatrical production based on the Dungeons & Dragons IP to Stage 42 in New York City starting on May 5, 2024. From the sound of things, the vision is quite unlike anything you may have seen before, and may not be quite what you might expect either.
The show is called “Dungeons & Dragons: The Twenty-Sided Tavern”, and during the show the viewers will have an active role and be able to influence key decisions that the characters will make. This will be done through something called Gamiotics, “a browser-based software that lets users vote on where the story will go, what characters will appear, and which experience to explore.”
While the show will feature a cast of five actors, there will be more than 30 different playable characters that could appear in any given performance. No two shows will be the same as the audience enjoys a unique storyline set within the Dungeons & Dragons world of “Forgotten Realms”. Casting is underway, and preview performances are being promoted as starting on April 19 on the official website.
I’m not a Broadway guy but as a long time nerd who grew up playing Dungeons & Dragons as a kid, consider me deeply intrigued. A trip to New York may just be in my future.
(12/9/2023) A new attraction has opened at the Top of the Rock in New York City’s Rockefeller Center. It’s called “The Beam”, and it allows you to recreate the famous photo from 1932 that featured 11 iron workers eating their lunch, seating on a steel beam floating above the New York City skyline. That photo was actually taken, 69 stories above the ground, during the construction of Rockefeller Plaza so now it’s your turn to try it.
While it is still themed like a steel beam, it features a modern (yet hidden from view) seating/restraint system to hold you to the beam. While located 69 stories up at the Top of the Rock attraction space, the Beam will lift you just 10 feel into the air and spin you around for an unparalleled view of the New York skyline.
(9/2/2023) Imagine Exhibitions has announced that due to extreme popularity the limited time run of their Harry Potter: The Exhibition in New York City that began in May 2023 has now been extended to run through to January 7, 2024.
The addition of this temporary exhibit makes now an interesting time to be a Harry Potter fan in New York City, as the city also features one of the few performances of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child about a 12-minute walk away from HP:The Exhibition, in addition to the Harry Potter: New York store which is a 14 minute walk down Broadway in the opposite direction.
(7/8/2023) Get ready, because the Angry Birds are back! Rovio has announced that the world’s first “Angry Birds” themed Cafe will open today in New York City. Described as a unique “retail cafe”, the location will be called “iSwii by Angry Birds” and will feature a gaming area, photo ops and a retail shop in addition to pastries, cakes and beverages. Look for it to appear in Tangram, a new mixed-use development in the Flushing / Queens area.
(6/24/2023) While New York City isn’t known for having thrill rides, other than those at Coney Island’s Luna Park, it seems a company has gotten initial permission to build a thrill ride in Times Square. According to the local news, the NYC Dept. of Buildings has already approved the plan that would see an observation platform built at the top of a tower on a building that would also feature a 300 foot freefall ride on the side of the tower.
The concept has stirred up a bunch of locals who are opposed to the project and a public hearing has been scheduled. For the moment however, the project was approved to move forward and would be completed by 2027 if allowed.
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