Today we woke up early (7:30 am) to get to our NBC tour on time. It started at 10 a.m. but it's recommended to be there ahead of time. So we ate at the City Kitchen (again) and headed toward 30 Rockefeller Place. It was only half a mile from our hotel, so we got there nearly an hour early. We looked around the NBC store while we waited. We were super excited to go on the tour because we watch the show "30 Rock" all the time and couldn't wait to (sort of) experience that in person.
The pages that were taking us on the tour came down and we went through security (again). They were super nice though, and we even got badges! There were about 12 other people in our group and we all headed up the stairs. Unfortunately, there was no photography allowed, but that made it better because everyone was alert and listening to the pages talk and enjoying the experience in the moment. We were surprised how much the pages knew! We think they must have to go through a lot of training just to learn everything they need to know.
We visited all the different studios where they film Late Night with Seth Meyers, the Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon (Samantha's favorite), Nightly News with Lester Holt, etc. We also got to see the sound engineers and video engineers working on the network and what goes out at certain times. It was amazing!
At the end we even got to make a show of our own! We each got to choose roles. We chose to work as producers and change the camera angles. You can see it here: http://onair.thetouratnbcstudios.com/23986592 It's very cheesy but it was fun and it was a great way to wrap up the tour.
We went to Moe's for lunch because we were craving it and wanted something that felt like home. It wasn't very crowded because we got there at 11:30, and we just beat the lunch rush. It was really good and felt so good to sit down for a bit and plan our next move.
We are trying to make the most out of our time here, so after lunch we went to the American Museum of Natural History. We got there around 1pm and had to wait in a long line. But we got in quickly after that. The layout was confusing so we walked a lot more than we had previous days! It was so much fun. We got to see a ton of stuff, and even got to go to the planetarium and see a short film narrated by Neil DeGrasse Tyson. It was so cool. I (Samantha) really love space and to hear him talk about the intricacies of the universe and dark matter was really cool! That was our favorite thing.
The section of North American mammals is all life size dioramas with taxidermy of all the animals. It seems kind of weird to be looking at dead animals but being able to examine them up close is really interesting. And they pose for pictures a lot more patiently than the animals at the zoo! ;)
We walked around and looked at the dinosaurs and saw some really cool ones.
There were so many huge dinosaurs. One was called the Titanosaur and it was so big it stretched out of the room.
Our feet were tired, (still, always) and we had already been there for 4 hours, so we decided to head on back to the hotel and rest. We rested for a couple hours and by 8pm we just wanted something quick to eat, so walked down to the Burger King. We are so used to the Burger King's in Jax being dirty and poorly maintained. But this one was the NICEST Burger King we've ever been to! It was clean and had nice seating and nice lights, and the people were fairly pleasant. Seriously, best Burger King I've (Samantha) ever been to!!!!
So that wraps it up for Tuesday, we feel like we did a lot today and still had time to rest and relax.
Tomorrow is Wednesday and our last full day in NYC before heading home on Thursday. Check back in tomorrow night to see how we do!
The pages that were taking us on the tour came down and we went through security (again). They were super nice though, and we even got badges! There were about 12 other people in our group and we all headed up the stairs. Unfortunately, there was no photography allowed, but that made it better because everyone was alert and listening to the pages talk and enjoying the experience in the moment. We were surprised how much the pages knew! We think they must have to go through a lot of training just to learn everything they need to know.
We visited all the different studios where they film Late Night with Seth Meyers, the Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon (Samantha's favorite), Nightly News with Lester Holt, etc. We also got to see the sound engineers and video engineers working on the network and what goes out at certain times. It was amazing!
At the end we even got to make a show of our own! We each got to choose roles. We chose to work as producers and change the camera angles. You can see it here: http://onair.thetouratnbcstudios.com/23986592 It's very cheesy but it was fun and it was a great way to wrap up the tour.
We went to Moe's for lunch because we were craving it and wanted something that felt like home. It wasn't very crowded because we got there at 11:30, and we just beat the lunch rush. It was really good and felt so good to sit down for a bit and plan our next move.
We are trying to make the most out of our time here, so after lunch we went to the American Museum of Natural History. We got there around 1pm and had to wait in a long line. But we got in quickly after that. The layout was confusing so we walked a lot more than we had previous days! It was so much fun. We got to see a ton of stuff, and even got to go to the planetarium and see a short film narrated by Neil DeGrasse Tyson. It was so cool. I (Samantha) really love space and to hear him talk about the intricacies of the universe and dark matter was really cool! That was our favorite thing.
The section of North American mammals is all life size dioramas with taxidermy of all the animals. It seems kind of weird to be looking at dead animals but being able to examine them up close is really interesting. And they pose for pictures a lot more patiently than the animals at the zoo! ;)
There were so many huge dinosaurs. One was called the Titanosaur and it was so big it stretched out of the room.
So that wraps it up for Tuesday, we feel like we did a lot today and still had time to rest and relax.
Tomorrow is Wednesday and our last full day in NYC before heading home on Thursday. Check back in tomorrow night to see how we do!
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