NYC Timetable & Quick Trip Recap

Yesterday was a quick trip down to NYC and back home today. The excursion was to see A Chorus Line at 8. [Photo: Empire State Building rises above Bryant Park.]

It is less expensive to drive down to Poughkeepsie and take the MTA instead of the full trip from Albany-Rensselaer on Amtrak. Total time room to room was 4 hours and 10 minutes with a cost of $19.45 + gas. Here's the breakdown.

Left house (by car): 3:05

Picked up ticket at Albany Toll Booth for I-87 South: 3:24

Averaged 75 mph on thruway

Paid $2.60 toll exiting I-87 at Poughkeepsie: 4:20

Paid $1 toll to cross Mid-Hudson Bridge (toll is Eastbound only): 4:31

Arrived at Poughkeepsie Station: 4:40

Paid $12.75 for one-way ticket to Grand Central (compared to $40 on Amtrak to Penn Station; $64 from Albany): 4:45

Paid $2.50 for parking inside terminal at top of platform: 4:45

On train: 4:50

Train departed Poughkeepsie: 5:00

Train arrived Grand Central Station: 6:38

No time to stop and watch the Kaleidoscope Light Show in the main terminal so I was quickly out on the street. (I did watch it on my way home.)

Walked (a long way) to Mayfair Hotel at 49th between Broadway and 8th...arrived hotel: 7:07

In room: 7:15

Checked in, changed clothes, out the door: 7:25

Arrived at Schoenfeld Theatre: 7:35

Arrived at seat: 7:45

Performance began promptly: 8:00

No intermission, show ended: 10:10

Stopped for pizza: 10:25

Back in room, eating pizza in bed and watching CNN: 10:40

Asleep by: 11:15

What a day!

I will review the hotel, theater, and show in separate posts.