This trip is a school-sponsored trip, which means all Jeffco School District policies are in effect the duration of the trip. We are using the travel company American International Travel, a full-scale travel agency that specializes in student/performing arts travel.
We will depart the morning of Thursday, March 18, 2026 and return the afternoon/evening of Monday, March 22nd. We will meet at DIA, not at Chatfield Senior High School. There is no transportation provided to/from DIA.
Fly from Denver to LaGuardia or Newark Airport
Transfer to the Mid-Manhattan hotel (Ameritania or Similar)
Walk to Times Square for dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe (included)
The curtain comes up on Broadway Musical #1
Enjoy the view from Top of the Rock in Rockefeller Center or the Empire State Bldg.
Return to the hotel – Everyone in their assigned room – Lights out!
Wakeup call and breakfast (included) at the Applejack Diner
Everyone will utilize their MetroCard to board the subway south to Battery Park/Bowling Green
The group boards the harbor ferry to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island
Lunch (at own expense) at the island cafeterias
Return to Battery Park and stroll north through Wall Street and past Alexander Hamilton and family’s burial plots at Trinity Church
Visit the 9/11 Memorial Plaza & enter the 9/11 Memorial Museum
The group returns to the hotel to freshen up
Dinner at Ellen’s Famous Stardust Diner (included)
Time for Broadway Musical #2
Return to the hotel – Everyone in their assigned room – Lights out!
Wakeup call and breakfast (included)
Enjoy a guided Stage Door Tour at the Radio City Music Hall or Carnegie Hall
Explore Rockefeller Center and Grand Central Station
Lunch (at own expense)
Return to the hotel to freshen up
Dinner at Margaritaville (included)
Enjoy Broadway Musical #3
Return to the hotel – Everyone in their assigned room - Lights Out!
Wakeup call and breakfast (included)
Visit the artsy High Line and Chelsea Market before heading over to Chinatown and Little Italy
Lunch (at own expense) in the area
Return to the hotel to freshen up
Dinner (included) at Planet Hollywood
Enjoy a performance by the New York Philharmonic at Lincoln Center.
Return to the hotel – Time to pack! Everyone in their assigned room - Lights Out!
Wakeup call and breakfast (included)
Chaperones perform room checks and the luggage is brought to the designated storage area
The group strolls Central Park on their way to tour the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Return to the hotel to collect the luggage
Load the luggage and board the motorcoach(es) to the NYC or Newark Airport
Lunch (at own expense) at the airport – Food/drink can be carried onto the plane
The flight departs for the Denver International Airport
There is detailed information about cost, travel insurance, and all other info in the trip packet from American International Travel/Tours. Please reference that packet below.