Thursday, May 07, 2009

New York, New York











The New York, New York hotel is a replica of popular New York landmarks including several towers configured to resemble New York City skyscrapers (including the Empire State Building & Chrysler Building), a lake representing New York Harbour (complete with a 150 ft tall, half-scale replica of the Statue of Liberty), & replicas of the Brooklyn Bridge, Soldiers & Sailors Monument, the Whitney Museum of American Art, Ellis Island, & Grand Central Station. The hotel also has its own roller coaster which travels around & through the buildings. The coaster is approximately 200 ft tall, has a maximum drop of nearly 150 ft & uses cars that are are painted to look like traditional New York yellow (Checker) cabs which reach speeds of up to nearly 70 mph!