Here is a list of places your family will LOVE in Times Square!

#1. The Casablanca Hotel welcomes families visiting NYC with the "Here's Looking at You Kid!" family package: Kids 12 and under stay free and eat free when staying with an adult at the Casablanca Hotel (with existing bedding).  Complimentary refreshments are served 24 hours a day including a Continental breakfast buffet daily and cookies, fruit, and hot chocolate throughout the day.  Parents can enjoy a selection of coffees, teas, and cappuccino plus a wine and cheese reception every evening from 5pm to 8pm.  Every room has a DVD player and we a have an ever expanding library of complimentary movies that the entire family can enjoy.  

#2. Hard Rock Café 1501 Broadway @ 43^rd Street
The new Hard Rock Cafe Times Square which just opened in August 2005 will be one of the city's largest entertainment destinations, featuring a 708-seat restaurant, a recently opened 1,800 square-foot Rock Shop with authentic Hard Rock merchandise and a Hard Rock Live concert venue for performances and special events. Furthermore, the cafe will have a unique outdoor space above the building's historic marquee, where guests can host private parties amid the lights and excitement of Times Square.

#3. Planet Hollywood1540 Broadway @ 45^th Street
Planet Hollywood is New York's premier world famous restaurant in the heart of Times Square for local residents and tourists alike with over 800 seating spaces. They offer a wide array of continental cuisine ranging from burgers to Mahi Mahi in a fun-filled exhilarating experience. With two large comfortable bars and over 50 monitors and big-screen TV's pumping energetic music videos and movie trailers for your guests viewing pleasure.

At the Casablanca, preferred guest passes are available at the front desk with special offers from Planet Hollywood that change seasonally.

#4. Toys R Us 1514 Broadway @ 44^th Street
The Times Square location is the largest Toys R Us(R) in the world. The 110,000 square foot store supplies all kinds of toys and entertainment featuring a 60 foot Ferris Wheel with 14 individually themed cabs, a 2-story Barbie(R) Doll House, a 20 foot animatronic Jurassic Park^TM dinosaur, and the Candy Spot which offers a broad range of candy from M&M's to Swedish Fish. For the older kids, the "R" Zone features the hottest electronics, toys, and video games with the latest plasma television screens.

#5. Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum 234 West 42^nd @ 8^th Avenue
The New York Madame Tussaud's is an exiting Times square attraction offering visitors a unique opportunity to get up close and personal with incredibly lifelike wax figures of some of the world's hottest celebrities. The museum features some of New York's most beloved personalities, in addition to those of worldwide fame, including Brad Pitt, Woody Allen, Elton John, Wayne Gretsky, Donald Trump, and many more.

Casablanca Hotel guests will find 15% off vouchers at our front desk, based on availability.

#6. ESPN(R) Zone 1472 Broadway @ 42^nd Street
The Times Square experience includes many fun sports attractions and games. The screening room is the set for many ESPN(R) sports shows, the viewing room includes over 15 televisions showing all live sporting events worldwide, and the fun and exciting sports arena. This arena features over 70 competitive games and attractions including: NFL Countdown, Mocap Boxing, NHL Tonight, College Hoops, and many more!

#7. Mars 21121633 Broadway @ 51^st Street
Mars 2112 marks the debut of the "Multi-sensory Dining," a giant step forward in the evolution of the theme-restaurant "eatertainment." Once here, the ground crew issues you a Martian Visa and you are blasted to the Red Planet for an experience that is out of this world. Children can learn more about Mars on "Mars TV" or the planet's newspaper, "Mars Today." Also, Cyber Street features some of the most cutting-edge electronic games for all ages to enjoy.

#8. M&M World 48^th St. & Broadway
The newest edition to Times Square, this 25,000-square-food, three story sensory immersion into the world of M&M comes equipped with an interactive kids area.

#9. The World of Disney 55^th Street @ 5^th Avenue
Enter the World of Disney (R) Store, where fantasy comes to life and fairytale dreams come true. Enjoy a one-of-a-kind, interactive shopping experience with unique merchandise including retro-inspired Disney fashions. Meet some of your favorite Disney characters at the Magical Meetings Room. You can have a treat at Goofy's Candy Company, be a princess in Cinderella's Princess Court, or create your own magic at the Build Your Own Mr. Potato Head, Build Your Own Crown, or Design Your Own Bracelet areas.

#10. Ripley's Believe It or Not! 234 West 42^nd Street @ Times Square
Ripley's Believe It or Not! Odditorium, located in the heart of Times Square, is the perfect attraction for visitors seeking the outrageous and unbelievable! Open 365 days a year, the museum spans two floors and contains over twenty galleries that showcase the weirdest and most unusual artifacts found around the world. From a gallery of authentic shrunken heads to an examination of a life-size albino giraffe, visitors find themselves fully immersed in an interactive adventure, leaving many wondering: can I Believe It or Not?!

Special Events in Times Square!

Solstice in Times Square: Mind Over Madness Yoga
WHAT:   A yoga event celebrating sun, summer and creativity.
WHEN:   June 21, 2010
WHERE: At the Intersection of broadway and 7th Ave between 43rd & 44th
FREE ADMISSION

Broadway on Broadway
WHAT:   It's a Times Square classic: 50,000 spectators at the Crossroads of the World, live numbers from Broadway shows performed on a giant outdoor stage, television cameras, a galaxy of celebrity performers, and a big finale with loads of confetti.  What's not to like?
WHEN:   September 2010
FREE ADMISSION

Metropolitan Opera Opening Night Transmitted Live to Times Square
WHAT:   For the third year in a row, the Met presents its groundbreaking opening-night relay to Times Square.  The gala performance will be transmitted live onto Time Suare's giant outdoor screens.
WHEN:   September 2010
WHERE: 43rd - 45th Streets at Broadway
FREE ADMISSION

Bright Lights, Big Verse
WHAT:   A poetry reading Celebrating Times Square, and the qualities that Times Square represents - diversity, desire, dynamism and the marriage of commerce and culture.
WHEN:   September 2010
WHERE: Times Quare, on the island at the intersection of Broadway and 7th Avenue between 43rd and 44th Streets
FREE ADMISSION

The Casablanca Hotel Times Square is a member of HKHotels. Please visit our sister New York City hotels: www.elyseehotel.com, www.hotelgiraffe.com, www.libraryhotel.com

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