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WINTER BREAK IDEAS- NJ AND NYC

Better later than never??! 🥳 Winter break ideas in and around the area - some free, most not. Have you tried any of these? Comment with what I missed 🎄🎉

📍 Local, Free:

Turtle Back zoo- holiday lights

Hike the fairy trail, South Mountain Res

Hike Hemlock falls after the rain, South Mountain Res

Walk/scoot the west orange reservoir loop

Check out THE Christmas house in Union or the big display in Livingston

Dickens Village in Maplewood

@officialturtlebackzoo @maplewoodvillagenj @southmountainconservancy

📍 Local, Not free:

Ice skating, west orange

Dingers batting cages

Movies

Local show— MAYO PAC, SOPAC, or Paper Mill

@westorangeinfo @dingers_nj @cinemalabtheatres @sopacnow @papermillplayhouse @mayopac

🎟️ NJ, ticketed:

American Dream: ice skate, indoor water park, amusement park, big snow ski park

Trampoline park - Sky Zone

Mountain Creek— made snow

Gravity vault indoor rock climbing

Bowling

Roller skating

Six flags - holiday in the park

Liberty Science Center - holiday train ride

Yestercades arcade

Holiday pop ups - Miracle Bar & restaurant

Grounds for Sculpture lights

Sojo Spa (no kids)

@americandream @skyzone @mountaincreek @gravityvaultmontclair @libertysciencecenter @miracleonbloomfield @groundsforsculpture @sojospaclub @yestercades

🏙️ NYC, free:

Department store windows

Central Park

Bryant Park Winter village

Union Square holiday market

Rockefeller Center tree

Little island

Brooklyn Bridge Park

The Highline

🎟️ NYC, Ticketed stuff:

Pier 17 - Santa’s Wonderland

Top of the Rock - The beam

Museum of Ice Cream

Brooklyn bridge park - ice skating (new)

The Edge

The Nutcracker, A Christmas Spectacular, Broadway tix

The Balloon museum

What did I miss?? #livelovemaplewood #winterbreakideas