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USA and Canada: CityPASS Offers Family Vacations with Deals and Benefits.  Guaranteed good and worth the vacation time, CityPASS offers the best cities and the best attractions and museums for less. Using the pass makes a city vacation affordable and easy.
Here's the scoop. Destinations include: New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco, Southern California, Hollywood, Atlanta and Toronto, Ontario, Canada. With a CityPASS coupon booklet you have a ready-made family urban adventure.
In North America, urban adventures can be truly rewarding for families but to arrange a terrific one takes time and who has time? One terrific solution, select a city and buy a CityPASS vacation booklet for the spot. Each destination included in the North American program offers the best museums, attractions and sightseeing options. CityPASS ticket booklets usually include six tickets per city and include a collection of the most-visited and recognized cultural institutions and attractions in major vacation destinations.
Using a CityPASS makes deciding what to do a little easier for families with independent thinkers and the prices include special rates for children. Having a CityPASS in hand makes explaining the day easier. CityPASS makes sense for anyone who needs a plan but does not have time to spare. It even makes a terrific gift for kids or grand kids who also do not have time to plan.
We have used the booklets for NYC, Atlanta, Chicago and Seattle. From experience we can say the booklets make the doing easy. The booklets save money on things worth seeing with your kids and even better there will be no standing in lines which translates to less stress and more fun.
Do the short list. Each CityPASS is designed to reveal the best views, from above the city, on the street, and inside the aristocracy of past, present and future art, science, and culture. Inside a single booklet is the wild divergence of natural history museums, tower observation decks, boat tours, art museums, guided tour, history and imagination. Use each ticket to trace the footsteps of famous explorers who mapped the planet, see a neon world under the sea, dream beyond our galaxy of stars, debate what is really art, or survey three states at an on-high glance.
It’s affordable. Deeply discounted, there are no gimmicks or clutter with a bevy of offers too small or time-consuming to chase. CityPass offers only the best of the best, at 50% savings.
The advantages are many. The most-appreciated is breezing past main entrance ticket lines. Most participating attractions have special CityPASS entry points or instructions that speed visitors inside. Valid for a minimum of nine days to see a city’s star museums and attractions, CityPASS is extending validity to encourage greater enjoyment of its cities. For example, Southern California CityPASS – the first collaboration by major theme parks – is valid for 14 days to soak up SeaWorld, and Disneyland® park, Disney’s California Adventure™ Park, Hollywood Walk of Fame™ CityPASS, the compact Hollywood version of celebrity sighting and movieland lore, is valid for 30 days from first use. Bonus points: Best of all, Boston CityPASS is now valid for an entire year, allowing visitors and New Englanders to make repeat visits to the city on the same booklet.
Get the scoop on the spot.  Each CityPASS ticket contains tips regarding the best time of day to use the ticket at the attraction, directions – including public transportation options, the Web site for further details, and on-site dining. Depending upon the city, other enhancements add unexpected value: discounts on restaurants, additional passes,gift shops,etc.
It’s easy to get. Buy the booklet at the first CityPASS attraction visited. Buy it online from a favorite travel Web site when planning a trip. Or purchase it in advance directly from CityPASS at www.citypass.com; ticket booklets may be shipped to home or hotel via FedEx. CityPASS at the FamilyTravelFiles.com To supplement the destination information CityPass provides with each booklet, we have created a CityPASS folder to feature additional information for families. You will find useful information for family vacations in New York City, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Hollywood, Houston, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, Southern California and Toronto. For recorded general information you may call (707) 256-0490. Otherwise select a city from the list below and simply click on the link to get more details. CityPASS New York includes the Empire State Building Observatory, Guggenheim Museum, The American Museum of Natural History, the newly expanded Museum of Modern Art, and a Circle Line Harbor Cruise. For more details click CityPASS New York
CityPASS Boston includes the Skywalk Observatory city view at Prudential Center, the New England Aquarium, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Museum of Science and the Harvard Museum of Natural History on the university campus. For more details click CityPASS Boston
Houston CityPASS includes admission to the Space Center, the Downtown Aquarium, the Museum of Natural Science, Houston Zoo, Museum of Fine Arts, The Children’s Museum, and the Health Museum. CityPASS Houston
CityPASS Philadelphia includes the Philadelphia Zoo, The Franklin Institute Science Museum, The Academy of Natural Sciences, and an all-day ride aboard the Philadelphia Trolley Works with on-and-off privileges at 18 stops including CityPass attractions and other historic sites. To get more details click CityPASS Philadelphia
CityPASS Chicago includes The Hancock Observatory delivers a view of the region, joining a lineup of Chicago’s most treasured museums: The Art Institute of Chicago, The Field Museum, The Museum of Science and Industry-- including admission to the OmniMax theatre -- Adler Planetarium, and the Shedd Aquarium. To get more details click CityPASS Chicago
CityPASS Seattle includes the Pacific Science Center and IMAX, The Museum of Flight, Seattle Aquarium, Woodland Park Zoo and atmospheric harbor tour aboard Argosy Cruises. To get more details click CityPASS Seattle
CityPASS San Francisco includes cable cars, light rail and the San Francisco Muni bus system unlimited use for seven days, along with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California Academy of Sciences, Exploratorium, and a San Francisco bay cruise aboard Blue & Gold Fleet. A new option ticket invites a visit to Palace of the Legion of Honor. To get more details click CityPASS San Francisco
CityPASS Southern California includes a three-day Disneyland® Resort Park Hopper® – three days of admission to both Disneyland® park and Disney’s California Adventure™ park with back-and-forth privileges, and SeaWorld in San Diego. To get more details click CityPASS Southern California
CityPASS Hollywood includes Hollywood Behind-the-Scenes Tour with Red Line Tours, Madame Tussauds Wax Museum. Starline Movie Stars’ Homes Tour and the option of the Hollywood Museum or the Kodak Theatre –home of the Academy Awards tour. To get more details click CityPASS Hollywood
CityPASS Atlanta includes Georgia Aquarium, High Museum of Art, Inside CNN Atlanta Studio Tour, World of Coca-Cola, and a choice between the Fernbank Museum of Natural History or Atlanta Botanical Garden, and a choice between the Atlanta History Center or Zoo Atlanta. To get more details click CityPASS Atlanta
CityPASS Toronto, Ontario includes the five must-see attractions, CN Tower, with its Great Lakes’, New York State and Ontario vistas, Royal Ontario Museum, Casa Loma, a castle-like home hugging the hills and gardens above the city; Ontario Science Centre; and the Toronto Zoo. To get more details click CityPASS Toronto
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