Am I insane?

[teamhayes]

I want to go to either the macys day parade or the lighting if the Xmas tree in ny this year ( or maybe just go see the Xmas tree and nit the actual lighting) 

would it it be crazy to attempt to take the bus down from boston? It's a 5 hr trip and it stops once at. Rest stop 

I would have at least mh for help, possibly my mom and in laws too 

crazy? 

Would I need car seats or just put them in the bus seat? 

[TrudyCampbell]

It's really not worth it.

I'd consider going to the parade if the weather was nice but definitely not until the kids are older, and definitely not from Boston.

Sorry!

[TrudyCampbell]

Oh yea, just come see the tree but not the lighting. The lighting is at like 8pm usually (I know it's on prime time TV) and it's freezing.

[The Foozzler]

That bus ride with 2 kids sounds like hell.

[teamhayes]

Ha! Ok

We used to go to the parade every year growing up (well when we were little) and I loved it

There are hotels on the parade route you can watch it from to warm up

I just don't want to deal with having a car there

[bigapple]

I did the bus ride a bunch of times solo with C when he was smaller. We go to the parade every year and love it. You can find good viewing spots in Central Park that aren't crowded. The night before is really fun because you can walk through the area where the balloons are being inflated and see them up close.

I've never been to the tree lighting. Usually we try to avoid the area that night because it's so packed.

[pinchofspice]

I've always wanted to go to the parade. It's seriously one of my lifelong goals. I am obsessed with it. But I think I'd wait until my kids were like 10. Too much unpredictability. Could be freezing, windy, raining, etc.

[jg183]

sounds like fun but not on the bus. that many people wouldn't make the bus a good deal- I'd rather drive and park or park in a suburb and take a local train in

[devonpow]

Take the train! We take the Acela to NYC frequently - kids love it and I think it's way easier than flying or the car

[thedahliharpa]

Bus sounds bad. Train sounds reasonable.

[thedahliharpa]

Bus sounds bad. Train sounds reasonable.

[bigapple]

So this sounds crazy, but hear me out. I LOVE the real Chinatown bus lines. Lucky Star kicks the crap out of Bolt/Megabus. For real. They're never full, so you always have room to spread out, no one is judgey about a screaming kid or airborn snack, and they are almost always on time or early, regardless of traffic - like 3.5 hours.

ETA and they have Wifi, which usually works better than on Amtrak or the nicer bus lines because no one else is using it.

[Deleted]

The parade is on my must do list! With young kids, I would only do it if I could afford a hotel room that looked out on it though.

[AndyCohen]

I've never done the parade as we go to Buffalo for Thanksgiving. But I used to live across the street from the Museum of Natural History so we always did the night before to see all the floats. Definitely go towards the end of that so the crowd is thinned out a bit.

[teamhayes]

The bus is a buck so it us pretty much free

This was the megabus

I will check out the china one

[teamhayes]

Lucky star schedule isn't up yet