CityPass Pay-One-Price Attraction Program is Just the Ticket for Vacation Simplicity and Savings in Seven Cities.Business Editors NAPA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 6, 2000 With CityPass, no waiting in ticket lines for top attractions in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco and Hollywood Just the ticket for summer vacations is CityPass, the revolutionary visitor program offering the best attractions in America's favorite cities, at one packaged price with no waiting in ticket lines. CityPass is now available in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Seattle, Hollywood and San Francisco. The San Francisco program also includes unlimited rides aboard the city's number one attraction--cable cars--plus light rail and the entire city bus system. CityPass is the blueprint for family city vacation. Visitors breeze by main entrance tickets lines for immediate entrance to top attractions at 50% off box office prices. Tickets include instructions about how to use public transportation and an "insider's tip" on the best time to visit each attraction. Youth tickets are available for even greater savings. Tickets may be purchased at any of the CityPass attractions in each city or in advance at www.citypass.net. CityPass ticket booklets have no expiration date, but are good for nine days once the booklet is presented to the first attraction. CityPass is perfect for visiting friends and relatives who want to explore the best of a city. CityPass booklets include the top six attractions in each city, except Hollywood, which includes eight attractions including Universal Studios theme park. The program, by city: New CityPass Hollywood: Universal Studios Hollywood, American Cinematheque's Egyptian Theatre, Hollywood Entertainment Museum, The Museum of Television & Radio, Petersen Automotive Museum The Petersen Automotive Museum is located on Wilshire Boulevard along Museum Row in the Miracle Mile neighborhood of Los Angeles. One of the world's largest automotive museums, the Petersen Automotive Museum is a non-profit organization specializing in the education and history of , Autry Museum of Western Heritage, Museum of Tolerance The Museum of Tolerance is a multimedia museum in Los Angeles, California, with an associated museum in New York City, designed to examine racism and prejudice in the United States and the world with a strong focus on the history of the Holocaust. and the Reagan Presidential Library and Museum. Adults, $49.75, Youth (3-11) $38.00 (no senior rate). New Chicago CityPass: The Art Institute of Chicago Art Institute of Chicago, museum and art school, in Grant Park, facing Michigan Ave. It was incorporated in 1879; George Armour was the first president. Since 1893 the Institute has been housed in its present building, designed in the Italian Renaissance style by , The Field Museum, The Museum of Science and Industry Museum of Science and Industry can refer to:
New York CityPass: Empire State Building Observatory, American Museum of Natural History American Museum of Natural History, incorporated in New York City in 1869 to promote the study of natural science and related subjects. Buildings on its present site were opened in 1877. , Museum of Modern Art, Intrepid Sea Air Space Museum, Top of the World Trade Center, and Guggenheim Museum. Adults, $32.00, Seniors, $21.75, and Youth 12-17, $24.00. Boston CityPass: New England Aquarium, John F. Kennedy Library The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum is the presidential library and museum of the 35th President of the United States John F. Kennedy. It is located on Dorchester's Columbia Point in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, and was designed by the architect I.M. Pei. and Museum, Museum of Fine Arts Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, chartered and incorporated (1870) after a decision by the Boston Athenaeum, Harvard, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to pool their collections of art objects and house them in adequate public galleries. , John Hancock Observatory, Museum of Science, and Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum or Fenway Court is a museum in Boston, Massachusetts with a collection of over 2,500 works of European, Asian and American art, including paintings, sculpture, tapestries, and decorative arts. . Adults, $30.25, Seniors, $22.25, Youth 12-17, $14.00. Philadelphia CityPass: Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia Museum of Art, established in 1875, chartered in 1876. When the city of Philadelphia planned to erect a building to house the Centennial Exposition of 1876, provision was made to keep the building permanently occupied; the Pennsylvania Museum and School , The Franklin Institute Science Museum, Philadelphia Zoo, The Academy of Natural Sciences, New Jersey State Aquarium and Independence Seaport Museum. Adults, $28.50, Seniors, $23.75, Youth 3-11, $21.25. Seattle CityPass: Space Needle, Seattle Aquarium, Seattle Art Museum, Pacific Science Center & IMAX, Museum of Flight and Woodland Park Zoo. Adults, $28.25, Seniors, $24.25, and Youth 6-13, $16.75. San Francisco CityPass: Blue & Gold Fleet Bay Cruise, Steinhart Aquarium and California Academy of Sciences The California Academy of Sciences is one of the ten largest natural history museums in the world, and one of the oldest in the United States of America. It is located in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. , Exploratorium, Palace of the Legion of Honor, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is a major modern art museum and San Francisco landmark. It opened in 1935 under founding director Dr. Grace Morley (Grace L. . New this year: a Muni ticket for unlimited public transportation gives visitors access to dozens of free icon attractions-Golden Gate Bridge, crooked Lombard Street, Fisherman's Wharf and San Francisco's culturally diverse neighborhoods like Chinatown, North Beach, Mission and SOMA. A bonus for visitors who hope to tour Alcatraz: with CityPass, Blue & Gold fleet will substitute the popular Alcatraz tour instead of a bay cruise, with advance reservations for the overwhelmingly popular tour, but San Francisco CityPass tickets must be purchased by telephone from Blue & Gold Fleet by calling 415-705-5555. Adults, $33.25 Seniors, $26.25, Youth 5-17, $24.25. To purchase tickets, go to www.citypass.net. The site also offers a complete description of CityPass locations and attractions with links to each, hotel packages, transportation options and free subscription to CityPass Traveler online newsletter. For recorded telephone information, call 707-256-0490. |
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