re: NYC with teen daughter

A day before the show, we walked to the theater where Wicked was showing and bought tix in the lobby. Did the same for others. Easy. You might want to buy online ahead of time if her heart is set on it and you don’t want to risk a sell out.

ESB is the iconic big building, so I’d do it over the other options. When you see it in a TV show or movie, it’s cool to recall being up there. They sell skip the line tickets, not cheap, but we beat the system by being there as soon as the doors opened. Whisked right to the top. When we came down about an hour later, the line was out the door and down the street. Saved hours by being there when it opened.