<p>The marathon is Sunday,that is a lifetime away. A whole other situation than Thursday. Surely you can see that?</p>
<p>It was pretty obnoxious to imply that you think you can walk around midtown when you admittedly have no idea what’s going on here. There are significant dangers that will be removed in a few days which haven’t had time to be removed yet. It’s still not 24 hours yet since the wind and rain stopped. The fires aren’t even all out. 24 hours. We’re fast here, but not that fast.</p>
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Unfortunately, you were those things. Give some consideration to your own words. My husband work for the city and is on a 12-hour, 7-day a week schedule for the foreseeable future. I work in Times Square. Therefore, I actually do know what I"m talking about. If you decide to come, it is far better that you know what the actual situation is. It could save you a lot of inconvenience and discomfort. You’re welcome.</p>
<p>H is running it (or planning to) and I wasn’t sure whether to advise him that it would be inconsiderate to even consider it under the circumstances. I appreciate that feedback.</p>
<p>He should definitely come for the Marathon. Everything will be in place by then. If it were today or tomorrow, I bet it would be postponed, but Sunday is fine.</p>
<p>JustTryHarder, No reflection on New York should be taken from my remark as I am not from New York. I just think your response was insensitive ,and frankly, arrogant. Sorry you found my response snarky. That is just my opinion of how your response came across to me .</p>
<p>Are hotels and Broadway theaters giving refunds for cancellations in the next couple of days? If they’re not, it puts a person with a planned trip in a real bind.</p>
<p>I just read that there is still no Amtrak service to Penn Station in New York–or really, along the entire Northeast Corridor. I guess there won’t be too many outside people visiting NYC in the next few days, because they’ll have no way to get there.</p>
<p>The Executive Director of the Broadway League put out a press release that said those who cannot get to the shows because they cannot get into the city should contact the point of purchase about possible refund or exchange.
TheAnalyst and JustTryHarder, Good luck to your husbands in the marathon if they end up participating.</p>
<p>There is a local CBS 24 hour news station that gives great information regarding traffic, etc. [Cuomo:</a> Limited LIRR, Metro-North Service Starts Today, Limited Subway Service Tomorrow CBS New York](<a href=“http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/10/31/city-traffic-thicker-on-2nd-morning-after-superstorm-sandy/]Cuomo:”>MTA Chairman: Service To Be Restored For Straphangers, Half Of Metro-North Customers - CBS New York). Montegut, thank you for the support. While New Yorkers are very resilient, we, (once a New Yorker, always a New Yorker), suffered a serious blow physically to our city as well as an emotional toll. We love to show off our finest to visitors, these next few days will test most of those living in the city without power and water and low fuel and grocery supplies. Buses are overloaded, subways took a terrible hit. If possible, I would strongly recommend putting off any leisure travel if possible.</p>
<p>Buses are very very full. My dh got a call from a student who isn’t coming into work today, because the bus drove right past her stop since it was already stuffed to the gills. I agree if you can put off a visit till the weekend that would be much better.</p>
<p>I live in midtown and even though it fared much better than downtown, it is still a disaster. The traffic is nothing like anything I’ve ever seen, many roads are closed off to pedestrians, and many stores and restaurants are shut down. I just came from the pharmacy and the line was out the door. I have friends who are walking over 60 blocks from downtown to come up here just to take a shower and charge their phones. Buses are overloaded and not stopping, and don’t even think about trying to take a cab- I heard on the news that it took one driver over two hours to get from Queens to Manhattan. Some friends and I waited over two hours for food at one of the few open restaurants, when we finally got up and left without being served. We heard a waiter tell another table that because bridges and tunnels have been closed, food supplies are dwindling.
Its not pretty here folks!</p>
This is what’s getting concerning for me. Driving around from store to store to find empty shelves and wasting gas. Gas is harder to come by than food. I keep hoping the bagel stores will open up.</p>
<p>Good news for those considering whether or not to cancel planned trips to NYC this weekend: I am having no problems getting refunds from the various entities I had reservations with. Even Priceline gave us a full refund at our midtown hotel, and we had not purchased the cancellation insurance! Tickets to my off-Broadway show were also refunded – all I had to do was ask. American Airlines has released a statement about their refund policy and I think they will work with us as well. Interestingly, the only thing not being refunded is the Marathon entry fee ($255). But that’s okay, everyone else was quite nice about it. So if you’re on the fence about whether to travel to NY for the marathon (or for any reason), you may find that all you have to do is ask to get your $$ back!</p>
<p>JustTryHarder,The marathon may end up refunding if enough people complain. We had a cruise scheduled out of NY a few days after 9/11. The hotel refunded when asked immediately. The cruise line initially wouldn’t refund and we had to fight to get our money back. But eventually they did give us credit which we used to rebook.</p>
<p>The airline also refunded immediately with no questions asked. The strange thing was, we had insurance. The insurer wouldn’t cover because it was an act of terrorism. It only covered terrorism if it had happened overseas.It was a mess . I think the cruise line finally relented because they figured they’d have a real PR problem if they didn’t. Plus I bugged them for days !</p>
<p>Just saw on the news, lines and lines of people waiting for buses. Some had been waiting for FOUR hours! Thousands of people walking across the bridges. Restrictions on cars coming into Manhattan because the traffic is horrendous. Each car has to have a minimum of 3 people in it. Taxis very difficult to get. They were warning people that this is not going to be a quick fix.</p>