Well, I'm sorry folks did not enjoy the trip to Newport, but it *is* a very long drive from NYC.
However, for me visiting the *real* Collinwood and its grounds is an experience with a unique magic that never fails to leave me spellbound. It's really uncanny to walk around the house, and then go inside and look out of windows that you looked into so many times as a child.
The walk along the cliffs is breathtaking, too. If you've seen the 1966 and early 1967 shows, there's an extra layer of associations because of all the filming they did back then on the site.
G.