DAPHNE — Ice skating, seeing the Manhattan skyline at night and even getting a glimpse into Chinatown — these are just a few memories that Christ the King Catholic School students returned with from their recent trip to New York City.

Teacher Missy Schmidt, who helped plan and coordinate the eighth-graders’ trip, said all of the work was worthwhile when she saw her students’ reactions.

“All of them did wonderfully. They were just like sponges, taking everything in that they experienced. And they didn’t want to stop, they just wanted to keep going,” Schmidt said.

A total of 104 individuals — including students and chaperones — left in the early morning hours on April 10 and returned later that week.

One of the highlights was getting to see Christ the King alumnus David Scott, who now works on Broadway and helped make some special arrangements for the students, Schmidt said.

Her own favorite part of the trip was the Broadway production of “Mary Poppins,” she said.

“It was so much better than we expected; It even had a couple of scenes that weren’t part of either the movie or the book,” Schmidt said.

“At one point, Mary Poppins flew over the crowd,” she said. “The best part was how the kids were literally on the edge of their seats during those scenes.”

Getting all of her students onto the subway is another memory Schmidt said she won’t soon forget.

“But it was all definitely worth it, because some of them haven’t been out of this area, much less to a big city.”

Evan Baker, 13, agreed that the play was the best part of the trip.

“I didn’t know if I would actually like it or not, but when we got there it was amazing,” Baker said.

“At one point, one of the characters was tap dancing on the ceiling,” he said. “All of the details made it a lot more fun.”

Ice skating at Rockefeller Plaza was a hit with Gabrielle Genal, 14, who said she used to enjoy this sport before moving south.

“It was even more fun because we hadn’t made plans to do this. It was supposed to have closed for the season before we arrived, but it was still open because of the weather,” Genal said.

Andrew Barbera, 14, said his favorite experience was visiting Chinatown and seeing so many street vendors.

“It was just interesting to see all of the different people walking around,” he said.

“Another thing that really impressed me is just how different it is than Daphne — especially the smells, because it wasn’t fresh air like here.”

Getting used to being bumped on the street by strangers would take some time to get used to, said Colin Bodet.

“Here people say they are sorry if they accidentally bump into you, but not there,” said Bodet, 13. “Here we’re friendly, but not so much with New Yorkers.

“I guess it is because they are all so busy and in a rush. And when they bump into you, they just keep going,” he said. “But it is amazing to see so many cultures intermingled together.”

Emily Gunn, 14, predicted that she would gain weight if she lived in New York.

“I like the food and all the restaurants,” she said without hesitation.

“Like you could go out of your hotel room and right next door there would be a deli or some place nice to get something to eat,” Gunn said.

“We were mostly with a group, but my mom went off and got this really good cheesecake and all these different kinds of pastries,” she said.