I LOVE LUCY IN JAMESTOWN, NY!

August 10 (Friday) - 12 (Sunday), 2012

 

 

 

Event Price:

Single occupancy: $589.00pp

Double occupancy: $469.00pp

Triple occupancy: $429.00pp

 

Event Includes:         

* Round-trip motorcoach transportation

* Two Nights Hotel Accommodations in Jamestown, NY

* A Lakeland Tour Director to accompany the group

* Baggage Handling at your hotel

* Two Dinners (tax and gratuity included)

* Three Breakfasts (two continental, one full) (tax and gratuity included)

* Tropicana Room located above the Desilu Playhouse

* Tour Reg Lenna Civic Center

* Admission to Desilu Playhouse and Lucy-Desi Museum

* Guided tour of Lucytown

* Admission and guided tour of Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History

 

Clothing/Weather:

Casual and comfortable for your touring pleasure. The average daily high temperature in Jamestown, NY during August is approximately 80; the average daily low is high-50s. Your hotel contains an on-site fitness center.

 

Hotel:        

Comfort Inn, Jamestown, NY. Two nights. The Comfort Inn® hotel is ideally located in the heart of Chautauqua County off Interstate 86 and State Route 60, and less than one mile from the Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Center. The property features free wireless high-speed internet access, free 24-hour beverages in the lobby, on-site fitness center, guest laundry facility and Ashley's Lounge. All 99 guest rooms feature either one king or two queen beds, and full range of amenities, including coffee makers, hair dryers, irons and ironing boards.

 

MEALS:                                

Two Dinners

Tropicana Room, Jamestown, NY. You will be welcomed with a special video in the Tropicana Room above the Desilu Playhouse. This reproduction of Ricky Ricardo's famous nightclub is specially open only for our group this evening for our dining experience, complete with entertainment. Menu TBA.

 

Summer Wind Dinner Cruise, Celoron, NY. The 130 passenger "Summer Wind" is a new, sleek, state-of-the-art, yacht-type cruise built for those who like to relax and enjoy the beauty of Chautauqua Lake. Allowing for ultimate viewing, this one-of-a-kind excursion vessel puts the SEE in sightseeing. Relax in the climate-controlled comfort of the interior salon during this dinner cruise; menu TBA.

 

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Three Full Breakfasts

Hilton Garden Inn Rockaway. A breakfast buffet is included the morning of departure.

 

Comfort Inn, Jamestown, NY. Your breakfast is full of hot and delicious items, featuring eggs, breakfast meat, yogurt, fresh fruit, cereal and more, including your choice of hot waffle flavors!

 

ATTRACTIONS:

Tropicana Room - Step into television history when you visit Lucy and Ricky Ricardo's New York City apartment and Hollywood hotel room in the Desilu Playhouse, the "I Love Lucy" museum. Named for the studio where "I Love Lucy" was filmed, the Desilu Playhouse features exact replicas of the most famous sets in television history, a "Vitameatavegamin" opportunity, vintage costumes and memorabilia, and more! The Tropicana Room is located above the Desilu Playhouse, and is a reproduction of Ricky Ricardo's famous nightclub. Entertainment is included with our dinner on day one.

 

 

Reg Lenna Civic Center – The Reg Lenna Civic Center is the luxuriously restored former Palace Theatre where Lucille Ball watched vaudeville with her grandfather. You'll see a video where Lucy describes how her love of show business began right where you’ll be sitting. Learn about the renovation of the theater, hear about its ghosts, and get a real "backstage tour."

 

 

 

Admission to Desilu Playhouse and Lucy-Desi Museum – The Lucy-Desi Museum has entertained visitors from more than 36 countries since its opening on May 25, 1996. Listen to Lucy's childhood pals talk about some of their youthful antics, view exhibits featuring costumes, wardrobe and personal memorabilia of Lucy and Desi, plus screenings including excerpts from Lucie Arnaz's Emmy Award-winning documentary "Lucy & Desi: A Home Movie" and historic TV episodes. Your interactive exploration of both Lucy's and Desi's life stories will be capped off with a visit to The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Center Gift Shop, with the largest selection of Lucy-Desi merchandise anywhere.

 

    

 

Guided tour of Lucytown - The Lucytown Tour is a delightful and historic look at Lucy's hometown, Jamestown, NY. You'll see the homes where the Queen of Comedy was born and grew up, theaters where she performed, places where she attended school, the cemetery where she is buried with her family, and much more.

 

 

 

A sign that establishes this site as the birthplace of Lucille Ball. 

 

Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History – Learn about Roger Tory Peterson at the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History, home of the lifetime body of work of the foremost naturalist of the 20th century.

 

Itinerary:                   

 

DAY 1 - August 10, 2012 - Friday (B & D)

Breakfast buffet at the Hilton Garden Inn Rockaway Mall

Depart Hilton Garden Inn Rockaway Mall (departure time is 7:00am)

Arrive in Jamestown, check-in at our hotel for two nights

Dinner (included) this evening at the Tropicana Room

 

DAY 2 - August 11, 2012 - Saturday (CB & D)

Continental breakfast (included) at your hotel

Reg Lenna Civic Center

Desilu Playhouse and Lucy-Desi Museum

Lunch stop (not included)

Lucytown Tour

Summer Wind Dinner Cruise (included)

 

DAY 3 - August 12, 2012 - Sunday (CB)

Continental breakfast (included) at your hotel

Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History

Lunch stop (not included)

Return to Hilton Garden Inn Rockaway Mall (approximate return time is 8:00pm)

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Please contact a tour representative for more information and/or reservations at (973) 366-0600 ext. 602.