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TENNESSEE & KENTUCKY! October 8 (Wednesday) – 15 (Wednesday), 2008
Event Price: Single occupancy: $1,775.00pp Double occupancy: $1,399.00pp Triple occupancy: $1,299.00pp
Event Includes: * Round-trip motorcoach transportation * Seven Nights Hotel Accommodations - one in Columbus, OH, one in Louisville, KY, two in Nashville at the incomparable Opryland Hotel, two in Pigeon Forge, TN and one in Natural Bridge, VA. * Round-trip motorcoach transportation * A Lakeland Tour Director to accompany the group. * Baggage Handling at your hotels. * Seven Dinners (tax and gratuity included) * One Lunch at Wildhorse Saloon (tax and gratuity included) * Eight Breakfasts (five full and three continental) (tax and gratuity included) * Admission to the Kentucky Derby Museum * Louisville Slugger Factory & Museum * Guided tour of Nashville * Dinner and show at Nashville’s Nitelife Dinner Theater * Reserved seating at the Grand Ole Opry * Admission to Country Music Hall of Fame * Admission to The Hermitage * Great Smoky Mountain National Park * Country Tonite * Smith Family Theatre * Admission to the Biltmore Estate & Winery * Natural Bridge - "The Drama of Creation"
Clothing/Weather: Casual and comfortable for your touring pleasure. The average daily high temperatures for some of our destinations on this tour during October is as follows:
Louisville, KY – Average daily high: low-70s; Average daily low: mid-40s. Nashville, TN – Average daily high: mid-70s; Average daily low: approx. 50. Pigeon Forge, TN – Average daily high: low-70s; Average daily low: approx. 50.
HOTELS: Hampton Inn, Columbus, OH. One night. This property features 77 hotel rooms, elevator, indoor hotel pool and whirlpool, and a business center with high-speed internet access. All hotel rooms have hair dryers, irons, refrigerators and microwaves.
Galt House Hotel, Louisville, KY. One night. The 25-story, 1300-room Galt House is a name long associated with gracious hospitality and Southern style. The original hotel was erected in 1837. The current Galt House is presently the city's only hotel on the Ohio River. Many noted people have stayed at the Galt House, including Jefferson Davis, Charles Dickens, Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant. A $60 million renovation of the complex has been completed, which consists of east and west towers and connected across Fourth Street with a new $4 million conservatory. The 10,000-square-foot conservatory is three stories in height and enclosed by steel and glass. It features a cafe, a cocktail lounge and gathering area, an aviary and greenhouse space on one level with large trees and foliage. It offers views of downtown Louisville and the Ohio River.
Gaylord Opryland Resort Hotel, Nashville, TN. Two nights. The Gaylord Opryland Resort Hotel currently boasts 2,881 guest rooms, all of which have been entirely renovated and re-energized at part of the now completed $80 million makeover. For guests’ added convenience, each room is equipped with a hair dryer, an iron & ironing board, an electronic lock and key system, and a guest voice mail system. Hotel amenities include a fitness center, two outdoor swimming pools, unique shops to suit a variety of tastes, a wide variety of restaurants & lounges and acres of indoor tropical gardens. Under majestic, climate-controlled glass atriums, you'll be surrounded by nine acres of lush indoor gardens, winding rivers and pathways, and sparkling waterfalls where you can unwind, explore, shop, dine, and be entertained to your heart's content. Highlights include a 44-foot waterfall, laser-light and fountain shows, and tours aboard their Delta Flatboats - right inside the hotel.
Music Road Inn, Pigeon Forge, TN. Two nights. The property features an indoor/outdoor swimming pool, whirlpool, exercise room, water park with a lazy river and a 60-foot water slide and 163 guest rooms on 7 floors (interior corridors).
Natural Bridge Inn, Natural Bridge, VA. One night. Natural Bridge has accommodated travelers since 1833. The first hotel, the Jefferson Cottage, was built in 1828. The current hotel, built in 1963 features colonial style decor, spacious rooms, and spectacular mountain views. Amenities include coffee makers, irons & ironing boards in all rooms, and recreational amenities include outdoor tennis courts, indoor mini golf, and an indoor pool. The Colonial Dining Room serves breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.
MEALS: Seven Dinners Cracker Barrel, Columbus, OH. Country cookin’ at its finest. A Cracker Barrel gift card will be available to use as you wish both evenings in Roanoke Rapids, NC.
Belle of Louisville, Louisville, KY. The majestic Ohio River, the major link between the bustling cities of the East Coast and the mighty Mississippi River, was greatly instrumental in shaping the future of the city of Louisville and to this day still captures the imagination of all who visit. Dining decks are completed enclosed and climate controlled. Dinner menu TBA. Waters Edge Marketplace (inside the Opryland Hotel), Nashville, TN. You’ll taste a little of everything as you experience enticing global flavors from international marketplaces. Conveniently located in the Delta Atrium along the peaceful indoor Delta River, you’ll feel as if you’re dining in another part of the world.
Nashville Nightlife Dinner Theater, Nashville, TN. If you love country music and country cookin’, you've got to experience the Nashville Nightlife Dinner Theater; located across from Opryland Hotel on Music Valley Drive. You will be welcomed by their staff and seated in their 300 seat theater with a state of the art sound and light system. You will then be escorted to their exclusive buffet, where you’ll enjoy either a full dinner buffet, featuring two entrees accompanied by a salad bar, baked potato, vegetables, home-made rolls and dessert.
Applewood Farmhouse Restaurant, Pigeon Forge,TN. Discover country charm at Applewood Farmhouse Restaurant, resting majestically in a magnificent valley surrounded by apple trees and a mountain stream. Start off with one of their legendary apple fritters, garden salad, soup, your entrée choice of Southern Fried Chicken, Grilled Chicken, Chicken Fried Steak, Sugar Cured Ham, Chicken & Dumplings. All entrees are served with mashed potatoes, vegetable, biscuits, cobbler and beverage.
Park Grill, Gatlinburg,TN. A wonderful Smoky Mountain dining experience awaits you at Park Grill. Dinner includes your choice of Rib Eye Steak, Boneless Pecan Chicken or Hickory Grilled Atlantic Salmon, plus tossed salad, mashed potatoes, vegetables, homemade rolls, ice cream and coffee or tea.
The Colonial Dining Room (inside the Natural Bridge Inn), Natural Bridge, VA. “The Foliage” buffet dinner or family-style dinner (chef’s choice). Menu TBA.
One Lunch at the Wild Horse Saloon in downtown Nashville. Enjoy a Southern BBQ featuring all the trimmings.
Five Full/ Three Continental Breakfasts Hilton Garden Inn Rockaway. Breakfast buffet is included the morning of departure.
Hampton Inn, Columbus, OH. Continental breakfast.
Churchill Downs “Backstretch Breakfast Tour”, Louisville, KY. Enjoy breakfast where the jockeys dine at Churchill Downs. You’ll pass some of the barns on the way to the track kitchen. Upon arrival, enjoy a hearty southern-style breakfast as you watch the early morning training workouts for some of the world’s finest thoroughbreds. A once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Gaylord Opryland Resort Hotel, Nashville, TN. Full breakfast both mornings of our stay here.
Music Road Inn, Pigeon Forge, TN. Continental breakfast both mornings of our stay here.
Natural Bridge Inn, Natural Bridge, VA. Full breakfast the morning of our stay here.
ATTRACTIONS: Admission to the Kentucky Derby Museum, Louisville, KY - the sounds, images and artifacts bring the pageantry and excitement of the Kentucky Derby to life.
Louisville Slugger Factory & Museum, Louisville, KY - take a tour of Louisville Slugger, the Official Bat of Major League Baseball. Stroll through the factory where world-famous Louisville Slugger bats are crafted with the same pride that started in 1884. You'll learn every step in the process, from a bat's bulky beginning to its finishing lacquer. After the tour you'll receive a free miniature Louisville Slugger!
Admission to The Hermitage, Nashville, TN – discover the meticulously restored mansion of President Andrew Jackson that stands on 650 acres of woodlands and meadowlands outside of Nashville. You’ll see a film on the life of Andrew Jackson and view a rich assortment of personal memorabilia. Tour the grounds, the Tulip Grove Mansion, old Hermitage Church, two 1804 log cabins and you may pay homage to President and Lady Jackson at the monument where they are buried.
Reserved seating at the Grand Ole Opry, Nashville, TN - The Opry celebrates 82 years of shows with new staging and big video screens. No visit to Nashville would be complete without catching a performance of the longest continuously broadcast radio program in the nation (since 1925). Soak up the magic and history at the Grand Ole Opry; each show will feature over 20 acts at each performance, from the legendary to the new young stars.
Guided tour of Nashville – enjoy a three-hour sightseeing tour of Nashville. Drive by the star’s homes, through historic downtown (including Second Ave.), past the Ryman Auditorium, the Bicentennial Mall, by Music Row, past the Parthenon and much more.
Admission to Country Music Hall of Fame, Nashville, TN – Shaped in the form of a musical note, this 35 million dollar, 43,000 square-foot museum has many hands-on exhibits, historic music and films. You will also enjoy the special tributes to the 74 country music stars that have been elected to the Hall.
Nashville Nightlife
Dinner Theater, Nashville, TN. Be
prepared to be entertained by the hottest new show in 2008! Nashville
Nightlife's, "The Best of Country Music Show" celebrates today's country and
honors tradition with great country music from yesterday and today.
Great Smoky Mountain National Park – Your local guide will guide you to the top of the mountains and back with an array of history, stories and legend about the area and the people that inhabited it before the park was formed. Along the way you will see spectacular overlooks and views, and maybe even some wildlife. Make sure to bring your camera and a jacket for this entertaining look at the area’s most popular attraction.
Smith Family Theatre, Pigeon Forge, TN - The Smokies best known, home grown, family of entertainers are back. Join Charlie, Jim and Charlie Bob as they blend country, bluegrass, gospel, oldies rock-n-roll and comedy. See hilarious impressions, a musical tribute to the Andy Griffith Show and the challenges of an audience member hula hoop contest.
Admission to the Biltmore Estate & Winery, Asheville, NC – The Biltmore Estate is America’s largest private residence, and is modeled after 16th-century French châteaux covering more than 125,000 square feet. Designed by renowned architect Richard Morris Hunt, Biltmore has 250 rooms, 65 fireplaces, 43 bathrooms, and 3 kitchens, and is filled with the immense collection of art and furnishings of its original owner, George Vanderbilt. The beauty of this grand home extends out-of-doors to its gardens and managed woodland designed by America’s father of landscape architecture, Frederick Law Olmsted.
At the Biltmore Estate Winery, enjoy a self-guided tour through production areas, then stop in the tasting room, where friendly hosts offer tasting tips and samples of Biltmore wines. Then visit the demonstration kitchen to see how wine and food complement each other. At their new wine bar, compare different vintages to determine your favorites.
Natural Bridge, VA - "The Drama of Creation" features dramatic music and lighting overlooking the 250-foot Natural Bridge. On May 22, 1927 then President of the United States Calvin Coolidge pressed the button that inaugurated the night illumination of Natural Bridge. Phineas Stevens, celebrated lighting engineer, had designed and installed an impressive system of lighting which at night transforms the Bridge and glen into a marvel of living stone. To this, musical accompaniment was added to form a moving drama of creation, interpreted by some of the greatest symphonic compositions of all time and vocal music of unusual quality and appeal. During the night pageant, mountain sides form a vast stage. Scenes move and change with the mood of gripping music in a spectacle which takes the onlooker back into the eternal ages.
Natural Bridge Wax Museum - The Natural Bridge Wax Museum features scenes of Virginia and Natural Bridge history where the curtain opens on George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, the Confederacy, all perched on narrated sets.
Itinerary:
DAY 1 - October 8, 2008 – Wednesday (B & D) Breakfast buffet at Hilton Garden Inn Depart Hilton Garden Inn at the Rockaway Mall Lunch stop (on your own) Arrive Columbus, OH – Hampton Inn check-in for one night Dinner (included) at Cracker Barrel
DAY 2 – October 9, 2008 – Thursday (CB & D) Continental breakfast at your hotel (included) Depart hotel Louisville Slugger Factory and Museum tour Lunch stop (on your own) Galt House Hotel check-in for one night Dinner cruise aboard the Belle of Louisville
DAY 3 - October 10, 2008 - Friday (B & D) Depart hotel Churchill Downs “Backstretch Breakfast Tour” Kentucky Derby Museum *** NOW CENTRAL TIME ZONE (CHANGE WATCHES BACK 1 HOUR) *** Tour the Hermitage Arrive Nashville, TN – Opryland Resort Hotel check-in for two nights Dinner (included) at your hotel Grand Ole Opry
DAY 4 - October 11, 2008 - Saturday (B & D) Breakfast at your hotel (included) Nashville City Tour Wildhorse Saloon (lunch included) Country Music Hall of Fame Free time at your hotel Nashville Nightlife Dinner Theater (dinner included)
DAY 5 - October 12, 2008 - Sunday (B & D) Breakfast at your hotel (included) Depart hotel *** NOW EASTERN TIME ZONE (CHANGE WATCHES AHEAD 1 HOUR) *** Lunch stop (on your own) Arrive Pigeon Forge, TN – Music Road Inn check-in for two nights Dinner (included) at Applewood Farmhouse Restaurant Country Tonite Show
DAY 6 - October 13, 2008 - Monday (B & D) Breakfast at your hotel (included) Depart hotel Great Smoky Mountains National Park tour Free time in Gatlinburg Dinner (included) at the Park Grill Smith Family Theatre
DAY 7 - October 14, 2008 - Tuesday (B & D) Breakfast at your hotel (included) Depart hotel Biltmore Estate & Winery (lunch on your own) Arrive Natural Bridge, VA – Natural Bridge Inn check-in for one night Dinner (included) at your hotel “Drama of Creation” at Natural Bridge
DAY 8 - October 15, 2008 - Wednesday (B) Breakfast at your hotel (included) Depart hotel Natural Bridge Wax Museum Lunch stop (on your own) Return to Hilton Garden Inn at the Rockaway Mall __________________________________________________________________________________________
Please contact a tour representative for more information and/or reservations at (973) 366-0600 ext. 602. |
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