"Senior Escape" - Student Tour
Destinations:
Water Country USA, Virginia Beach and Busch Gardens
Three Days/Two Nights
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Day 1 - Williamsburg
12:00pm
Meet your Colonial Connections Tour Manager upon arrival at Water Country USA
12:00pm-4:00pm
Water Country USA (lunch on own)
Keeping cool during a summer packed with thrills is easy at Water Country USA. Virginia's largest water park offers fun for the entire family with resort-style amenities and more than 40 state-of-the-art water rides and attractions. Experience a rush aboard Colossal Curl, the park’s first family thrill ride and the first of its kind in North America. Unwind and relax on a journey down the park’s lazy river. With something for everyone, Water Country USA is a hot destination for a cool summer.
4:30pm
Check-in to your Williamsburg hotel
All properties used by Colonial Connections have an indoor pool and interior corridors for added security.
5:30pm-6:30pm
Dinner provided
7:00pm-9:00pm
Go-Karts Plus
Join the fun at Williamsburg’s premier family entertainment center. Race on four exciting tracks and strap yourself into a Super Stockart for a race around a high-banked oval track in karts that look like your favorite NASCARS! Be the captain of your own Blaster Boat or sink a hole-in-one on the Gold Rush themed miniature golf course. Enjoy Bumper Cars, the DISK’O’ thrill ride from Italy and play the latest video and redemption games in the arcade.
9:45pm
Return to the hotel
10:00pm-4:00am
Private hotel security provided. Colonial Connections Tour Manager departs.
Day 2 - Virginia Beach
8:00am
Deluxe Continental breakfast at your Williamsburg hotel
8:45am
Depart with your Colonial Connection Tour Manager for a day in Virginia Beach
8:30am-10:00am
Travel to Virginia Beach
10:00pm-4:00am
Visit the Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center and the Adventure Park (lunch on own)
Explore more than 800,000 gallons of aquariums and take a journey of water through Virginia. Stroll through the indoor Coastal River Room where birds and turtles roam free, marvel at a 50,000 gallon aquarium with the largest collection of Chesapeake Bay fish in the world and touch gentle stingrays, horseshoe crabs and other marine life. The aquarium also has more than 300 interactive exhibits, 1/2-acre aviary, and "larger than life" movies on a 3D movie screen. Seasonal boat trips for dolphin watching, whale watching and ocean collections are also available.
Next, try your skill at the Adventure Park at the Virginia Aquarium, an eco-friendly zip line and aerial adventure experience located in the majestic trees of the Aquarium, above the scenic Owls Creek. This is the largest climbing park in the nation, with15 Trails, 21 exhilarating zip lines, and almost 200 challenge bridges. Climbers choose their own level of challenge from six difficulty levels.
4:15pm
Depart for Williamsburg
5:30pm
Return to hotel and re-group
7:00pm-8:00pm
Buffet Dinner provided
8:30pm-9:30pm
Colonial Hauntings Tour (candlelight walking tour)
When darkness falls another side of Williamsburg emerges... it's a different place after sunset - full of mystery and intrigue. Journey by candlelight through the streets of Colonial Williamsburg, listening to eerie tales of Williamsburg's only witch trial, Black Beard and his crew, the questionable Lady Skipwith, Lucy of Ludwell and ghostly parties at the Raleigh Tavern. Some stories last more than a lifetime!
9:45pm
Return to the hotel
10:00pm-4:00am
Private hotel security provided. Colonial Connections Tour Manager goes off duty.
Day 3 - Busch Gardens Williamsburg
8:00am
Deluxe Continental breakfast at your Williamsburg hotel
9:00am
Check-out and depart for Busch Gardens Williamsburg
9:30am-5:00pm
Visit Busch Gardens Williamsburg
Busch Gardens Williamsburg is an action-packed, European-themed adventure park combining 17th-century charm with 21st-century technology to create the ultimate adventure park experience. Situated on the James River minutes from Colonial Williamsburg, Busch Gardens Williamsburg boasts more than 50 thrilling rides and attractions, Broadway-style main stage shows, a wide variety of award-winning cuisine and world-class shops. Voted the "World's Most Beautiful Park" every year since 1990.
5:15pm