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Group Tour Planner I 2012
Group Tour Planner I 2012
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Escort Notes (continued)
and take a knock about in the bumper cars;
visit the arcade featuring the latest video
games; or test your putting skills in a game
of miniature golf. Be courageous and ride
the park’s thrilling, spinning attraction from
Italy, the Disk’O! For more family fun, visit
Pirate’s Cove Adventure Golf. In the midst
of cascading waterfalls, shipwrecks, caverns
and caves, try your putting skills in this piratethemed
golf course. Swashbuckling fun for all
buccaneers and groups alike!
West of Williamsburg, along scenic Route
5, discover Berkeley Plantation, the most
historic plantation on the James River. Home
of America’s first Thanksgiving held in 1619,
Berkeley is also the birthplace of Benjamin
Harrison V, signer of the Declaration of
Independence and ancestral home of two
United States presidents, William Henry
Harrison and Benjamin Harrison. A Virginia
and National Historic Landmark, in 1862 the
plantation served as Union General George
McClellan’s headquarters for his 140,000
battle-worn troops at the close of Civil War’s
Peninsula Campaign.
Further up Route 5, Shirley Plantation,
America’s oldest family-owned business and
farm offers a wide range of interactive, handson
programs for groups of all ages. Still a
working plantation, Shirley showcases 373
years of family stories as well as original family
furniture, portraits, silver and hand-carved
woodwork. With its original buildings, gardens
and surrounding fields, Shirley Plantation
offers a fascinating journey into America’s past
and present. Along that same beautiful Route
5 drive, be sure to visit Sherwood Forest
Plantation, the ancestral home of President
John Tyler. Tyler’s grandson and family still live
today in this home built in the 1720s.
A short drive east of Williamsburg brings you
to Newport News, VA, home of the Virginia
Living Museum. The Virginia Living Museum
features the state’s furry, feathery and slithery
residents all living in naturalized habitat
settings, both indoors and out. You’ll also find
aquariums, a planetarium and observatory,
native plant gardens and green living exhibits.
See all this and much more as you visit
America’s Historic Triangle. Be sure to visit our
website for additional information, including
new itineraries and a calendar of events:
www.grouptourswilliamsburg.com.
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