Good Times Travel Tour Catalog

take a leisurely stroll along the waterfront promenade,
browse the boutiques and art galleries and
enjoy lunch on your own at a variety of casual
waterfront eateries. This afternoon, we’ll embark
on a 3 ½ hour narrated wildlife cruise through
the waters of Santa Barbara Channel, Channel
Islands National Marine Sanctuary and Channel
Islands National Park. Just 12 miles from the
California coast, Anacapa Island is the smallest
and the closest of the Channel Islands. On this
non-landing cruise, we’ll journey along the rugged
shoreline and surrounding waters of Anacapa
Island with views of the famous Arch Rock, the
working lighthouse atop the island and a variety
of wildlife. Channel Islands National Park and
its ocean environment preserves and protects a
wealth of natural and cultural resources. Isolation
over thousands of years has created unique animals,
plants, and archeological resources found
nowhere else on Earth and helped preserve a
place where visitors can experience coastal southern
California as it once was. Our large passenger
vessel features a restroom onboard and offers
both indoor and outdoor seating on multiple
decks. While traveling across the Santa Barbara
Channel our journey may be highlighted by
wildlife sightings including dolphins, sea lions
and birds. Price: $129 Depart: LHS 8:00 a.m.,
FV 8:30, LBCC-O 9:00 Return: 8:30 p.m.
Dodgers Baseball Stadium
Dodgers Baseball Game
With Sandy Koufax Bobblehead Memento
Wednesday, August 7, 2024
“Take me out to the ball game, take me out with the
crowd!” Join us for an exciting and memorable
night of Dodgers baseball, as they take on the
Cincinnati Reds. The iconic Dodgers Stadium is
even more fan friendly and fun after the recent
renovations that allow you to stroll around the
entire stadium including the new Centerfield Plaza
that pays homage to Dodgers history with new
statues, memorabilia, and a permanent home for
the “Legends of Dodger Baseball” plaques. As
always, the stadium provides breathtaking views
of downtown, the Elysian Hills, and the purple
San Gabriel Mountains. Tonight is Sandy Koufax
Bobblehead Night and each guest will receive
one upon entry (while supplies last) as a memento
of your Dodgers game experience. Our seats
are located in the “inner reserved” (blue) section
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behind home plate. Enjoy dinner on your own
at the stadium. We’ll stay for 9 innings and then
head for home. Note that only clear plastic bags,
smaller than 12” x 12” x 6” are permitted into the
stadium while non-clear bags must be smaller than
5” x 8” x 2” (i.e. the size of half a sheet of paper).
Stadium concessions are cashless and only accept
credit cards payments. This tour involves moderate
walking. Price: $149 Depart: LHS 2:30 p.m.,
FV 3:00, LBCC-O 3:30 Return: 11:30 p.m.
Pageant of the Masters
Pageant of the Masters
At Laguna Beach’s Festival of Arts
Thursday, August 8, 2024
Enjoy an evening under the stars at this popular
summer event acclaimed for its awe-inspiring
theatrical celebration of tableaux vivants – “living
pictures.” Celebrating its 92nd year, Pageant of
the Masters is the crown jewel of Laguna Beach’s
Festival of Arts and arguably one of the most
unique productions in the world. You’ll be both
amazed and enchanted by this theatrical masterpiece
that features “art that lives and breathes”
with live models coated in layers of body paint
climbing into life-sized paintings and sculptures
on the stage to recreate famous works of art. The
“living artwork” becomes fully alive with sophisticated
lighting, stage illusions, a full professional
orchestra, live original narration, and multiple
stages within the Irvine Bowl, a 2,600-seat outdoor
amphitheater. The 2024 production, titled
À La Mode: The Art of Fashion, will revisit
some of history’s grandest spectacles and fashion
trends, showcasing attire from royal courts to
modern catwalks. Whether making an entrance
or casting a spell, what people have worn through
the ages has always been telling. Enjoy time at
leisure prior to the show browsing the Festival
of Arts Fine Art Show. Eat prior to departure,
bring a picnic, or purchase food available onsite.
Binoculars are recommended and available
for rent on-site to help see detail on stage. Main
tier-level seating. Price: $129 Depart: LBCC-
O 5:30 p.m., FV 6:15 Return: 12:00 a.m.
MOTORCOACHES
The deluxe, European-style motorcoaches on
our tours have leather seats with seat belts,
electrical outlets, large viewing windows, a restroom
and kneel for easy access on and off.
Doheny & Donuts
Doheny Mansion
& St. Vincent de Paul Church
With Grand Central Market & Angels Flight
& Included Donut Treat
Saturday, August 10, 2024
Discover four of Los Angeles’ most distinguished
and unique landmarks – in fact, they’re all L.A.
Historic-Cultural Landmarks and each features a
storied past! We begin on the campus of Mount
Saint Mary’s University campus with a rare and
unique opportunity to take a docent-guided tour
of the opulent Doheny Mansion – former home
of pioneering oil baron, Edward Doheny. The
Gothic Renaissance-style Victorian mansion,
not typically open to the general public, was
designed in 1898 and its French Chateau-esque
exterior alone incorporates elements of Gothic,
English Tudor, and even California Mission
styles. The interior features elegant art glass panels,
gilt ornaments, Tuscan marble in Corinthian
columns and a geometrically patterned floor. The
Pompeiian Room retains a grandeur that is unmatched
anywhere in Los Angeles with its rare
and magnificent dome featuring 2,836 pieces of
gold favrile glass cast in the Long Island furnaces
of Louis Comfort Tiffany. Learn about the fascinating
history of the Doheny family and the
many movies and T.V. shows that have been
filmed here including Princess Diaries, Spiderman
3, Catch Me If You Can and The Three Amigos,
just to name a few. We continue to St. Vincent
de Paul, a Catholic church with a magnificent
Spanish Baroque style infused with Californiamission
architecture. It was built in the 1920s
with money donated by Edward Doheny and
has been an L.A. Historic-Cultural Monument
since 1971. In downtown L.A., we’ll enjoy time
at leisure for a late lunch (approximately 1:30
p.m.) on your own at Grand Central Market,
the legendary landmark that brings together the
eclectic cuisines and cultures of L.A. Also, enjoy
an included donut from The Donut Man, the
legendary donut shop that has been featured on
Food Network, Cooking Channel and Visiting
with Huell Howser. We’ll top off a memorable
day with a ride on historic Angels Flight Railway,
the world’s shortest railway. This L.A. Historic-
Cultural Landmark since 1962 originally opened
in 1901. It’s estimated the recently restored
123-year-old funicular has given more than 100
million rides to the top of Bunker Hill on its hillside
track. In the rare event that Angels Flight is not
operating, we will instead visit another historic site.
This tour involves moderate walking. Price: $129
Depart: FV 8:00 a.m., SBL 8:20, LBCC-O 8:45
Return: 5:00 p.m.
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