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AAA ALASKA 2016
Alaska Land + Sea Journeys
Summer 2016
Benefit from the AAA & Holland America Advantage in Alaska on your choice of 2016 vacation itineraries that combine a guided land tour and a cruise. With AAA Central Penn, this proven premier partnership provides you with customized group features at superior value rates.
Save the date! Be among the first to hear all about AAA’s 2016 Alaska Land + Sea Journeys at our informative and entertaining On Stage Alaska presentations. Brochures with a choice of itineraries, summer 2016 travel dates and rates will be available at our presentations at these locations and dates:
Harrisburg- Hershey - Grantville Holiday Inn, September 15 Lancaster - Eden Resort, September 16
Camp Hill - Radisson Hotel, September 17
Doors open at 6:00 p.m.; each presentation begins promptly at 6:30 p.m. Confirm your seat now with
an RSVP to AAA Travel at 800-253-6238.
The Friends of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania welcome AAA members to join them on the following custom-designed tours featuring train rides, rail-themed activities and other regional attractions.
Ride the Rails in Maryland
May 16, 2015
Couple up with fellow rail fans for an extraordinary day south of the Mason-Dixon Line. Ride behind a Vulcan steam locomotive, followed by photo run-bys at the Walkersville Southern Railroad; take trolley rides and a behind-the- scenes tour at the Baltimore Streetcar Museum and their restoration shop; dine trackside at the historic Baldwin’s Station. All aboard for a day of rail fun... bring the family!
Ride the Rails in Maine June 7 – 14, 2015
Travel Down East on a custom tour that features railroads, museums and regional attractions in Maine and Connecticut. Among the highlights are rides on the Maine Narrow
Gauge, Belfast & Moosehead Lake, Wiscasset-Waterville & Farmington, and Downeast Scenic railroads and the Essex Steam Train, plus select trolley rides. In addition to the
Owl’s Head Transportation Museum, also included are tours of Acadia National Park, a whale watch cruise, and a lobster bake.
Ride the Rails in Ohio &
Western Pennsylvania
October 9 – 12, 2015
By special invitation from the owner, you can be among the first to tour and see behind-the-scenes at the Age of Steam Roundhouse, a privately owned new museum of restored steam locomotives and historic railroad equipment. Train rides on this tour include the Kiski Junction, Cuyahoga Valley Scenic, and Everett Railroads. Visits throughout the Buckeye and Keystone states feature the Byesville Scenic Railway, Dennison Depot Railroad Museum, Warther’s Carvings, even the Horseshoe Curve!
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Tennessee Winterfest
November 18 – 23, 2015
The Grand Ole Opry in Nashville is just one of many highlights of this country music-themed expedition. Tour the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, plus Fontanel Mansion – the magnificent log home of Barbara Mandrell. Visit Belle Meade Plantation, decorated for the holidays. Tour historic Nashville and see the Opryland Hotel’s ice sculpture display. See the Smoky Mountain Opry Christmas Show and have dinner with the captain at the Titanic Museum in Pigeon Forge. Wrap up your Tennessee Winterfest with the Rockettes Holiday Show at the Grand Ole Opry Theatre and the granddaddy of them all: the Grand Ole Opry in the Ryman Theatre!
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Playhouse and Theatre at Monmouth. Additional theatre activities include a meet-the-director visit and a behind- the-scenes tour, along with a free afternoon in Ogunquit and a clambake on Cabbage Island. Accommodations for all four nights are at the lovely Brunswick Hotel & Tavern in the heart of historic Brunswick, Maine.
Gatsby at the Grand Hotel on
Mackinac Island September 12 – 17, 2015
MOTORCOACH TOURS
These extra-special trips are just some of AAA’s custom- designed motorcoach tours conveniently departing from Central Pennsylvania; even more overnight and day trips are listed on page 13 of this issue of AAA Now! All our currently available upcoming motorcoach trips are listed, along with access to digital brochures, on AAA.com/Travel.
Hatfields vs. McCoys Feud &
The New River Gorge Train
June 8 – 11, 2015
Tour where the Hatfields vs McCoys feud played a historic role in backcountry West Virginia. The Heritage Farm Museum & Village transports you to the 1850s when America was transforming from an agrarian to an industrial society. Blenko Glass features exclusive hand-blown craft pieces. Ride the New River Gorge Train from Huntington to White Sulphur Springs for lunch at The Greenbrier, a grand hotel where Eisenhower’s Cold War Bunker is now open for you to tour.
Fulton Theatre – Maine Theatre Tour July 29 – August 2, 2015
Join theatre enthusiasts Down East this summer for outstanding professional theatre in famous regional playhouses. Performances are included at the Maine State Music Theatre (starring Lancaster’s own Curt Dale Clark, directed by the Fulton’s Marc Robin), plus the Ogunquit
Mackinac Island’s Grand Hotel is the perfect place to return to the Roaring ‘20s, the Gatsby era. This historic and truly grand five-star hotel celebrates “An Evening at Jay Gatsby’s” set in splendid décor with scrumptious dining and dancing to a big band orchestra, all authentic to the Summer of ’22. Activities feature a period fashion show, dance and song competition, plus a vintage-rules baseball game, complete with players in old-style uniforms. Classic and modern movies showcasing the era are screened. Mackinac Island attractions comprise horse-drawn carriage rides, bicycle trails, strolling among historic summer homes, along
with bocce ball, croquet and golf. Also visit Henry Ford’s Greenfield Village on route through Michigan.
Finger Lakes Autumn Getaways
Your Choice of Weekends: September 26-27 or November 7-8, 2015
This scenic region of New York state beckons with lake views, vineyards, wineries, and breweries galore. Each of these two tours includes its own distinct variety of selected visits. For example, in September, tour the delightful Wagner Vineyards for wine and beer tastings... whereas November’s trip features dinner and tastings at the distinguished New York Wine & Culinary Center. Check out each tour itinerary and choose your weekend – or travel on both!
New England Fall Foliage Splendor October 5 – 10, 2015
Ranging from the Adirondacks to the Green Mountains,
this tour takes you to Lake Placid’s Olympic Village, the Shelburne Museum of Americana and folk art, and a dinner cruise on Lake Champlain. Visit a maple sugar farm, a cider mill, and Vermont’s capital at Montpelier; even take a gondola ride up Mount Mainsfield, near Stowe. After a tour at the Rock of Ages Granite Quarry, continue on to Quechee Gorge and the village of Woodstock, Vermont. Visit the historic town of Bennington and round out your vacation with a Taste of Vermont’s slice of homemade apple pie.
YOUR AAA TRAVEL AGENT is your best connection to important information, valuable assistance and convenient ways to register for these and many other cruises and tour vacations. Check AAA.com often for updates from AAA Travel.
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