Niagara Falls, Toronto & Mackinac Island
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Niagara Falls, Toronto & Mackinac Island Ford truck plant tour • Edsel Ford mansion • Niagara Falls • Niagara Parkway CN Tower • Famous People Players • North Woods cabin outing • Grand Hotel Mackinac Island carriage tour • SOO Locks boat tour • Tahquamenon Falls Lambeau Field tour • Fireside Dinner Theatre September 6-16 2016 Tuesday September 6 2016 Welcome aboard! Morning departure from Vadnais Heights and Manchester • Morning and afternoon break, and on-your-own lunch stops en route • Overnight-Hilton Garden Inn – Chesterton Indiana Wednesday September 7 2016 (B,D) Breakfast buffet served in the dining room of our hotel • Tour Ford Motor Company Rouge Plant – home of the Mustang and F-150 truck (orientation film, factory floor tour – subject to factory production schedule) • Guided tour of Edsel and Eleanor Ford House, Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan (ropes-down, after-hours tour of the elegant English Cotswold style home of Edsel Ford family) • Entrée-select dinner served at the historic Edsel and Eleanor Ford House (salad, choice of entrees, dessert, tea or coffee) • Overnight – Comfort Inn - Dearborn MI Thursday September 8 2016 – Touring Niagara Falls (B,D) Breakfast buffet served in the dining room of our hotel • Today we cross the border into Ontario, Canada (valid passport required) • Guided highlights of Niagara Falls tour w/ expert local guide aboard our coach (Table Rock overlook, Niagara Parkway, Maid of the Mist excursion boat, Floral Clock, Whirlpool overlook) • Entrée-select dinner at a favorite local restaurant (menu TBA) • Overnight-Best Western Cairn Croft Inn – Niagara Falls Ontario Friday September 9 2016 Touring scenic Niagara Peninsula (B,W,D) Breakfast buffet served in the dining room of our hotel • Today we continue our tour of the Niagara Falls area. Our expert guide is with us throughout (See ships and locks in Welland Canal, go shopping and eat lunch in quaint Niagara-on-the-Lake) • Tour a working chocolate factory (production line, samples, gift shop) • Tour a famous winery on the scenic Niagara Peninsula (followed by a tasting and shopping time in the wonderful gift shop) • Enjoy a live glass-blowing demonstration and go shopping for handmade glass gifts • Entrée-select dinner at a favorite local restaurant (menu TBA) • Overnight-Best Western Cairn Croft Inn – Niagara Falls Ontario Saturday September 10 2016 – Touring Toronto – (B,L) Breakfast buffet served in the dining room of our hotel • Admission to CN Tower observation deck (see the spectacular town and country view from one of the highest observation deck in the world) • Entrée-select gourmet lunch at Famous People Player’s, Toronto (menu TBA) • Live black light performance by the Famous People Players, Toronto (the cast is 100% developmentally-disabled actors, one of the world’s most unusual shows) • Overnight – Hampton Inn – London Ontario Sunday September 11 2016 (B,W,D) Breakfast buffet served in the dining room of our hotel • Today we travel across Ontario and Northern Michigan • Horse-drawn carriage ride through a forest and past a large elk herd • Entrée-select gourmet dinner served in a gas-lit cabin in Michigan’s North Woods (you’ll love the atmosphere, food and Michigan wines at this unique dinner!) • Overnight – Thunder Bay Resort – Hillman Michigan Monday September 12 2016 – Touring Michigan’s North Coast (B,D) Breakfast buffet served in the dining room of our hotel • Explore two historic lighthouses of Lake Huron with expert local guide aboard our coach (Lighthouses, keeper’s cottage, lighthouse museum, gift shop) • Cross the historic Straits of Mackinac aboard a powerful ferry (we transfer from the pier to Grand Hotel in horse-drawn ‘taxis’) • Mid afternoon arrival at world famous Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island • Deluxe entrée-select dinner in the Main Dining Room, Grand Hotel (choose from a huge selection of soups, salads, main courses and desserts in this elegant dining room) • Following dinner, enjoy coffee or tea in The Parlor • Complete your evening with a signature experience at Grand Hotel (stroll the famous verandah, dance to the hotel orchestra, take in a movie, enjoy a drink at the bar) • Overnight – Grand Hotel – Mackinac Island Michigan Tuesday September 13 2016 – Touring Mackinac Island (B) Early risers enjoy morning coffee in the lobby of Grand Hotel • Breakfast served in the Main Dining Room, Grand Hotel • Horse-drawn carriage tour of Mackinac Island with expert local guide • Shopping time and lunch on-your-own in the historic village, Mackinac Island • Overnight – Best Western, Sault Ste. Marie Michigan Wednesday September 14 2016 (B,D) Breakfast served in the dining room of our hotel • Guided excursion boat tour of world-famous SOO Locks, Sault Ste. Marie (our boat navigates the locks among giant ore boats and ocean-going container ships) • Walking tour of the Upper Falls, Tahquanemon State Park, with expert ranger-guide (largest falls between Niagara Falls and Yellowstone National Park!) • We drive across Michigan’s Upper Peninsula • Traditional Swedish Dinner at the Swedish Pantry Restaurant (meat loaf or fresh lake perch, potatoes, vegetables, dessert, tea or coffee) • Overnight – Comfort Suites – Escanaba Michigan Thursday Sept 15 2016 Lambeau Field & Fireside Dinner Theatre (B,L,D) Breakfast buffet served in the dining room of our hotel • Guided tour of Lambeau Field, home of the Super-Bowl winning Green Bay Packers (locker rooms, playing field, sky boxes, museum, Packer gift shop) • Buffet lunch served at Lambeau Field • Gourmet Signature buffet dinner served at Fireside Dinner Theatre (fantastic selection of freshly prepared soup, salads, entrees and desserts) • Reserved seats for an outstanding show at Fireside Dinner Theatre (the dinner theatre that’s sent more aspiring actors to Broadway careers than any other!) • Overnight – Holiday Inn Express, Ft. Atkinson Wisconsin Friday September 16 2016 – Home to Iowa & Minnesota! (B) Breakfast buffet served in the dining room of our hotel • Go shopping for real Wisconsin cheeses at an authentic cheese house (cheese and other foods you can’t find back home) • Break and on-your-own lunch stops en route • We return home filled with wonderful memories of Niagara Falls and Mackinac Island! Included in your tour (each passenger receives all of the following): • Tour historic Rouge Plant of Ford Motor Co. (home of the Mustang and Ford F-150) • Docent guided tour of Edsel & Eleanor Ford House, Grosse Point Shores, MI • Highlights of Niagara Falls (Ontario) tour with expert local guide aboard our coach • Tour working chocolate factory, see a glass-blowind demonstration, Niagara Falls • Ride the famed Maid of the Mist excursion boat into the Horseshoe Falls • Tour and tasting at a famous winery on the Niagara Peninsula, Ontario • Admission to observation deck of CN Tower, Toronto • Reserved seats for a black-light production by Famous People Players, Toronto • Horse-drawn carriage tour of the North Woods of Michigan (see a large elk herd) • Tour two historic lighthouses and keeper’s cottage on the shore of Lake Huron • Horse-drawn carriage tour of Mackinac Island with expert local guide • Guided excursion boat cruise of the SOO Locks, Sault Ste. Marie Michigan • Walking tour of Tahquanemon Falls, Michigan (paved, level, ADA-accessible) • Guided tour of Lambeau Field, Green Bay Michigan (home of Green Bay Packers) • Reserved seats for live performance at Fireside Dinner Theatre, Ft. Atkinson, WI • Shop for Wisconsin cheeses on our way home • 10 nights lodging (room and tax) in superior grade tourist hotels (includes one night at world-famous Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island Michigan) • 19 meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner; all with food, non-alcoholic drink, tax and tip) • Two wine-tastings (one in Ontario, one in Michigan) • Hawkeye luxury motor coach • Professional, uniformed driver ( tip is included for driver) • Luggage handling (limited to one suitcase not exceeding 50 lbs. per person) NOT Included: Bar drinks, meals not included in tour package, sundries, shopping, anything of a per- sonal nature you may wish to buy, such as souvenirs or gifts for those at home. Travel Insurance: Optional, highly recommended. $191/person (double, twin or triple) or $254/person single occupancy,. Must be purchased before final payment date. Note-Minimum 10 policies must be sold to offer low group rates above. Otherwise, individual policies available at standard rates. Fares (rate per person for complete travel and tour package described above) • $2,799/person double or twin occupancy (2 passengers sharing hotel room with 1-2 beds) • $3,539/person single occupancy (private hotel room for one person throughout tour) • $2,649/person triple occupancy (3 persons in hotel room with 2 beds ; NO quadruple occupancy rooms) Deposit - $500/person due with reservation. You do not have a reservation without a deposit. Final payment date - July 14 2016 NO refunds after final payment date. For more information or to make reservations: Lu Ann McQuillen Sue Peacock F&M Bank F&M Bank 101 E Main St. 845 E County Road E Manchester IA Vadnais Heights MN T319.730.6005 T651.784.8000 .