Outside, It's a Train. Inside It's a Time Machine!

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DANUBE CRUISE Outside, it’s a train. Inside it’s a time machine! Step on board. Step back (aaah!) to a simpler time. If you’ve been a regular reader of our Updates, you know we offer rail trips. LOTS of rail trips. Alki Tours is a Premier These tours not only offer mesmerizing views of the world, but they also provide a return to the Travel Provider for days where no one was in such a damn hurry to Public Television get anywhere. Where you didn’t have to suffer the Alki Tours, along with PBS, can fill frustrations of being “frisked” and fed through an your bucket list of travel dreams. X-ray machine to get where you wanted to go. We love to create exclusive trips that build community and increase On some of our train tours you can truly go back fund-raising opportunities while in time with Dining Cars featuring early 1900’s travelling the world. furnishings, plush seating and fine dining on linen tablecloths. Not a tiny bag of pretzels on a drop- In 2018 join Eric Johnson, host of the down seat tray to be found. PBS show GardenSmart, on a river cruise through Holland and Belgium. We have trips on historic steam engines that may Learn the secrets about gardening have carried the likes of Abe Lincoln and Teddy and watch as the crew films upcom- Roosevelt. And on all of our trains, the vista views ing shows. Then join Rob Dunlap, and gentle swaying of the cars sure beats tiny CEO and President of KCTS9, on an airplane windows and turbulence at 30,000 feet! exclusive river boat cruise on the Danube River. If you’d like to drift back into the romantic era of Thank You Public Television! rail travel, give us a “whistle” at 206-935-6848– our travel “engineers” can tell you more about all of our train trips and what each has to offer. So, All aboard...into the glorious past!

I HEAR Teddy ROOSEVELT HAD DO You think THE FISH here man will last week! ever fly? WHY WOULD HE WANT TO DO THAT?!

Some of our rail journeys come with so much history attached, you might feel you are in a time warp. Sit back, relax and enjoy!

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Superb Tour Directors & Guides Your Tour Director is with you to ensure that your trip runs smoothly. Our English-speaking guides are destination residents. They’ll show you customs and hidden gems only a local would know. Where am I ? Spontaneity It’s the key to your journey! We make sure that your travel experience is seamlessly executed, but we’ll also take time to enjoy an unexpected wildlife sighting or a rare and beautiful sunset.

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PAGE 3 Croatia by land and It’s included... • Free shuttle from your Seattle deluxe, private yacht area home to SeaTac Airport Let Adriatic breezes waft over you on a white sand beach at • Round-trip airfare from the base of rugged mountains. Dine on fresh local seafood Seattle with an Italian flare. Eight national parks hold lakes, waterfalls and islands for explorers and sunbathers alike. Ancient • All transfers cities, Roman ruins, and the sparkling Dalmatian coast make • 4-Star hotel accommodations Croatia a destination unlike any in Europe. including: - 2 overnights in Zagreb Croatia offers gorgeous scenery, historic cities, impressive - 1 overnight in Split architecture, charming villages, great food and wine, and • 7 night stay on a privately plenty of outdoor activities. It is quickly becoming one of chartered yacht the most desirable destinations for travelers seeking a Euro- pean destination with a twist. • All meals and daily sightseeing, including walking tour of You will spend two nights in Split, one before and another Zagreb, Plitvice Lakes National after your Adriatic Sea cruise. Enjoy the special features on Park and much more!

board the MS Fantazija (or similar) including a spectacular • Wine tasting dinner while cruising along the Old Town city walls of Dubrovnik. Taste some of the finest Croatian wine excellent- • Visitor’s taxes ly paired with Croatian delicacies in Korcula and have fun at • All transfers as per itinerary an authentic Croatian village party & dinner. You’ll visit the beautiful Mljet National Park and enjoy Croatia’s rich history Where you’ll stay... with guided walking tours in Dubrovnik, Hvar, Korcula, and Split. Evenings are spent docked in picturesque port towns, 2 Nights Zagreb offering an opportunity to try the local restaurants and 1 Nights Opatija-Split 7 Nights private yacht specialties. The bottom line... DATES: October 3-15, 2017 13 days PRICE: Starting at $3999 pp/do SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: Starting at $2250 Includes round-trip airfare!

Starting at $3999 pp/do

PAGE 4 Fall colors rail across It’s included... Canada & Niagara Falls • Free round-trip transportation from your Seattle area home For many decades, one of the ‘must-do’ holidays on every to SeaTac Airport travelers list has been the legendary cross-Canada train trip, • International airfare from from Toronto to Vancouver, in vista-dome comfort. A trip Seattle to Toronto, Canada packed with monumental thrills begins with a flight to To- ronto where you will spend a few action-packed days see- • 2 nights first-class hotel ing the sights, sounds and history of multi-cultural Toronto. accommodations in Toronto Then, enjoy a full day tour to mighty Niagara Falls. Get an • 4 nights aboard VIA Rail– up-close look at the Falls on the Hornblower cruise. Silver & Blue Class service with a Next, you’ll find yourself at the train station awaiting your sleeper section with upper and departure for a rail journey across Canada! Then the doors lower berths close, you’ll snuggle into your accommodations and you’re • all meals onboard the train off for an epic adventure through a country that spans 6 • Welcome reception and time zones. Enjoy incredible dining, and first-class service breakfast in Toronto as you roll past picturesque villages, through cosmopolitan cities, across rolling prairies, over the Rockies and to the • Toronto city tour rugged Pacific Coast. Every day of this trip is a highlight. • Excursion to Niagara Falls • All hotel taxes & GST on applicable items

Where you’ll stay... 2 Nights in Toronto 4 Nights VIA Rail’s Canadian with sleeper

The bottom line... DATES: October 22-28, 2017 ONLY 7 days $2599 pp/do PRICE: $2599 per person/do SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: $650 Upgrade to private berth $575 pp/do

Includes rail and airfare!

PAGE 5 Rail to Peru’s Machu It’s included... • Free round-trip transfer from Picchu and sail Lake your Seattle area home to SeaTac Airport Titicaca extension • Round-trip airfare from Peru is a country oozing with passion. If you say the word Seattle to Lima; Round-trip Peru slowly, it slides around in your mouth like expensive from Lima to Cusco whisky; sweet, hot and sensual. That’s how the country itself • Deluxe motorcoach feels. Peru’s sensuality, mood and emotions are always bub- transportation bling away right at the surface. • 6 nights superior first-class This fully-guided, eight day trip introduces you to Machu hotel accommodations Picchu, the lost city of the Incas. Spend two days exploring • Round-trip first-class train this mountaintop village carved from stone, and see the from Cusco to Machu Picchu remains of temples, houses and baths all surrounded by • All transfers and entrance fees indescribable scenery. A knowledgeable guide brings the mountain fortress to life, detailing the history and culture of • 2 dinners, 4 lunches and this ancient place. The expedition highlights include: Lima’s 6 breakfasts Plaza Mayor and Gold Museum: Cuzco, the Temple of the • All in-flight meals Sun and the fortress of Sacayhuaman; a train journey along • Locally guided the beautiful Urubamba River on the way to Machu Picchu; and the giant stones of the Ollantaytambo fortress. This • 12 meals unbeatable price includes: round-trip airfare from Seattle, 6 • Fully narrated and escorted nights first-class hotels, many meals, an Alki Escort as well as a local Peruvian expert. Where you’ll stay... Ask about our 4 day extension to Lake Titicaca. 2 Nights Lima, Peru 1 Night Cusco 2 Nights Sacred Valley 1 Night Aguas Calientes ONLY (Machu Picchu) $2999 pp/do The bottom line... DATES: October 22-29, 2017 8 days PRICE: $2999 per person/do SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: $499 Includes round-trip airfare

PAGE 6 Best of China–Beijing, It’s included... • Free at-home shuttle from Xian and Shanghai your Seattle area home to There are few–if any–cultures with a history as long, compli- Sea Tac Airport cated, and fascinating as China’s. For many travelers there • Round-trip airfare from Seattle are countless reasons to visit China, but we include many of to Beijing / Shanghai to Seattle the “must see” sights, iconic monuments and natural wonders on this fabulous trip. • 2 Intra-country flights

Begin with a few days in Beijing with visits to the Imperial • 7 nights deluxe hotel Palace in the Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square and the accommodations Great Wall. Then we will fly from Beijing to Xian to see the • Deluxe motorcoach immense army of Terra Cotta Warriors and Jianfu Temple transportation in southern Xian city. Next we will fly from Xian to sensa- • 7 breakfasts, 5 lunches, tional Shanghai. The highlights include the Yuyuan Garden, and 2 dinners Shanghai’s old Street,the colonial-styled Bund and the Nanjing Road. • All transfers • English-speaking local guides

ONLY • Fully escorted and narrated so $2599 pp/do you won’t miss a thing

Where you’ll stay... 3 Nights Beijing 2 Nights Xian 2 Nights Shanghai The bottom line... DATES: November 4-12, 2017 9 days

PRICE: $2599 per person/do SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: Call A Visa is required

PAGE 7 Pre-Christmas in It’sIt’s included...included... Branson starring •• AtAt homehome pickpick upup inin thethe SeattleSeattle areaarea toto SeaTacSeaTac AirportAirport Danny O’Donnell •• Round-tripRound-trip airfareairfare fromfrom SeattleSeattle toto KansasKansas CityCity Christmas is a magical time in the Ozarks and it’s even •• 55 breakfasts,breakfasts, 11 lunch,lunch, 33 dinnersdinners more exciting because we have some of the best seats in the house to the best shows. Your days and nights are •• AllAll transferstransfers filled with incredible entertainment, great food and •• DeluxeDeluxe motorcoachmotorcoach transporttransport glitzy displays. •• HighlightsHighlights Include:Include: See some of the top performers and sights in the world, –– TramTram rideride throughthrough cavernscaverns including those mentioned at right. Six days filled with –– Andy’sAndy’s ChristmasChristmas ExtravaganzaExtravaganza action-packed shows and all of your nights at the –– StepStep onon guideguide ofof BransonBranson wonderful Welk Resort! This trip even includes most –– TheThe LettermenLettermen meals and your airfare. –– TexasTexas TenorsTenors ChristmasChristmas –– ShojiShoji ChristmasChristmas ShowShow –– World’sWorld’s LargestLargest ToyToy MuseumMuseum ComplexComplex –– TheThe DixieDixie StampedeStampede –– OakOak RidgeRidge BoysBoys ShowShow –– Titanic,Titanic, TheThe LegendLegend ContinuesContinues –– DanielDaniel O’DonnellO’Donnell –– JohnnyJohnny MathisMathis •• FullyFully escortedescorted andand narratednarrated soso youyou don’tdon’t missmiss aa thing!thing! ONLY $2199 pp/do WhereWhere you’llyou’ll stay...stay... 11 NightNight KansasKansas CityCity 44 NightsNights WelkWelk Resort,Resort, BransonBranson TheThe bottombottom line...line... DATES:DATES: NovemberNovember 13-18,13-18, 20172017 66 daysdays

PRICE:PRICE: $2199$2199 pp/dopp/do SINGLESINGLE SUPPLEMENT:SUPPLEMENT: $499$499 IncludesIncludes round-tripround-trip airfare!airfare!

PAGE 8 Thanksgiving holiday at It’s included... Alderbrook Resort & Spa... • Deluxe motorcoach Perched on the edge of Hood Canal, this resort dons transportation a four-star rating. The views are spectacular–offering • 1 night at the Alderbrook waterfalls, mountain peaks and forests. Indulge yourself. Resort and Spa Imbibe in a cocktail by the fire, walk on the beauti- • Thanksgiving Dinner fully groomed trails or just kick back and read a book. Includes deluxe motor coach transportation, one night at • Fully escorted and narrated Alderbrook Resort, sightseeing along Hood Canal, juice, so you won’t miss a thing pastries and a memorable Thanksgiving feast. The bottom line... DATES: November 23-24, 2017 2 days

PRICE: $369 pp/do SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: $129

ONLY $369 pp/do

...Or at the End of the Road It’s included... • Deluxe motorcoach at Sun Mountain Lodge transportation “Thanksgiving at the End of the Road” takes place on • 3 nights accommodations at the weekend following Thanksgiving and is one of Sun Mountain Lodge Winthrop’s biggest celebrations of the year. This magical • Breakfast daily and holiday celebration begins as we check into the award- Thanksgiving feast winning Sun Mountain Lodge Resort. Perched on a mountain top, Sun Mountain was rated by Fodors as one • All sightseeing as mentioned of the top hotels in the world. Indulge in a gourmet • Fully escorted and narrated so Thanksgiving Feast. The next day the celebrations begin you won’t miss a thing with a barn dance, cowboy poetry, bonfires, wagon rides, strolling carolers, a town lighting and a 45 minute fireworks display. A wonderful holiday to celebrate with The bottom line... family and friends. DATES: November 23-26, 2017 4 days ONLY PRICE: $799 pp/do pp/do $799 SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: $329

PAGE 9 Colonial Williamsburg It’s included... • Round-trip transportation Christmas from your Seattle area home to Share a laugh, a heartfelt story, the magic of the season SeaTac Airport when you visit Colonial Williamsburg for the holiday Grand • Round-trip airfare from Illumination. Stroll the streets of Colonial Williamsburg Seattle to Richmond, VA during the Christmas holidays, see the millions of lights, and hear sounds from the Revolutionary era. Learn the history of • 6 nights first-class hotel this historic settlement along with that of Jamestown, first accommodations permanent colony, and historic Yorktown. Discover the ways • 8 meals–6 breakfasts of Powhatan life and visit Yankee Candle Village. You are and 2 dinners sure to get in the Holiday Spirit with this wonderful trip. • Deluxe motorcoach transportation • Sightseeing inlcudes: - Colonial Williamsburg - Busch Gardens - Jamestown - Powhatan Indian Life - Old Chickahominy - Kimball Theater - Yankee Candle Village - Yorktown • Fully escorted and narrated so you won’t miss a thing

Where you’ll stay... 6 Nights Williamsburg

The bottom line... DATES: December 3-9, 2017 7 days PRICE: $1999 pp/double occ. SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: $600 Includes round-trip airfare!

ONLY $1999 pp/do

PAGE 10 Celebrate New Year’s at It’s included... the NEW Guest House • Free round-trip shuttle from your home (Seattle area) to in Graceland SeaTac Airport • Round-trip air to/from Elvis Presley once sang about a “Heartbreak Hotel” but Memphis he couldn’t have known that one day just steps from his • 5 nights hotel accommodations home in Memphis guests would be able to stay at the Guest House at Graceland. This dazzling hotel celebrates • W.C. Handy home (Father of Elvis and his legacy. This trip includes airfare, five nights at the Blues) the NEW Guest House in Graceland, a Gala New Years Eve • Tour Rock n’ Soul Museum party and incredible sightseeing. Our days will be spent • Sun Studio tour seeing the area’s highlights including the “Elvis Experienc- es” at the all new state-of-the-art Entertainment Complex • Memphis Music Hall of Fame which showcases his airplanes and cars. See the Rock n • National Civil Rights Museum Soul Museum, Sun Studios, the Slave Haven Underground Museum, Beale Street and the WC Handy home, Music • Beale Street Hall of Fame, The Cotton Museum and more. At the • Slave Haven Underground tour’s end you will be saying, “Thank you”. “Thank you Railroad Museum very much”. • Cotton Row and the Cotton Museum • Gala New Year’s Eve at Guest House with lavish dinner • Daily breakfast, New Year’s Day brunch, 3 dinners

Where you’ll stay... 5 Nights New Guest House at Graceland

ONLY The bottom line... $2499 pp/do DATES: December 30- January 4, 2018 /6 days

PRICE: $2499 per person/do SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: $599 Includes round-trip airfare

PAGE 11 Exotic Thailand– It’s included... Hill Tribes, temples • At-home pick up in Seattle area • Roundtrip international airfare from Seattle to Bangkok and elephants “Gilded in Gold,” and “Venice of the East,” are long-time • All transfers quotes used by travelers to describe Thailand. You can see • Intra-country airfare from the golden spires of Buddhist temples and colorful ship traf- Bangkok to Chiang Mai fic on the shore of the river in one of the most exotic places in Asia. Cruise by long tail boat to the chaotic floating mar- • 10 Breakfasts, 9 lunches, ket bustling with strange foods and people trading wares 8 dinners including one Thai from boat to boat. Watch monks meander through temples dance performance punctuated with lotus flowers. Visit the northern region to • Sightseeing included see a working elephant village in Chang Mai and the native (Highlights of Bangkok, Chiang people of the mountainous Chang Rai. You will not want to Mai and Chiang Rai): miss out on this adventure of a lifetime. - Grand Palace - Jim Thompson House - Nakhon Pathom ONLY - Ancient ruins of Ayutthaya - Wat Muang Temple $2899 pp/do - Oxcart ride to Wat Sri Chum - Chiang Mai Elephant Camp - Orchid Farm - Floating Market - Boat ride along the Kok River - Local English speaking guides • Fully escorted so you won’t miss a thing

Where you’ll stay... 4 Nights Bangkok 1 Night Pitsanuloke 1 Night Lampang 4 Nights Chiang Mai 1 Night Chiang Rai The bottom line... DATES: January 9-21, 2018 13 days

PRICE: $2899 per person/do SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: $699 Includes round-trip airfare

Our Tour Guide, Tyson, is an expert on Thailand!

PAGE 12 Iceland–glacier walks It’s included... • Complimentary at-home pick and Northern Lights up in the greater Seattle area It’s been called the most spectacular show on earth, and • Round-trip airfare from you can see it live in Iceland! We’re talking about the Seattle to Iceland northern lights–or aurora borealis–those mysterious lights that dance across the night sky. And with its proximity to • All transfers the Arctic Circle, Iceland is one of the best places on earth • Luggage handling at hotels to witness this incredible phenomenon. Although sightings can’t be guaranteed, this 6-day escape will provide op- • Deluxe motorcoach transportation portunities for adventures like snowmobiling or super-jeep safaris while chasing the lights. The country’s winter nights • Meals: 4 breakfasts are longer and darker than almost anywhere else in the • Highlights include: world—the perfect canvas for a mystical lights show. - Reykjavik City Tour - Þingvellir (Thingvellir) National You’ll get to explore Reykjavik, the northernmost capital in Park and UNESCO World the world, with Center Hotel Plaza as your home base. De- Heritage Site spite the latitude, warm ocean currents make the climate - Gullfoss (the Golden Waterfall) more similar to New England’s than Siberia’s. On a tour - Strokkur, the Great Geysir’s of the Golden Circle, stop to marvel at roaring waterfalls, little brother bubbling hot springs, and towering geysers—all the result - Geothermal power station of Iceland’s unique geothermal activity. You’ll also take Hellisheiðarvirkjun a dip in the Blue Lagoon, which owes its striking color to - Geothermal outdoor swim- volcanic minerals that turn the hot spring water milky blue. ming pool in Laugardalur Iceland’s astounding natural phenomena and pitch-black - Reykjanes peninsula and the sky will redefine your idea of a winter wonderland. Blue Lagoon • Fully escorted and narrated so you won’t miss a thing! ONLY $1799 pp/do Where you’ll stay... 4 Nights hotel in Iceland

The bottom line... DATES: January 27-February 1 OR February 3-8, 2018 6 days

PRICE: $1799 per person/do SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: $399 Includes round-trip airfare

PAGE 13 Fly to LA, rail to It’s included... • Free at home shuttle from San Antonio, and your Seattle area home to cruise the Caribbean SeaTac Airport • Round-trip airfare from A fun holiday begins with a short flight to Los Angeles. Seattle to Los Angeles and Upon arrival, we’ll head to the train station to board Houston to Seattle Amtrak’s Sunset Limited Superliner train. Spend two fun nights winding through dramatic Southwest landscapes. • Deluxe motorcoach Enjoy comfortable sleeping accommodations and all of transportation your meals while onboard. We’ll disembark in San Antonio. • 2 nights sleeping accommodation on the Sunset Limited Discover the lure of the Old West in this enchanting city, referred to as the “American Venice” because of its side- • 2 nights hotel accommodation walk cafés, historic architecture and famous river center- in San Antonio, Texas piece. Spend three fun nights on the famous Riverwalk. • Breakfast in San Antonio Our local guide will show you the Alamo, Mission of San Jose and the colorful Mexican market place. • 7 night luxury cruise on the Liberty of the Seas. Ports of call: Finally we’re off to Galveston to board the Liberty of the Galveston, Texas; 2 days at sea; Seas for a 7-night cruise. Ports of call include: Galveston; Roatan, Honduras; Belize City, Roatan, Honduras; Belize City, Belize; and Cozumel. Belize; Cozumel, Mexico

• All of your meals while on board the Sunset Limited train • All meals and entertainment on the ship

Where you’ll stay... Starting at 2 Nights On the Sunset $2699 pp/do Limited train 2 Nights San Antonio 7 Nights On the Liberty of the Seas luxury liner The bottom line... DATES: February 21- March 4, 2018 / 12 days

PRICE: Starting at $2699 pp/do Includes sleeper cabin on train and inside cabin on ship. Upgrades available: Deluxe sleeper with private bath $455 pp. Outside cabin upgrade: $325 Balcony cabin upgrade: $525 SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: Starting at $1499 Taxes and fees: $128.83

Includes airfare, rail and cruise

PAGE 14 Pricebuster Costa Rica It’s Included... Think, ‘’Me Tarzan, you Jane.” • Free round-trip round-trip shuttle from your Seattle Jungles, explosive volcanoes, and coffee plantations may area home not seem very romantic. But our Costa Rica adventure will reveal a magical world where the air is cleaner, the greens • Round-trip international are greener and life a little slower and sweeter. Laze on airfare from Seattle to hammocks, explore lush rainforests, walk along pristine San Jose, Costa Rica beaches with crashing white waves and enjoy the call of • 8 nights fabulous hotel distant howler monkeys all while staying in luscious hotel accommodations accommodations. Costa Rica has so much to offer. • Sightseeing–San Jose city After an interesting tour of San Jose, we’ll leave the tour, Poas and Arenal Volcanos, big city for a 2 night stay in the shadow of an explosive Monteverde Cloud Forest, volcano with nightly eruptions that can be seen from our world’s largest butterfly & hotel. Next, our trip is looking up as we visit Monteverde hummingbird gallery, Manuel Cloud Forest. Called a cloud forest because of its altitude, Antonio National Park, Cano the clouds penetrate through the forest creating a stun- Negro River boat cruise, Villa ning canopy rich with birds, butterflies and thousands Vanilla plantation tour of larger-than-life plants. Finally were off to stay on the • 11 meals (3 dinners, 1 lunch Pacific Coast, walking secluded beaches, swimming to and 7 breakfasts) tropical reefs teaming with colorful fish and exploring Manuel Antonio Park. • Deluxe motorcoach transportation 9 days later….we’ll put you on a plane and bring you back to civilization. • Fully escorted so you won’t miss a thing!

Where you’ll stay... 2 Nights San Jose 2 Nights Arenal Volcano 2 Nights Monteverde 2 Nights Manuel Antonio The bottom line... DATES: March 8-16, 2018 9 days

PRICE: Starting at $2599 per person/do SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: $579 Starting at $2599 pp/do Includes round-trip airfare!

PAGE 1115 Spectacular South Africa It’s Included... The South African sunrise warms the horizon and unveils • Free round-trip shuttle from the picturesque drama of trumpeting elephants, roaring your Seattle area home lions, awe-inspiring rhinos, and sleek leopards trolling across the savannah, all before you’ve had a chance to finish your • Round-trip international breakfast. We’ve spent 25 years creating tours to some of airfare the world’s most incredible destinations and we can honestly • Airline taxes & fuel surcharges say that South Africa has stood out as one of the top places to see in the world. If this is not on your bucket list, you • Intra-flight Cape Town-Durban need to revise your list. • 10 nights hotel accommodations In 10 fascinating days you will see South Africa’s cosmopoli- • Hotel porterage tan cities, expansive desert, magnificent wildlife and fertile • All transfers wine country. South Africa has a fascinating mix of many peoples that create a colorful mosaic of history, architecture • Sightseeing per itinerary in and music. Explore Soweto, birthplace of Nelson Mandela. modern air-conditioned Search out the “Big Five” during FOUR safari game drives. motor coach Nearly 150 mammal species live in Krueger Park year round • Game drives in modern including more lion, leopard, rhino, & elephant more than 10-seater safari vehicles exist anywhere else on Earth. Travel the lush Garden Route between the mountains and the balmy Indian Ocean to the • Services of English-speaking Cape of Good Hope to view the huge penguin colonies on tour manager throughout Boulder Beach. Visit a working ostrich farm. Relax among • 17 meals: 5 dinners, 2 lunchs the vineyards in the winelands region. Relax during a lei- and 10 breakfasts surely 4-night stay in Cape Town, one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Join us for a trip of a lifetime. You can • Entrance fees per itinerary also extend your stay with a post-tour to Victoria Falls. Where you’ll stay... 4 Nights Cape Town

ONLY 1 Night Hluhluwe $4299 pp/do 1 Night Swaziland 2 Nights Hazyview 2 Nights Johannesburg The bottom line... DATES: March 26-April 7, 2018 12 days

PRICE: $4299 per person/do SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: $699 BOOK BY Includes round-trip airfare! OCT. 20TH FOR A $400 PER COUPLE DISCOUNT

PAGE 16 The Best Panama It’s included... • At-home pick-up from your Canal Itinerary Seattle area home to SeaTac Sail from ocean to ocean on this fabulous highlights Airport cruise. Stand face-to-face with the grandeur of the • Red-eye flight from Seattle to Panama Canal aboard Norwegian Cruise Lines grand-class New Orleans ship–the Norwegian Pearl. Voted Leisure Travel Award’s Best Luxury Cruise Line. • Transfers to/from the ship • 22 day cruise from New Whether you cross from Atlantic to Pacific or vice-versa, Orleans to Seattle onboard the you’ll encounter experiences that lifelong explorers like Norwegian Pearl Magellan could only dream of. When your ship enters the canal, it will rise 85 feet in one of the legendary Gatún • Ports of Call Include: Locks. As you cross the Continental Divide a new world – New Orleans of wonder and amazement awaits you on the other side. – Cartegena, Columbia Join us for what will undoubtedly be an enlightening and – Panama Canal rewarding journey at an incredible price! – Costa Rica – Nicaragua – Guatemala – Acapulco & Cabo San Lucas, Mexico – Los Angeles – Seattle • All shipboard meals and onboard entertainment

Where you’ll stay... 21 Nights Norwegian Pearl The bottom line... DATES: April 7-29, 2018 23 days Starting at $2899 pp/do PRICE: Starting at $2899 pp/do Outside cabin upgrade: $650 Balcony cabin upgrade: $1650 SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: Starting at $2199 Taxes and fees: $476.20

Includes airfare, cruise, entertainment and all meals!

PAGE 1713 Hidden gems of It’s included... • Free shuttle from your Seattle Washington, DC and area home to SeaTac Airport Cherry Blossom Parade • Round-trip airfare from Seattle Washington, DC, the city which symbolizes the ideas of our nation’s founders, is one of the most beautiful cities in the • Deluxe motorcoach world and the best to celebrate spring. The broad tree-lined transportation streets on the banks of the Potomac are punctuated with • 5 nights hotel imposing monuments which have become the hallmark of accommodations our nation’s capitol. • 2 Dinners, 5 Breakfasts On this action-packed tour, you will see some of the nation’s • All sightseeing as mentioned: most sacred monuments, the embassies of foreign nations -US Capitol Building and the impressive Cherry Blossom Parade. Highlights in- -Jefferson and Lincoln clude: reserved grandstand seats to the world famous Cherry Memorials Blossom Parade, the US Capitol and White House (external), -Vietnam and Korean War Ford’s Theater where Lincoln was assassinated, the Arling- Memorials ton National Cemetery, the Tomb of the Unknown soldier, -Supreme Court the Vietnam Memorial and Mt. Vernon. This is a tour that -Library of Congress -Iwo Jima Memorial every red-blooded American should take. -Ford Theater -Reserved grandstand seats for the Cherry Blossom Parade -Mt. Vernon -Arlington National Cemetery • Fully escorted and narrated so you won’t miss a thing!

Where you’ll stay... 5 Nights Alexandria, VA

ONLY The bottom line... pp/do DATES: April 11-16, 2018 $2299 6 days

PRICE: $2299 per person/do SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: $725

Includes round-trip airfare!

PAGE 18 Charleston, Savannah, It’s included... • Free shuttle from your Seattle and Jekyll Island area home to SeaTac Airport Explore the historic jewels of Charleston, Savannah, Beau- • Round-trip airfare from fort and Jekyll Island on a foray into history, culture and low Seattle to Charleston and country cuisine. Traverse 300-year-old Charleston from the Jacksonville to Seattle French Quarter to Fort Sumter, and experience plantation life at the Middleton and Magnolia plantations. • Deluxe motorcoach transportation for touring Savannah is one of the oldest cities in the state of Georgia • Welcome Reception and is affectionately known as “the Hostess City of the South.” Its Southern charm begins with its dramatic antebel- • 4 dinners and 6 breakfasts lum homes, which survived Sherman’s destructive march • Round trip airport transfers south during the Civil War, making historical home tours • Local guides for all city touring and ghost tours a must do. Finally, encounter the likes of Morgan, Rockefeller and Vanderbilt during a stay at • 3 nights in Charleston Jekyll Island. • Magnolia and Middleton Plantations ONLY • Tour Jekyll Island and St. Simons Island w/ Christ Church $2599 pp/do • 2 nights charming Savannah • Tour of Savannah’s beautiful squares and the country’s largest historic restoration • View sites from Forrest Gump and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil • Dinner at one of Savannah’s favorite restaurants, The Lady & Sons • Fully escorted and narrated so you won’t miss a thing!

Where you’ll stay... 3 Nights Charleston 2 Nights Savannah 2 Nights Jekyll Island

The bottom line... DATES: May 3-10, 2018 8 days PRICE: $2599 pp/do SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: $620 Includes round-trip airfare!

PAGE 19 A gardener’s springtime journey by river boat to Amsterdam, Arnhem,

Utrecht, Bruges & Ghent Join fellow garden lovers, history buffs and music enthusi- asts to discover the quaint towns and colorful gardens of Holland and Belgium. This exciting journey will be hosted by nationally known host Eric Johnson, of Public Televi- sion’s blockbuster show GardenSmart.

Your river cruise begins in Amsterdam where you’ll see works by Rembrandt and Van Gogh, Anne Frank’s House, and see the city’s most famous gardens. Then spend a full morning on the grounds of the most beautiful spring garden in the world–Keukenhof! Visit the picturesque Belgian towns of Bruges and Ghent as well as Kinderdijk, with the Netherlands’ iconic collection of 19 authentic windmills that is a Unesco World Heritage Site.

In addition, history buffs will experience a captivating tour of the WWI trenches of Flanders and WWII Arnhem Battlefield ofA Bridge Too Far fame. You won’t want to miss this extraordinary garden adventure to Holland and Belgium.

Join Host Eric Johnson of GardenSMART from PBS–

Watch filming as we visit some of the most magnificent European gardens in the spring!

PAGE 20 It’s included... • Free round-trip shuttle from Starting at your home (Seattle area) to SeaTac Airport $4699 pp/do • Round-trip airfare from Seattle to Amsterdam • 2 nights hotel accommodations in Amsterdam • 7 night cruise aboard the Amadeus Silver III river cruise ship • Ports of call in Arnhem, Kinderdijk, Antwerp, Ghent and Utrecht; with excursions to Keukenhof Gardens, Rotterdam and Bruges • All of your meals on cruise, including wine with dinner • Deluxe motor coach transportation • Fully escorted and narrated so you won’t miss a thing!

Where you’ll stay... 2 Nights Amsterdam 7 Nights aboard the Amadeus Silver III Amsterdam The bottom line... Keukenhof Utrecht Gardens Arnhem DATES: May 6-16, 2018 Rotterdam Kinderdijk 11 days NETHERLANDS PRICE: Starting at $4699 per person/do SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: $1450 Bruges Antwerp Available upgrades: Strauss Deck starting at $5199 Ghent BELGIUM Mozart Deck starting at $5599 Port charges and fees: $215 Includes round-trip airfare!

Watch filming as we visit some of the most magnificent European gardens in the spring!

PAGE 21 Trains across Colorado It’s included... Fortune-seekers, loggers and dreamers streamed to Colorado • Free at home shuttle from after the discovery of gold in 1859 and silver in the 1870s. your Seattle area home to Now you can ride those historic routes of the Old West, SeaTac Airport traveling on trains that remain 100 percent coal-fired, steam- operated and maintained in their original condition. • Round-trip airfare from Seattle to Denver & transfers Wind through breathtaking canyons and remote wilderness • 5 scenic train rides following in the San Juan National Forest. Journey through the Rock- historic routes of the Old West: ies on the railroad voted one of the “Top Ten Most Exciting Train Journeys in the World” by the Society of American 1. 14,110 foot climb on the Travel Writers. You’ll even take a “Ride to the Clouds” and Pike’s Peak Cog Railway visit a place called “Garden of the Gods” on this tour rich in 2. Royal Gorge Route Railway geologic, American and transportation history. 3. Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad through the Rockies 4. Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, voted one of the “Top ten most exciting train journeys in the world” 5. Georgetown Loop Railroad and Devil’s Gate High Bridge • Deluxe motorcoach transportation • U.S. Air Force Academy and Cadet Chapel ONLY • Garden of the Gods Park $2199 pp/do • Denver city tour • 13 meals: 6 breakfasts, 1 lunch and 6 dinners • Fully escorted and narrated ...and much more!

Where you’ll stay... 1 Night Denver 1 Night Colorado Springs 1 Night Alamosa 1 Night Durango 1 Night Grand Junction 2 Nights Denver

The bottom line... DATES: June 9-16 OR September 8-15, 2018 8 days PRICE: $2199 per person/do SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: $587

Includes round-trip airfare!

PAGE 22 Pricebuster rail It’s included... • Transfers in the Seattle area to Glacier Park to King St. Station The wheels turn and the train moves slowly forward as you • 2 nights Sleeper accommo- wave goodbye and your wonderful rail journey begins. dations on Amtrak’s Empire Explore one of Amtrak’s most legendary and scenic routes Builder as we board the Empire Builder for our trip east through the soaring mountain ranges of the Big Sky Country. Enjoy • 2 nights hotel accommodations in Glacier National Park dinner in the diner before nestling in for the night. See the feature film, “Glacier Park” in the lounge car in anticipation • 2 dinners and 2 breakfasts of tomorrow’s adventure. As we leave Whitefish Montana, • 1930s vintage jammer joy the train follows the Flathead River for eighty miles as it ride over the Going-to-the-Sun skirts the southern boundary of Glacier National Park and Highway crosses the Continental Divide at Marias Pass, the lowest rail crossing of the Divide in the United States. • Cruise on Swiftcurrent Lake • Fully escorted and narrated so Upon arrival at Glacier Park, our mode of transportation will you won’t miss a thing! change to a 1930s vintage convertible touring bus to view the extraordinary scenery offered on the Going-to-the-Sun Highway. The afternoon is exciting as we ascend Logan Pass, Where you’ll stay... surrounded by craggy mountains, glaciers, veil-like water- 2 Nights Empire Builder falls, lush alpine meadows and wild life. Two nights are 1 Night Many Glacier Lodge spent in this glorious park before we board the train 1 Night Glacier Park Lodge to Seattle. The bottom line... Starting at DATES: July 11-15 OR July 18-22, 2018 $1899 pp/do 5 days

PRICE: Starting at $1899 pp/do SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: $625

Available Upgrades: Deluxe Amtrak Sleeper with private bathroom–$550 per person

HURRY! THIS TOUR LIMITED TO 16 PASSENGERS

PAGE 23 Pricebuster New York It’s included... City...my kind’a town • Free round-trip shuttle from your home (Seattle area) to Frank Sinatra himself claimed “If you can make it there, SeaTac Airport you’ll make it anywhere”–and indeed New York lives up • Round trip airfare from to all expectations. From the moment you see the Manhat- Seattle to New York tan Skyline silhouetted against the harbor–you’re hooked; an adrenaline junkie’s paradise. • 6 nights hotel accommodations Join Alki Tours on an exciting trip to New York City. • Fully escorted and narrated Stay 6 nights in the heart of Time Square. Enjoy orchestra by a licensed NY guide seats at an award-winning Broadway show, see some of the world’s greatest artistic achievements at the Metro- • Deluxe motorcoach transportation politan Museum of Art, cruise to Ellis Island and see the Beacon of Freedom, the Statue of Liberty; wander along • 10 meals: 6 breakfasts, the wall of devastation at Ground Zero, get pumped up at 2 lunches, 2 dinners Wall Street, and visit the “Top of the World” in the Empire • 1 Broadway show State Building. We pull out all of the stops on this seven day tour. • Sightseeing includes: - Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island - Wall Street & Ground Zero - Empire State Building & Rockefeller Center - 9-11 Memorial ONLY $2799 pp/do Where you’ll stay... 6 Nights Times Square The bottom line... DATES: August 24-30, 2018 7 days

PRICE: $2799 per person/do SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: $1249 Includes round-trip airfare

BOOK BY OCT. 20TH FOR A $600 PER COUPLE DISCOUNT

PAGE 24 British Isles, Castles and It’s included... Countrysides • At home pick up in the greater Seattle area Discover the history and charms of the British Isles as you • Round-trip international air visit Scotland, England, Wales and Ireland. See historic royal castles, the beauty of England’s Lake District and Ire- • 10 nights lovely hotel land’s countryside…you’ll experience it all on this journey accommodations through these four magnificent countries. • Deluxe motor coach transp. • All sightseeing as noted in the Take a walk in the footsteps of kings and queens, heroes itinerary, including: and criminals, writers and poets–this “best of” tour deliv- – Visit Edinburgh, Cardiff and ers. Put your seat in a locked and upright position as we Blarney Castles fly across the “pond” to stylish London. Spend a couple – Sightseeing in the capital cities of days seeing sites such as Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, – Visit Gretna Green the London Eye and Stonehenge. Slip into your kilt ‘cuz – Scenic cruise on Windermere were heading to the land of bagpipers and family feuds– Lake in England’s famed Lake Scotland. Sit back and enjoy some hearty storytelling as District we travel through the Sherwood Forest legends of Robin – Tour the medieval town Hood. In the lake district look for the elusive Loch Ness of York Monster. Time trip through castles in Edinburgh, wander – Tour Shakespeare’s crooked lanes and get a sense of some hands-on history. childhood home in Stratford For 10 days you’ll feel like one of the family in this very – See the Cotswolds welcoming corner of Europe. – Kiss the Blarney Stone – Tour County Cork • 10 breakfasts, 5 dinners, including 2 dinner shows

Where you’ll stay... 2 Nights Edinburgh, Scotland 2 Nights Manchester, England 2 Nights Cardiff, Wales 2 Nights Waterford, Ireland 2 Nights Dublin, Ireland The bottom line... ONLY DATES: September 12-23, 2018 $3699 pp/do 12 days

PRICE: $3699 pp/do SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: $1299 BOOK BY OCT. 20TH FOR A Includes round-trip airfare $200 PER COUPLE DISCOUNT

PAGE 25 Pricebuster It’s included... New England fall • 4 days sightseeing by train including: North Conway Scenic Railway, Mt. Washington Cog foliage by rail Railway, The Vermonter and Be one of the few in the world to take a train and motor- Cape Cod Central Railway coach tour to see the highlights of all six New England states • 4 days deluxe motorcoach in autumn. The diversity will amaze you, and the fall colors, sightseeing tours in Boston, white steeple churches, covered bridges, and sugar shacks will Kennebunkport, North Conway, leave you speechless. Travel by train and motorcoach during Stowe, Mystic Seaport, New- the day and nights are spent at gorgeous hotels! port, RI (including the Breakers Mansion) and Cape Cod • 7 breakfasts, 3 lunches and 4 dinners including a New England lobster bake • Fully escorted and narrated so you won’t miss a thing! • Travel bag and MORE!

Where you’ll stay... 2 Nights In the Boston area

ONLY 1 Night Kennebunkport, ME $2499 pp/do 1 Night North Conway, NH 1 Night Stowe, Vermont 1 Night Mystic, Connecticut 1 Night Cape Cod, MA The bottom line... DATES: Departs September 23, 28, 29, 30 October 1 and 6, 2018 8 days COLORADO PRICE: $2499 per person/do Colorado Springs MAINE SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: $575 Land only

VERMONT Grand Canyon Stowe Taos Gallup

Santa Fe North Conway Kennebunkport

NEW Phoenix NEW HAMPSHIRE MEXICO STOPS/ TRANSFERS ARIZONA

RAIL ROUTES MASSACHUSETTS MOTORCOACH Boston ROUTES STOPS/ TRANSFERS R.I. CONNECTICUT Hyannis/ RAIL ROUTES Cape Cod Newport MOTORCOACH ROUTES Mystic

PAGE 26 Snow Train to Leavenworth It’s included... Lighting Festival • Round-trip train from Seattle, A trip to the North Pole isn’t in the cards this Christmas. Edmonds or Everett Stations to But who needs negative temps and tons of travel, when Leavenworth, Washington you can join us on the only daylight train to the legendary • Bus shuttle into Leavenworth Christmas town of Leavenworth to see the annual Lighting • Continental breakfast Festival. The fun begins as you board the train, cozy into your seat and enjoy a continental breakfast. The changing • Catered box dinner scenery outside will compete for your attention onboard • Lots of on board holiday the train as oom-pa-pah bands, carolers, magicians and entertainment Santa perform through the aisles. Departure Upon arrival in Leavenworth, the fun continues in the streets of this Bavarian mountain town, that’s dressed up locations... to look and feel, as The New York Times wrote, “a bit like Seattle’s King Street Station the interior of a snow globe.” We’ll roam around this Edmonds Train Station perfect place to spark the holiday spirit, where horse-drawn Everett Train Station carriages glide down the roads, carolers stroll, and vendors sell delicious holiday fare. Later, we’ll gather for one truly The bottom line... magical moment–the entire town will become illuminated in a synchronized display that rivals the Rockefeller Center DATES: Dec. 2, 9, OR 16, 2017 Christmas tree (and is a whole lot more charming). After, PRICE (starting at): reboard the train where dinner, more entertainment, Coach seating $229 pp hot chocolate and our fabulous staff awaits to make your Premium seating $299 pp christmas wishes come true. Dome seating $359 pp

Leavenworth Lighting It’s included... Festival overnight tour • 2 nights accommodations at Celebrate the Christmas season in style as we travel by rail the Howard Johnson Hotel on Amtrak’s Empire Builder over Stevens Pass to Leaven- • Treelighting Festival worth. Upon arrival a motorcoach awaits to whisk you away • 2 breakfasts to 2 nights at the Best Western Icicle Inn. Stay in the heart of this quaint Bavarian Village. The next morning enjoy • Motorcoach transportation breakfast at your leisure. Then spend the whole day at the • Fully escorted and narrated Leavenworth Lighting Festival. Enjoy chestnuts roasting on so you won’t miss a thing an open fire, entertainment and stroll- The bottom line... ing carolers before the town is magically DATES: Dec. 8-10, 2017 illuminated at dusk! 3 days Enjoy another over- PRICE: $499 per person/do night in town before Double occupancy only we return to Seattle by motorcoach.

PAGE 27 Exclusive Danube River cruise

with 3 nights in Prague Sail right into the pages of a storybook along the legendary Danube, through pages gilded with history, and past the turrets and towers of castles steeped in legend. You’ll meander along the fabled “Blue Danube” to grand cities like Vienna and Budapest where kings and queens once waltzed, and to gingerbread towns that evoke tales of Hansel and Gretel and the Brothers Grimm. If you listen closely, you might hear the haunting melody of the Lorelei siren herself as you cruise past her infamous river cliff post!

During this 12-day journey, encounter the grand cities and quaint villages along the celebrated Danube River. Explore both sides of Hungary’s capital–traditional “Buda” and the more cosmopolitan “Pest”–and from Fishermen’s Bastion, see how the river divides this fascinating city. Experience Vienna’s imperial architecture and gracious culture, and tour riverside towns in Austria’s Wachau Valley. And in Germany, explore a baroque cathedral and stroll cobbled streets lined with half-timbered houses. Savor the tastes of authentic dishes, learn about local legends, and under- stand why Strauss immortalized the “Blue Danube” in his famous melody. Starting as low as $4249 pp/do**

Featuring : PRAGUE CZECH REPUBLIC SLOVAKIA Prague, GERMANY Cruise Route Emmersdorf Passau Bratislava Vienna & Motorcoach Route Linz Vienna Budapest MUNICH Melk Budapest! AUSTRIA HUNGARY

PAGEPAGE 2824 Join Host Rob Dunlop, President It’s included... and CEO of • 3 nights in Prague KCTS9 aboard • 8-day cruise on the Amadeus Queen river cruise ship the NEW • Ports of call in Passau, Linz, Melk, Vienna, Bratislava and Amadeus Budapest Queen • All of your meals on cruise, including wine with dinner • Deluxe motorcoach Amadeus Queen Cabin transportation • Fully escorted and narrated so you won’t miss a thing!

Where you’ll stay... 3 Nights in Prague 7 Nights Amadeus Queen

The bottom line...

Amadeus Queen Suite DATES: October 15-26, 2018 12 days (with optional airfare)

PRICE: As low as $4249 pp/do SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: Starting at $1350 pp UPGRADES: Mozart deck, French balcony or suite: Call **SAVE $250 pp by paying in full by check within 2 weeks of booking. Valid for first 20 rooms only– See our itinerary for upgrade pricing. *Optional international airfare from Seattle for $1199. Subject to change, airlines and flight times may vary. Port charges are $215

Cruise Schedule

PAGEPAGE 2925 Unbelievable Deals on Long & Short Getaways

September 15-17, 2017 nights beautiful hotels, sightseeing including a tour of Raleigh, Beaufort The brand new historic tour and cruise, Ocracoke Legends Hotel Island Tour and seafood dinner, Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Roanoke Island & Casino with Fort Raleigh, Wright Brothers Do you like to 3 days Memorial of Flight, historic Corolla take Train Trips? $359 per person/do day trip and nature safari, Norfolk Single supplement $179 MacArthur Memorial and Nauticus

Museum, plus most of your meals Winners only please. and fully escorted and narrated. Crack open your wallet for 3 days *Operated in conjunction with our of fun as we head over the pass to AFC travel partner. the new Legends Hotel and Casino. Lose yourself in this high-octane gaming venue with 50 classic table September 24-25, 2017 These symbols will games, 1700 state-of-the-art slot Sail to Vancouver on quickly help you machines, and a poker room. This find Alki Tours stunning retreat has four restau- Princess Cruise Lines fun-filled rail trips. rants, a full-service spa, a huge Emerald Princess– Check out our train casino and great entertainment. tours website at The tribe spent 90 million dollars on On sale! www.great their new digs. After checking in, 2 days trainescapes.com get your gaming package and enjoy Starting at $239 per person/do the many amenities this resort has Single supplement $109 to offer. Trip includes transportation, gaming package and discount Seattle has its fair share of people vouchers for breakfast and dinner. who live the life of the rich and famous. But if you’re not so loaded that a loss of $7 billion in one year September 16-22, 2017 North Carolina – Outer Banks 7 days $2099 per person/do Single supplement $549 Includes round-trip airfare

A fabulous getaway begins with a would be more than a minor blip flight to Raleigh, NC. Upon arrival, on your financial statement, you we will check into our beautiful hotel FOR MORE can feel like a high roller for one overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. night on Princess Cruise Line’s INFORMATION, Trip includes: round-trip airfare, 6 luxury liner– the Emerald Princess. PLEASE CALL With swimming pools, a health 206.935.6848 spa, casinos and Broadway-style 1.800.895.ALKI entertainment this will be one enchanting evening. Our motorcoach will pick you up and take you FALL downtown to board our ship. Grab UPDATE a glass of champagne and wave goodbye to the Emerald City as we cruise away to Vancouver, BC. PAGE 30 Snuggle into your stateroom and October 7-13, 2017 enjoy the amenities of your floating resort. All meals and entertainment New Mexico’s are included on the ship. After a Balloon Fiesta, fabulous night, we will see the sites of Vancouver, enjoy lunch and then Taos and Santa Fe head home. 7 days $2099 per person/do October 3-15, 2017 Single supplement $799 Croatia by land and Includes round-trip airfare See the mother of all events as the deluxe private yacht blue New Mexico sky is transformed 13 days into a kaleidoscope of color at the Call us to Starting at $3999 per person/do International Balloon Fiesta. During Single supp. starting at $2250 pp the mass ascention more than 1000 help create Includes round-trip airfare balloons in all shapes and colors a unique See page 4 float like a newly-opened toy box dispensing it’s goods into space. company Spend 2 nights soaking up historic October 3-9, 2017 Albuquerque before weaving our or group way past artists living in isolated Philadelphia mountain villages and colorful ado- event! and Long Island be houses along the High Road to 7 days Taos. Get a glimpse into the past at $2499 per person/do holy site Chimayo, and Taos Pueblo, Single supplement $599 a community that has been inhabit- Includes round-trip airfare ed by descendants of the same tribe for over a thousand years. This fun, 7-day getaway includes so After 2 nights discovering Taos, soak much. Round-trip airfare, 6 nights up the stunning southwest scenery fabulous hotels, a Philadelphia city on the Toltec and Cumbres narrow tour with local expert, National gauge railway. We save the best Constitution Center, a day trip to Vic- for last as our travels continue with torian Cape May, your choice of the 2 fantastic nights in Santa Fe. A Barnes Art Collection or the Franklin local guide will show us the high- Science Institute, Brooklyn sightsee- lights... see the Loretto Chapel with ing tour, tour of several Gilded Age its miraculous spiral staircase, St. mansions, day trip to Southhamp- Francis Cathedral and the colorful ton with walking tour, Montauk Town Plaza. Sign up now because lighthouse and Sag Harbor, tour and space is disappearing faster than the dinner at a local winery, and tour balloons. chateau-style Oheka Castle–whew! October 10-17, 2017 Smoky Mountains fall foliage, New Orleans, Memphis & Nashville 8 days FOR MORE $2399 per person/do INFORMATION, Single supplement $599 PLEASE CALL Includes round-trip airfare 206.935.6848 Join us for an unforgettable fall trip 1.800.895.ALKI through America’s musical heart- land. Get all jazzed up as we head FALL Fully escorted and narrated so you to New Orleans for two powerful won’t miss a thing. *Guaranteed nights in this soulful city, filled UPDATE departure offered through our AFC with incredible cuisine, amazing Vacations partner. jazz and unending nightlife. Next, PAGE 31 we’ll make a pilgrimage to see Elvis Presley’s beloved home, Graceland. Dine on some typical southern cui- Our sine on Beale Street during our stay Specialties in colorful Memphis. You won’t be singing the blues as you pack your G P rEAT rICES bags for your next leg of the tour. Volume contracting Welcome to the undisputed capital for hotels and of Country Music–Nashville. This city services allows us is the home of RCA Studios, Studio to offer wholesale rates. And you’ll B, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Opryland. The next day, depart know the cost in you can experience the beauty of the our hotel for a ride on The Great advance. National Park. Rail through Verde Smoky Mountain Railroad through Canyon– billed as Arizona’s longest Fn u aND Nantaha Gorge along the Tennessee running nature show–in first-class Friendship River with highlights like Horse- comfort aboard the Verde Canyon Meet travelers shoe Curve, Fontana Lake Trestle as active and Railroad. See Montezuma Castle Na- and spectacular scenery during curious as you are! tional Monument, an ancient Indian the height of fall colors. In 8 days, Many lasting dwelling carved into a limestone cliff. see some of the best fall foliage in friendships begin Relax with a day at leisure in Sedona while touring! the nation and discover the world for shopping and exploring on your where Fats Domino, Elvis, Dolly Par- own, or take an optional Jeep tour. SEE ton and Patsy Cline made it big. Everything Explore the old mining town of You’ll see Jerome. Includes round-trip airfare, everything with October 22-28, 2017 beautiful hotel accommodations, 8 our professional meals, all of your sightseeing and tour directors and Fall colors trip– fully escorted and narrated so you local tour guides. Rail across Canada, won’t miss a thing. w e tAKE care and Niagara Falls of you 7 days October 22-29, 2017 From beginning to end, we take care $2599 per person/do Rail to Peru’s of all the details so Single supplement $650 you can concentrate Private berth upgrade Machu Picchu and on having the $650 pp/do time of your life! sail Lake Titicaca Includes rail and airfare All tours departing 8 days See page 5 from SeaTac $2999 per person/do are provided with Single supplement: $410 complimentary Includes round-trip airfare Shuttle Service October 22-27, 2017 from your home. See page 6 (There is a small Arizona’s trains service charge for pickups outside the including the Grand November 2-3, 2017 Seattle area) Canyon, Sedona and Ocean Shores & Verde Canyon Quinault Beach Resort 6 days 2 days FOR MORE $2099 per person/do $199 per person/do INFORMATION, Single supplement $646 Single supplement $89 Includes airfare PLEASE CALL You’ve gotta see this beautiful 4-star 206.935.6848 A good train ride provides stunning hotel located at Ocean Shores. If this scenery, high adventure and a bit 1.800.895.ALKI hotel were any closer to the water, of nostalgic romance. Sound good? you’d need fins. The resort is sur- Then join us as we head to Arizona rounded by ocean and 200 acres of FALL and visit the highlights of the Grand protected wetlands offering unparal- Canyon State. Journey aboard the leled views of nature’s beauty from UPDATE Grand Canyon Railway to the edge virtually every window. With 150 of the awesome Grand Canyon so over-sized guest rooms, each with 10 PAGE 32 foot ceilings, fireplaces, dual dressing room vanities and large sitting areas you’re sure to be in the lap of luxury. To top it off, they have a swimming pool and full service spa. The only thing left to mention is the international-style casino with the latest in electronic gaming machines and a huge array of table games...odds are you’ll love this place! We’ve even thrown in some aquatic scenery, as we also cruise on the Sea November 4-12, 2017 of Cortez. Every day is a highlight!

Best of China– November 13-18, 2017 Beijing, Xian Pre-Christmas and Shanghai in Branson 9 days 6 days $2199 per person/do $2199 per person/do Single supplement: Call Single supplement $499 Includes airfare Includes round-trip airfare Don’t miss See page 7 See page 8 this one!

November 4-13, 2017 November 14-15, 2017 British Mysteries of Copper Silver Reef Casino Isles Canyon by rail and casino hop to 10 days Tour $1999 per person/do the Skagit and See page 25 Single supplement $500 Tulalip Casinos Land Only 2 days

$189 per person/do Four times the size of the Grand Single supplement $79 Canyon, Copper Canyon is one of the most dramatic panoramas in the Crack open your wallet for 2 days world. Man’s greatest engineering of fun. Begin at the Skagit Casino. feat within this defiant geography Lose yourself in this high octane is the railroad which traverses it. gaming venue with 50 classic table Almost 100 years in the making, the tracks climb from sea level to nearly 8,000 feet, crossing some of the highest bridges in the world and 87 tunnels including a mile-long, 360 degree spiral. This rail line is rated one of the most scenic train routes in the world. You’ll never forget this diverse trip from deserts to moun- FOR MORE tains, forests to tropical coastlines. games, 1700 state-of-the-art slot INFORMATION, machines, and a poker room. After PLEASE CALL a bit of gambling, take your loot to 206.935.6848 the Silver Reef Resort and Casino. 1.800.895.ALKI This stunning retreat has 10 restaurants, a full-service spa, a huge casino and great entertainment. FALL After checking in, get your gaming package and enjoy the many ameni- UPDATE ties this resort has to offer. The PAGE 33 following day, we’ll stop at Tulalip Casino for more fun and a change of games. Trip includes $20 dollar food credit and $15 dollars in free play vouchers.

November 23-24, 2017 Thanksgiving holiday in Alderbrook The private part of it is really key. It becomes your home. You don’t Resort and Spa have that same feeling on any oth- REGULATIONS 2 days er Amtrak car. It’s so relaxing, truly $369 per person/do a vacation while onboard. Here is on International Single supplement $129 your opportunity: Board the Silver Travel Fees. See page 9 Solarium for a luxurious trip bound for Seattle. Your journey includes We comply with the an assortment of roomettes and November 23-26, 2017 Department of Transpor- beautifully appointed bedrooms, tation’s mandate that Thanksgiving at the plus a glass domed top for view- government taxes and ing. The car features mahogany all fees be included in End of the Road at interiors and original brass hard- advertised tour prices Sun Mountain Lodge ware. You’ll be served with vintage with airfare. railroad silver and china, with a bar 4 days featuring full service complimen- Fuel Surcharges $799 per person/do tary cocktails, a lounge with club By signing up for the Single supplement $329 See page 9 chairs, and your own private chef! group air option you are reserving, not purchas- ing, your space. Airlines December 3-9, 2017 reserve the right to change November 28-29, 2017 Colonial the fuel surcharge at Mystery ????? time of ticketing. Since Williamsburg surcharges have been overnight tour calculated in the price of 2 days Christmas your ticket, we expect that $299 per person/do 7 days any additional surcharge Single supplement $99 $1999 per person/do increases will be minor. Single supplement $600 This could be one of the best travel Includes round-trip airfare What’s Not Included holiday presents ever—a magical See page 10 Country departure/ journey into the unknown for 2 entry taxes may not be days and 1 night. Enjoy guaranteed included in some cases. excitement and fun with friendly December 6-7, 2017 travelers just like you! Includes The 5-star Empress transportation, superb hotel accommodations, breakfast, and dinner. Hotel and Butchart holiday lights November 30-December 1, 2017 2 days FOR MORE $399 per person/do INFORMATION, Exclusive private rail Single supplement $139

PLEASE CALL car from LA to Seattle 2 days All aboard for a wonderful way to 206.935.6848 Starting at $1499 per person/do usher in the holidays as we board the Victoria Clipper for a memora- 1.800.895.ALKI Call for additional options ble night at the renowned Empress Land only Hotel. The Fairmont Empress sits SPRING Travel like a Rockefeller on this majestically at the cornerstone of UPDATE once-in-a-lifetime experience to Victoria’s sparkling Inner Harbour. indulge in the luxury of your own This Vancouver Island hotel is private rail car from LA to Seattle. located in British Columbia’s capital PAGE 34 city and features turn-of-the-centu- January 26-31, 2018 ry architecture, classic beauty and an unrivaled location on the water. Winter rail to Jasper, Since 1908, it is Vancouver Island’s Banff and Lake Louise most celebrated resort and spa. Tonight, enjoy a fabulous trip to during the Interna- tional Ice Festival 6 days Starting at $1999 per person/do Single supplement $799

Our snowy mountain holiday begins as we board Via Rail for a stunning train trip into the Canadian Rock- ies. Enjoy sleeping accommoda- see the holiday lights. Once a year, tions, fabulous food and first-class Butchart comes alive with spectacu- service as our train winds past the lar illuminations, music and holiday ice-choked Thompson River, the festivities. Stroll through the tallest peak in the Canadian Rockies grounds and enjoy. The next day is yours to see the sights and do CHECK OUT some holiday shopping. In the early ALKITOURS.COM FOR evening, reboard the Clipper for a WEB ONLY scenic cruise home. SPECIALS!

December 8-10, 2017 Leavenworth Lighting Festival overnight tour 3 days $499 per person/do Double occupancy only See page 27

December 30, 2017-January 4, 2018 Celebrate New Year’s at the and mountain vistas. Watch for large concentrations of elk, bighorn NEW GUEST HOUSE sheep and mountain goats as we in Graceland enter the Park boundaries. Disem- 6 days bark in Jasper and board a deluxe $2499 per person/do motor coach for a remarkable trip Single supplement $599 through the Icefields Parkway–one Includes round-trip airfare of the world’s most scenic drives. See page 11 Spend two nights at Chateau Lake Louise, one of Canada’s most beau- FOR MORE January 9-21, 2018 tiful landmark hotels. During the festival, 20 teams from around the INFORMATION, Exotic Thailand– world will have 53 hours to create PLEASE CALL ice masterpieces which will last 206.935.6848 Hill Tribes, temples until April. Next, we’re off to Banff. and elephants You’ll see a castle at the base of 1.800.895.ALKI 13 days Mt. Rundle–our hotel for one night. $2899 per person/do See the sites of the charming town FALL Single supplement $699 of Banff and live like royalty at the Includes round-trip airfare Banff Springs Hotel before depart- UPDATE See page 12 ing to Jasper for our rail trip home.

PAGE 35 Bridge for a bird’s-eye view of the January 27-February 1 OR Sydney Opera House. Marvel at the February 3-8, 2018 spectacular scenery of Fiordland Woah... National Park, voted one of the 7 Looks like Iceland, glacier walks Cruise World Wonders by Condé time is and northern lights Nast Traveler. Immerse yourself running out to HURRY, SELLS OUT QUICK! 6 days hop onboard $1799 per person/do these great Single supplement $399 travel deals! Includes round-trip airfare See page 13

February 21-March 4, 2018 Fly to LA, rail to San in Maori culture, see glowworms Antonio and cruise twinkle in underground caves outside Auckland, stroll the famed Art the Caribbean Deco city of Napier, and peek into 12 days moviemaking magic with The Lord Starting at $2699 per person/do of the Rings tour in Wellington. Single supp. starting at $1499 Price includes round trip interna- Includes round-trip airfare tional airfare, a 13 day cruise, all See page 14 of your meals and entertainment. We offer our own exclusive shore March 2-17, 2018 excursions. Ports: Sydney, Austra- lia; Fiordland National Park (Scenic All inclusive–Cruise Cruising); Dunedin (Port Chalmers), New Zealand; Akaroa, New Zealand; Australia and Wellington, New Zealand; Napier, New Zealand! New Zealand; Tauranga, New Zea- 15 days land; Auckland, New Zealand and Starting at $3599 per person/do Bay of Islands, New Zealand. Includes round trip airfare Single supplement: Call March 6-7, 2018 Book by October 20th for a $200 per couple discount! Another mystery ????? Put your seat in the locked and overnight tour upright position and get ready for 2 days a dreamy holiday to Australia and $299 per person/do New Zealand. Upon arrival in Syd- Single supplement $99

This could be one of the best travel holiday presents ever—a magical journey into the unknown for 2 days and 1 night. Enjoy guaranteed excitement and fun with friendly FOR MORE travelers just like you! Includes INFORMATION, transportation, superb hotel accom- PLEASE CALL modations, breakfast, and dinner. 206.935.6848 1.800.895.ALKI ney we will transfer to the gorgeous Sun Princess. Cozy into your stateroom and get ready for tantalizing FALL cuisine, dazzling entertainment and UPDATE relax in the Sanctuary. The sightseeing is fabulous too. Along the way you can climb the Sydney Harbour PAGE 36 March 6-8, 2018 winter waves pound the coastline. We will be there to celebrate the Tofino’s Gray Whale whale migration with events in, spring migration on, and near the water: naturalist- 3 days led marine mammal and whale $599 per person/do watch tours, storytelling and music Single supplement $159 highlighting the gray whale, and interpretive walks on the Tofino Tofino is one of God’s beauti- mudflats. Simply magnificent is all ful gifts to the Pacific Northwest. I can say. You will love this trip. Highway 4 leads right up to the First Street Dock in British Columbia’s Tofino, March 8-16, 2018 a hamlet on Clayoquot Sound off Pricebuster Costa Rica Canada’s west coast. But getting 9 days that far takes a fun motorcoach $2599 per person/do DON’T trip to Vancouver, then a ferry ride Single supplement $579 from Horseshoe Bay, followed by a Includes round-trip airfare FORGET... scenic drive into the mist, through See page 15 the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve to the ocean. The payoff To Book is more than worth the commute: March 22-28, 2018 EARLY for Azalas, plantations discounts! and Cajun Country 7 days $2399 per person/do Single supplement $599 Includes round-trip airfare remote beaches, humpback and Unpack just two times on this fabu- gray whales, black bears and bald lous trip to New Orleans and Baton eagles, and old-growth rain forests Rouge. We’ll show you where the home to some trees thought to be River runs wide and the crawfish one to two thousand years old and hide. Sightseeing includes City fabulous hotels and cuisine. We Tours in Baton Rouge, Lafayette, are going to enjoy two nights at a Natchez and New Orleans. Visit two wonderful lodge watching massive Antebellum homes, a Cajun country

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PAGE 37 Accordion Factory, Houmas House Plantation and its beautiful gar- April 11-16, 2018 dens; the National WWII Museum; fabulous dinner at the New Orleans Hidden gems of Washington, DC and Cherry Blossom Parade 6 days $2299 per person/do We Love Single supplement $725 Includes round-trip airfare Groups! See page 18

Alki Tours offers lots of bonuses to April 27-28, 2018 groups of 15 or more, plus: Rail to Vancouver, BC • Maximum value, and sail on the Ruby guaranteed prices Princess home & outstanding Cooking School; Mardi Gras World 2 days experience and Float Factory and much more. Starting at $239 per person/do • Includes round-trip air; first class Single supplement $89 Round-trip hotels, deluxe motorcoach transpor- transportation to/ tation, 6 breakfasts, 4 lunches and 3 Seattle has its fair share of people from dinners. Fully escorted and narrated who live the life of the rich and your group’s so you won’t miss a thing. Operated famous. But if you’re not so loaded pick-up location by AFC our TAP travel partner. that a loss of $7 billion in one year • would be more than a minor blip

We custom design on your financial statement, you March 26-April 7, 2018 fabulous can feel like a high roller for one itineraries Spectacular night cruise on Princess Cruise • Lines gem…the Ruby Princess. Want to travel South Africa With swimming pools, a health for FREE? 12 days spa, casinos and Broadway-style get a group and $4299 per person/do entertainment this will be one call us to find Single supplement $699 enchanting evening. Enjoy a ride on out how!! Includes round-trip airfare and Amtrak’s Cascade train to Vancou- intra-country airfare ver, B.C. where we will hop the sky Scenic and historic Cape rail to the cruise ship terminal and Town with 4 game drives in board the Ruby Princess. Snuggle Entabeni Safari Conservancy; into your stateroom and enjoy the optional extension to amenities of your floating resort. Victoria Falls All meals and entertainment are Book by October 20th for a included on the ship. $400 per couple discount! See page 16 April 27-May 1, 2018

FOR MORE San Antonio annual April 7-29, 2018 INFORMATION, Spring Fiesta PLEASE CALL The best Panama 5 days 206.935.6848 $2099 per person/do Canal itinerary Single supplement $499 23 days 1.800.895.ALKI Includes round-trip airfare Starting at $2899 per person/do Single supplement: Starting at FALL True to the Mexican half of its $2199 Tex-Mex roots, San Antonio is like UPDATE Includes airfare a piñata–chock-full of surprises and See page 17 exploding with excitement. History buffs, of course, will not want PAGE 38 to forget the Alamo, but more contemporary travelers will find a May 6-16, 2018 host of modern attractions along the city’s meandering River Walk–a A gardener’s spring tree-lined waterfront playground journey by river boat where cafés and clubs virtually spill over the banks. Art galleries and to Amsterdam, Ghent, fusion restaurants are in no short Bruges, Arnhem supply, and the bustling open-air mercado at Market Square offers and Utrecht everything from hand-crafted tur- hosted by Eric Johnson of the Airforce One quoise jewelry and Western wear PBS show GardenSmart 11 days was once Starting at $4699 per person/do Caboose One. Single supplement starting at In honor of that, $1450 per person we offer NEW See page 20-21 DEALS on rail tours every year. May 17-27, 2018 Celebrity Infinity Pacific Coastal cruise– San Diego to Vancouver, BC 11 days Starting at $1999 per person/do Single supplement starting at $1299 Includes airfare to the choicest local produce. Its If you’re inclined to visit urban cities included: Reserved seats for the cor- hugging the Pacific Ocean, then onation of the Queenand the Fiesta a Pacific Coastal cruise is perfect Flambeau Parade, City tour with for you. From the rising urban city the Alamo, IMAX movie, Buckhorn of Vancouver to glamorous Los Saloon, San Jose Mission,Tower Angeles, or the quaint city of San of the America’s 750’ high view, Francisco to vibrant San Diego, private boat cruise of Paseo del there’s something for everyone on a Rio, day trip to Austin with LBJ Pacific Coastal cruise journey. Over Library, day trip to Fredericksburg the years, San Diego has become with LBJ Ranch and Nimitz WWII Museum, spring wildflowers scenic country drive, baggage handling, and round-trip airport transfers. *Departure operated in conjunction with our TAP Partners.

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PAGE 39 a renowned destination, whether TVs, plush robes and walk in show- its famous Balboa Park or walking ers. The rooms have been built to through the bustling downtown to achieve 4-Diamond status, although visit one of the city’s famous mu- other amenities will woo you away seums, a food tour of the Gaslamp from your room. Get your discount Quarter or a horseback ride on the gaming package and find a seat beach. Los Angeles is the city of at one of the many table games dreams, from the quirky charac- including Pai Gow, Blackjack, Poker, ters at Venice Beach to the scenic Craps and Roulette and more than Malibu coastline, sunny Los Angeles 1300 video slots; swim in the zero- has it all! Whether you’re looking entry pool; take a stroll through the for a little bit of Hollywood glam, Native Art Gallery, spoil yourself in high end shopping, or dining in the Angeline Spa and dine in one of celebrity hotspots you’ll find every- four incredible restaurants. Rooms Good evening thing. In San Francisco be prepared overlook either a sunny southern madame. for an eccentric modern city, where view of Agate Passage or a luscious Tonight’s you can find ingenious cuisine and landscape of Northwest trees and special is the stunning views from the infamous vegetation. Our trip includes casino Golden Gate Bridge. Spend your hopping at 7 Cedars Casino, ferry Clark Gable days shopping in Union Square, visit fares, and accommodations! Plus Fillet. What a the famous maximum security peni- deluxe continental breakfast, gam- hunk of meat! tentiary Alcatraz, or watch Sea Lions ing packages and sightseeing. bathe in the sun at Pier 39. Ports of Call: San Diego, CA; Santa Barbara, June 5-7, 2018 CA; Monterey, CA; San Francisco, CA; Astoria, OR; Seattle, WA; Victo- Grand Coulee Dam ria, British Columbia; and Vancou- ver, British Columbia. Includes air night illuminations from Seattle to San Diego, an 11 and 12 Tribes Casino day cruise, all meals and entertain- 3 days ment while onboard the cruise. $329 per person/do Single supplement $119 June 5-6, 2018 Cruise over mountain passes and 4-star overnight at through farm-flecked landscapes as Clearwater Resort you head to Eastern Washington for and casino hop 2 days $199 per person/do Single supplement $99

When you walk into Clearwater Casino Resort you’ll notice that the standard rooms are really not so “standard”. Trademarked-for-comfort bedding with 7 layers of luxury complete with down bedding and an overnight excursion to massive FOR MORE 350-thread count linens, 32” LCD dams, big rivers, and intriguing geo- INFORMATION, logical sites. Check out the healing waters in Soap Lake and see a thrill- PLEASE CALL ing laser show on the Grand Coulee 206.935.6848 Dam. As tall as the Washington 1.800.895.ALKI Monument and a full mile wider- North America’s largest concrete dam is both a concrete marvel and FALL a larger-than-life laser light show UPDATE screen! Stay at the 12 Tribes casino- the most luxurious new casino in Washington State. PAGE 40 June 8-9, 2018 pools at the resort, which was the Rail to the Portland first of its kind in British Colum- Rose Festival 2 days $389 per person/do Single supplement $99

Whoever said “Life isn’t a bed of Roses”, clearly hasn’t seen this tour. In 2018, the Rose Festival will celebrate 111 years of tradi- bia. Trip includes transportation, 2 tion and innovation–an event like nights hotel, buffet breakfast each none other! A great overnight tour morning, Afternoon Tea, a 5-course begins with a train trip to Portland. dinner in the Copper Room and Once in the city, enjoy a luncheon Hell’s Gate. Hell’s Gate is nature at cruise along the Willamette River. its most magnificent. At peak spring www.alkitours.com Next, check into our lovely hotel– levels, over 200 million gallons of centrally located so you can enjoy water surge through this 35 metre the festivities in town! The next (110 ft) wide gorge. That is twice day, celebrate the nation’s second the volume of Niagara Falls! SAVE ONLINE largest floral parade. You’ll have a chance to wander amongst the Book any 1-5 day June 23-24, 2018 amazing floats, see the craftsman- tour online and ship and discover how they make Rail & sail the them. Then we’re off to the Coli- save an additional seum where we’ll watch the Grand Columbia River $10. Book a tour 6 Floral Parade from our reserved Gorge-ous days or longer seats. Hurry, this trip sells out every 2 days and save an year, so if you snooze, you’ll lose! $349 per person/do Single supplement $99 additional $50! June 9-16 OR September 8-15, 2018 *One-time discount only. All aboard for a scenic rail journey Does not include Snow Train Trains across through the spectacular Columbia River Gorge. The Gorge is 80 miles Colorado long and up to 4,000 feet deep and 8 days packed with scenic highlights. Take $2199 per person/do in gorgeous views of Beacon Rock, Single supplement $587 the second largest monolith next to Includes round-trip airfare See page 22

June 12-14, 2018 Canada’s Harrison Hot Springs Resort & Hell’s Gate Tram 3 days FOR MORE $399 per person/do the Rock of Gibraltar, Multnomah INFORMATION, Falls falling 620 feet, The Bridge Single supplement $229 PLEASE CALL of the Gods and 11,000 foot Mt. Until George Clooney agrees to let Hood–the highest peak in Oregon. 206.935.6848 you crash at his 18th-century Italian We’ll disembark in Wishram and 1.800.895.ALKI villa (he hasn’t yet responded to any then spend the night in the Dalles. of your e-mails regarding the mat- The next morning, we’ll board the ter?–how rude), consider a getaway Columbia Sternwheeler for a fabu- FALL just as sumptuous: two nights at lous narrated brunch cruise. We’ll UPDATE Harrison Hot Springs Resort. Relax do some fun sightseeing in Portland and unwind in the hot mineral before our trek home. PAGE 41 through the Icefields Parkway. July 11-15 OR July 18-22, 2018 There, you will board a snowcoach Rail to Glacier Park and ascend a glacier 1000 feet 5 days thick. Next, overnight in majestic Starting at $1899 per person/do Jasper National Park. The following Single supplement $625 afternoon board Via Rail for a stun- HURRY! Limited to just 16 ning two day first-class rail journey passengers! to Prince George and Rupert. After a lovely night in Prince Rupert, See page 23 we will board a boat and take a

July 13-15, 2018 Sisters, Oregon Outdoor Quilt Show and the best of Bend, Oregon REFER A 3 days trip of a lifetime to see Valley of $389 per person/do the Grizzlies–home to the highest FRIEND! Single Supplement $179 concentration of Grizzly Bears in the And save $50 Mountains. Sun. Small-town fun. U.S. Later, we will board the Alaska You’ll find all of this and more in State Ferry for a scenic cruise up the on your next beautiful Bend…it’s hopelessly Inside Passage to Ketchikan, Alaska. extended tour! addictive.”Whoever visits Bend, Watch for whales, eagles and por- moves to Bend,” people warn. poise. After visiting the fabulous Spend two wonderful nights at sights of Ketchikan, we will fly back the Shilo Suites. The next day we home. will head to Sisters, Oregon for the world-famous Quilt Show. Imagine July 20-22, 2018 a picturesque Western-style town transformed into a patchwork para- Cruise Canada’s dise. The Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show Princess Louisa Inlet displays over 1,100 quilts under sunny summer skies. From barns to by boat and float plane balconies, storefronts to stairways, 3 days quilts from all over the world blan- $579 per person/do ket the town with splashes of color Single supplement $339 every year. This trip has something Princess Louisa Inlet is so beautiful for everyone. that once visited, you don’t need to see the rest of the world since July 16-24, 2018 there is no other scenery that can Rail through the beat it. Conde Nast called this “One of the top 10 destinations to visit in Canadian Rockies, the world”. It takes a bit of effort to reach as it’s only accessible by FOR MORE and sail the Inside boat or plane. In 3 days, you’ll take INFORMATION, Passage to Alaska a motorcoach, ferry, private boat and sea plane! Stay 2 nights on PLEASE CALL 9 days $2599 per person/do the Sunshine Coast. The next day, 206.935.6848 Single supplement $799 board a boat for a thrilling cruise 1.800.895.ALKI Includes airfare through fast rapids and marvel at granite-lined walls that stretch A trip jam-packed with thrills rolls skyward from sea level to nearly FALL out like this…. seven thousand feet. At the heart of UPDATE First, we fly in to Calgary, Alberta. the inlet, cascades of water descend Next, see the highlights of Banff thousands of feet down the granite National Park before heading walls, culminating in the boiling PAGE 42 white water of Chatterbox Falls. Next, board a float plane for an incredible 20-minute flight. This will provide an overview of mountains jutting out of the sea, clusters of islands, channels and inlets. You’ll love this 3-day getaway.

July 25-August 2, 2018 Bern, Trummelbach Falls, Grosse No matter how Scheidegg and Merrigen. Includes I do the math, I The alpine villages 14 meals–7 breakfasts and 7 din- of Switzerland ners, airfare, accommodations in can’t figure out 9 days Wengen, sightseeing, and transfers. how Alki Tours $3999 per person/do This tour will make you feel like are can offer this tour Single supplement $455 in a James Bond movie. *Guaran- so cheaply! Includes round-trip airfare teed departure offered through our AFC Vacations partner. Time to CONDUCT You may think you have seen an investigation. Switzerland, but you have not seen August 10-17, 2018 THIS part of the Swiss Alps. What a wonderfully refreshing change from Mt. Rushmore, the busy, always moving schedule of most tours. Fly round-trip to Zurich Yellowstone and the and unpack for 6 nights at the Black Hills –Utah, 4-star Hotel Silberhorn in the little village of Wengen. The town over- Wyoming, South looks the Lauterbrunnen Valley at Dakota and Colorado 3800 feet, but surrounded by 10,000 8 days foot mountains such as Eiger, Monk, $2899 per person/do and Jungfrau. Enjoy breakfast and Single supplement $589 dinner daily as you use your pass Includes round-trip airfare to ride on trains, gondolas, aerial trams, and lake steamers. Each day From the Olympic sites to national you will visit a different attrac- parks to the wild west atmo- tion and travel just like the local sphere of South Dakota and Cody, Swiss do! See Grindelwald, Brienz Wyoming–this is a true adventure woodcarvers, Interlaken, Lucerne, through the American West. After a

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PAGE 43 fun night stay in Salt Lake City, we one of the best trips of her life. will take a scenic drive to Jackson A heli-hiking vacation combines Hole, Wyoming. The sights just adventure with private rooms in remote, alpine lodges and fantastic food. It is unlike anything you’ve ever experienced before. Alki Tours and Canadian Mountain Holidays have teamed up to provide you with a hiking trip off the beaten path and accessible only to a lucky few. With comfort and safety as the highest priority, we hike during the day in the Columbia Mountain Mom, range of British Columbia with our highly-trained guides and spend our where iHave get better as we head through evenings relaxing in our lodge and did you no idea the Grand Tetons to Yellowstone enjoying each other’s company by put my what National Park for a two night stay. the fireplace. There are 33 guests iPhone? you are Next, your journey winds its way in the lodge with 22 warm and talking through the territory of the Great friendly staff on-site. They were about, Sioux Nation, stopping at one of the awarded the National Geographic honey. country’s most famous landmarks, ADVENTURE Magazine’s Best Heli- Mount Rushmore, en route to Adventure Company on Earth! Custer State Park in the Black Hills of South Dakota. August 24-30, 2018

August 11-16, 2018 New York City 7 days Heli-hiking in the $2799 per person/do Single supplement $1249 Canadian Rockies Includes round-trip airfare (Bugaboo Mountains) See page 24 6 days Book by October 20th for a $3899 per person/do $600 per couple discount! Single supplement $925 Includes round-trip international airfare & 10-12 helicopter rides September 4-7, 2018 THIS WILL BE ONE OF Rail to the grand THE BEST TRIPS OF YOUR LIFETIME! Crater Lake Lodge So, what is heli-hiking? The way and rim tour this works is that the lodge is built 4 days way up in the mountains in the $899 per person/do middle of nowhere (but actually in Single supplement $289 the heart of beauty) and you fly, 7,700 years ago, the 12,000 foot by helicopter, each day to a new high volcano Mt. Mazama erupted mountain range or panorama. Each FOR MORE in an enormous explosion leaving “mission” involves you walking nothing but a deep crater. Over INFORMATION, along the ridges and down through PLEASE CALL the valleys prioritizing whatever 206.935.6848 your interests are–be it a casual mountain stroll, flowers and fauna, 1.800.895.ALKI glaciers or towering spires. You can be any age and in any physical FALL shape. This trip is for everyone. I took my family on this trip and my UPDATE mother actually had 2 newly broken ribs at the time and still said it was PAGE 44 hundreds of years, the crater filled stay. Cowboys, campfires, skeet with rain water and melted snow. shootin’–its all included. The next At nearly 1,943 feet, it is the deep- morning begins with an exciting est lake in the U.S. A 33-mile drive helicopter trip to the bottom of the around the rim offers glimpses of canyon to begin our river rafting the intensely blue-colored water journey. Our expert guides await which is created by the clarity and to navigate the waters of the lower its depth. We’ll take a scenic train 100 miles of the canyon. Here, the trip to Oregon, spend a night in Colorado River’s famous rapids, Eugene and then two nights at though still exciting, are a bit the grand Crater Lake Lodge. Park tamer. The scenery is astounding. Rangers give walks and talks at the Massive sandstone cliffs conjure up lodge. Enjoy a guided tour of the imaginary shapes. Hidden waterfalls rim, relax on the porch and listen as and pools carve their way down to the rangers bring Crater Lake’s his- the river. Wildlife is abundant, with tory and geology vividly to life. frequent sightings of Blue Heron, soaring hawks, eagles and majestic Big Horn sheep. At night, the September 5-9, 2018 canyon walls unveil a heaven of in- River raft the numerable stars. To exit the canyon we will transfer from our rafts to a Grand Canyon jetboat for a thrilling trip into Lake Don’t miss 5 days Mead. Our final night is spent in this one... $2399 per person/do Vegas for a few more thrills before Single supplement $179 heading back to Seattle. This in- Includes 3 flights, helicopter, credible journey is tame enough for Danube motorized raft and jet boat all ages but will surely rank as one Few adventures earn the moniker of of the best trips that you will ever Cruise “Trip of a lifetime” as regularly as experience. rafting the Grand Canyon, Ameri- with ca’s most famous natural landmark. September 12-23, 2018 KCTS9 British Isles See page 28 castles and countrysides– Scotland, England, Wales, Ireland 12 days $3699 per person/do Single supplement $1299 Includes roundtrip airfare See page 25 Book by October 20th for a Ironically, million of people get the $200 per couple discount! broad overview of the Canyon but FOR MORE only a lucky few are able to raft Departs September 23, 28, 29, 30 INFORMATION, it . This “soft adventure” canyon October 5 and 6, 2018 trip is the perfect experience for New England’s PLEASE CALL people of all ages–from 9 to 99. 206.935.6848 Your adrenaline-filled holiday starts fall foliage by rail 1.800.895.ALKI with a flight to Las Vegas. Spend 8 days the first night seeing the sights in $2499 per person/do Vegas, then the next morning the Single supplement $575 FALL excitement continues as we board Land only a plane for a scenic flight to the Bar See page 26 UPDATE 10 Ranch. You will love this night’s PAGE 45 experienced two nights in this pic- Oct 15-26, 2018 turesque place visiting Jamestown Join Host Rob Dunlop, and Yorktown. Next, board the President and CEO of train for an epic rail trip hugging KCTS9, on an Exclusive the coastline to Charleston, North Carolina, considered America’s most Danube River cruise beautifully preserved architectural and historical treasure. Hob knob aboard the NEW at opulent southern mansions and Amadeus Queen with plantations of Charleston then pol- linate your passion for rich culture 3 nights in Prague in the heart of historic Savannah. 12 days (*when optional airfare This city is a model of Southern is also booked) Grace with 21 garden-filled public As low as $4249** per person/do squares ringed by Antebellum town **SAVE $250 pp paying in full by houses. Come join us, as this trip is check within 2 weeks of booking. guaranteed to improve the “state Compare... Valid for the first 20 rooms only – of your union”. our prices See itinerary for upgrade pricing Single supp. starting at $1350 pp November 6-15, 2018 to the Include *Optional international Best of Japan cruise on Competition airfare from Seattle for $1199. Subject to change, airlines and the Diamond Princess and save! flight times may vary. 10 days Port charges are $215 Starting at $2999 per person/do See page 28-29 Single supplement: Starting at $1299 Includes round-trip airfare October 18-27, 2018 Steeped in tradition and lore with Highlights of DC, ancient sites and natural wonders. Japan is a study in contrasts: tran- Williamsburg, quil retreats of profound beauty lay Charleston & just outside cities where skyscrap- ers soar over stunning temples and Savannah by rail shrines. Neon-bright architecture 10 days and pink cherry blossoms vie for at- $2699 per person/do tention amid the colorful Harajuku Single supplement $659 district and traditional kimonos. As Includes roundtrip airfare the No. 1 North American cruise You may not be the leader of the free world but that doesn’t mean you don’t deserve Presidential treatment. Elect to getaway on a monumental rail trip. Bring your first lady and begin with two nights in DC exploring our nation’s capital. FOR MORE A few hours from the Oval Office INFORMATION, is colonial Williamsburg. You’ll be campaigning to stay once you’ve PLEASE CALL line in Japan with the “Best Asia 206.935.6848 Itineraries,” you can be assured that Princess will be your guide 1.800.895.ALKI to the colors, cultures and flavors that define this exciting country. : FALL Ports of call include: Osaka, Japan; Okinawa, Japan; Taipei (Keelung), UPDATE Taiwan; Tokyo (Yokohama), Japan; and Nagoya, Japan. PAGE 46 September 28, 2017 Go wild in Tenino Alki Tours $89 per person 1 Day Deals Wolves get a bad rap–you can blame Little Red Riding Hood or the fact Book a day tour that they lick their chops after eat- ing your livestock or little kitty. We online and receive need to support the big dogs today on a trip to Wolf Haven Interna- a $10 discount!* tional–a sanctuary to captive born *One tour discount only. wolves and coyotes. We will take a Does not include Snow Train. fascinating tour, howl and hear the gory stories about feeding the residents with road kill. After we will Hop September 23, 2017 head to Centralia for lunch and pie. Salmon bake at See the Shady Lady Antique store. Aboard! Our most October 2, 2017 Kiana Lodge and popular Rail Bloedel Reserve Leaf peepers dream... Trips...Rail $99 per person Mt. Baker, Mt. Shuksan, across Canada, Join us for some fun as we ferry to Trains across Bainbridge Island. Begin with a tour & the Ring of Fire through Bloedel Reserve. The lush $109 per person Colorado and gardens, meadows, ponds and his- Are you a leaf peeper but embar- New England tory will inspire you. Next we’re off rassed to admit it? Well, you can sur- fall foliage to Kiana Lodge. The name means round yourself with your own kind on this tour. In the middle of the fall peepers from all over the North- west creep out to see the foliage spectacle in the Cascades. Up north there is a sleeping volcano overrun with deciduous trees. You’re getting excited aren’t you? Leaf peepers go mad over the incredible display of “Garden of the Gods” and you’ll see colors, as we wind our way along why when we feast in a lovely res- the Nooksak River to the Mt. Baker taurant surrounded by trees and Visitor Center. Be sure to have your water. Enjoy incredible salmon, clams camera ready as we ascend the rosemary potatoes, coleslaw, fresh highway up to Artist Point; you will vegetables, homemade rolls and be able to capture views of both Mt. chocolate scones with raspberry sauce.

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PAGE 47 October 7, 2017 October 18, 2017 Get crackin’ at the Wings Over Port Angeles Crab Washington, Mohai and Seafood Festival and lunch at Ivars $99 per person $99 per person Jump on a ferry for a scenic trip to Take a ride in the state-of-the-art Port Angeles’ scenic waterfront for “flying theater” that will transport the big show! Events include cook- you on an aerial adventure above If I turn this ing demonstrations, the “graba- one of America’s most scenic and wheel, I can beautiful states, Washington. Wings send us back over Washington is currently the to the 19th most state-of-the-art theater in the century. world using 5K cameras; innovative Ready to hustle art laser projection; drones for im- age capture; and a ground-breaking your bustle, surround sound system. Once you ladies? are strapped into your theater seat, crab” crab derby, more than 50 local arts and crafts booths, family activities, environmental education programs, and great live music on the Festival stage. The highlight of the Crabfest is an old-fashioned crab feed complete with large kettles of fresh local Dungeness crab, sweet corn and organic coleslaw. A wine and beer garden will offer tastings by the Olympic Peninsula Winery you will experience an amazing jour- Association and a selection of North- ney as a “spirit eagle” sweeps you west craft beers. upward into flight across the state of Washington. You will see amaz- October 8, 2017 ing sights as you dive down the sea- side cliffs through the morning mists Washington of the Olympic National Forest and Wine Stomp Mt. Rainier to the San Juan Islands $109 per person and on to the spectacular beauty of the Cascades. See the awe-inspiring Leave the driving to us as we head Snoqualmie Falls to the wild white- over Chinook Pass to see Yakima’s water of the Tieton River. View the great wine harvest. Along the way, kaleidoscopic wonder of the Walla enjoy lunch at Whistlin’ Jacks Lodge. Walla Valley Balloon Stampede then Located in the mountains along the back to Elliott Bay to bank around Naches River, this is one of the most the Seattle Great Wheel as a sensa- unique places you will ever dine. Af- tional fireworks display begins, and ter lunch, we’ll continue east to see then slowly landing back to where FOR MORE the workers harvest grapes in the the journey all began. Explore INFORMATION, fields and sample some of Washing- how innovation shaped our region PLEASE CALL ton’s finest wines. and changed the world. Through 206.935.6848 interactive exhibits, community and educational programs, and 1.800.895.ALKI first-person insights from leading innovators, discover Seattle’s role FALL as a nexus of big ideas and new directions–and ignite the innovator UPDATE within! Generously supported by Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos, this is PAGE 48 the place to discover the past and future of creativity and invention in our region. Enjoy a fabulous lunch at Ivars!

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C’mon. Where’s your sense of adventure? These trips aren’t for November 6, 2017 Call us to control freaks–just fun people that Island sanctuary for big help create like a little mystery in their lives. If you love good food and good wild cats, Hood Canal a unique times– you will delight in these tours. Includes transportation, and Alderbrook Resort company $94 per person sightseeing and lunch. or group Ever wondered what happens if event! November 1, 2017 you buy a cute, cuddly little baby tiger and then they grow from little Pendleton Woolen kitty to ferocious feline? If you are in this predicament, we know Mill tour and just the place. Nestled among the luncheon cruise evergreens on Harstine Island is The $119 per person Wild Feline Advocacy Center that houses displaced wild felines in a We’ve woven together a great natural environment. This center day as we head south to Port- is home to bobcats, caracul, servals, land. Begin with a tour of the jaguarundi, tigers and more. The mill. Here you can see the process grounds are as beautiful as the firsthand from our state-of-the-art institute’s goals. After a fascinat- dye house, through spinning and ing tour, we’re off to Alderbrook weaving, to the finishing of our Manor for a lovely lunch. distinctive blankets. Next enjoy a fun cruise, spectacular cuisine and amazing views. November 12, 2017 Fraser Downs November 5, 2017 harness races Broadway’s Ragtime $109 per person at the 5th Avenue Enjoy a thrilling day at the races $149 per person while you watch horses pull a jockey in a two wheeled cart go FOR MORE With scintillating music and an speeds of up to 30 miles per hour intensely compelling story of love INFORMATION, at its core, Ragtime is a musical the- PLEASE CALL ater masterpiece that will inspire 206.935.6848 and touch your soul. It’s the turn of the century; everything is changing. 1.800.895.ALKI Set in the volatile melting pot of New York City, three distinct Ameri- FALL can stories are woven together: an upper-class wife, a determined Jew- UPDATE ish immigrant and a daring young Harlem musician–all three united by PAGE 49 race around the track. Whether you love the majesty of the horses, or the thrill of gaming, or just like to relax and enjoy people watching, then going to the racetrack and watching harness racing is the ideal recreational activity. Trans- portation, great viewing seats and Irving Berlin songs. Jim leaves the a huge buffet luncheon is included. bright lights of show business to Must have a US passport to enter settle down on a farm in Connecti- Canada or enhanced drivers license. cut—but he finds the simple life is not as simple as he thought. This November 23, 2017 is a heartwarming treat, sure to put your whole family in the best A Kiana Lodge of holiday spirits. Orchestra seats, Enter to WIN... Thanksgiving transportation and a lovely lunch Our “Where $99 per person are included. Thank the gods for this lovely feast November 30, 2017 am I?” as we travel to Kiana Lodge for Thanksgiving by motorcoach. Kiana Holiday shopping Contest on Lodge is so gorgeous that many films and magnificent magazine in Vancouver, BC Facebook! & Culinary Academy See page 3 $109 per person

A fun and festive day awaits as we journey north to Vancouver, BC to holiday shop in this chic city while taking advantage of the great shoots have taken place here in exchange rates. Our day will include what Native Americans call “the a 3-course Christmas feast at the Garden of the Gods”. Pamper your- renowned Culinary Academy and self in the 6 acre waterfront haven shopping at all of the hot spots. surrounded by tall firs and fragrant cedars. The historic main lodge with December 2, 9 OR 16, 2017 leaded glass windows and a huge crackling fire is where we will in- Leavenworth dulge in our dinner. Be prepared for Snow Bus raspberry-glazed turkey, country- $79 per person style stuffing, lodge potatoes, pan roasted vegetables, sweet potato Get in the holiday spirit as we travel rolls, homemade pumpkin pie with over the mountains to Leavenworth’s whipped cream, mulled cranberry Treelighting Festival. Smell chestnuts cider and coffee or tea. Magnifique! roasting on an open fire, see carolers strolling through the streets and November 26, 2017 watch as the entire town is illuminated in one fell swoop at dusk. FOR MORE Irving Berlin’s Enjoy shopping and lunch on your INFORMATION, Holiday Inn at the own in this festive town. PLEASE CALL 206.935.6848 5th Avenue Theater December 2, 9, OR 16, 2017 $149 per person 1.800.895.ALKI A holiday tradition– The West Coast Premiere of this Leavenworth FALL recent Broadway hit! Holiday Inn is a wonderful new musical inspired Snow Trains! by the Oscar-winning film fea- UPDATE Starting at $229 per person turing lavish sets and costumes, See page 27 spectacular choreography and 20 PAGE 50 December 6 OR 20, 2017 entertainment, plus enjoy hot cider and cookies while taking those pre- Holiday lights at the cious Christmas pictures beside one Governor’s Mansion of our exquisitely decorated trees. After we will drive through the and the Zoolights largest light display in the North- $89 per person west. See the single largest holiday light display in the Puget Sound area December 10, 2017 and the only one its kind. First, tour the Governor’s Mansion beautifully New! Teatro ZinZanni decorated for the holidays. Next, holiday matinee Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium is blinding with over a half mil- show – Love, Chaos, lion lights in all the colors of the and Dinner rainbow–brilliantly illuminating $149 per person Here’s a the trees, pathways and build- ings. In addition, we’ll see over 100 It’s opening night of the new Teatro Nice Idea... larger-than-life replicas of many ZinZanni, and the staff anxiously An Alki Tours Gift zoo animals. A wonderful Christmas awaits the arrival of a world- feast is included. renowned restaurant critic. Getting Certificate lets you swept up in the madness is the give a unique and magical Maître d’, who has staffed December 8, 2017 his restaurant with mechanical wait- memorable gift to Warm Beach a loved one. holiday lights and dinner theater $99 per person

Every year the Lights of Christmas festival illuminates Warm Beach, where dazzling light displays can be explored on foot or in a wagon pulled by draft horses. Along the resses, chef’s that defy gravity, and way enjoy the sounds of Victorian an amorous busboy who has finally carolers, visit the three performance met his match. With an aim to im- stages with a variety of live music press, the crew literally bends over and holiday booths. Finally settle in backwards to give this critic the for an elegant 6-course meal and a experience of a lifetime. Includes an wonderful holiday theater perfor- unforgettable show with a gourmet mance. This trip sells out quickly so 4 course luncheon by award-win- don’t delay. ning chef Tom Douglas.

December 8, 2017 December 10, 2017 Candlelight Christmas A Sassy, Brassy Holiday at Meeker Mansion, Seattle Men’s Chorus FOR MORE Black Angus and at Benaroya INFORMATION, $119 per person PLEASE CALL Fantasy of Lights 206.935.6848 $89 per person It’s not the holidays in Seattle without the most welcoming 1.800.895.ALKI Begin a Christmas tradition when celebration of the season – this we take you out for a special holi- time, infused with the color and day luncheon. After, we will head FALL warmth of brass! Featuring beloved to see Meeker Mansion by candle- carols, classic seasonal anthems, UPDATE light. View the mansion in all of its and down and dirty New Orleans- evening glory, listen to fabulous PAGE 51 style arrangements of your holiday broadcast via speakers to bonfire favorites. Includes transportation, sites and to other boats participat- Orchestra seats and a fabulous dining in the parade. On the water, ner at Anthony’s. the other decorated boats, like ours, join in the festivities by following December 12, 2017 the Christmas Ship, forming the largest holiday flotilla in the world. Huber’s Turkey House On shore, thousands of people, young and old alike, gather around and holiday lights at roaring bonfires to share the joy of Pittock Mansion the season. Enjoy transportation $119 per person to our boat, a festive 3-hour cruise following the Christmas Ship and A fun holiday trip begins with a trip holiday dinner. south to Portland for a Christmas feast at Huber’s Turkey House. It comes with a good balance of December 14, 2017 white and dark meat, mashed Garden d’Lights and sweet potatoes, real cranberry sauce, vegetables and a sage stuff- dinner at Anthony’s ing that melts in your mouth. Next $89 per person tour the mansion of merriment… Garden d’Lights features over a half Pittock Mansion. A 22-room million lights which transform the French Renaissance-style château Bellevue Botanical Garden into a in Portland’s West Hills, Pittock blossoming winter wonderland. In- Mansion is festooned in holiday spired by plants found in northwest DON’T décor and Christmas trees. It was built in 1909 for the publisher of FORGET... The Oregonian, Henry Pittock. This year’s holiday theme is “A Locally To Book Crafted Christmas.” From professional artisans honing their skills to EARLY for Portland’s do-it-yourselfers, more than 80 volunteers will help deck discounts! the mansion’s many halls.

December 13, 2017 gardens, hundreds of volunteers work year round to fashion strings Christmas Parade of lights into three dimensional of Boats and holiday flowers, shrubs, and vines. Then, with the flip of a switch this unique feast at Anthony’s holiday garden will bloom. Enjoy $149 per person a beautiful dinner overlooking the The Spirit of Seattle is the official water at Anthony’s. Christmas Ship, and is decorated with hundreds of shimmering December 16, 2017 white lights and festive holiday FOR MORE garland. Aboard ship, some of the Holiday party all-you- finest Northwest choirs sing holiday INFORMATION, can-eat crab feed and greetings. These performances are PLEASE CALL prime rib dinner at 206.935.6848 Chuckanut Manor 1.800.895.ALKI $99 per person Take our motorcoach to an un- FALL forgettable dinner at Chuckanut Manor Seafood & Grill, and dine UPDATE like Louis the XIV! Not only is the location spectacular–on Chuckanut PAGE 52 Drive overlooking Samish Bay and June 17, 2018 San Juan Islands–but the food is out-of-this-world as well. Les Miserables at the Paramount Broadway Shows in 2018 $149 per person Cameron Mackintosh presents the January 12, 2018 new production of Alain Boublil The Book of Mormon and Claude-Michel Schönberg’s Tony Award-winning musical at the Paramount phenomenon, Les Misérables, direct $199 per person from an acclaimed two-and-a- half-year return to Broadway. Set The New York Times calls it “the against the backdrop of 19th-cen- best musical of the century.” The tury France, Les Misérables tells an Washington Post says, “It is the kind unforgettable story of heartbreak, of evening that restores your faith passion and the resilience of the in musicals.” And Entertainment human spirit. Featuring the beloved Don’t Miss Weekly says, “Grade A: the funniest songs “I Dreamed A Dream,” “On musical of all time.” Jimmy Fallon of My Own,” “Stars,” “Bring Him This One... The Tonight Show calls it “Genius. Home,” “One Day More” and Brilliant. Phenomenal.” It’s The Book many more, this epic and uplifting Holland of Mormon, the nine-time Tony story has become one of the most Award-winning Best Musical. This celebrated musicals in theatri- Rivers outrageous musical comedy follows cal history. With its glorious new the misadventures of a mismatched staging and dazzlingly-reimagined Cruise pair of missionaries, sent halfway scenery inspired by the paintings across the world to spread the Good of Victor Hugo, this breathtaking with PBS Word. Now with standing room only new production has left both audi- productions in London, on Broad- See page 20 ences and critics awestruck. Includes way, and across North America, The transportation, orchestra seats and Book of Mormon has truly become early dinner. an international sensation. Contains explicit language. Includes transpor- August 8, 2018 tation and dinner. Phantom of the Opera TBA March, 2018 (Call after Sept. 10) at the Paramount Hamilton at the $179 per person Paramount Based on the 1910 horror novel $349 per person by Gaston Leroux, which has been adapted into countless films,The With book, music and lyrics by Phantom of the Opera follows a Lin-Manuel Miranda, direction by deformed composer who haunts the Thomas Kail, choreography by Andy grand Paris Opera House. Sheltered Blankenbuehler and musical supervi- from the outside world in an under- sion and orchestrations by Alex ground cavern, the lonely, romantic Lacamoire, Hamilton is based on Ron man tutors and composes operas for Chernow’s biography of founding Christine, a gorgeous young soprano FOR MORE father Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton star-to-be. As Christine’s star rises, INFORMATION, was an immigrant from the West and a handsome suitor from her Indies who became George Wash- past enters the picture, the Phantom PLEASE CALL ington’s right-hand man during the grows mad, terrorizing the opera 206.935.6848 Revolutionary War and was the new house owners and company with his 1.800.895.ALKI nation’s first Treasury Secretary. Fea- murderous ways. Still, Christine finds turing a score that blends hip-hop, herself drawn to the mystery man. jazz, blues, rap, R&B and Broadway, Audiences agree—The Phantom of FALL Hamilton is the story of America the Opera is Broadway’s longest- UPDATE then, as told by America now. In- running hit. Ever. Includes transpor- cludes transportation and dinner. tation, dinner and orchestra seats. PAGE 53 Airline Tickets Name changes or substitutions are consid- Tour Conditions ered cancellations and penalty fees apply. 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