January — April 2021
Bus Book
“TWENTY YEARS FROM NOW YOU WILL BE MORE DISAPPOINTED BY THE THINGS YOU DIDN’T DO
THAN BY THE ONES YOU DID DO”
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.
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Kings Point Bus Trips
Vesta partners with Glory Tours, a third party vendor, for all of our coach trips! Glory Tours has been working with Vesta in offering day/overnight trips for over 6 years as a part of the Kings Point coach trip operaꢀon. In the process of them absorbing all the coach trips, and aſter analyzing extensive historical data and numerous variables while planning the upcoming bus book, Glory Tours is implemenꢀng the following new processes:
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For all restaurant ONLY tours, Glory Tours will no longer have a tour guide specialist onboard. The goal is to keep these trips affordable by eliminaꢀng the expense of a tour guide for these simple ouꢀngs. Glory Tours will also uꢀlize a smaller shuꢁle bus for trips when it is feasible, and when we have enough residents signed up to also help avoid cancellaꢀon of a trip. Rays Games-Glory Tours is moving designated seats to a less expensive secꢀon, but sꢀll allowing for
some upgrades at an addiꢀonal cost, if you choose to sit closer. This will also bring the cost down for
the more expensive games that are not on Thursdays (Ray vs. Yankees, Red Sox, Tigers, etc.)
Pre-register outside of the Box Office in the main lobby
All ꢀcketed tours are non-refundable. Tours go rain or shine, unless the event is cancelled by
the venue/vendors due to weather condiꢀons, etc. Bus transportaꢀon is included for the bus tours. Please read the descripꢀon for more details on admission and food charges. Please be sure to plan meals accordingly. All tours and pricing are subject to change. Fla. Glory Tours Seller of Travel Ref. No. ST42594. Glory Tours are run independently from Kings Point trips. Tour Guide Gratuity is not included in cost.
If you missed deadline, please check availability. The deadline is to ensure the
35 minimum has been met, by that date, NOT the purchase deadline .
ALL TICKETS MUST BE PURCHASED WITHIN 3 DAYS ONCE YOU ARE NOTIFIED THE TICKETS ARE ON SALE OR YOU RISK LOOSING YOUR RESERVATIONS ON
THE TOUR AND BEING PUT ON A WAIT LIST.
Do you like free and discounted tours? Are you a group leader that has a group that would like to sign up for tours? Call Glory Tours directly for group leader discounts and get details on how you can earn free tours.
Need a motor coach bus for your group or club event, call Glory Tours for a quote. They have provided bus transportation for several groups at Kings Point.
Glory Tou rs
(813) 850-5444 website: www.glorytours.net email: [email protected]
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Bus Trip Informaꢀon
Box Office
Box Office—Tickets are available for purchase Monday—Friday 8:00am—4pm
Trips rely on pre-registraꢀon before payment. Once the registraꢀon list hits the minimum* requirement the registrants are phoned to purchase ꢀckets at the Box Office. **If there are less than 35 passengers signed up, the trip will be CANCELLED.* Early registraꢀon ensures successful trips. Registrants for cancelled trips will be noꢀꢂed via email by Glory Tours, if given an email address at the ꢀme of sign up.
*Please print legibly*
IF YOU SIGNED UP AND ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO ATTEND A TOUR, IT IS
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT YOU PLEASE REMOVE YOUR NAME OFF THE SIGN UP SHEET, SO THAT IT DOES NOT IMPACT OTHER RESIDENTS SIGNED UP. If the numbers fall below the 35 minimum requirement due to not removing your name, the tour will need to be cancelled and will impact the other residents. Glory Tours currently does not require any deposit, as a courtesy on their day tours to secure your reservaꢀon when signing up. Please help us to help you.
The sign up sheets ensure Glory Tours has an accurate headcount for each tour. Glory Tours understands unexpected circumstances arise, we just please ask you to remove your name off the sign up sheet as soon as possible in those circumstances. This will help avoid implemenꢀng a non-refundable deposit when you sign up to secure your seat and also help get an accurate headcount.
Any request for handicapped seats or hotel rooms MUST but be requested at
ꢀme of sign up and/or when you purchase your ꢀckets at the box office and by calling Glory Tours directly.
While we try to keep a lot of walking to a minimum, some tours do require a liꢁle
more walking then other tours. If you are concerned about the amount of walking during each tours, please call Glory Tours directly and a representaꢀve will be happy to assist you with any quesꢀons or concerns you may have. If you have any further quesꢀons speciꢂc dietary restricꢀons or requirements, please always call Glory Tours directly for speciꢂc details, quesꢀons and any further assistance and a representaꢀve will be happy to assist you.
Bus book printed on 1/15/2021.
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COVID-19 SAFETY PROCEDURES
Glory Tours has implemented addiꢀonal safety measures due to COVID-19 on all future bus tours. Now that Governor Ron DeSanꢀs has authorized the State of Florida to open to Phase
3, and there is a COVID-19 Vaccine, below are outlined the addiꢀonal procedures implemented on future bus tours, unꢀl further noꢀce.
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Face mask are mandatory for all clients aꢁending bus tours. All tour guides are required to wear face mask. Addiꢀonal cleaning measures are in place to clean the bus before, during and aſter each bus tour. This will include cleaning handrails and other high-touch surface areas aſter clients disembark and before re-loading the bus. Boarding and unloading the bus will be in groups of two or a maximum of 10 at one ꢀme, depending on how many are in each party and the number of ꢀckets purchased under one name.
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There will be now be several rows of empty seats on the bus to allow addiꢀonal spacing during each bus tour. All day bus tours will now have a maximum of 40 people instead of the previous 54 to allow addiꢀonal spacing on the bus.
All mulꢀ-day overnight tours will now have a maximum of 30 people instead of the
previous 50 maximum to allow even more addiꢀonal spacing for extended day
overnight tours.
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There will be hand saniꢀzer available on all bus tours. Glory Tours is also working with all of their vendors to ensure they have implemented addiꢀonal safety measures at each tour desꢀnaꢀon and/or venue.
An inherent risk of exposure to COVID-19 exists in any public place where people are present. COVID is a highly contagious disease that may result in personal injury, severe illness and death. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevenꢀon, senior ciꢀzens, and persons with underlying medical condiꢀons are especially vulnerable. Please visit the CDC’s website for its current guidance on people at increased risk for severe illness
and other people who should take extra precauꢀons. By aꢁending a Glory Tours bus tour,
you voluntarily assume all risks related to exposure to COVID-19. Please help keep each
other safe by adhering to the new guidelines and social distancing where possible during all future bus tours. If you have any quesꢀons regarding bus tours, please call
Glory Tours directly at (813) 850-5444.
DAY TOURS
All day tours will be published in the very near future and we anꢀcipate day tours to be starꢀng in January/February 2021. Please note all tours are subject to change due to the current pandemic and if any new official requirements change in the future.
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May 24 — 29, 2021
New Orleans and Biloxi, Mississippi
$615 Double Occupancy / $820 Single Occupancy
Try your luck on this Biloxi Casino and New Orleans tour! Enjoy 6 days/5 nights lodging with 3 consecuꢀve nights at a beauꢀful casino hotel, this tour also includes 8 meals, Spectacular Gulf Coast Gaming in Biloxi, a Guided Tour of Bay St. Louis, home to numerous landmarks on the Naꢀonal Register of Historic Places, see the historic Bay St. Louis Depot and St. Rose De Lima Church. You will have some free ꢀme in the historic Old Town Main Street, where you will ꢂnd art, anꢀques, etc., You will also visit a second Gulf Coast Casino, admission to Mardi Gras World, where you will learn the history of Mardi
Gras, see arꢀsts at work and enjoy a slice off the famous King Cake. You will have free ꢀme at the Riverwalk, with over 75 retailers and restaurants on the majesꢀc Mississippi River. Enjoy a relaxing Riverboat Cruise on the Mississippi River. You will have the opportunity to enjoy the French Quarters of New Orleans with some free ꢀme, with a variety of restaurants, shops, pubs/bars and other entertainment. We will also visit the Naꢀonal Museum of Aviaꢀon in Pensacola. Travel Insurance available for purchase which includes a $5 processing fee by Glory Tours. The travel insurance is an
addiꢀonal $64 per person double occupancy and $74 for single occupancy. Sign up deadline is March
25, 2021. Please note it may be sold out before the deadline date, as there is a MAXIMUM OF 30 at this ꢀme. Please sign up early, as this tour
sold out last ꢀme.
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June 14 - 18, 2021
Savannah/Jekyll Island Georgia & Beaufort, South Carolina
$674 pp Double Occupancy / $843 Single Occupancy
Please sign up early, as this tour sold out extremely fast last ꢀme . Enjoy this fun-ꢂlled bus tour to
Savannah, Jekyll Island, Saint Simon’s Island and Beaufort, South Carolina. The tour includes 5 days/4 nights lodging, with 8 meals. Enjoy a guided trolley tour of Savannah, The Belle of Georgia. You will see extraordinary architectural marvels, beauꢀful oak lined streets and lovely town square. Experience the historic town with hop-on/hop-off privileges on the trolley. Enjoy free ꢀme on Historic River
Street, featuring 18th century ballast stone streets and 19th century coꢁon warehouses, that are now home to ꢂne eateries, unusual shops and anꢀque galleries. Enjoy a guided tour of St. Simons Island, where you can take a stroll among moss draped oaks, shop at the interesꢀng bouꢀques, specialty
shops and a delicious lunch on your own in the historic town. You will take a guided tram tour of Jekyll
Island, where you will see how the naꢀon’s wealthiest ciꢀzens such as J.P. Morgan and William Rockefeller lived and played, including a stop at the once exclusive Millionaire ’ s Club. Experience magniꢂcent Beaufort, South Carolina, ”Queen of the Carolina Sea Islands”. Beaufort’s history dates as far back as the 1500’s. Its striking mansions and scenery served as the backdrop for several major moꢀon pictures including the “Big Chill” and “Forest Gump”. You will also tour the Parris Island Marine Base, where 22,000 men & women complete their training each year. Highlights of your tour include Iwo Jima monument, Parade Field & the Parris Island Museum. Enjoy evening entertainment aſter dinner also one of the nights. Travel insurance $64 double occupancy/$74 for single occupancy.
There is now a 30 PERSON MAXIMUM on this tour. Please sign up early,
to avoid being put on a wait list. Sign up deadline is April 9, 2021
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July 8 - 20, 2021
Mount Rushmore, The Badlands & The Black Hills of South Dakota
$1478 per person Double Occupancy / $1957 Single Occupancy
Enjoy this spectacular 13 days/12 night bus tour, with 22 meals, where you will see Mount Rushmore Naꢀonal Memorial-America’s “Shrine of Democracy” and a symbol of the naꢀon’s rich history, rugged determinaꢀon and a love of freedom. Enjoy the breathtaking Badlands Naꢀonal Park-The rugged
beauty of the Badlands that draws visitors from around the world. Its dramaꢀc landscapes span layered rock formaꢀons, steep canyons and towering spires. Bison, bighorn sheep and prairie dogs
inhabit its sprawling grasslands. Enjoy your guided tour of Deadwood, South Dakota, the former home of Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane-now the locaꢀon of gaming establishments in beauꢀfully restored historic hotels and saloons. Enjoy a tour of Wildlife Loop Road at Custer State Park, where you will travel through rolling prairies, and pine covered hills, offering one of the best spots in the region to view naꢀve animals in the wild. Enjoy the Unique Journey Museum, which tells the complete history of the mysꢀcal Black Hills. Prepare for an inspiraꢀon sight at the magniꢂcent and spectacular Crazy Horse Memorial, desꢀned to be the world’s largest memorial upon compleꢀon. Learn about the sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski, his vision and the loving family who conꢀnues his life’s work. Be in awe at
The World's Only Corn Palace and Mitchell's premier tourist aꢁracꢀon. Tourists come from around the naꢀon to see the uniquely designed corn murals. See the Naꢀonal World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial in Kansas City. Enjoy the St. Louis Art Museum & Lookout Mountain Incline Railway in
Chaꢁanooga, Tennessee and much more. Travel Insurance $99 pp
addiꢀonal/$134 single & includes a $5 processing fee.
Sign up deadline May 3, 2021
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October 10 — 15, 2021
Biltmore Estates — Ashville, NC— $674 pp Double Occupancy/$863 Single
Enjoy 6 days/5 nights lodging with 3 consecutive nights in the Asheville area, along with
8 meals, Visit America's largest privately owned home, built by George Vanderbilt, the
spectacular Biltmore Estates. Explore the 8000-acre beautiful and grand estate in the
Blue Ridge Mountains, along with the breath-taking gardens. Visit the new, Antler
Village & Winery, that connects the estates present and past with dining, shopping and historical exhibits. This is a must see destination in America! Enjoy a guided tour of
Asheville, which features more Art Deco architecture than any other southern city,
outside of Miami Beach. You will see the magnificent Saint Lawrence Basilica. Enjoy a drive on the scenic Blue Ridge Parkway-America’s most visited National Park unit and known as “America’s Favorite Drive”, visit the Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor’s Center-to see the Blue Ridge Parkway-America’s Favorite Journey, a 20 minute film shown in High Definition & using breathtaking aerial photography. Enjoy free time for lunch and
shopping in downtown Asheville. You will also visit the Folk Art Center, a museum of
Appalachian arts and crafts located on the Blue Ridge Parkway. We will also visit the
Jimmy Carter Presidential Library & Museum and much more. Travel Insurance $64 per
person double occupancy/$74 single which includes a $5 processing fee. Sign up
deadline is August 1, 2021.
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November 15 — 20, 2021
Myrtle Beach HOLIDAY Show Trip— $744 pp Double Occupancy/$923 Single
Enjoy 6 days/5 nights lodging with 3 consecutive nights in the Myrtle Beach area. Enjoy
the South Grandest Christmas Show . Be in awe at the LEGENDS IN CONCERT, in their
new state of the art theatre. This production features tributes of today and yesterday ’s greatest musical legends, all backed by a live band and electrifying dancers. Enjoy The Man of a Thousand Voices-starring James Stephenson III. Mr. Stephenson has been seen on many major tv and cable networks. His incredible ability to transform himself into rock stars, comedians, American Presidents, piano player, trumpet player, dancers, and more has given Mr. Stephenson international fame and notoriety. Enjoy time to explore Barefoot Landings-located along the water, a unique and popular dining, shopping and
entertainment destination. Immerse yourself in an atmosphere of a quaint southern
shopping/dining village. Be dazzled by the Carolina Opry Christmas Special Show-where the theatre is transformed into a Winter Wonderland and the magic of the season comes alive. Enjoy this sentimental music celebration of America’s best loved holiday. You will visit the amazing L.W. Paul Living History Farm-where you observe activities that were commonplace on traditional farms from 1900-1955. We will stop also at Broadway at the Beach, an exciting dining, shopping & entertainment complex amidst a beautiful lakefront view for free time on your own. Travel Insurance $74 per person which
includes a $5 processing fee. Sign up deadline September 7, 2021
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December 6 - 11, 2021
Smokey Mountain Holiday Show Tour
Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg
$680 Double Occupancy / $849 Single Occupancy
Enjoy 6 days/5 Nights Lodging with 3 consecutive nights in the Smokies, 8 meals and 6 shows. Take in the high energy Soul of Motown show, while reliving the great music of Motown Legends like the Drifters, The Jackson Five, Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight,
Diana Ross The Platters, Sam Cooke, Smokey Robinson, and much more. Enjoy the
dazzling Tis The Season Show to get you in the holiday spirit. Enjoy free time in
historic downtown Gatlinburg, where you will find an abundance of restaurants, shops, bars and much more. See the Patty Waszak Show-as this talented entertainer wows you by playing an array of multiple instruments, and fun-filled tunes. After dinner you will enjoy the Country Tonite Show, a fast-paced production with a variety of dynamic singing and dancing, side-splitting comedy, powerful gospel and American
patriotism. You will also visit the amazing Titanic-The World’s Largest Museum
Attraction, where you will experience the hallways, parlors, cabins and the Grand
Staircase of this replica of the world’s most famous luxury liner, view actual artifacts
and more. You will also hear passenger’s stories and pay tribute to their memory. See the Morning Variety Show, where you will enjoy an outstanding blend of classic country music, oldies rock-n-roll music, clean family comedy, and impersonations of famous stars you have to see to believe! The fun doesn’t stop there, you will also see America’s Hit Parade Show, spanning the fifties to the eighties and beyond, this highenergy show features singing, dancing, colorful costumes and a special one-of-a-kind
Military Tribute to the men and women of the Armed Forces. Travel Insurance available for $64 double occupancy/$74 single. Sign up deadline September 25, 2021.
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TRAM SERVICE (813) 387-3470 Monday—Friday 8am –4pm
Internal Tram Service
The Kings Point Transportaꢀon Service shuꢁles residents, lessees and their guests to ALL locaꢀons. Tram departs from the Kings Point Clubhouse Porꢀco HOURLY beginning at 8:30 am. For pick-up, call at the top of the hour (8 am, 9 am, 10 am, etc.) and provide your name, phone number, address and desꢀnaꢀon. Please speak clearly when leaving a message. Calls will not be honored aſter 15 minutes past the hour for pick-up of
passengers from home. When you need a ride home from the clubhouse, you must noꢀfy the Transporta- ꢀon Office no later than 15 minutes past the hour and must be present in the foyer by 25 past the hour.
The tram will begin the pick-up of passengers on the half hour (8:30 am, 9:30 am, 10:30 am, etc.)
External Tram Service
Tram service is available HOURLY, Monday-Friday, 9:00 am—3:00 pm.
Four stops are as follows on external runs every hour from 9am-3pm:
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Winn Dixie Sun City Center Plaza Bealls Fiore’s
Special stops on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday are as follows:
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Aldi’s Tuesday 9:30am Walmart Tuesday 10:30am
Southshore Plaza Wednesday 9:00am departure - 11:15am return
Publix Thursday 9:30am Walmart Thursday 10:30am
GLORY TOURS’ UPCOMING DAY TOURS
Please be on the look out for additional information on the below upcoming day tours, that will be published with further details in January 2021
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Mystery Tour
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