3 Days/2 Nights
DAY ONE – ST AUGUSTINE
• Today travel to St. Augustine with lunch stop, on your own. Upon arrival we will have a guided tour of the Pirate & Treasure Museum. Set sail for Adventure! The St. Augustine Pirate & Treasure Museum offers an exciting and educational museum experience that transports back in time over 300 years to Port Royal, Jamaica, at the height of the Golden Age of Piracy.
• Check into the Hampton Inn St. Augustine Hotel - Hilton for a one-night stay. A little time to relax and freshen up before dinner.
• Dinner tonight will be at Hurricane Patty’s (Included)
• After dinner explore the darker side of the Nation’s Oldest City and let our Ghost Host be your guide on the Ghosts & Gravestones Fright seeing Trolley Tour. On this Trolley adventure we will discover the secrets of the Tolomato Cemetery, where you might catch a glimpse of Elizabeth, a child victim of yellow fever, waving to passersby. Get ready for an up close and personal encounter with the town’s most haunted building, the Old Jail. Listed on the Florida and National Register of Haunted Places, it is the site of countless documented paranormal experiences. Your final destination includes an exclusive nighttime experience inside of Potter’s Wax Museum. Don’t miss this frightfully fun riding tour!
DAY TWO – JACKSONVILLE
• After breakfast at the hotel, depart for Jacksonville, FL. Upon arriving we will stop at Sally Dark Rides. Take a tour of the robot factory which specializes in animatronics. SALLY Corp first began production of their mechanical figures in 1977 producing characters for dinner amusements like Chuck E Cheese. Sally Dark Ride boasts a talented team of storytellers, visionaries, artists, and technicians.
• We will also have a tour of Sweet Pete’s Candy - The Sweetest Destination on Earth! A 23,000 square foot Victorian mansion is filled with 3 floors of candy, craft sodas, a cafe, Bar and Ice Cream Parlor. Sweet Pete’s is a whimsical, colorful place, take a trip down memory lane in the retro candy shop, sample taffy, and explore new flavors. Each will receive a custom order chocolate bar.
• LUNCH (OYO) We're more than just candy! Fizzies & Fare, our in-house restaurant and bar, is home to 100s of unique craft sodas, over the top Crazy Shakes, classic American eats, candy inspired cocktails, and more! Serving classic burgers, wraps, salads and more. A sweet dining experience
• After lunch we will visit Catty Shack Ranch Wildlife Sanctuary Our mission is to provide a safe, loving, forever home for endangered big cats, and to educate the public about their plight in the wild and captivity. Our current residents include tigers, lions, cougars, leopards, bobcats, servals, caracals, bears, foxes, and coatimundis (the last three are “honorary cats".
• Check into the Holiday Inn Express & Suites, Jacksonville Town Center for a one-night stay.
• Dinner & show this evening. The Alhambra Theatre & Dining in Jacksonville, FL. is the oldest continuously running professional dinner theater in the United States, and the only professional resident theatre in Northeast Florida. “BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING STORY” - This jukebox musical tells the story of the legendary Carole King, her early years and rise to fame. Features songs like "So Far Away", "Will You Love Me Tomorrow", "I Feel The Earth Move" and "The Locomotion".
DAY THREE – AMELIA ISLAND
• Following breakfast this morning, depart for Amelia Island, a unique paradise among the chain of barrier islands that stretches along the east coast from South Carolina to Florida, including St. Simons Island, Hilton Head Island, Jekyll Island and Tybee Island to name just a few. Amelia is 13 miles long and 4 miles wide at its widest point, located just south of Cumberland Island, Georgia. Amelia Island is rich in history, such as the landmark Historic District, Fort Clinch State Park, Old Town, and Fernandina Beach with its Victorian-era architecture. On arrival, we will embark on an exceptional 2 1/2-hour journey along the local waterways of Amelia and Cumberland Islands. We travel further north into Georgia, and it offers the most opportunity to see the wildlife, and time to hear about the area’s fascinating history. You will even be introduced to a little bit of Kings Bay Naval Station history and their Ohio class of nuclear submarines. Admire the fascinating Fernandina shrimp boats, historic Old Town, and iconic landmarks. Once a playground for the super-rich and famous, Cumberland Island is home to hundreds of feral horses, and you will learn the legendary tales of the Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Kennedy families’ history.
• After our cruise we will have time for Lunch (OYO) and shopping in Historic Fernandina Beach. Fernandina Beach is chockful of historic gems—a nice alternative to beach towns with flashy attractions and popped-up-yesterday T-shirt shops. Downtown is home to a 52-block historic district that's dotted with Victorian-era mansions. When it comes to eating, drinking, and being merry, Fernandina Beach has plenty of options. For those who like a little history stirred into their cocktails, there's The Palace Saloon, a bona fide institution that proudly lays claim to the title of Florida's oldest bar.
We will start our journey back home! With appropriate stops on the way.
Double - $550.00pp Single $700.00pp
$250 per person deposit due with reservation DBL (Non-Refundable)
$300 per person deposit due with reservation SGL (Non-Refundable)
Sign up deadline – March 25, 2025
MUST HAVE 35 PEOPLE FOR TRIP TO GO
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