During your adult tour to Gettysburg, you may want to take a tour of some of the well-known churches in the area. Some of the churches served as hospitals during the conflict, some were built as memorials, and others played a role in the daily life of the citizens who lived during that particular time. There are tours offered for the group to explore. History will come alive as you learn about the churches through programs. You can take a Walking Tour of these fascinating historical landmarks. There are various tours to choose. One of them is known as the West Tour. During the experience, the group will make stops to different churches. You will visit places such as the Prince of Peace Episcopal Church, the St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, St. Paul’s AME Zion Church, and Christ Lutheran Church. At each of the locations, your group will have the opportunity to hear factual presentations that focus on the role that each church played during the Battle of Gettysburg. The tour covers six-tenths of a mile and is 90 minutes in length. Another choice to consider is the East Tour. The group will stop at churches such as the Gettysburg Presbyterian Church, Trinity United Church of Christ, The G.A.R. Building (United Methodist Church), and St. James Lutheran Church. You will hear factual presentations at each of the locations which focus on the role these churches played during the battle and in the history of the community. The tour covers one-half mile. The Prince of Peace Church was constructed as a national symbol of reconciliation. Veterans placed a cornerstone on the 25th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. There are more than 130 memorial stones and plaques in the bell tower. St. Paul’s AME Zion Church is the oldest African-American church.

When your adult group visits Gettysburg, you may want to take a tour of the famous Gettysburg Battlefield. There are a variety of tour options for visitors to explore. The group should allow four hours to take the tour and view the memorabilia. The museum contains one of the world’s largest collections of outdoor sculptures. The group can take a bus tour of the battlefield and view interesting historic sites. One of the options is known as the Double Decker Bus Tour. During the experience, a licensed guide will share stories about the battle. Another bus tour is the Dramatized Audio Bus Tour. During the program, your group will relive the Battle of Gettysburg. The presentation consists of a Hollywood cast of actors, technicians, and special effects in order to recreate the battle. You will hear drums roll, cannons roar, and rifles crack as part of the experience. Visitors will encounter sites such as Little Round Top, the Peach Orchard, the Devil’s Den, picket’s Charge, and the Wheat Field. During your group visit, the group will want to stop by the National Park Service Museum and Visitor Center which contains information and fascinating displays about the Battle of Gettysburg. The exhibits in the museum are interactive and some of them use multimedia. There is also a film for visitors to view which is called “A New Birth of Freedom.” Morgan Freeman is the narrator of the film. The group can shop at the Museum Bookstore or enjoy some refreshments at the Refreshment Saloon. The bookstore contains books and other items that pertain to the Battle of Gettysburg.

While your adult group is visiting Gettysburg you may want to stop by the American Civil War Museum which is also known as the Gettysburg Heritage Center. The American Civil War Museum offers a fascinating tour for your adult group to experience. During the tour, you will have the opportunity to view historical documents, artifacts, and interactive displays and a film about the Battle of Gettysburg. The group will discover what life was like for civilians living in the town before, during, and after the battle. The film is called “Three Days that Changed a Town.” The presentation takes an in-depth look at the battle including Abraham Lincoln’s famous Gettysburg Address. There are several interesting interactive programs offered where the group will learn about various aspects of the Civil War. The group can participate in programs such as Learning to be a Civil War Soldier, Who Wore What and Why, and Children of the Civil War. The museum also offers living history presentations from April to November where the group can have conversations with historians. You can learn about clothing worn by the soldiers, how to load a percussion musket, and what the soldiers did to pass the time between battle campaigns. These programs are held on most weekends. The museum also has a gift shop that contains interesting souvenirs. You will find books, games, art prints, and collectables. They also sell merchandise related to the Civil War for the group to explore.

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The Hall of Presidents Wax Museum is located in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The location features the area’s only complete Wax Collection of American presidents and their First Ladies. Visitors may want to browse the gift shop as well. The group will get to view exquisite background murals that show the development of America. These works were done by Charles Morganthaler. Your group will get the opportunity to see our Commanders in Chief themselves relaying their own stories in words along with stirring music. These individuals who symbolize our nation, in whose hands our forbearers entrusted their welfare, in their own words speaking from their own lips tell about the following: “The Story of Your Land,” This is your heritage,” The Story of the Presidents, and The Story of America. The Museum also contains a wax collection of the First Ladies. The hall presents authentic 1/3 size wax replicas of the First Ladies wearing their inaugural gowns. The dresses are from a famous Smithsonian Collection and are portrayed on the petite sized First Ladies, who have been created to depict the same hair style and divine look that they displayed during the presidential inauguration. Your group will be fascinated by this one-of-a-kind Wax Museum.

While your adult group is in Gettysburg, you should make a stop at the Lincoln Train Museum. You will find historical artifacts, a toy train collection, and several locomotives. There is also a Video Hallway of America where you can see the history of our nation come alive. One of the locomotives is the outdoor caboose which at one time traveled the Maryland-Pennsylvania Railroad. The group can climb aboard and go back in time and take a journey with President Abraham Lincoln as he travels to Gettysburg in order to dedicate the National Cemetery. The location is within walking distance of the museum. Another interesting locomotive is the simulated Funeral Train Car the United States. The group can ride with Lincoln’s spirit and take a journey through the nation’s fascinating history. During the visit, your group will have the opportunity to take a journey with Mr. Jim Getty who portrays President Lincoln. You will walk down the video hallway of America. The group can also explore layouts, historical artifacts, and displays of Abram Lincoln, the founding fathers, as well as other great Americans. Visitors can recall the battles and wars that have our nation endured over time and pay tribute to the soldiers, law enforcement, heroes, and veterans of our country. The museum also has memorabilia of our sports figures and Hollywood stars for the group to explore. The museum is a popular attraction for visitors of all ages to enjoy. You will learn about history and see interesting collections and artifacts all in one entertaining museum!

At first glance, sightseeing itinerants on Sunshine State getaway won’t believe Ripley’s Believe it or Not’s oddly off-kilter Orlando Odditorium isn’t slipping into a Florida sinkhole! Once you’re convinced it’s a clever illusion, move inside-if you dare-and embark on a self-guided, self-paced tour of 16 intriguing galleries filled with unexpected, original objets d’art, unique menageries, authentic artifacts, and rare-to-repulsive treasures from around the globe, with all displays inspired by legendary artist, entrepreneur and founder Robert Ripley’s unbelievable personal collections of natural and man-made oddities obtained on his fantastic lifetime of expedition to over 200 countries! The 10,000 square foot museum, open 365 days a year, is chock full of unconventional exhibits, many interactive, of the strange and outrageous; sights, sounds and illusions sure to engage the inquiring mind beyond comfortable limits, satisfy any craving for the weird and unusual and taunt, terrify and maybe even trip a gag reflex or two! From the mild: a balloon powered chair that flew up and away over the Rocky Mountains, a Rolls Royce built entirely of matchsticks and a portrait of Beyonce crafted from candy, to the wild: a seven legged sheep, a genuinely gruesome shrunken human head, a Medieval Torture Chamber filled with terrifying implements, eerily lifelike wax figures and scores of creepy curiosities that must remain undisclosed – the element of surprise is part of the fun – a tour of Orlando’s most bizarre attraction may not be what you expected, might inspire freakish nightmares, but will definitely give you and your travel companions something to talk about for the remainder of your trip, Believe It or Not!

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You and your group on Orlando escape have been soaking up the sun, playing in the sand and exploring the local scene, big time, ever since landing; you’re down to just a day or two of vacation left and it’s your turn to choose the evening’s fare. You’re determined to wow your travel companions with entertainment unlike any they’ve experienced so far; why not choose the royal treatment at none other than King Alphonso’s table? Guests partake of a fine, four-course ringside feast at Kissimmee Castle, Orlando, where serving serfs and wenches attend your every need while you dine on a splendid traditional repast. The kicker? No silverware allowed! The popular Kissimmee, FL dinner theatre and tournament attraction is the flagship location, open since 1983; the arena seats 1100 guests and offers exciting traditional Medieval performances every evening, featuring thrilling competition between 6 dashing and daring Knights of the Realm. The show begins with a greeting from the beloved King and his lovely daughter, Princess Esperanza; obedient guests support their Knight’s colors as he participates in an array of thrilling events of the day – such as falconry, jousting, ring piercing and foot combat – by donning a color-coded crown; enthusiastic cheering and boisterous booing is heartily encouraged-demanded, even! Be sure to tour the Village outside Kissimmee Castle to complete your Medieval Experience, where you will discover an intriguing collection of period crafts, tools and… authentic torture devices! Feeling social after the show? Keep the torch of Dark Age ambiance alive and burning with a stop in at the Knight’s Club, for a truly Royal meet-and-mingle!

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“Titanic, The Experience!” Is there anything about a guided tour of this legendary, ill-fated cruise ship that WOULDN’T appeal to a group of  romantic historians on Orlando holiday? Upon arrival at this fabulously recreated exhibition-don’t forget your jacket-you are whisked back in time  and slapped by a chilly blast of Arctic air as you step aboard; you are now a passenger on Titanic and your time travel begins! Venture out on your own, or accompany remarkably trained actors resplendent in fine period dress along an hour’s tour of an astonishing array of hundreds of authentic ship artifacts and displays, all housed in Premier Exhibitions’ 17 gallery, 20,000 square foot interactive Titanic museum. Fabulous full-scale recreations abound: stroll the elegant Promenade Deck as you scan the horizon and steal a peek inside a luxurious First Class Cabin. Imagine whooshing down the Grand Staircase dressed in the style and splendor of the day or ponder taking your afternoon tea with “The Unsinkable Molly Brown” in the charming Veranda Café. In the Underwater Room, you will marvel at an 8’ scale replica of lost-at-sea Titanic, as she now lies, the tragically famous ghost ship evermore, deep beneath the chilly waters of the unforgiving Atlantic.  Perhaps your seagoing group wishes to dine with the Captain, mingling and conversing with famous guests, reveling in all the period merriment and splendor of the Ship? Reserve your place Fridays at the “First Class Dinner Event,” and experience to the last, perfect detail the night she embarked on her maiden voyage! Saturdays, the “Titanic Dinner Event” celebrates the stalwart Captain’s retirement that fateful eve in April with an amazing cast of notable passengers – dance and dine the night away in grandest fashion right up to the moment the great ship meets the iceberg!

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Your tour group is a trendy blend of movie buffs, celebrity spotters and hotspot seekers; big-time, big-shot fun is your expedition’s focus. Universal, Orlando, the world’s premier movie theme park housing a real, working production facility takes you beyond the big screen and behind the scenes, and plops you smack-dab the midst of all the action you’d ever care to order up! With dozens of mind-blowing,  ultra-fantastic movie, cartoon and television themed, state-of-the-art 4-D attractions and rides to experience, over 50 great restaurants (character dining options abound!)  and a fabulous selection of casual to classy, glitzy to ritzy  shops and  countless themed attractions  Universal Orlando offers a great escape and big screen entertainment  genres to appeal to everyone of every age in your group. Men In Black Alien Attack pulls you right into an action-packed REAL alien shoot–out! “Twister, Ride it Out” –the name speaks for itself! Will you survive ferocious F-5 winds as you’re battered with flying debris, like…trucks and road signs? Slip behind the screen and see just what goes into-and comes out of-those hideously terrifying monstrosities you know and love to fear-Universal Orlando’s “Horror Make-up Show” provides an interactive experience you won’t soon forget! Does fear leave you famished? Grab a great burger at Hard Rock Café Or Mel’s Diner, or go full service with casually elegant Lombard’s Seafood Grill, the park’s flagship waterfront restaurant, where you may watch the uncatch of the day swimming with grateful abandon in an elegant restaurant aquarium while you enjoy the freshest seafood menu around!

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Venerable space historians and die-hard sci-fi fans alike will want to make sure their travel group’s agenda includes a visit to iconic Kennedy Space Center in sunny Orlando, Florida: Home and hub of incredible projects, thrilling experiment and discovery, every manned space mission and the main stage for American space adventure on the FL Coast since 1962; come see history in the making! Stroll through the fascinating  Rocket Garden: learn about the historic space program and view or even step aboard a few of the retired vehicles that hurtled through darkness in the early days of space exploration. A Maximum Access Pass buys your group an unforgettable foray into NASA’s operational facilities, launch headquarters, visitor complex exhibits and admission to shows, magnificent IMAX movies and the stirring  U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame. For the ultimate Kennedy Space Center experience, upgrade to a “Space Pass” featuring an exclusive Discover KSC Today and Tomorrow  tour and lunch with an astronaut, who will answer all aspiring space travelers’ questions as well as provide fascinating insight into “a day in the life.” Don’t forget to drop by Space Store for an out of this world souvenir or two; Kennedy Space Center is an awe-inspiring attraction you and your group won’t want to miss!

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