Day 1 – Home to Ft. Atkinson, WI
We depart for lovely Ft. Atkinson, eagar to get our Winter Shows Spectacular underway! After checking into our hotel, we are guests at the Fireside Theatre for a wonderful buffet dinner and “Back in the Building: The Ultimate Elvis Tribute Musical!” With jumpsuits & black leather, they’ll present their newest retrospective of Elvis’ life in music, told through the eyes of the world’s best tribute artists and a live, four-piece band!
Included Meals: Dinner
Hotel: Holiday Inn Express
Day 2 – Ft. Atkinson to Shipshewana, IN
This morning after breakfast at the hotel, we will make a special stop at Yerkes Observatory as we travel through Lake Geneva. The incredible Yerkes Observatory is home to the world’s largest refracting telescope. The barrel of the telescope is 64 feet long & weighs six tons! There is much to see & experience here – it’s phenomenal! Back on the coach, as we continue towards Indiana, there will be a delicious Valentine treat for everyone to enjoy. Our rooms are waiting at the cozy & beautiful Blue Gate Garden Inn, where we’ll settle in for the next 2 nights. Shipshewana is well known for serving excellent home-cooked food, so we’ll gladly sit down for a family-style dinner! Tonight, one of the nation’s premier ventriloquists, David Pendleton, will make us believe that anything can talk with the help from his wide range of comedic characters!
Included Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Hotel: Blue Gate Garden Inn (2 Nights)
Day 3 – Shipshewana
After breakfast we’re treated to an all-day Amish tour. First we will visit Teaberry Wood Products, a favorite stop here in Amish Country. Enjoy one-on-one time with this artisan, Amish-Mennonite team as we’ll each create a Monroe Dutcher napkin basket of exotic and local hardwoods. We’ll also tour their workshop and have shopping time in their cute store. Next we head to the Old Order Amish home of the Millers where Leo will demonstrate how he weaves and creates his beautiful and functional rugs. Meanwhile Lorene, his wife, will serve us her famous whoopie pies and hot cocoa! Silver Star Leather is next where we’ll meet the Yoders, an Old Order Amish couple that work with expertly tanned cowhides to rare skins like shark, python, eel, and alligator to create expertly crafted leather goods. We’ll watch as custom belts are hand cut and depart with our own monogramed key ring. It’s lunch time and we are guests at an Amish family home for their fun and tasty Amish Haystack meal as well as an interesting cooking demonstration! Then we head to Noble Carriage and learn how Amish buggies are incorporating technology that we can’t see under the traditional black paint. Our guide has one last Amish stop for us and we’ll smell the goodness as we walk through the door of Carolyn’s Kitchen. We’ll enjoy a private tasting to savor the all-natural goodness of their yummy fruit spreads. This evening a great buffet dinner will be ours to enjoy before we’re entertained by Billy Dean, an American Troubadour who has mastered the art of singing, songwriting, and storytelling. We’ll be captivated by his unique ability to morph into the characters in his songs, bringing the storylines to life with musical drama!
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 4 – Shipshewana to Davenport, IA
We depart quaint Shipshewana and make a stop in Joliet, IL at the historic Rialto Square Theatre, which first opened in 1926. With magnificent European architecture, we’ll enjoy a tour of this “vaudeville movie palace” as well as a special organ concert! Lunch will be on your own at the Southland Oasis. We’ll check into the majestic Hotel Blackhawk, located in the heart of downtown Davenport. This AAA Four-Diamond Marriott Autograph Collection Hotel, originally opened in 1915, has hosted Presidents, entertainers, and legendary athletes! Tonight we’re guests at the Circa 21 Dinner Playhouse to enjoy the fun of a murder mystery dinner called Hounds of Baskervilles!
Included Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Hotel: Hotel Blackhawk
Day 5 – Davenport to Home
Breakfast is served before we make our way home. Reminisce with your new travel friends about our Winter Shows Spectacular!
Included Meals: Breakfast
Motorcoach Per Person Pricing Information
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Price Includes
9 Meals, Hotels & Activities as stated in brochure, Luxury Motorcoach.
02/13/2025 02/17/2025
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Tour Highlights
* “Back in the Building: The Ultimate Elvis Tribute Musical” at the Fireside Dinner Theatre
* Yerkes Observatory
* 2 Nights Blue Gate Garden Inn in Shipshewana
* All Day Shipshewana Amish Tour including a Napkin Basket Make-n-Take, Rug Weaving Demo with Whoopie Pies & Hot Cocoa, Belt Making Demo with Monogramed Key Ring Gift, Lunch in Amish Home with Cooking Demo, Buggy Maker Shop, & Private Tasting with Amish Jam Makers!
* Ventriloquist David Pendleton Show
* Billy Dean Show
* Rialto Square Theatre Tour & Organ Concert
* 1 Night Hotel Blackhawk in Davenport
* “Hounds of Baskervilles” Murder Mystery at Circa 21 Dinner Playhouse
