What was your best summer vacation with elementary aged kids?
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Anonymous
| Looking for something within driving distance with kids activities. Not a hugely rugged family (no camping/hiking/boating, etc., at least independently). |
Anonymous
Anywhere with a river or a pool. |
Anonymous
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Haven't tried this yet but wanting to:
http://www.kingsmill.com plus williamsburg and busch gardens and jamestown. Sounds like a GREAT vacation to me. |
Anonymous
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Driving distance? Acadia/Bar Harbor in Maine.
Flying distance? Hawaii. |
Anonymous
| I've done Acadia, Niagara Falls and Williamsburg with mine and all were great. You might want to try a lodge in a campground for fun. It's not exactly camping, but you can build a fire and have the amenities of camping without the work. |
Anonymous
| OP here: thanks for the ideas so far. Looking for specifics rather than simply destinations (i.e., specific resorts with activities). Thinking of Sea Colony but not sure we want the crowds. |
Anonymous
| Kingsmill is a great ideas. If you want somwthing less pricey, Powhatan Plantation. Visit Busch Gardens, Water Country, Jamestown. |
Anonymous
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I was about to say Japan, but then realized you were asking for driveable. But it really was our best vacation ever! I suggest a road trip with national parks and historic landmarks. |
Anonymous
| Nantucket |
Anonymous
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depends what you like. I like a beach vacation - relaxing, days at pool and beach, then dinners out or mini golf or whatever. I'm partial to Sandbridge or the OBX. We spent one summer vacay at Nemocolin- more to do, less relaxing, so you have to pick. My kids liked zip lining and the animals and more planned activities, I prefer more relaxing.
We have done a week in NY, but again, not relaxing - we did sightseeing and shopping and running around, also fun, but different. This year we are going out west for national parks as the kids are older ad more adventurous. |
Anonymous
| Maine |
Anonymous
| Woodloch Pines - three meals a day, no cooking or cleaning for me, activities morning until night if you want or just relax at the lake or pool. |
Anonymous
| Also love Maine. We stayed in Portland at just a HoJo, but there are tons of resorts too. |
Anonymous
| Op here: ok I should have mentioned we have about $2500 budget. Wow some of those places look amazing, and jealous of those who can afford a $7k+ vacation. Unfortunately that is not us! |
Anonymous
| We had a fabulous time last summer at Hershey. Stay at the Hershey Hotel. |