Where to go (w/ kids) the first weekend in November (w/in 4-6 hour drive from DC)

[Anonymous]

The title says it all! It's a long weekend (no school Monday or Tuesday), so we are kicking around ideas for someplace fun to go. Thoughts?

[Anonymous]

NYC
Philadelphia
Kalahari
Great Wolf Lodge

[Anonymous]

how old are your kids, where have you been?

[Anonymous]

Williamsburg

[Anonymous]

Pittsburgh -- lots of museums and other fun things to do.

[Anonymous]

I came on the site to ask the same question! Considering Chincoteague, Charlottesville, Philly, Great Wolf, NYC.....I honestly don't know where to go. Last year we went to the Hyatt Cambridge and it was nice.

[Anonymous]

We've been to the following places, but we are willing to go back. Just looking for new ideas--or new activities in cities we've already visited.

Annapolis
Baltimore
Cambridge Hyatt
Deep Creek
Philly
NYC
Williamsburg
Hershey

Kids age 4-13.

[Anonymous]

Richmond
Raleigh
Shenandoah mountains
Pittsburgh
Finger lakes
Beach

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We've been to the following places, but we are willing to go back. Just looking for new ideas--or new activities in cities we've already visited.

Annapolis
Baltimore
Cambridge Hyatt
Deep Creek
Philly
NYC
Williamsburg
Hershey

Kids age 4-13.

Op again. We go to the beach a handful of times a year, and probably aren't interested in going there in November.

[Anonymous]

What about Pittsburgh? It's reasonably cheap (compared to e.g. NYC) and not too long of a drive.

It has a fun food culture, a really great science museum which should be a nice fit for all of your crew and a good indoor option if the weather is lousy. The funicular is a good time, too.

It's also a small city so it's easy to take a quick trip out of town into the surrounding countryside. We took kids there last year in October and there were a bunch of fall festivals with pumpkins and hayrides and stuff (not sure if they run into November, though).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Richmond
Raleigh
Shenandoah mountains
Pittsburgh
Finger lakes
Beach

Where in Shanendoah? What do you do there?

[Anonymous]

Massanutten Water park.

Can anyone who has been to Kalahari elaborate on the experience?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Richmond
Raleigh
Shenandoah mountains
Pittsburgh
Finger lakes
Beach

Where in Shanendoah? What do you do there?

I'm not this PP, but I am the PP who suggested Massanutten, where we went the day after spending time in Shenandoah. We went to the Route 66 potato chip factory, Shenandoah Caverns, and the nearby parade float museum. We enjoyed dinner in a small-town diner in the area. Our friends went home, and we stayed the night in Harrisonburg before heading to Massanutten the next day.

[Anonymous]

Are you voting absentee?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What about Pittsburgh? It's reasonably cheap (compared to e.g. NYC) and not too long of a drive.

It has a fun food culture, a really great science museum which should be a nice fit for all of your crew and a good indoor option if the weather is lousy. The funicular is a good time, too.

It's also a small city so it's easy to take a quick trip out of town into the surrounding countryside. We took kids there last year in October and there were a bunch of fall festivals with pumpkins and hayrides and stuff (not sure if they run into November, though).

We're planning to go to Pittsburgh for the that weekend in November. I'm happy to see all the good reviews! We're staying at the Omni William Penn. We'll definitely do the science museum. Any other good recommendations with kids?