Anonymous
Post 10/10/2016 21:21     Subject: Where to go (w/ kids) the first weekend in November (w/in 4-6 hour drive from DC)

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?
Anonymous
Post 10/10/2016 21:19     Subject: Where to go (w/ kids) the first weekend in November (w/in 4-6 hour drive from DC)

Are you voting absentee?
Anonymous
Post 10/10/2016 21:17     Subject: Re:Where to go (w/ kids) the first weekend in November (w/in 4-6 hour drive from DC)

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
Post 10/10/2016 21:13     Subject: Where to go (w/ kids) the first weekend in November (w/in 4-6 hour drive from DC)

Massanutten Water park.

Can anyone who has been to Kalahari elaborate on the experience?
Anonymous
Post 10/10/2016 21:02     Subject: Re:Where to go (w/ kids) the first weekend in November (w/in 4-6 hour drive from DC)

Anonymous wrote:Richmond
Raleigh
Shenandoah mountains
Pittsburgh
Finger lakes
Beach


Where in Shanendoah? What do you do there?
Anonymous
Post 10/10/2016 20:59     Subject: Where to go (w/ kids) the first weekend in November (w/in 4-6 hour drive from DC)

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
Post 10/10/2016 20:46     Subject: Where to go (w/ kids) the first weekend in November (w/in 4-6 hour drive from DC)

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
Post 10/10/2016 20:37     Subject: Re:Where to go (w/ kids) the first weekend in November (w/in 4-6 hour drive from DC)

Richmond
Raleigh
Shenandoah mountains
Pittsburgh
Finger lakes
Beach
Anonymous
Post 10/10/2016 20:31     Subject: Where to go (w/ kids) the first weekend in November (w/in 4-6 hour drive from DC)

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
Post 10/10/2016 20:22     Subject: Re:Where to go (w/ kids) the first weekend in November (w/in 4-6 hour drive from DC)

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
Post 10/10/2016 19:22     Subject: Re:Where to go (w/ kids) the first weekend in November (w/in 4-6 hour drive from DC)

Pittsburgh -- lots of museums and other fun things to do.
Anonymous
Post 10/10/2016 18:53     Subject: Where to go (w/ kids) the first weekend in November (w/in 4-6 hour drive from DC)

Williamsburg
Anonymous
Post 10/10/2016 18:48     Subject: Re:Where to go (w/ kids) the first weekend in November (w/in 4-6 hour drive from DC)

how old are your kids, where have you been?
Anonymous
Post 10/10/2016 18:39     Subject: Re:Where to go (w/ kids) the first weekend in November (w/in 4-6 hour drive from DC)

NYC
Philadelphia
Kalahari
Great Wolf Lodge
Anonymous
Post 10/10/2016 15:41     Subject: Where to go (w/ kids) the first weekend in November (w/in 4-6 hour drive from DC)

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?