Anonymous wrote:Went to grad school there and frequent visitor. I suggest staying at Williamsburg Inn or Williamsburg Lodge right in the colonial area. Can walk to coffee and restaurants. Then can drive to BG if you want. The weather that time of year could be nice or a bit chilly. Spend one day driving on Colonial Parkway to Yorktown and then to Jamestown. It's a nice spring break destination and we have done it a few times. You just need 3 days.

Totally agree with this person. If you stay at the Williamsburg Inn or the Lodge you can use the pools there too. The indoor and outdoor pool are nice.

Best of all if you can sneak away to the spa is the Spa at Williamsburg. It is in this area. I like the whirlpool in the ladies lounge.

Anonymous wrote:We went during covid. It was great, and crowded! Kids loved the two Jamestowns Yorktown too. It’s a great area! Stay at the Williamsburg inn or lodge. Get carriage ride reservations in advance. Eat at the cheese shoppe.

NP. We, too, are going to Williamsburg for spring break. We have everything planned out except that I can’t quite figure out the “two Jamestowns” you reference. We really want to see the Jamestown glasshouse, which seems to be part of…Jamestown Settlement? Is that what we get tickets for? What is the other Jamestown?

Pretty easy to plan, we stay a little out of town so we can get a two bedroom suite with a kitchen. Everywhere in the area is an easy drive with plenty of parking. A day at Busch Gardens and a day each at Colonial Williamsburg, Jamestown, and Yorktown. Then two nights at Great Wolf. Makes for a real nice spring break.

PS if you have girls might be fun to watch the American Girl movie about felicity the colonial Williamsburg girl before you go. And, cf course, hamilton the musical.

We did one or two nights at great wolf lodge and the remainder at the woodlands hotel which was really convenient to colonial Williamsburg. We got the bounce so we could also go to Busch gardens one day. I think with that we did maybe 2 days at CW. We rented costumes for one day just for the fun of it — they do things like solider training and it’s kind of fun to have the colonial costumes. Makes for cute pictures too.

They used to have a scavenger hunt thing as well but I think they’ve discontinued that.

Book ahead to get a dining reservation at one of the historic taverns — those book up early. The ghost tours also book up early if your kids would be into that.

The biggest pain was food as stuff at CW and nearby was really crowded with long lines. If you go off property, Williamsburg has a huge number of pancake houses that are usually a hit with kids.

If we had more time, I would have wanted to go down to Yorktown as well.
I think we also hit the outlet mall for a couple of hours at my older kid’s request.
It made for a really fun, easy spring break with a lot of different type activities.

Anonymous wrote:My kid loved colonial Williamsburg at that age (just turned 10). We spent 2 days but could have spent more. The nighttime Ghost Tour was a hit, but he (and I) loved the different businesses and shops. Spent hours at the blacksmith and apothecary. Loved the pub. Also there is a parade at the end of each day (maybe 4 or 4:30?) with a speech from GW that was a hit with my son.
We stayed at the Williamsburg Lodge, which was a very easy walk to the colonial stuff.

Yeah I was shocked that my 10 year old wanted more colonial Williamsburg and chose that over going back to Busch gardens, which they also loved. Leave time to wander and talk to the actors. And do the trials and special sessions.

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Anonymous wrote:Be sure to partake of the healing powers of Williamsburg! And have fun.

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There's a thread by someone who was ghosted by their friend and wanted to know whether she should text them yet again, after having had no response to previous texts. I wish I could link to it because it was truly wonderful.

My kid loved colonial Williamsburg at that age (just turned 10). We spent 2 days but could have spent more. The nighttime Ghost Tour was a hit, but he (and I) loved the different businesses and shops. Spent hours at the blacksmith and apothecary. Loved the pub. Also there is a parade at the end of each day (maybe 4 or 4:30?) with a speech from GW that was a hit with my son.
We stayed at the Williamsburg Lodge, which was a very easy walk to the colonial stuff.

Yorktown battlefield (exceeded expectations- allow 2 hours for this)

Jamestown settlement (lunch was surprisingly good here. Another tip is to watch the video before starting the tour) plus glass house (allow 3-4 hours)

Busch Gardens (all day)

King’s Arms Tavern or Christiana Campbell’s for a cool dinner. (Book way in advance)

Anonymous wrote:Be sure to partake of the healing powers of Williamsburg! And have fun.

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Anonymous wrote:Be sure to partake of the healing powers of Williamsburg! And have fun.

OP here. Thank you, I definitely thought of this!

Be sure to partake of the healing powers of Williamsburg! And have fun.

PP. sorry, above is grownup Road Scholar trip link...internal page has an incorrect reference. But anyway, there are grandparent trips for many destinations and these can be a helpful guide to how a tour company would package a trip for kids.

I am not able to work easily with mobile phone and links on this forum. But, there is also a shorter grownup itinerary that shows how to combine Williamsburg, Yorktown, and Jamestown in one itinerary.

The senior travel company "Road Scholar" has itineraries that might interest you. Both a trip for grandparents with grandchildren (so kid-oriented) and a regular one. Kid-oriented one below:

https://www.roadscholar.org/find-an-adventure/2011/from-colony-to-revolution-jamestown-williamsburg-yorktown/itinerary/