OVERNIGHT TOURS
Riverside Resort – Laughlin, Nevada
Friday - Monday, May 25 - 28, 2018
*** Fly Out of South Bend ***
Spend 4 days/3 nights in beautiful Laughlin, Nevada trying your luck at a bit of gaming. There are so many things to do in Laughlin during your spare time. Don Laughlin's Riverside Resort houses a 6-theatre complex showing current movies, a dance hall, arcade, 2 car museums, and many restaurants and lounges. You can walk down the boardwalk or take a water taxi to the other casinos, or take a narrated cruise down the Colorado River. There is also a superb jet boat ride to Lake Havasu and the London Bridge. Or you can book a tour to Kingman and Oatman, Nevada, or one to the Grand Canyon. There’s plenty to do in the area other than gaming. Catholic church services are held twice on Saturday
and once on Sunday. A Methodist church service is held on Sunday. This is a round-trip flight on Sun Country Airlines out of South Bend. Departure and return times are not yet available. Please call with your full name as it appears on your picture ID, address, phone number, birth date, smoking or non-smoking room.
$369.00 per person/double occupancy
$419.00 single
Package includes: Round trip air out of South Bend, hotel lodging at Don Laughlin's Riverside Resort Hotel & Casino, transfers to and from the airport in Laughlin
Reservations cannot be held without full payment
Spirit of Peoria Riverboat Cruise
May 20 - 24, 2018
Cruise from Peoria, IL to St. Louis, MO on this relaxing three-day, two-night cruise, plus 2 nights at Par-a-Dice Casino in Peoria, Illinois, Cruise includes all-you-can-eat buffet meals—including the chef’s prime rib dinner—and live entertainment, such as live singing, guitar, banjo, and ragtime piano, storytelling, calliope playing, historical information, and wildlife sightings. Lodging is provided at various points along the river. Experience the slower pace of life with three peaceful days of cruising the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers!
Day 1, May 20: We travel to Peoria, Illinois for an overnight stay at the 4-deck riverboat Par-A-Dice Casino & Hotel. You will receive a dinner buffet and have the remainder of the day for free time to play in the casino.
Day 2, May 21: We will be transported to the Spirit of Peoria Landing. First on the agenda is a hot breakfast buffet aboard the Spirit of Peoria. We will start our travels through the Peoria Lock & Dam before live piano, vocal, guitar & banjo music and professional Riverlore begins. Lunch will consist of a “Build your own sandwich” buffet. Enjoy the live entertainment or take in the beautiful scenery along the way. A wine and cheese reception is offered mid-afternoon. Then a hot dinner buffet aboard he boat before our arrival at Meredosia Landing. We will then be transported to Springfield, Illinois for the night with room accommodations at the Abraham Lincoln Hotel.
Day 3, May 22: Enjoy breakfast at the hotel before being transported to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum – a fabulous Smithsonian quality museum - where you will spend 2 hours exploring. Then it’s back onto the Spirit of Peoria to enjoy a hot lunch buffet and take in the live entertainment. There will be a late afternoon snack on board. Stand along the railing and take in the beauty of and along the river while the entertainment continues. Dinner is served on board the Spirit of Peoria. In the evening, we arrive in Grafton and check into Pere Marquet te Lodge and Conference Center for a good night’s rest.
Day 4, May 23: Breakfast is served at the lodge prior to being transported back to the Spirit of Peoria for our departure to St. Louis. Live entertainment again onboard the boat. We will travel through the lock at Melvin Price Lock & Dam. A hot lunch buffet will be served onboard. We travel through another lock at Lock & Dam #27 before landing at the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, where you will have free time to visit the Gateway Arch or wander downtown St. Louis. We then board motorcoaches for our return to Peoria at the riverfront landing. Our motorcoach will meet us at the landing to transport us back to Par-A-Dice Casino & Hotel for the evening.
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5, May 24: Enjoy breakfast at Par-A-Dice and a bit of free time before our departure. On the way home, we will stop at Hardy’s Reindeer Ranch for a true reindeer experience and entertainment. You might even be able to kiss a reindeer! A chuckwagon lunch will be served complete with tin plates and cowboy checkered napkins while we enjoy a stage performance. We then head for home with a variety of unique experiences to check off our bucket list.
$997.00 per person/double occupancy
$1,212.00 per person/single occupancy
$200.00 deposit with booking
Final payment due: April 10, 2018
Includes: Riverboat cruise, 4 nights room accommodations, all meals while on the cruise, 2 dinners at Par-A-Dice, Abraham Lincoln Library & Museum, Hardy's Reindeer Ranch with chuckwagon lunch, motorcoach transportation, and driver tip.