WASHINGTON, DC
Grizzell Middle School
Travel Itinerary
October 10-14, 2016
MONDAY, OCTOBER 10TH
6:45 AM
Departure from Grizzell Middle School
6:45 – 3:00 PM
Drive to Gettysburg, PA
*lunch in transit (on own)
3:00 PM
Arrive at Gettysburg National Battlefield Visitors Center
3:00 – 3:25 PM
Restrooms
3:30 – 5:30 PM
Battlefield driving tour with educational guides
5:30 – 5:45 PM
Restrooms
6:00 – 6:30 PM
Cemetery Walk (self-guided)
6:30 – 7:00 PM
Boxed dinner provided for each traveler
*lunch includes a smoked turkey sandwich, potato chips, cookies, a fruit snack and bottled water
7:00 PM
Depart for Washington, DC
8:30 PM
Hotel check-in (Hyatt Dulles)
*security guards present from 10:00 PM to 4:00 AM
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11TH
8:00 AM
Group wake-up call
8:45 AM
Full American breakfast at hotel
9:30 AM
Depart hotel
10:00 – 11:30 AM
Steven Udvar Space Center (National Air & Space Museum annex)
12:30 – 5:00 PM
Lunch at the Pentagon City Mall
*$15 provided for each traveler
Pentagon Memorial
Arlington National Cemetery
Marine War Memorial of Iwo Jima
5:15 – 6:30 PM
Dinner at the Reagan Building
*$15 provided for each traveler
6:45 – 8:30 PM
Lincoln Memorial
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Korean War Veterans Memorial
World War II Memorial
9:15 PM
Return to hotel
*security guards present from 10:00 PM to 4:00 AM
NOTE –activities accompanied by a licensed educational step-on-guide on each motor coach
REVISED: JAC - 2/10/2016
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12TH
6:30 AM
Group wake-up call
7:15 AM
Full American breakfast at hotel
8:00 AM
Depart hotel
9:00 – 10:30 AM
Group Picture (Grant Statue)
White House (walk around exterior / Lafayette Park)
10:45 – 2:15 PM
United States Capitol Building (pending confirmation)
United States Supreme Court (exterior only)
Library of Congress (exterior only)
Lunch at Union Station
*$15 provided for each traveler
2:45 – 4:45 PM
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
6:00 – 9:30 PM
Dinner and movie (TBA) at Tysons Corner Center
*$10 provided for each traveler for dinner
10:00 PM
Return to hotel
*security guards present from 10:00 PM to 4:00 AM
NOTE –afternoon activities accompanied by a licensed educational step-on-guide on each motor coach
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13TH
7:45 AM
Group wake-up call
8:30 AM
Full American breakfast at hotel
9:15 AM
Depart hotel
10:15 – 11:45 AM
FDR Memorial
Jefferson Memorial
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
12:00 – 4:45 PM
National Gallery of Art / National Museum of Natural History / National Museum of the
American Indian / National Air & Space Museum / National Museum of American History
National Archives
*museum selection is based on chaperone choice
*$20 provided for each traveler for lunch
6:00 - 9:15 PM
Dinner at Dave & Buster's (includes game cards)
9:30 PM
Depart for Ohio
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14TH
5:15 AM
Approximate arrival at Grizzell Middle School
HOTEL CONTACT INFORMATION
Hyatt Dulles
2300 Dulles Corner Boulevard / Herndon, VA 20171 – P: (703) 713.1234
This tour itinerary is produced as a guideline only. It is subject to change depending on confirmations of specific timed tour requests and any other last minute changes by Grizzell Middle School. Discovery Tours
will make the final decision to facilitate the operation of the tour. Due to increased security measures, it is strongly advised that each attendee have a picture ID available at all times.