Christmas Scavenger Hunt
December 5 – 7, 2015
Saturday, December 5, 2015
The Christmas lights are twinkling, Santa’s route has been scoped out; we are ready for our adventure! Come
and join in on the fun as we find our way through our Christmas Scavenger
Hunt to southern Wisconsin and into Illinois! Our list of items will be handed
out so we know what we need
to be on the look-out for! At
each of our stops a Miles of
Smiles clue will be hiding –
find it before anyone else and
you will gain a point to be add
to your scavenger list! As we
travel our Prize Patrol will be busy also handing out lots of
prizes to our various winners – everyone is a winner on the
Christmas Scavenger Hunt tour! The first place we will be
visiting is the Dancing Horse Theatre in Delavan, WI. What do
you get when you put together
delicious food, beautiful horses and Christmas – why it would be the Dancing
Horse Christmas show! And yes, the horses really can dance! The next
question is; what does the talking birds have to say about Christmas – we will
find that out here as well! After this fun afternoon it is time to hit the road to
keep up with Santa!
Along the way we will
stop for an included
dinner before arriving
in Peoria, IL. Winter
Wonderland is what we
find in Peoria – get
ready for the most
spectacular Christmas
lights that you could
ever want to see! Did
you ever see a full size
fire truck but made out of Christmas lights, or the
Budweiser Horse and Wagon also made out of Christmas
lights – trust me, you won’t believe your eyes! After a day of dancing horses, talking birds and spectacular
Christmas lights we will do a drive-by of a live nativity on our way to the Holiday Inn & Suites in Peoria our
home away from home for one night. Bring your suit if you like water as we have a beautiful pool area to enjoy
this evening.
Sunday, December 6, 2015
Rise and shine to a surprise under your door – yes another clue for everyone! Our day begins with an included
hot breakfast buffet at our hotel! Next we pack our suitcases, load up our motorcoach and head over to the
Bass Pro Shop. A store that has something for everyone along
with really cool animal mounts and get this, an 80 pound blue
catfish named Bonnie! It is just a fun place to shop and look and
maybe find another clue or two! Done shopping and looking,
well it is time to head toward Chicago the windy city! Stopping
for our included lunch on the way to the Museum of Science &
Industry in Chicago! This museum is not the typical museum –
we could spend a whole day here if we wanted too. The first
area to visit will be the Christmas Around the World and
Holidays of Lights! A 45 foot tree takes center stage
in the rotunda decked out in more than 30,000 lights!
Other areas of the museum to visit are the Fairy
Castle, a Coal Mine, a Submarine, Numbers in
Nature - “A Mirror Maze” just to name a few
exhibits that we can check out while we spend the
afternoon here. As we depart the museum we travel
north into the city of Chicago traveling along Lake
Michigan to the Lincoln Park Zoo! How about that –
even the animals in the zoo get to enjoy Christmas with Chicago’s own Christmas lights display! More than 2million lights changes the zoo into an Enchanted
Wonderland! After another fun day of shopping
and exploring, the conclusion of our Christmas
Scavenger Hunt is getting closer as we check in at
the Quality Inn & Suites in Schaumburg, IL. We
will have our included dinner this evening at our
hotel following our check-in.
Monday, December 7, 2015
An included hot breakfast buffet awaits us this morning at our hotel – so let’s get hopping! With everyone
awake and ready to roll we head for Madison with our Christmas Shopping List in hand! The perfect time to
stop at the East Towne Mall in Madison is on a Monday – no crowds – yippee! We will have plenty of time to
do some shopping and enjoy our included lunch in the food court. Now everyone should certainly be in the
Christmas spirit as we begin our trip home hopefully still following Santa’s route unless of course our driver
lost Santa on his GPS? Time will tell as we draw closer to our first
drop-off as to who may be the
winner of our Christmas
Scavenger Hunt! This will
remain a secret until Monday,
December 7th! Ho! Ho! Ho!
Our return to Central
Wisconsin will be in time for
dinner this evening.
Activity Level: Medium
Tour Includes:
All Attractions
All Meals
Lodging for Two Nights
Motorcoach Transportation
Tour Director and Chaperones
Refreshments & Snacks
A Christmas Surprise!
Cost: $660.00 Per Person, Double Occupancy
Pick-up Areas: Spencer, Marshfield, Wausau and Plover