Ghosts, Witches & Gravestones 24

Day 1

Welcome Aboard! Are you ready for a chilling, thrilling, and frightening ghostly tour that will keep you smiling throughout your coastal New England weekend get-away? Settle back and enjoy a scary movie on our drive to Providence, Rhode Island and the Roger Williams Park Zoo. Upon our arrival, we are treated to a delicious harvest buffet dinner. After dinner, we are escorted to the park entrance for priority admission to the area's most exciting Halloween event, the Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular! You will be delighted and amazed by this breathtaking display of thousands of illuminated Jack-O-Lanterns, with over 125 of them artistically carved and displayed in scenes to play out the annual theme. Hundreds of glowing Jack-O-Lanterns on the ground and high up in the trees surround carved giants (pumpkins weighing well over 1,000 pounds) enhanced by professional lighting, amid spooky fog and music and sound effects, this must-see event is a delight for all senses! Later we travel to Billerica, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston, where we spend two nights at the Hampton Inn.

Day 2

After breakfast we depart for Salem, Massachusetts. Upon our arrival, we meet our tour guide and depart for a walking introduction to Salem. We will visit the Salem Witch Museum and relive the hysteria of the famous 1692 Witch Trials, and learn about the witch hysteria that overtook Salem in the 17th-century. Next, we attend a live performance of "Cry Innocent." You are the jury at the trial of Bridget Bishop, accused of witchcraft. Hear the testimony, ask questions and you decide the verdict - innocent, or guilty? After the performance, lunch is on your own in one of Salem's restaurants or at one of the food vendors at the festival grounds. Today the Village of Salem comes alive with the spirit of Halloween in celebration of Salem's Haunted Happenings. Enjoy the fun-filled festivities which include haunted houses, psychic readers, live entertainment, special museums events and delicious eateries. Dinner is on your own at the festival grounds in Salem, followed by Haunted Footsteps Ghost Tour, a spooky walking tour featuring tales of local murders, spectral assaults and haunted houses! After a day of entertainment, shopping and sightseeing, we return to our hotel for a good night's sleep.

Day 3

After breakfast we depart for Fall River, Massachusetts and the Lizzie Borden House, site of one of the most famous crimes in American history. Relive the shocking and sensational 1892 murders of the Borden family, as we tour this Victorian home turned into a Bed & Breakfast Inn. Following lunch on your own, settle back and enjoy another scary movie on our drive home, while conjuring up your own haunting memories from your ghostly New England weekend get-away. Happy Halloween!

B=Breakfast, D =Dinner