The Middletown Press (Middletown, CT)
East Haven Senior Center offering adventures abound
The East Haven Senior Center is offering the following trips:
⏩ June 11: Rhode Island lighthouse cruise, with lunch at the Quonset O Club, $119.
⏩ June 23-25: Atlantic City, Bally’s Casino & Hotel, cost is $310 per person double, $425 single.
⏩ July 9: Coins & Claws, lobster feast and visit to Foxwoods casino, cost is $81.
⏩ Aug. 27: “9 to 5” at the Westchester Broadway Theatre, cost is $119.
⏩ Sept. 26: Hudson Valley Garlic Festival in Saugerties, N.Y., cost is $75.
⏩ Sept. 29: Oktoberfest at Gavin’s Resort in the Catskills, cost is $100.
⏩ Oct. 19-21: Lancaster, Pa.
⏩ Dec. 2-4: Christmastime at the Dover Downs Casino.
Fliers available at the East Haven Senior Center, 91 Taylor Ave. in East Haven. Call 203-4683277.
Sea Bluff Travelers offers adventures
Sea Bluff Travelers is offering the following trips:
⏩ June 12-19: Mackinac Island. Tour Chicago and Traverse City, Mich., with accomodations at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island. Visit Henry Ford Museum, Greenfield Village and the German village of Frankenmuth. Cost is $3,599 per person and includes airfare, transfers, 7 nights at hotel, 7 breakfasts, 4 dinners and touring.
⏩ Oct. 26-Nov. 7: Ireland and Northern Ireland. Thirteen-day trip includes visits to Dublin, Kilkenny, Killarney, Waterford, Derry, Belfast, Galway, Cliffs of Moher, Enniskillen and Donegal. Price of $3,999 per person includes 11 nights at hotel, airfare, 11 breakfasts, 6 dinners, touring. Price includes a $300 bonus savings; reservations made after April 27, 2020 will be higher.
For a brochure or additional information, contact Kathryn Gregory at 203-933-0599 or kathryngregory@sbcglobal.net.
KC and the Sunshine Travelers
KC and the Sunshine Travelers is offering the following trips:
⏩ July 15: All you can eat lobster at the Delaney House is Holyoke, Mass. Cost is $107 per person and includes lobster buffet featuring other foods, as well, “The Best of Paul Anka” show, deluxe motorcoach and driver gratuity.
⏩ July 20-22: Saints & Sinners Tour. Two nights at the Wind Creek Bethlehem Casino and
“Queen Esther” at the Sight and Sound Theater in Lancaster. Cost is $519 per person, double occupancy, and includes deluxe motorcoach, 2 nights at the casino, $60 casino bonus, two $20 food credits, one dinner at the Shady Maple Smorgasbord, reserved seats for the show plus a viewing of “Jacob’s Choice,” a visit to the Kitchen Kettle Village, tour escort, driver and tour director gratuity. Deposit of $200 due by April 25 with balance due May
30.
⏩ Aug. 26: Lighthouses of Boston Harbor. Cost is $119 per person and includes motorcoach transportation, driver gratuity, 90minute narrated cruise of lighthouses, and lunch at Venezia Restaurant.
⏩ Sept. 30-Oct. 6: Canyon Country Experience. Includes Zion National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park, Deadhorse Point State Park, BBQ on Banks of the Colorado River, Arches National Park, Monument Valley, Grand Canyon National Park , Las Vegas, and Route 66 Museum. Cost is $3,249 per person double occupany and includes flights from Bradley, deluxe motorcoach on tour, professional tour manager on arrival in Vegas, 6 nights at first-class hotels, 6 breakfasts, 1 lunch, 4 dinners, sightseeing and admissions per itinerary.
⏩ Nov. 5-15: Escorted 7-night Hawaiian Island Cruise with 2 nights on Honolulu sightseeing and luau. On NCL’s Pride of America. Prices start at $4,999 per person twin including air and sightseeing. Call for details.
⏩ Nov. 12: A Bob Hope USOstyle tribute in Oakville. Cost is $90 or $72 drive on your own. Price includes shows, lunch.
⏩ Dec. 3: “Mirror of Mathis” Johnny Mathis Christmas tribute at the Aqua Turf in Plantsville. Cost is $96 with bus and gratuity or $76 without. Includes lunch.
For information or reservations on any trip, call Karen Forsyth at 203-281-1769 or 203887-2967; or Cathie Martus at 203-710-9757.
See a play, visit sunny Portugal
Bayer Retirees is offering the following trips:
⏩ June 17: Strawberry Festival & BBQ, with country/Irish singer Deirdre Riley at the Summit View Pavilion in Holyoke, Mass. Package includes round-trip transportation, picnic luncheon, entertainment, and meal taxes and gratuities. Cost is $82 per person, payment due by May 18. Departs 9 a.m. from Yale Parking
Lot on Frontage Road in Orange, returns at 4:30 p.m.
⏩ July 21: Rag Doll performaing a Beach Boys and Frankie Valli tribute show at the Log Cabin in Holyoke, Mass. Package includes round-trip transportation, luncheon with twin lobsters or prime rib, matinee tribute show, taxes and gratuities. Cost is $92 per person, payment due by June
22.
⏩ Aug. 4: River of Dreams, a Billy Joel tribute band, at the Log Cabin in Holyoke, Mass. Package includes round-trip transportation, luncheon with twin lobsters or prime rib, matinee performance. Cost is $88 per person, payment due by July 10. Departs 9:15 a.m. from Yale Parking Lot on Frontage Road in Orange, returns at 4:45 p.m.
⏩ Sept. 24: “Dolly & Kenny,” a Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers tribute show, at the Stadium Theater in Woonsocket, R.I. Package includes round-trip transportation, chicken dinner at Wrights, matinee tribute show, meal taxes and gratuities. Cost is $92 per person, payment due by Aug. 28. Departs 8:30 a.m. from Yale Parking Lot on Frontage Road in Orange, returns at 6 p.m.
⏩ Oct. 10-19: Sunny Portugal. Highlights include Portuguese Riviera, Lisbon, Obidos, Sintra, Arrailos, Cork Factory, Evora, Alentejo, Lagos, Algarve, Faro, Tavira, winery visit, 5 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Sagres. Cost is $3,599 per person double occupancy, $4,099 single and $3,569 triple; book before April 11, 2020, and save $100 per person. Includes 12 meals (8 breakfasts, 1 lunch, 3 dinners); roundtrip air from New York; air taxes and fees/surcharges; hotel transfers; group transportation to/ from airport. Not included in price are cancellation waiver and insurance of $315 per person. Call for details of optional 4night Madeira Island Post Tour Extension.
⏩ Nov. 23: Ronan Tynon, the Irish Tenor, at Sacred Heart Church in Springfield, Mass. Package includes round-trip transportation, morning at MGM casino with a $40 bonus, matinee performance, and donation to Sacred Heart Church. Cost is $63 per person, payment due by Oct.
26. Departs 8 a.m. from Yale Parking Lot on Frontage Road in Orange, returns at 6 p.m.
For reservations or information on any trip, call 203-8787966. Make checks payable to Senior Board of Retirees Inc. and mail to Toni Raccio, 443 Swanson Crescent, Milford CT 06461.