:: Cincinnati Programs
The Cincinnati Zoo and Newport Aquarium: An Intergenerational Adventure
Cincinnati Aquarium Shark Tank
Cincinnati Zoo
#2559: Course/5 Nights 1 Adult $941+ 1 Child $863; 2 Adults $863 + 1 Child $750; 2 Adults $863 + 2 Children $667
Summer 2010: June 20-25, 2010
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Your adventure begins at one of the nations top zoos! Get closer to the action as animal handlers, zoo keepers/educators and staff reveal zoo life behind-the-scenes and guide you through a variety of animal encounters and interactions: see and smell leopards and ocelots, come face to face with a polar bear, peer at primates, feed lorikeets and giraffes. At the Northern Kentucky Horse Farm learn equine safety and take a ride! The Newport Aquarium gets you up close and personal with the worlds most beautiful, bizarre and dangerous creatures. Wrap up your week with a session by the Humane Society – hear tips on the care and handling of pets and meet a few adoptable critters from the shelter. The ultimate animal adventure awaits you!
For participants and kids ages 8-11. Maximum one youth per adult. Adults are expected to participate with and supervise child at all times.
The Cincinnati May Festival: A Tradition of Choral Music
May Festival
#1808: Course/5 Nights Dbl $985 + Sgl $328
Spring 2010: May 12-17, 2010
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The annual May Festival is the oldest continuous choral festival in the Western Hemisphere. The chorus, accompanied by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, offers two performances concentrating on monuments of the choral repertoire at Music Hall, built in 1878 to house the Festival. The capstone third performance is held at the visually stunning and acoustically superb Cathedral Basilica. A Musicologist will offer lectures and discussions on the music and composers of the choral tradition. Switch from sound to sight at the Cincinnati Art Museum and Taft Museum: masterpieces of Hals, Titian, Rubens, Rembrandt, Monet and more! Wrap-up the Festival with a cruise, on the Mighty Ohio River, aboard the Queen City Riverboat’s Spirit of Cincinnati.
This program now includes 3 different performances of the Cincinnati May Festival Chorus under the direction of James Conlon. The May Festival Chorus is a 150-member volunteer ensemble that has gained national and international recognition for performances in the annual May Festival and for frequent appearances with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
Cincinnati: Highway to the Heartland
The Queen of the West
#5627
Summer 2010: July 6-10, 2010
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Big steamboats and the Underground Railroad, locks, dams and navigation, River City lore and the Industrial history of an era, Rookwood pottery: since the 1850’s the mighty waters of the Ohio have washed Cincinnati in prosperity, culture and, occasionally, floods. The “Queen City” was the crown jewel of all transportation from the East coast to the Mississippi. Step aboard a 94-foot side-wheel steamboat at the Cincinnati Museum Center at Historic Union Terminal. Get specifics on the Ohio River Flood of 1937. Cruise and learn harbor city history aboard the Queen City riverboat. Visit President Taft’s childhood home, explore Fountain Square and discover another side of Cincinnati’s history at the National Underground Railroad Museum.
Full-service hotel located in the heart of downtown Cincinnati just two blocks from Fountain Square and within walking distance of several museums, Great American Ballpark, Paul Brown Stadium, over 90 restaurants and the entertainment district. Indoor pool and Jacuzzi, fitness center, 2 restaurants and business center. Airport shuttle available.
