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Type:
Four-Star Hotel
Description:
The Hyatt Boston Harbor is an award-winning Boston airport hotel. Among these awards are MeetingNews Planners’ Choice Award and Successful Meetings Pinnacle Award. With a true commitment to the environment, it is also the winner of Boston’s Green Business Award. Guests here delight in celebrated architectural details such as an inlaid marble floor map, ornate dome ceiling and exterior lighthouse and beacon accents. The hotel offers airplane soundproof guestrooms, captivating, dramatic harbor and city views and outstanding dining options.
Contact info:
101 Harborside Drive
Boston, MA 02128 USA
phone: 617-568-1234
web:
www.harborside.hyatt.com
Room amenities:
Each room has satellite television, telephone, air conditioning, newspaper, video on demand, coffee maker, WIFI Internet access (for a fee) and a hair dryer.
Facility amenities:
The hotel offers restaurants, lounge, fully equipped 24-hour self-service business center, gym, sauna, whirlpool, swimming pool and WIFI Internet access (for a fee).
Smoking policy:
No
Smoking policies vary by facility. During all group events and activities, smoking is prohibited.
Elevator:
Yes
Additional nights before:
n/a
To book additional nights, please call the Road Scholar Amherst office (413) 253-9736.
Check in time:
3:00 PM
Day One: Friday, October 11
- Welcome Orientation
Afternoon:
Independent arrivals in Boston, Massachusetts. Welcome Orientation at 5:00 PM in the Hyatt Hotel Harborside.
Dinner:
Welcome Dinner.
Lodging:
Hyatt Boston Harbor
Meals Included:
Dinner
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Type:
Cruise Ship
Description:
The Yorktown is the perfect vessel for relaxed and convivial exploration of America’s great coastal waterways. Built in Florida in 1988 specifically for coastal cruising and certified by the U. S. Coast Guard, the Yorktown flies the American flag and is staffed by friendly and experienced American officers and crew. With a draft of only 9 feet, the Yorktown is able to maneuver in secluded waterways and visit small ports that are inaccessible to larger vessels. And Yorktown’s American registry makes it possible to operate domestic itineraries unavailable to foreign-flag ships. The ship’s cuisine, served in a dining room large enough to accommodate all guests at once, emphasizes American regional culinary traditions. Accommodating only 130 guests in 65 exterior cabins, the Yorktown enjoys an atmosphere of warm and relaxed informality that endears it to repeat and new guests alike.
Ship Information:
Length: 257 feet Beam: 43 feet Draft: 8 feet Cabins: 69 Flag: American
Contact info:
Travel Dynamics International
132 East 70th Street
New York, NY 10021 USA
phone: 800-257-5767
web:
www.traveldynamicsinternational.com
Room amenities:
Most cabins have large picture windows, and each is furnished with comfortable beds, a writing desk, ample storage, a clock/radio/CD player, and has a private bathroom. Your cabin is the perfect place for peace and quiet and for private rest and reflection.
Facility amenities:
The ship offers a dining room, spacious observation lounge, large sun deck, library, and swimming platform. Both the lounge and dining room are surrounded by large picture windows that afford unobstructed views of the passing scenery. The water aboard ship is safe to drink, and bottled water will be provided on group excursions. Cash (USD) and credit cards are the preferred forms of payment aboard ship. For telephone communication onboard, you may use the ship's Maritime service satellite system which will be charged to a credit card. Email access on board: Internet-ready laptop computers will be available for use on board from which personal emails can be received and sent by accessing your own web-based email account. A fee will be charged for each 30 minutes of use. There is also wireless Internet access available for a fee.
Smoking policy:
No
Smoking policies vary by facility. During all group events and activities, smoking is prohibited.
Day Two: Saturday, October 12
- Boston, Massachusetts / Embark Yorktown
Breakfast:
Breakfast in the hotel dining room.
Morning:
Attend a lecture and learn about the history of Boston, followed by a guided bus excursion of Boston. Transfer to Gloucester.
Lunch:
Enjoy a traditional New England clambake in Gloucester.
Afternoon:
Explore the Rocky Neck art colony with a local guide. Rocky Neck artist colony, where many of America's foremost late 19th and 20th century artists spent their summers, is currently undergoing a revival. Explore twelve sites that are associated with famous artists, from Winslow Homer to Edward Hopper and Marsden Hartley. Transfer to Gloucester harbor and embark the Yorktown at 4:00 PM. Late afternoon embarkation briefing, introduction of ship staff, and safety drill.
Dinner:
Dinner onboard.
Lodging:
Yorktown
Meals Included:
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
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Type:
Cruise Ship
Description:
The Yorktown is the perfect vessel for relaxed and convivial exploration of America’s great coastal waterways. Built in Florida in 1988 specifically for coastal cruising and certified by the U. S. Coast Guard, the Yorktown flies the American flag and is staffed by friendly and experienced American officers and crew. With a draft of only 9 feet, the Yorktown is able to maneuver in secluded waterways and visit small ports that are inaccessible to larger vessels. And Yorktown’s American registry makes it possible to operate domestic itineraries unavailable to foreign-flag ships. The ship’s cuisine, served in a dining room large enough to accommodate all guests at once, emphasizes American regional culinary traditions. Accommodating only 130 guests in 65 exterior cabins, the Yorktown enjoys an atmosphere of warm and relaxed informality that endears it to repeat and new guests alike.
Ship Information:
Length: 257 feet Beam: 43 feet Draft: 8 feet Cabins: 69 Flag: American
Contact info:
Travel Dynamics International
132 East 70th Street
New York, NY 10021 USA
phone: 800-257-5767
web:
www.traveldynamicsinternational.com
Room amenities:
Most cabins have large picture windows, and each is furnished with comfortable beds, a writing desk, ample storage, a clock/radio/CD player, and has a private bathroom. Your cabin is the perfect place for peace and quiet and for private rest and reflection.
Facility amenities:
The ship offers a dining room, spacious observation lounge, large sun deck, library, and swimming platform. Both the lounge and dining room are surrounded by large picture windows that afford unobstructed views of the passing scenery. The water aboard ship is safe to drink, and bottled water will be provided on group excursions. Cash (USD) and credit cards are the preferred forms of payment aboard ship. For telephone communication onboard, you may use the ship's Maritime service satellite system which will be charged to a credit card. Email access on board: Internet-ready laptop computers will be available for use on board from which personal emails can be received and sent by accessing your own web-based email account. A fee will be charged for each 30 minutes of use. There is also wireless Internet access available for a fee.
Smoking policy:
No
Smoking policies vary by facility. During all group events and activities, smoking is prohibited.
Day Three: Sunday, October 13
- Bar Harbor, Maine / Acadia National Park
Breakfast:
Breakfast onboard.
Morning:
Today explore Bar Harbor, one of the loveliest towns on Maine’s coast. Surrounded by Acadia National Park, this quaint fishing village on Mount Desert Island was a fashionable resort town in the late 1800s and the summer home of influential families, including the Astors and Rockefellers. In the afternoon, explore Acadia National Park to discover the Wild Gardens of Acadia, showcasing over 300 native plant species. Also explore the Abbe Museum’s collections chronicling Maine’s 10,000 years of Native American culture and history.
Lunch:
Lunch onboard.
Afternoon:
Free time to explore Bar Harbor.
Dinner:
Dinner onboard.
Evening:
Attend a shipboard guest lecture.
Lodging:
Yorktown
Meals Included:
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
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Type:
Cruise Ship
Description:
The Yorktown is the perfect vessel for relaxed and convivial exploration of America’s great coastal waterways. Built in Florida in 1988 specifically for coastal cruising and certified by the U. S. Coast Guard, the Yorktown flies the American flag and is staffed by friendly and experienced American officers and crew. With a draft of only 9 feet, the Yorktown is able to maneuver in secluded waterways and visit small ports that are inaccessible to larger vessels. And Yorktown’s American registry makes it possible to operate domestic itineraries unavailable to foreign-flag ships. The ship’s cuisine, served in a dining room large enough to accommodate all guests at once, emphasizes American regional culinary traditions. Accommodating only 130 guests in 65 exterior cabins, the Yorktown enjoys an atmosphere of warm and relaxed informality that endears it to repeat and new guests alike.
Ship Information:
Length: 257 feet Beam: 43 feet Draft: 8 feet Cabins: 69 Flag: American
Contact info:
Travel Dynamics International
132 East 70th Street
New York, NY 10021 USA
phone: 800-257-5767
web:
www.traveldynamicsinternational.com
Room amenities:
Most cabins have large picture windows, and each is furnished with comfortable beds, a writing desk, ample storage, a clock/radio/CD player, and has a private bathroom. Your cabin is the perfect place for peace and quiet and for private rest and reflection.
Facility amenities:
The ship offers a dining room, spacious observation lounge, large sun deck, library, and swimming platform. Both the lounge and dining room are surrounded by large picture windows that afford unobstructed views of the passing scenery. The water aboard ship is safe to drink, and bottled water will be provided on group excursions. Cash (USD) and credit cards are the preferred forms of payment aboard ship. For telephone communication onboard, you may use the ship's Maritime service satellite system which will be charged to a credit card. Email access on board: Internet-ready laptop computers will be available for use on board from which personal emails can be received and sent by accessing your own web-based email account. A fee will be charged for each 30 minutes of use. There is also wireless Internet access available for a fee.
Smoking policy:
No
Smoking policies vary by facility. During all group events and activities, smoking is prohibited.
Day Four: Monday, October 14
- Bath, Maine
Breakfast:
Breakfast on board.
Morning:
Call at the Maine Maritime Museum, in the town of Bath, on the banks of the Kennebec River. See the displays on shipbuilding and lobstering, and boats that once cruised the Grand Banks off of Newfoundland in search of cod.
Lunch:
Lunch onboard.
Afternoon:
Take a stroll along the harbor this afternoon, or discover the town's fine boutiques, and restaurants.
Dinner:
Dinner onboard.
Evening:
Attend a shipboard guest lecture.
Lodging:
Yorktown
Meals Included:
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
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Type:
Cruise Ship
Description:
The Yorktown is the perfect vessel for relaxed and convivial exploration of America’s great coastal waterways. Built in Florida in 1988 specifically for coastal cruising and certified by the U. S. Coast Guard, the Yorktown flies the American flag and is staffed by friendly and experienced American officers and crew. With a draft of only 9 feet, the Yorktown is able to maneuver in secluded waterways and visit small ports that are inaccessible to larger vessels. And Yorktown’s American registry makes it possible to operate domestic itineraries unavailable to foreign-flag ships. The ship’s cuisine, served in a dining room large enough to accommodate all guests at once, emphasizes American regional culinary traditions. Accommodating only 130 guests in 65 exterior cabins, the Yorktown enjoys an atmosphere of warm and relaxed informality that endears it to repeat and new guests alike.
Ship Information:
Length: 257 feet Beam: 43 feet Draft: 8 feet Cabins: 69 Flag: American
Contact info:
Travel Dynamics International
132 East 70th Street
New York, NY 10021 USA
phone: 800-257-5767
web:
www.traveldynamicsinternational.com
Room amenities:
Most cabins have large picture windows, and each is furnished with comfortable beds, a writing desk, ample storage, a clock/radio/CD player, and has a private bathroom. Your cabin is the perfect place for peace and quiet and for private rest and reflection.
Facility amenities:
The ship offers a dining room, spacious observation lounge, large sun deck, library, and swimming platform. Both the lounge and dining room are surrounded by large picture windows that afford unobstructed views of the passing scenery. The water aboard ship is safe to drink, and bottled water will be provided on group excursions. Cash (USD) and credit cards are the preferred forms of payment aboard ship. For telephone communication onboard, you may use the ship's Maritime service satellite system which will be charged to a credit card. Email access on board: Internet-ready laptop computers will be available for use on board from which personal emails can be received and sent by accessing your own web-based email account. A fee will be charged for each 30 minutes of use. There is also wireless Internet access available for a fee.
Smoking policy:
No
Smoking policies vary by facility. During all group events and activities, smoking is prohibited.
Day Five: Tuesday, October 15
- Nantucket, Massachusetts
Breakfast:
Breakfast onboard.
Morning:
Nantucket is one of the premier destinations along the eastern seaboard, where seaside cottages and old-fashioned lamps still illuminate the streets. Named a National Historic District, the island has retained much of its 17th-century architecture and today nearly 40 percent of the island is protected conservation land. During our full day in Nantucket you may wish to explore the impressive whaling museum, with its skeleton of a 43-foot finback whale; and Hadwen House, a grand 19th-century Greek Revival home.
Lunch:
Lunch onboard.
Afternoon:
Free time to explore Nantucket.
Dinner:
Dinner onboard.
Evening:
Attend a shipboard guest lecture.
Lodging:
Yorktown
Meals Included:
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
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Type:
Cruise Ship
Description:
The Yorktown is the perfect vessel for relaxed and convivial exploration of America’s great coastal waterways. Built in Florida in 1988 specifically for coastal cruising and certified by the U. S. Coast Guard, the Yorktown flies the American flag and is staffed by friendly and experienced American officers and crew. With a draft of only 9 feet, the Yorktown is able to maneuver in secluded waterways and visit small ports that are inaccessible to larger vessels. And Yorktown’s American registry makes it possible to operate domestic itineraries unavailable to foreign-flag ships. The ship’s cuisine, served in a dining room large enough to accommodate all guests at once, emphasizes American regional culinary traditions. Accommodating only 130 guests in 65 exterior cabins, the Yorktown enjoys an atmosphere of warm and relaxed informality that endears it to repeat and new guests alike.
Ship Information:
Length: 257 feet Beam: 43 feet Draft: 8 feet Cabins: 69 Flag: American
Contact info:
Travel Dynamics International
132 East 70th Street
New York, NY 10021 USA
phone: 800-257-5767
web:
www.traveldynamicsinternational.com
Room amenities:
Most cabins have large picture windows, and each is furnished with comfortable beds, a writing desk, ample storage, a clock/radio/CD player, and has a private bathroom. Your cabin is the perfect place for peace and quiet and for private rest and reflection.
Facility amenities:
The ship offers a dining room, spacious observation lounge, large sun deck, library, and swimming platform. Both the lounge and dining room are surrounded by large picture windows that afford unobstructed views of the passing scenery. The water aboard ship is safe to drink, and bottled water will be provided on group excursions. Cash (USD) and credit cards are the preferred forms of payment aboard ship. For telephone communication onboard, you may use the ship's Maritime service satellite system which will be charged to a credit card. Email access on board: Internet-ready laptop computers will be available for use on board from which personal emails can be received and sent by accessing your own web-based email account. A fee will be charged for each 30 minutes of use. There is also wireless Internet access available for a fee.
Smoking policy:
No
Smoking policies vary by facility. During all group events and activities, smoking is prohibited.
Day Six: Wednesday, October 16
- Newport, Rhode Island
Breakfast:
Breakfast onboard.
Morning:
Sail into the yacht-filled harbor of Newport, the one-time summer playground of New York’s wealthiest families. Many of the grand “cottages” they built are now cared for by The Preservation Society of Newport County and are open to the public. See The Breakers, the 70-room Italian Renaissance mansion of Cornelius Vanderbilt II. Also explore the historic center of Newport with its fine architecture and enjoy time at leisure.
Lunch:
Lunch onboard.
Afternoon:
Free time to explore Newport.
Dinner:
Dinner onboard.
Evening:
Attend a shipboard guest lecture.
Lodging:
Yorktown
Meals Included:
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
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Type:
Cruise Ship
Description:
The Yorktown is the perfect vessel for relaxed and convivial exploration of America’s great coastal waterways. Built in Florida in 1988 specifically for coastal cruising and certified by the U. S. Coast Guard, the Yorktown flies the American flag and is staffed by friendly and experienced American officers and crew. With a draft of only 9 feet, the Yorktown is able to maneuver in secluded waterways and visit small ports that are inaccessible to larger vessels. And Yorktown’s American registry makes it possible to operate domestic itineraries unavailable to foreign-flag ships. The ship’s cuisine, served in a dining room large enough to accommodate all guests at once, emphasizes American regional culinary traditions. Accommodating only 130 guests in 65 exterior cabins, the Yorktown enjoys an atmosphere of warm and relaxed informality that endears it to repeat and new guests alike.
Ship Information:
Length: 257 feet Beam: 43 feet Draft: 8 feet Cabins: 69 Flag: American
Contact info:
Travel Dynamics International
132 East 70th Street
New York, NY 10021 USA
phone: 800-257-5767
web:
www.traveldynamicsinternational.com
Room amenities:
Most cabins have large picture windows, and each is furnished with comfortable beds, a writing desk, ample storage, a clock/radio/CD player, and has a private bathroom. Your cabin is the perfect place for peace and quiet and for private rest and reflection.
Facility amenities:
The ship offers a dining room, spacious observation lounge, large sun deck, library, and swimming platform. Both the lounge and dining room are surrounded by large picture windows that afford unobstructed views of the passing scenery. The water aboard ship is safe to drink, and bottled water will be provided on group excursions. Cash (USD) and credit cards are the preferred forms of payment aboard ship. For telephone communication onboard, you may use the ship's Maritime service satellite system which will be charged to a credit card. Email access on board: Internet-ready laptop computers will be available for use on board from which personal emails can be received and sent by accessing your own web-based email account. A fee will be charged for each 30 minutes of use. There is also wireless Internet access available for a fee.
Smoking policy:
No
Smoking policies vary by facility. During all group events and activities, smoking is prohibited.
Day Seven: Thursday, October 17
- Yonkers / Pocantico Hills, New York
Breakfast:
Breakfast onboard.
Morning:
Yorktown enters the Hudson River to arrive in Westchester County. From Yonkers, travel to Pocantico Hills for an excursion to Kykuit, home to four generations of Rockefellers whose mansion and surrounding grounds is a National Trust for Historic Preservation site. Explore the impressive sculpture garden, with works by David Smith and Henry Moore, and the six-story stone mansion which houses many works of art, including beautiful tapestries by Picasso.
Lunch:
Lunch onboard.
Afternoon:
In the afternoon, discover the Union Church, unassuming and charming upon first glance, but a closer look reveals a gem for art enthusiasts. As requested by the Rockefeller siblings following their mother’s death, Henri Matisse, who was a close friend of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, agreed to create the beautiful stained glass Rose Window as a memorial to the matriarch. The siblings later commissioned Marc Chagall to create a memorial window for their father upon his death. Chagall went on to create eight additional windows for the church, all of which are beautifully displayed today.
Dinner:
Dinner onboard.
Evening:
Attend a shipboard guest lecture.
Lodging:
Yorktown
Meals Included:
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
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Type:
Cruise Ship
Description:
The Yorktown is the perfect vessel for relaxed and convivial exploration of America’s great coastal waterways. Built in Florida in 1988 specifically for coastal cruising and certified by the U. S. Coast Guard, the Yorktown flies the American flag and is staffed by friendly and experienced American officers and crew. With a draft of only 9 feet, the Yorktown is able to maneuver in secluded waterways and visit small ports that are inaccessible to larger vessels. And Yorktown’s American registry makes it possible to operate domestic itineraries unavailable to foreign-flag ships. The ship’s cuisine, served in a dining room large enough to accommodate all guests at once, emphasizes American regional culinary traditions. Accommodating only 130 guests in 65 exterior cabins, the Yorktown enjoys an atmosphere of warm and relaxed informality that endears it to repeat and new guests alike.
Ship Information:
Length: 257 feet Beam: 43 feet Draft: 8 feet Cabins: 69 Flag: American
Contact info:
Travel Dynamics International
132 East 70th Street
New York, NY 10021 USA
phone: 800-257-5767
web:
www.traveldynamicsinternational.com
Room amenities:
Most cabins have large picture windows, and each is furnished with comfortable beds, a writing desk, ample storage, a clock/radio/CD player, and has a private bathroom. Your cabin is the perfect place for peace and quiet and for private rest and reflection.
Facility amenities:
The ship offers a dining room, spacious observation lounge, large sun deck, library, and swimming platform. Both the lounge and dining room are surrounded by large picture windows that afford unobstructed views of the passing scenery. The water aboard ship is safe to drink, and bottled water will be provided on group excursions. Cash (USD) and credit cards are the preferred forms of payment aboard ship. For telephone communication onboard, you may use the ship's Maritime service satellite system which will be charged to a credit card. Email access on board: Internet-ready laptop computers will be available for use on board from which personal emails can be received and sent by accessing your own web-based email account. A fee will be charged for each 30 minutes of use. There is also wireless Internet access available for a fee.
Smoking policy:
No
Smoking policies vary by facility. During all group events and activities, smoking is prohibited.
Day Eight: Friday, October 18
- Poughkeepsie / Hyde Park, New York
Breakfast:
Breakfast onboard.
Morning:
Explore the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, conceived by FDR to house the many historical papers, books, and memorabilia throughout his life. After privately raising funds to build the site, he donated it to the National Archives to ensure that the public would have access to such important historical documents. Also explore Eleanor Roosevelt’s Val-Kill, a National Historic Site. Wander the bucolic grounds and inspect the cottage where Eleanor lived until her death.
Lunch:
Lunch onboard.
Afternoon:
Continue to the Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site. Purchased by Frederick Vanderbilt in 1895, the mansion was home the socially distinguished for nearly two centuries, and is an exceptional monument of the Gilded Age. Explore the mansion and its lovely grounds, which offer stunning views of the Hudson River. Also explore the Dia Art Foundation in Beacon, whose works include art from the 1960s to the present.
Dinner:
Farewell Dinner onboard.
Lodging:
Yorktown
Meals Included:
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day Nine: Saturday, October 19
- New York City / Disembark / Departure
Breakfast:
Breakfast onboard.
Morning:
Disembark Yorktown in New York City. Independent departures.
Meals Included:
Breakfast
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