Category: Trips

And we’re off  to the races!  Step back into history a the Saratoga Race Course and place your bets while you watch the races in style.

Your price includes: Roundtrip transportation on a premium motor coach with driver gratuity included plus Reserved Grandstand seating at Saratoga Race Course- Cheer on your favorite horses from the covered grandstand. We plan to depart at 7:00 am with a approx. return time of 9:30 pm. $87 per resident/ $97 per non resident.

Register online at www.grotonrec.com or visit front desk.

Friday, July 15th 

Trip to the 2022 Southeastern Healthy Living Expo, then a self-paid lunch at Illiano’s Grill

Transportation provided – leaving the senior center at 9:15am and returning at 1:00pm

Expo held at Dodd Stadium from 9:30am-12:30pm

Please sign up!

Wednesday, July 20th

And we’re off to the races! Step back into history at the Saratoga Race Course
and place your bets while you watch the races in style. Your price includes:
Roundtrip transportation on a premium motor coach with driver gratuity included
plus Reserved Grandstand seating at Saratoga Race Course- Cheer on your
favorite horses from the covered grandstand.

We plan to depart at 7:00 am with an approximate return time of 9:30 pm.

$87 per resident/$97 per non resident.

Boston, MA

Wednesday, August 31^st

Our first stop will be Faneuil Hall Marketplace where you will have time on your own to shop and have lunch.  One of Boston’s most well known historic sites, Faneuil Hall Marketplace was constructed in 1742 and has served as a marketplace and meeting hall since it first opened its doors.

Today, Faneuil Hall Marketplace is actually four great historic places in one location – Faneuil Hall, Quincy Market, North Market and South Market.  Offering plenty of history, great stores, artisan pushcarts, restaurants, food stands, street performers and entertainment!

Next, a short bus ride brings us to the Beyond King Tut: The Immersive Experience exhibition located at the SoWa Power Station.  Through nine distinct galleries, Beyond King Tut unlocks the 3,300 year old story of King Tut in a new and exciting cinematic way!

Produced in partnership with the National Geographic Society, Beyond King Tut takes visitors on an immersive cinematic journey to Egypt to witness ancient wonders of the world, like the Temple at Karnak and the Great Sphinx, all in stunning high-resolution detail.

Audiences then gaze upon a brilliant Egyptian sunrise over the Pyramids of Giza, before traveling back in time 3,300 years to the 18th dynasty and the age of the Golden Pharaohs when King Tut ruled.  There, meet Ancient Egyptian gods like Ra and Anubis, while descending into King Tut’s burial chamber and joining him on his quest for immortality.  An event that makes ancient history come to life!

COST: $65 per person – Includes charter bus transportation and Beyond King Tut admission fee.

9:00 AM Depart Rose City Senior Center, 8 Mahan Drive, Norwich

5:45 PM Approximate return time to Norwich

REGISTRATION BY TELEPHONE

*On your registration day, Dial (860) 889-5960.  When you hear the message saying the Senior Center is closed, dial 3433 and follow the instructions. *

Senior Center Members, Norwich Residents

-Beginning Wednesday, July 20 at 5:00pm

Senior Center Members, Non-Residents

-Beginning Thursday, July 21 at 5:00pm

Open Registration (Any Adults, aged 18 and older)

-Beginning Friday, July 22 at 5:00pm

Mini-Trips are open to Rose City Senior Center Members only.

Mini-trips may be subject to cancellation due to severe weather or unforeseen circumstances

Tuesday, July 19^th

First stop will be The Copper Skillet restaurant for an early lunch.  The Copper Skillet offers salads, sandwiches, burgers, chicken, beef, seafood and Italian entrees.

After lunch, a quick drive brings you to Lavender Pond Farm where you are on your own to explore the lavender fields and gift shop on the 25 acre property.  Optional: for $8 take a ride on The Lavender Express for a 20 minute educational tour of the property.  Bring cash with you if interested.

Please be aware at Lavender Pond Farms you will be walking on uneven or grassy terrain to walk around the fields.  Lavender Pond Farm only has a port-a-potty for visitors to use.

Sign up at Reception (by phone or in person) starting on July 5^th

Cost: $2 for transportation.  Lunch is on your own.

Bus leaves the Senior Center at 10:15 a.m. and returns approx. 3:00 p.m.

This trip will be using the Senior Center bus for transportation. 

Murder at the Howard Johnson’s

Newport Playhouse & Cabaret Theater, Newport, RI

Thursday, July 28^th

Join us for a fabulous day at the newly renovated and reopened Newport Playhouse! 

Start with a delicious, all you can eat, buffet lunch featuring a large selection with all foods prepared onsite. Following lunch, enjoy the hilarious performance of Murder at the Howard Johnson’s.  Following the show, return to your seat in the dining room for drinks and a fun-filled Cabaret Show!

Is all fair in love? Even murder?  That’s the question posed by this light and funny suspense comedy about a love triangle in a Howard Johnson Motor Inn.  The play involves a woman, her lover, and her husband.  First, the wife and her lover plot to murder the husband.  But then, the wife and her husband plot to murder the lover.  When that doesn’t work, the husband and the lover plot to murder the wife… but this attempt, like the others, fails in a hilarious way!

Face Masks are required to be worn in Newport Playhouse unless actively eating or drinking.

COST: $88 per person includes charter bus transportation, fabulous buffet lunch, matinee performance of “Murder at the Howard Johnson’s”, and cabaret show.  Driver tip is not included.

9:45 AM Depart Rose City Senior Center, 8 Mahan Drive, Norwich

6:00 PM Approximate return time to Norwich

Call Hilary to sign up (860) 889-5960

this trip is open to any adult, 18 years old and older

Saturday, July 16th

$109* for the bus, show and meal    *50% due at sign up- full payment by June 1st
Lunch before the show at Cap’n Jack’s
Bus leaves at 10:30am
Call Lisbon Senior Center to sign up 860-376-2329

***NEW CLUB***
Retired Old Men Eating Out
Wed, Jul 27th, 11:30am
Costello’s, Noank
So, what is the ROMEO Club?
(Retired Old Men Eating Out)
They eat out, have fun, make and keep
friends. Men Only!
Trip fee is $5pp (transportation only)
Open to Non-Residents
if there is availability Non-residents
will be charged a $1.00 surcharge.
Registration begins Jul 1st.

Wednesday, July 13th from 11:00am-3:30pm

Lunch with shopping afterwards.
Departure time is 11:00am and expected return is 3:30pm.
Trip fee is $5pp (transportation only).  Open to Non-Residents if there is availability. Non-residents will be charged a $1.00 surcharge.
Senior Center Fun Trips use a bus from the Center for transport to and from destination. # of seats very limited. Registration begins the 1st business day of the month starting at 8am. Call the office to register and then make your payment by 4pm on the next business day. Registration begins Jul 1st.

Wednesday, July 27th

3+ hour whale watch tour from Stellwagen Bank with free time at Quincy Market for lunch and shopping. Trip fee $126 per person. Lots of walking. Registration begins May 2nd.