Trips

    Trip: New York City On Your Own

    A magical time of year to visit NYC!
    Thursday, December 12th

    Let us do the driving and you plan your day! A great opportunity to finish your holiday shopping or just enjoy all the endless sights New York City as to offer. Be amazed at the Winter Wonderland the city transforms into at the Holidays!

     

    Your drop off and pick up location will be near Radio City Music Hall.

    We will be leaving New York City at 5:30pm.

    Don’t wait to sign up, spaces are limited.

    COST: $60 per person includes charter bus transportation. Driver tip is not included.

    Trip: Radio City Music Hall – Christmas Spectacular

    Enjoy a favorite holiday tradition in NYC starring the Rockettes!
    Thursday, December 12th

    Your festive day starts with time on your own to have lunch and see the sights in NYC at Christmas. With endless restaurants, cafés and bakeries, you will have plenty to choose from. Next, enjoy the 2:00pm performance of Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular! After the show you will have time on your own to see the Rockefeller Tree and grab a bite to eat before we leave NYC at 5:30pm.

    The Rockettes have been charming New York City with the Christmas Spectacular since 1933, and has become one of the city’s most popular holiday traditions. The 90-minute show will immerse you in the magic of the holidays and includes beloved favorite Rockettes numbers ‘Parade of The Wooden Soldiers’ and ‘New York at Christmas’ along with the ‘Living Nativity’ and a visit from Santa!

    COST: $167 per person includes charter bus transportation and Christmas Spectacular Orchestra section 200 show ticket*. Driver tip is not included.

    Drop off and Pick up will involve some walking to & from Radio City Music Hall.

    *Christmas Spectacular tickets will only be distributed via mobile tickets. You must have a smart phone.

    Cancellation Policy: Refund will only be given if your spot is filled.

    Trip: “A Christmas Story” – Goodspeed Opera House

    Thursday, December 19th

    Departing senior center at 10:45am, 5:30pm approximate return time

     

    First, enjoy lunch at Olive Garden (lunch on your own). Following lunch, a short ride will bring you to Goodspeed Opera House for the musical version of the beloved movie classic ~ A Christmas Story.

    The only thing little Ralphie wants for Christmas is a BB gun. But to get it, he
    must navigate all the obstacles of the yuletide season. Will a neighborhood
    bully, a strict school teacher, a distracted dad and a department store Santa
    thwart his quest? There’s something for everyone in this hilarious love letter to
    Christmas past. A package of naughty and nice nostalgia to warm your winter!

    This trip will be using the Senior Center bus for transportation.
    You are responsible to find your own ride to the SC before the trip and home from the SC after.
    COST: $66 per person includes A Christmas Story side orchestra ticket and transportation.
    Lunch is on your own. Limited tickets available.

    Trip: Nunsense – A Musical

    Nunsense – A Musical!

    at Newport Playhouse & Cabaret Theater, Newport, RI

    Wednesday, July 31st

    Start with a delicious, all you can eat, buffet lunch featuring a large selection of freshly prepared food.  After lunch, enjoy the hilarious performance of Nunsense – A Musical!  Following the show, return to your seat in the dining room for dessert, drinks and a fun-filled Cabaret Show!

    Nunsense – A Musical! ~ A hilarious musical comedy about the misadventures of five nuns trying to manage a fundraiser.  Sadly, the rest of the sisterhood died from botulism after eating vichyssoise prepared by Sister Julia (Child of God).  Thus, the remaining nuns – befuddled Sister Mary Amnesia; ballet-loving Sister Leo; street-wise Sister Robert Anne; the Mother Superior Sister Regina, and (mistress of the novices) Sister Mary Hubert – decide the best way to raise the money to bury their dearly departed is to stage a talent show ~featuring their own “talents”!

    COST: $99 per person includes charter coach bus transportation, fabulous buffet lunch, matinee performance of Nunsense – A Musical!, 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

     

    Trip: Buttonwood Farm Ice Cream

    Tuesday, July 30th 

    Bus leaves the Senior Center at 1:15 p.m. and returns approx. 3:15 p.m.

     

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

    Ice Cream anyone?  Buttonwood Farm makes over 50 flavors of ice cream at their farm.  Along with the ice cream, the waffle cones and whipped cream are also handmade onsite.  During your visit, have a cup, cone, sundae or shake of their delightful treat as you enjoy the views of sunflower fields and farm cows at their scenic country location.

    Cost: $2 for transportation (Senior Center bus).  Ice Cream is on your own.