Trips and Tours

Single Day Trips

Chunk of Chocolate 2011

• When: Wednesday, February 8, 2012 from 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Cost: $89 - lunch included (no refunds)
• Trip ID: NST S02 008

Delve into the delights of man’s most delicious discovery! On this Chicago tour you will learn about the history of cocoa and its connections with the ancient Aztec and Inca civilizations. You will also hear about the varieties of chocolate, the many ways in which it is used and the forms it takes. At lunchtime enjoy a delicious meal at Pompeii and then have a melt-in-your-mouth hot fudge sundae for dessert at a neighborhood ice cream and candy store. Stock up at a chocolate-candy supplier outlet store and a get a delicious chocolate covered treat at Godiva, which has luscious gourmet chocolates. Don’t miss this “choco-riffic” day.

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Milwaukee Epicurious 2012

• When: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 from 8:15 a.m. to 6:15 p.m.
• Cost: $95 - (no refunds)
• Trip ID: NST S03 021

Enjoy history and trivia at the Sprecher Brewery and see how Sprecher is reviving the Old World brewing traditions that once made Milwaukee famous. Sample famous soda and beer in Sprecher’s Beer Garden.

Next stop is Palmero’s Pizza, where you will learn history and fun pizza facts, take a walking tour of the plant, and enjoy samples to top off the experience. Get your “engines roaring” at the Harley Davidson Museum, with a self-guided tour (included). Lunch is on your own at the onsite restaurants. Last stop is the O&H Danish Bakery known for the irresistible Danish pastry - Kringle. Visit the on-site bakery with samples and receive a surprise take home gift. Register early - registration is limited to 30 participants.

Macy’s Flower Show 2012

• When: Wednesday, April 4, 2012 7:45 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Cost: $95 - lunch included (no refunds)
• Trip ID: NST S04 004

Spend the day rewarding your senses at Macy’s Flower Show spectacular. Produced annually at the flagship store on State Street, this fabulous show features over 2 million flowers and exotic topiaries from around the world arranged by renowned horticulturists to create urban sanctuaries. Tour the flower show led by a master gardener from the University of Illinois Extension program and some time on your own to enjoy this historic store. A delicious lunch will follow at Pompeii in Little Italy and then a stop at City Escape Gardens. This center has been instrumental in helping shape the gardens of Chicago and has great ideas for gardening, from containers to larger spaces. You will come away ready for spring and filled with wonderful ideas.

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Single Day Trip Details

• Register for day trips through MCC’s Registration Office at (815) 455-8588, dial 0. (use Trip ID number when registering)
• You may reserve several tickets under one name.
• Day tours depart from MCC’s Lot B circular drive, accessible by entering at College Entrance Number 1, traffic light entrance. Maps and directions available.
• For more information, please contact Claudia Terrones, (815) 455-8782.

Extended Tours

New Orleans by Train

• When: February 14 through 20, 2012
• Cost:
  • Single $2,154
  • Double $1,779
  • Triple $1,749

Prices include roundtrip airfare from Chicago, fuel charges, departure and arrival taxes. Per-person rates. Price includes a $145 cancellation/interruption insurance premium. Optional travelers insurance available.

All Aboard! After your home pickup, we will board our Amtrak train at Union Station in Chicago and travel overnight to New Orleans were we will visit historical sites, interesting places and enjoy delicious food.

Tour Highlights:

• 8 meals (2 continental breakfasts, 1 deluxe continental breakfast, 1 breakfast,
and 4 dinners)
• Home pickup and return
• Roundtrip Amtrak transportation
• 2 nights French Quarter accommodations
• New Orleans guided tour
• Mardi Gras World Museum
• New Orleans School of Cooking class with dinner
• Pre-Mardi Gras Parade
• Cajun swamp tour
• Oak Alley Plantation guided house tour
• Myrtles Plantation guided house tour
• Frogmore Plantation guided tour
• Vicksburg National Military Park guided tour
• $35 Fancy-Free Holidays Travel Rewards

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Emerald Coast Getaway

8-day deluxe escorted motorcoach tour -Value Tour 2012

• When:March 16 through 23, 2012
• Cost:
  • Single $1,648
  • Double $1,099
  • Triple $1,085

Prices include roundtrip airfare from Chicago, fuel charges, departure and arrival taxes. Per-person rates. Optional travelers insurance available.

Filled with beauty and history, this gem on the Emerald Coast of Florida is where nature and the wonderful residents welcome you! What a perfect eight day getaway to a warm, sunny destination with white sandy beaches and where the dolphins and seabirds make their home.

Tour Highlights:

• Free home or local pickup and return
• 9 meals (4 dinners, 5 breakfasts)
• Spend 3 fabulous nights in Destin on Florida’s amazing Emerald Coast featuring white sand beaches and crystal–
clear waters
• Enjoy dinner in the “Land Between the Lakes” at Patti ’s 1800s Settlement
• Visit the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum
• Experience true made-from-scratch Southern cooking and genuine Southern hospitality at Mary Mac’s Tea Room
• Stop in the National Historic Site of Plains, Georgia, home of Jimmy Carter
• Visit the Destin History and Fishing Museum to learn about the history of “The Luckiest Fishing Village in the World”
• Tour the Air Force Armament Museum with its extensive collection of weaponry and see the fastest plane ever
built, the SR-71 Blackbird
• Taste Fort Walton Beach’s finest cuisine at the Magnolia Grill, a restaurant and museum of local history
• Cast off on a Dolphin Watching Cruise aboard the glass-bottomed M/V Southern Star
• Free time at Opryland Hotel with included Delta Flatboat cruise through four and a half acres of lush gardens
• Dinner and entertainment at Chaffin’s Barn Dinner Theater featuring sumptuous
cuisine and a “Theater-in-the-Round” show on a descending magic stage
• $40 in Mayflower Money

For more information, to check availability or to request a brochure, please call Claudia Terrones, coordinator of Personal Development Programs at (815) 455-8782.

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Romantic Rhine Cruise featuring the Floriade 2012 touring Switzerland, France, Germany, The Netherlands

• When: April 23 through May 2, 2012
• Cost:
  • Emerald Deck $3,773 twin or $5,278 single
  • Ruby Deck $3,933 twin or $5,578 single
  • Diamond Deck $4,133 twin
  • Jr. Suite $4,334 twin

Prices include roundtrip airfare from Chicago, fuel charges, departure and arrival taxes. Per-person rates. Optional travelers insurance available.

Take pleasure in the splendor of Floriade 2012 a premier horticulture event only offered once every ten years in Holland!

Blending classic land touring with elegant river cruising creates the most relaxing way to experience the heart of Europe. Cruise the romantic Rhine River aboard your exclusively chartered river ship. You'll feel a sense of adventure as you imagine the historic events that occurred along these rivers where the ever-changing scenes of magnificent castles, quaint villages, sloping vineyards and incredible cathedrals unfold before your eyes. Sit back and relax as your retrace the routes of history from the comfort of the cozy lounge or out on the sundeck.

Tour Highlights:

• Home pickup and return
• 23 Meals (8 breakfast, 7 lunches, and 8 dinners)
• Airport transfers
• Mayflower Tour expert staff onboard to assist you
• Accommodations at the Mercure Aan de Amstel in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, allowing for convenient transfers to Schiphol airport
• Experience the waterways of The Netherlands and the Rhine River by cruising aboard the exclusively chartered river vessel the MS Swiss Crown
• After boarding, unpack just once in your comfortable outside stateroom with large picture windows for perfect viewing An included full-day at Floriade 2012, the world-renowned European Horticulture Exposition staged only once every ten years showcasing the world's most exquisite and exceptional flowers, plants, trees, fruit and vegetables
• Included shore excursion escorted by local English-speaking guides in Amsterdam, Dsseldorf, and Strasbourg
• Narrated cruising through the UNESCO World Heritage Region of the Rhine River Valley including Lorelei Rock
• All meals included onboard. Enjoy a variety of international and local cuisines. All four-course dinners are served with regional wines. Afternoon tea and pastries served daily in the lounge
• Inviting public areas with large picture windows in the lounge and bar are comfortably furnished with large sofas complete with evening piano music
• Enjoy local cultural entertainment and a cuckoo clock demonstration
• $50 in Mayflower money

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Shipshewana Amish Insight Tour

• When: May 22 through 23, 2012
• Cost:
  • Single 299 (NST S55 001)
  • Double $249 (NST S55 002)

Per-person rates, no refunds.

Shop the Midwest’s Largest Outdoor Flea Market with over 1000 vendors. Relax in old-fashioned quality with all the modern conveniences at the Essenhaus Inn in Middlebury Indiana. Awaken your senses as you visit a variety of quaint shops and specialty retailers. Enjoy in-home Amish dining while you converse with the family and are served a delicious Threshers Meal. You will learn about the Amish-Mennonite story while touring the Menno-Hof Interpretive Center. Bring your appetite and good walking shoes and discover a culture that is right in your own backyard.

Included in this tour:

• Three meals include one each; box lunch, continental breakfast, and Threshers meal
• Overnight accommodations at The Essenhaus Inn
• Deluxe motorcoach
• Baggage handling
• Fully escorted

The approximate itinerary is as follows:

Tuesday, May 22

• Bountiful box lunch from the Bread Box Bakery in Shipshewana
• Midwest’s Largest Outdoor Flea Market
• Essenhaus Village Shops
• Dinner on your own

Wednesday, May 23

• Continental breakfast at the Essenhaus Inn
• Amish Insight Tour
  • Amish Bakery
  • Pretzel Shop
  • Amish Quilt Shop
  • In-Home Amish Dining
  • Menno-Hof Interpretive Center
  • Amish Chime Making shop
  • E and S Bulk Food Store

To register for the Shipshewana Amish Insight Tour with a Visa, MasterCard, or Discover, please call (815) 455-8588 (use Trip ID number when registering)

For further information, contact Claudia Terrones at (815) 455-8782.

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Niagara Falls Canada

Motorcoach tour - 5 Days – 8 Meals

• When: July 18 through 22, 2012
• Cost:
  • Single $1,839
  • Double $1,464
  • Triple $1,444

Per-person rates. Optional travelers insurance available. A valid passport OR passport card is required for travel to and from Canada.

Niagara Falls is a destination unlike any other. From the marvel of gazing at the Falls, to the numerous activities, Niagara Falls is an attraction to please everyone.

Tour Highlights:

• Home pickup and return
• 8 Meals (4 breakfasts, 4 dinners)
• African Lion Safari and Game Farm
• Journey Behind the Falls
• Niagara Skywheel
• Fort George demonstrations
• Wine Tasting
• Royal Botanical Gardens Guided Tour
• Pewter Studio Guided Tour
• Walters Family Dinner Theater
• $25 Fancy-Free Holidays Travel Rewards

For more information, to request a brochure, or to RSVP to the Trip Preview, please call Claudia Terrones, coordinator of Personal Development Programs at (815) 455-8782.

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California Coast and Majestic Sierra Parks

7-day air tour

• When: September 30 through October 6, 2012
• Cost:
  • Single $3,814
  • Double $3,224
  • Triple $3,194

Per-person rates includes:
roundtrip airfare from Chicago and home pickup and return Cost includes cancellation/interruption insurance premium of $243.

Fly to Los Angeles and experience this incredible 7-day coast and mountain California National Parks tour, with one-way deluxe private dome rail car travel from Los Angeles to Monterey. Enjoy 2 nights in Monterey with tours of the Aquarium and Carmel’s Scenic 17 Mile Drive. Have lunch at John Steinbeck’s boyhood home. Spend 2 nights in Coarsegold, with day trips to 3 spectacular national parks – Yosemite, Sequoia Redwoods, and Kings Canyon.

Tour Highlights:

• Home pickup and return
• 13 Meals (5 breakfasts, 4 lunches, 4 dinners)
• Spectacular scenery of California Coast and Sierra Nevada Mountains
• Deluxe private “Silver Lariot” Dome Rail Car from Los Angeles to Monterey
• Meal, wine and cocktails on train
• Monterey Aquarium
• Cannery Row
• Famous 17-mile coastal drive
• Pebble Beach
• Carmel
• John Steinback – Museum and lunch at boyhood home
• 3 California National Parks:
  • Yosemite with Valley Floor Tour,
  • Kings Canyon with Grant Grove
  • and Sequoia with Redwoods at Giant Forest
• Lunch at Yosemite Ahwahnee Lodge
• $35 Fancy-Free Holiday Travel

For more information, to check availability or to request a brochure, or to RSVP to the Trip Preview, please call Claudia Terrones, coordinator of Personal Development Programs, at (815) 455-8782.

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