Name: "Queen Esther" Sight & Sound Theater and lunch at Shady Maple (copy)
Start: 2021-08-03T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2021-08-03T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Lancaster, PA, USA

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'Queen Esther'
Sight &amp; Sound Theater and lunch at Shady Maple, Lancaster, PA
August 3, 2021
It’s new and it's rapidly selling out and we don't want you to be disappointed!Come see the world class cast, spectacular special effects and live animals on stage and in the aisles. Join us on a journey of theater and a good ole fashion Dutch Buffet lunch at Shady Maple.
Package includes motor coach transportation, theater seats, lunch, driver's gratuity and trip leader.
Bus departs GSP Forked River Rest Area 8:15 am, TARGET, 570 Rt 70, Brick 8:45 AM GSP exit 98 Park and Ride 9 am approx 6 PM return $129


Lancaster, PA, USA

"Queen Esther"  Sight & Sound Theater and lunch at Shady Maple (copy)

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"Queen Esther"
Sight &amp; Sound Theater and lunch at Shady Maple, Lancaster, PA
August 3, 2021
It’s new and it's rapidly selling out and we don't want you to be disappointed!Come see the world class cast, spectacular special effects and live animals on stage and in the aisles. Join us on a journey of theater and a good ole fashion Dutch Buffet lunch at Shady Maple.
Package includes motor coach transportation, theater seats, lunch, driver's gratuity and trip leader.
Bus departs GSP Forked River Rest Area 8:15 am, TARGET, 570 Rt 70, Brick 8:45 AM GSP exit 98 Park and Ride 9 am approx 6 PM return $129

About this trip

A wonderful Radio City Music Hall experience,  it has been over 15 years, since my last experience,  this trip with Faith and GSG, was filled with HOLIDAY MAGIC...may 2024 be kind to us...terri...Teresa Finn 

We have been on numerous trips with Faith and they are always adventurous and well planned.  This year started with the Kentucky Derby, Land and Cruise thru Alaska and the Mircle of Christmas in Lancaster Pa was a great way to wrap of the year.  Can't wait for new adventures.






We enjoyed it very much, always have a good time with Garden State Getaways. 

Hunterdon Hills Dinner Theater "Bee Hive"  A 60's Musical

Enjoyed the show and the lunch.  Always a comfortable trip with Garden State Getaways.


Food was good; dessert bar was amply stocked w/sweets.  The play was nice but didn't have as many popular songs from the 60s as I would have liked.  Costumes good, performers were talented and the band was terrific.  The second half of the show was better than the first half.  The tour leader, Cathi, was lovely and it was really nice to see Eddie, the bus driver, again.  He is always a gentleman.  Thank you, Faith and Garden State Getaways, for another enjoyable bus trip.  I'm looking forward to my next outing with you!

As usual, GSG outperformed!  Vikki did a great job in keeping everyone informed, and Deshawn was an expert driver and interacted well with the passengers! All in all, a perfect day - and the show, as usual was amazing!  Thank you Faith Reese and your staff at GSG for your hard work and great service‼️



"Daniel"  Sight & Sound and lunch at Shady Maple

The entire trip was excellent, the show was the best one I’ve seen.

So glad you had a fun trip with us to VA. Thank you!

Fun trip! Very nice area and tattoo was a unique and entertaining experience. 

Virginia Military Festival

Thank you Amanda!  So happy to see you had a great day with us!  Look forward to seeing you on future trips.

We all had a great day to relax and take in the experience at Ellis Island. It was my first time there and will definitely be back to spend more time in the exhibits. Looking forward to a return trip to go inside the Statue of Liberty base. Faith was a wonderful guide and she made the day perfect.  We will definitely look into a trip again. 

Women Of Irish Heritage, Manasquan

Thanks for taking the trip with us to NYC!  So glad you had a great time!

Thanks for the great time!  Trip was so fun with amazing stops @ Ellis Island & Statue of  Liberty. Faith was so organized and made the trip so smooth. Accommodations  were first class. Thanks again! 

Thank you Martha!  We look forward to seeing you on future trips!

We had a great time. Can’t wait until we go another one. 

Always a fun time with you Terri!  Thank you!!

Fun with Faith...great shopping worth the trip. I hope to return in the fall of 2024...also tattoo festival in VA....awesome little trip....Teresa A.  Finn..AKA (Terri)....xo

Green Dragon Shopping

Happy to see you enjoyed the day at Hunterdon Hills with us!  Thank you for taking the time to write a review!

We had a great time the show was fantastic, and the food was excellent.  Definitely recommend this trip to anyone.

So glad you had a great time!   Thank you!

Had a great time. Food was delicious, the service was good, an the show was good. 

So glad you had a wonderful experience on our Brooklyn Tour!  I will be sure to share your feedback to Juniors so they can improve their service to us!   Thank you for the 5 stars!

A wonderful experience; much more than expected.   Tour guide was excellent, timing was perfect.  Just enough walking and riding and the walking was at nice pace.   Beautiful trip.   
To make it better; 
      Done know how this could have been handled, but the people sitting behind us were very loud and refused to stop talking.  Tony did a good job in trying to quiet them down, but they started right up again.  
      This is my 3rd trip with GSG and everything is usually organized so well, I was surprised at all the confusion and poor service at lunch. Got the feeling that they weren't expecting a large group.   I was served after my companions plates were cleared.  The French fries for our group were served after the sandwiches has been consumed.  My coffee came just as we were ready to leave.  The food was fine, but I wouldn't go there again.  I hope that in the future, GSG would choose another restaurant. 
       





Best of Brooklyn Tour

Thank you Cathie!   So happy you loved the tour!  Always fun to have you on our trips!

Loved everything about this trip!!!!  The sights, the tour guide, lunch at Junior's, Eddie's excellent driving skills, and Faith's ability to create wonderful adventures to enjoy. Would go again!!!

Thanks for the 5 stars Elizabeth!  So happy to see you had a great time!  We look forward to seeing you on future trips!

The trip was great. Tony the tour guide was so informative and funny. I especially enjoyed walking through Brooklyn Heights and seeing the architecture. Lunch at Juniors was delicious. Can’t wait for the next trip! Thanks Faith.

We are delighted to see you had a great day in AC with us!   Look forward to seeing you on future trips!

I enjoyed this trip to Tropicana very much! It was enjoyable from start to finish! Traveling, our lunch at Carmine’s, and the show Menopause all were great! I’d do this again! Thank you Garden State Getaways!! 

Tropicana, Menopause 2, Atlantic City

Thank you Fran!  Glad you had a great time and enjoy our trips!  Look forward to seeing you soon!

Great time. Faith always runs an excellent trip. 

Glad you had a good time at the Tropicana.  Thank you for taking the time to review the trip!

We have a good time and pleasant day.  Food and show were enjoyable

Thank you for the 5 Stars Teresa!  So glad you enjoyed the trip to VA and the Military Tattoo!  We will look forward to seeing you on future trips!

 A lot was packed into the weekend starting with a cruise. Saturday was exhilarating with a parade, the Nauticus museum, the International Festival and ending with the glorious VA Tattoo show. Stopping at the botanical gardens in Norfolk on our way home was  the icing on this cake of this trip. Our hotel was oceanfront and the views and sound of the ocean were incredible. I’ll be looking forward to other trips with Garden State Getaways. 
I have to add that my daughter thought that my friend and I were going to come home with matching butterfly tattoos 😂
She was thrilled to learn what it was all about!

It is always a pleasure having you and Wes on our trips!  So glad you enjoyed the Tattoo!  Thanks for your help and support!  Look forward to seeing you on your next trip!

Not sure if awesome adequately describes this trip.  Perhaps AWESOME does a better job.   Or maybe I just do not know the proper words to describe how much fun, how incredible or how special this trip was.  From the moment we first got on the bus the fun started with Faith, soon accompanied by the maestro driver Eddie, having us laughing and enjoying ourselves.  And things just got better from there.  The cruise around the harbor,  the parade of nations, the visit to the USS Wisconsin, the sensational seafood buffet dinner at the Captain Georges restaurant, followed by the inspiring, emotional, and truly incredible Virginia International Tattoo and ending at the botanical garden made this another of Faith's must-do-again tours.  Once again we stayed at a great hotel with clean, comfortable rooms with the added pleasure this time of oceanfront views.  The food again was delicious topped off by that incredible buffet.  Faith did a great job, as she always does, of planning and organizing and we had the added plus of seeing John, her husband, and Allyson who were on the second bus.  Thank you Faith.  EVERY trip that we have ever taken with you has been wonderful and this one will be remembered for a long, long time as that Virginia International Tattoo was an unbelievable experience.  Faith, you are THE BEST.        

We are so glad you enjoyed the trip to VA and all the Military festivities!  Thank you for taking the time to write a review.  We look forward to seeing you on future trips!

I was blown away by how well organized and full of fun this trip was. Faith you are amazing! The hotel accommodations were top notch. The food was delicious, all activities were premium seating. The bus was immaculate, and very comfortable. Our driver Eddie was superb! Company was awesome as well. 

I wasn't quite sure what the festivities would be when I booked the trip. I would highly recommend this to every Patriotic American. It did my soul good to see so many people supporting our military and veterans.  Performances were superb by every Nation involved. The music, the dancing, bagpipes, drum line, drill teams, etc what more could one ask for! The cruise was incredible, seeing all those magnificent vessels, and very informative as well. The Nauticus Museum and Battleship USS Wisconsin, the NATO parade, The Tattoo, the Botanical Gardens nothing was left out!

 I will certainly be traveling with you again...and hopefully having other family members/friends join in on the fun!

Glad you had a great time with us!  If we can build more time into shopping longer in the future, we will.  Thank you for the suggestion.  

I had a great time. Food was delicious.  I would have liked more time to shop at Peddlers Village

Peddlers and Petals

Thank you so much Paul.  Always a pleasure to have you both on our trips!

So much fun! Show was so funny! Faith is a great planner. 

Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts.  I will share your concerns with the Tropicana.  It was a busier day due to the popularity of the show so there were more buses than usual.  I will be sure to address these concerns.    This helps make our trips as best as possible.

The bus and the people at Getaway were great. Nice meeting John and very personable.
The reason for the low rating is because the Tropicana and the long lines were ever you went.
Recent changes with the casino was very confusing with limited help. It took over an hour to get
our food.  The show was OK.  It appeared to me the tropicana is not doing well as the entire area
were buses with seniors and lack of help especially at the reward center. A map of the lay out would have helped locating thing as we had to ask where everything was. 

So happy you enjoyed the day.  Thanks for taking the time to shore your review. 

We had a great time!  The bus trip was seamless.  Arrived on time, comfortable and had fun with games to win prizes.  Got to spend time in the casinos, had a fabulous lunch completely paid for by the voucher, enjoyed a walk on the boardwalk and trip to the fudge shop.  And last but not least, the show was phenomenal!  So many out loud laughs and by the end we all were on our feet singing and dancing.  Would highly recommend this trip.

Thanks for taking the time to give a review, Elizabeth!  So glad you enjoyed the day with us!

We had heard that this was the best presentation yet. We have seen several productions at Sight and Sound 
 and I have to agree. This was just outstanding. Of course the food was great. The accommodations were great on the bus and at the restaurant. We look forward to being on another trip with Faith.

Thank you for the 5 star review Frank.  We were disappointed with the unexpected delay with the flat tire, but happy we were in a safe place to make the repair and get everyone home safe.  Look forward to seeing you on the next trip.

The show was great, the food was fine.  The driver (Eddie) is always great.  Sadly, our bus had a flat tire as we were preparing to come home and that delayed our departure for several hours.  We did stop at McDonalds once we got back on the road and at least we were s le to eat something.  Returned to Brick after  11PM.  It was a very long day. 

Thank you Clare.  Always enjoy having you on our trips!

Vikki and Eddie team provided an awesome day to the theater with lunch at John’s Pizzeria which never disappoints.
Moulin Rouge with Boy George was fabulous. 
Thank you, Faith for your planning and organization.  I look forward to future travels with Garden State Getaways.
With gratitude and joy,
Clare G.

"Moulin Rouge" on Broadway

Thanks for the 5 stars Patricia!  So glad you had an amazing experience with us!  Look forward to seeing you on future trips!

It was an amazing experience. Lunch at Rafferty’s in New Brunswick was delicious and plentiful. Words can’t describe the show. It was incredible. Other travelers are friendly and fun to be around. Wouldn’t hesitate to go on other adventures.

Shen Yun and Lunch  State Theater, New Brunswick

Always great to see you Nancy!  Thank you!

Happy you had a great day with us!  Thank you!

Delighted to see you had a great trip to NYC and enjoyed Moulin Rouge!  Thank you for taking the time to write a review!

Another great Garden State Getaways trip!  Thank you Vickki for your guidance...Eddie was terrific as always driving our bus.....Moulin Rouge was fabulous....we had great seats.  

So glad you enjoyed the show, JoAnn!  Thank you!

This show was really great,as was the food and everything.  Loved it


Hunterdon Hills Playhouse “Irish Cabaret”

Thank you Annette!  Happy you had a lovely day with us!

Philadelphia Flower Show and Reading Terminal Market

Hi Donna, Glad you enjoyed the entertainment.   We have addressed the table seating with the playhouse and hope they will change for the future.  Thank you for letting us know.  

As usual - the entertainment was great and the food was good.  My only complaint - and I complained about this when I went to the Tina Turner review - is that they put too many people at a table.  We were 10 people sitting so tight next to each other when the table should have only had 8 sitting at it.  The worst part is - they had many empty tables and could have spread people out. This is the second time this has happened. I would think with the amount of business you bring to the Playhouse that they would comfortably accommodate you and your guests.  This will probably be the last time I take a trip to the Playhouse because of the seating.

Glad you enjoyed the show!   We have addressed the table seating with the playhouse and hope they will change for future shows.   Thank you!

I enjoyed the show but did not enjoy crowded into the table when there were empty tables. There was no reason to have 10 at a table. Eight us enough.


Thank you Florence!  So glad you enjoyed the show!

i always enjoy the Garden State Getaways trips.  Show was fantastic and the food was delicious.  Look forward to my next adventure.
 

So happy you enjoyed the show!  Thank you!

Show was excellent!!! I especially enjoyed the comedian!

We had a great time  Good food, good company and great seats

"Notebook" on Broadway

Thank you Sandra!  So happy you had a wonderful time!

Perfect trip - show was terrific! Lunch/restaurant was very enjoyable. As usual, a wonderful day trip with Garden State Getaways!

Thank you Clare!  We look forward to seeing you on future trips!

We thoroughly enjoyed the day with Garden State Getaways. Faith’s organization and planning ensures a great travel experience. The Notebook did not disappoint.
Looking forward to future Getaways trips.
Thank you, Faith for all you do,
Clare G


Always a fun day in Phili!  Thank you Joanne!

This trip is a must every year, Faith makes it easy to do & fun!


Thank you for the 5 stars Donna!  Glad you had a great time!

I had a great time - my lunch was good - the show was fantastic - and there were no delays.

So happy to see you had an excellent time!  Thanks so much!

The trip was excellent.  The bus ride, the play, the restaurant and Faith's coordination of the day were absolutely wonderful.  Thank you, Faith, for a great day. 

Faith did not disappoint again. The trips are so well organized and worry free. Just get on the bus and be wisked away for a stress free excursion. Thanks for a great time!

Great show, delicious food. Terrific tour guide and bus driver. Fun time.

"After Midnight"  Papermill Playhouse and Lunch

Isn't it great to see a show this way!?  We're so please you had a great time!  Thank you!

We had a great time. It is wonderful to go to New York with out the hassle of driving, parking , and walking!

Broadway Play “HARMONY”

Hi Mariann,  We are delighted you enjoyed the show!  Thank you!

Hi Florence,  So glad you enjoyed the show.  Thank you for taking the time for your feedback on lunch.  We always appreciate it and will take that into consideration.  

I always enjoy the company on the bus trip.  The show Harmony was terrific.  I have to say for the first time I did not enjoy the restaurant food.  I knew it was Italian, which I enjoy, however, I found it a little heavy.  I noticed a lot of people were picking over the food  and commenting about the amount of carbs they were serving.  Maybe next time they could offer some protein.  Thank you,


The play was wonderful - actors, voices and content all was entertaining.  The lunch was good and we weren’t rushed - all I all a very nice day!  Nancy B

"Queen Esther" Sight & Sound Theater and lunch at Shady Maple (copy)

"Queen Esther" Sight & Sound Theater and lunch at Shady Maple (copy)

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