Any good ideas for Aug vac?

[curtains]

So my dd and I don't have a passport (yet) we will get to that at some point. 

But I really want to go somewhere new in August.  I spend every summer for the past 40 years vacationing at the Jersey Shore and visting my family in New England and Maine.  Both are beautiful and all but I just want to have a change of scenery for a four day weekend. 

I heard Niagara Canada is much more beautiful but is the NY side pretty too?

Any other good ideas for a long weekend in August?  I currently live in the Philly area if that is important.

[bbdoll]

Have you done Lancaster and surrounding areas? We went there for our honeymoon and loved it. Plus, you wouldn't spend all your time in the car.

[curtains]

Jul 9, 2013 9:18:01 GMT -5 bbdoll said:

Have you done Lancaster and surrounding areas? We went there for our honeymoon and loved it. Plus, you wouldn't spend all your time in the car.

No - I am pretty new to PA.  Where did you stay and what did you do?  I will check out Tripadvisor for ideas too.  Less time in the car sounds really good to me.
Thanks!

[curtains]

Jul 9, 2013 9:19:16 GMT -5 kevin arnold said:

The NY side is a dump. Don't bother, really.

Ok - That is what I kind of thought.  I'll wait until we get our passprts and check out the Canada side.

[lightbulbsun]

Don't go on the NY side.

How old is your DD? I really liked going to Williamsburg when I was younger. What kind of a vacation are you looking for?

[curtains]

Jul 9, 2013 9:23:21 GMT -5 lightbulbsun said:

Don't go on the NY side.

How old is your DD? I really liked going to Williamsburg when I was younger. What kind of a vacation are you looking for?

She is 13.  Hmmm - I hadn't thought of Williamsburg.  They have Busch Gardens there too right?  I will have to look into it.  It sounds much better than Niagara!  Hopefully it won't be too hot.
Thanks!

ETA - As for what kind of vacation?  I guess something geared towards family fun and not too far or $$.  Maybe $700 or so for a four day weekend including food and hotel within 6 hours or so driving from Philly.

[lightbulbsun]

Oh yea, Williamsburg was great when I was about that age, and Busch Gardens is fun.

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Hershey Park?
I also loved Vermont (Ben and Jerry's, etc) when I was that age.

[sergey]

Williamsburg was going to be my suggestion as well. We always had season passes to Bush Gardens growing up and we loved it.

[bbdoll]

We just took our kids there for a long weekend. We stayed here.

www.edenresort.com/

The hotel had an immense amount of activities on its own.

Hershey is nearby, Lancaster has all kinds of shopping. You can take Amish buggy rides. There's a pretzel factory in Lititz where you can learn to twist your own pretzels. It's a very family friendly area. There's also a train in Strasburg and about a million mini golf courses. If history interests you, Gettysburg isn't far either.

[Deleted]

I'll second Williamsburg. We are just outside of Philly with 4 kids, ages 3-14. We spent 5 days in Williamsburg last year. Did some of the Williamsburg attractions, a couple days at Busch Gardens and a day at Water Country USA. The kids had a blast and want to go back and I think the whole trip cost us about $1000.