Williamsburg area questions??

[kimbac3]

Can someone familiar with this area help me? I have a few questions about Williamsburg, Jamestown and Yorktown.

How much time do I need to tour Jamestown and Yorktown? A day a piece? An afternoon each?

What should we do if it rains? Will all the historic attractions still be open?

Where is a nice place to stay? We need a suite - there is 5 in our family. I don't want to spend a fortune but I don't want to be totally grossed out either.

Has anyone done the Haunted tours? Are they worth it?

Has anyone done the "Haunted Dinner Theater" ?

I think thats it for now....Thanks in advance for your help!!
Kimba

 

[NCRedding]

I;ve stayed at the Embassy Suites, which is in a decent location. If I had a family of 5, I would look to see if I could rent a timeshare, since they have a lot in Williamsburg.

What ages are you traveling with? My DD loved Jamestown settlement--we spent most of the day there. She also enjoyed Yorktown Victory Center, again we spent most of the day, in part because they had reenactments of a troop camp, with people who talked about cooking, cleaning and caring for so many people in the camp.

She liked Colonial Williamsburg also, but prefered Jamestown-lots of activities to do there.

If it rains, the indoor programs continue--you jsut have to walk from building to building.

haven't had a chance to do the haunted tour yet.

 

[HOGFAN]

YORKTOWN- Half day

JAMESTOWN- FULL day

 

[Potus]

Keep in mind that there are two different areas for both Jamestown and Yorktown.

Jamestown and Yorktown BOTH have the actual historic sites.
http://www.nps.gov/jame/index.htm and http://www.nps.gov/yonb/index.htm

Then there are the "tourist" sites of "Jamestown Settlement" and "Yorktown Victory Center". http://www.historyisfun.org/

The Tourist and the Historic sites are different from each other. You can let me know if there's any other questions. We don't live there but we visit A LOT.

 

[kimbac3]

Thanks everyone! My kids will be 15,12 and 9 when we go. I had planned on a full day at Jamestown and Yorktown and 2 or 3 days at Colonial Williamsburg. We would also like to do the dinner theater, the ghost tours and some mini golf. Maybe 1 day at Busch Gardens too. I planned on 7 nights. Is that too long?? Will we get too bored?
I really appreciate everyone's help. I haven't been since my honeymoon 16 years ago!! And well we really didn't have to worry about being bored
Kimba