Whether your children are tots or teens, a New England family vacation will be an experience you'll all remember. There's so much to do within this historic and diverse region. You can get your thrills at an amusement park or chill out by the shore, tour a living history museum or catch your own lobsters, camp beside a lake or stay at an upscale family resort, play in the snow or get lost in a corn maze. Your kids may even learn something... but it's probably a good idea if you don't let on.
Tomb: Boston Attraction Will Test Your Wits
© 2004 Kim Knox Beckius
What do you get when you blend a haunted house, a theme park attraction, a Hollywood movie set, a reality TV show and a traveling museum exhibit? You can find out in a somewhat unlikely place--Boston. 5W!TS opened its first interactive adventure, "Tomb," in the Fenway area of Boston in October of 2004, and its been entertaining older kids and tweens ever since.
Ho Ho Ho! The Place to Go
(c) 2006 Kim Knox Beckius
If you think it's a shame that Christmas only comes once a year, plan a family trip to Santa's Village. This enchanting amusement park, located high in the White Mountains in Jefferson, New Hampshire, puts families in the holiday spirit from Memorial Day weekend through early fall, and it reopens the Friday after Thanksgiving for special weekends of magical (if chilly!) fun leading up to Christmas Eve.
Lose Yourselves in a Corn Maze
© 2001 Kim Knox Beckius
When you visit New England in the fall, you'll be surrounded by gorgeous autumn colors. You'll also be surrounded by... fellow leaf peepers! You can "lose yourself" for a little bit, though, even amid the throngs of fall foliage groupies--at a corn maze! In fact, you may just find yourselves begging strangers to give you clues as to how to find your way back out!
