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Williamsburg in April - Which location? What points to see?

I don't like shared walls though (Townes), I am just anti-noise. That's what I enjoy about the estates. If the 1BR side is that small, I will probably stay in the estates then for our party as the 3BR all big with jetted tubs is pretty nice. But thank you very much for the info, had it in the plan to try cottages next year, but I think for our group, maybe not.
 
We loved King's Creek Plantation when we went to Williamsburg a few years ago. We traded for a 3 bedroom and it ended up being it's own cottage complete with fireplace and it's own porch. It was awesome...great location too. I'd highly recommend it.

My older daughter and I did a ghost tour through Groupon, and I really wished that we booked the one through colonial Williamsburg instead. They went into houses which would have been great. My parents love eating in the taverns in Williamsburg. We loved "the cheese shop" for sandwiches. Also, I loved the museum there. It had a nice tour too.
 
FLDVCFamily said:
We loved King's Creek Plantation when we went to Williamsburg a few years ago. We traded for a 3 bedroom and it ended up being it's own cottage complete with fireplace and it's own porch. It was awesome...great location too. I'd highly recommend it.

My older daughter and I did a ghost tour through Groupon, and I really wished that we booked the one through colonial Williamsburg instead. They went into houses which would have been great. My parents love eating in the taverns in Williamsburg. We loved "the cheese shop" for sandwiches. Also, I loved the museum there. It had a nice tour too.
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I did a ghost tour there also, was not aware the college there was that old!
 
shawnielauer said:
We are traveling in late April out to Baltimore for a wedding and thought to take in Williamsburg for a week while there. There a few helpful threads about Williamsburg choices regarding Wydham resorts (folks recommend Govenor's Green out of the three), but that does not seem to be a choice through II for my dates. My current choices are:
Kings Creek Plantation
Marriott Manor Club Fords Colony
The Colonies @ Williamsburg
Estates of Kings Creek
Townes @ Kings Creek
Williamsburg Plantation

We have one 13 year old (homeschooled) and want to give him the historic experience of Jamestown & Williamsburg. He also loves lazy rivers and great kid-frieindly pools, but not sure what is open or available in April there.

Any help about resort choices and things to choose within a week's time would be appreciated.

Thanks much!
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Hi!
I realize that you have many wonderful and helpful ideas already for your stay in Williamsburg in April. Several years ago we took our eleven year old grandson with us to Williamsburg. He had a school project that he was to work on throughout the school year and prepare a report and presentation. Being stumped as to s subject, we suggested he consider doing the American Civil War-we are Canadian so this is not a subject which is typically well studied. After giving it some thought he decided that would be a great topic. He could look into specific battles and investigate the weaponry, etc. Prior to arriving I spent a lot of time investigating possible places of interest so as to ensure he had opportunity to gather as much knowledge as possible. In the end we did all of the more common sites and visited applicable sites in Richmond. The one thing we did which was the most helpful to him was hire a man who specifically offers tours all of the Williamsburg and area Civil War sites. He was a wealth of information and presented information which was significant and of most interest to our grandson. I’m unsure if this fellow is still available but I cannot day enough positive things about him. My husband and I had basic understandings of the subject and were surprised by how much we also learned. The cost to do this was about half again as much more than admission for the three is us to see Jamestown and Yorktown. Best wishes for a wonderful trip!
 
I wanted to add a few comments and give another couple of ideas that might interest a 13 year old. First, make sure you go to both of the museum sites at Jamestown. The National Park is the original settlement site and has good archeological exhibits and you can see original building sites, etc. Go there in the late afternoon and you may see 50-100 deer roaming around. The museum is going to be crowded, but has good things to see also. Consider a drive to Newport News to the Mariner's museum. Great nautical museum. There should be multiple live sporting events at the College and many are free. Not sure if the 13 year old would like to see a tennis match, baseball game, etc., but keep it on the list.
 
bbodb1 said:
While you have probably already considered this, be sure to look at the daily activity fees charged at the locations you mentioned in the OP. I mention this because my first experience with mandatory activity fees was at one of the Williamsburg resorts (I can't remember which one). If all other factors are close, a location without an activity fee might tip the scales to one location or another.
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Good suggestion. Thank you. Wasn't aware of that!
 
Passepartout said:
We stayed at King's Creek in May. It was entirely suitable. I don't remember a lazy river- and it may be a bit early for the outdoor pools. Colonial Williamsburg is just made for kids in that 11-13 age area, with the live reinactors that kids can talk to in 17th Century character. Kids will also enjoy Jamestown with it's active archaeology going on. Yorktown may or may not make the final battles of the Revolution come alive, and if he gets too overloaded with history, there is Busch Garden with it's multiple roller coasters a short distance away. In the weeks and days prior to your visit, go to www.history.org and see the daily schedule of activities, and outline what you may want to see and participate in. Don't miss the talks by Thomas Jefferson or Patrick Henry.

Jim
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Thank you for the suggestions and the history link. Appreciate the help!
 
Thank you to everyone for your suggestions and replies. I am new here and clearly forum challenged as I posted this thinking I would get some sort of email notification regarding responses, but did not and never realized there were all these replies. So thank you all very much!! I just happened to come back here and searched for Williamsburg and found my questions and all the answers! Not too late either as still two months before our travel date. I appreciate the many suggestions and will now bookmark the link here for future reference. I need to navigate through the site better and figure out how to more easily find replies to a post I made. My apologies to you all for the delay in appreciation!
Back to report I just found the "watch thread" tab at the top. I'm good now. Duhh!
 
Also headed to Williamsburg in September. Got some great ideas. Thanks for the insight!:)
 
shawnielauer said:
Thank you to everyone for your suggestions and replies. I am new here and clearly forum challenged as I posted this thinking I would get some sort of email notification regarding responses, but did not and never realized there were all these replies. So thank you all very much!! I just happened to come back here and searched for Williamsburg and found my questions and all the answers! Not too late either as still two months before our travel date. I appreciate the many suggestions and will now bookmark the link here for future reference. I need to navigate through the site better and figure out how to more easily find replies to a post I made. My apologies to you all for the delay in appreciation!
Back to report I just found the "watch thread" tab at the top. I'm good now. Duhh!
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I actually print out the replies for some things I want to make note of. I have a zillion pages of stuff on southern Utah from the great people here on TUG! Very helpful for our upcoming trip in September!
 
We were at Governor Green for Winter break. We loved it there. Buildings 23 had 2 pantries which you don't see often, we need them as my wife always bring the kitchen sink when we travel. I think Buildings 24, 25, and 26 have them too. We love the historical triangle, Colonial Williamsburg, Jamestown, and Yorktown. We drove down to Virginia Beach as we love the beach. Spent an hour there, too cold to sit or swim. Enjoyed watching the surfers. Hope you have a great time.
 
We have done many trips to Williamsburg, but very few with timeshare stays. Kingsgate was one $ 99 week rental- OK but a small unit. Marriott was in a spacious 2 br. (old section) with early stay maintenance issues. Kings Creek Plantation was a family stay for 7 in a 3br. lock-off with lots of room. Formerly owned Williamsburg Plantation, but never stayed there. Lots of choices in timeshares but the extra fees should be watched out for.
 
Depending on your families interest you may want to look beyond Williamsburg to the entire Hampton Roads area.
https://www.vasc.org/ a small air and space museum in Hampton
https://nauticus.org/ Battle ship Wisconsin and Nautical museum in Norfolk
https://www.navalbasecruises.com/ Naval yard cruise in Norfolk
https://www.spiritcruises.com/norfolk Dinner cruise in Norfolk
https://www.newport-news.org/visitors/things-to-do/driving-tours/
https://www.visitchesapeake.com/things-to-do/
https://oldetowneportsmouth.com/things-to-do/
And of course Virginia Beach

All of these make great day trips. When going to Williamsburg the first time depending on interest I suggest 2-3 days or partial days in Colonial Williamsburg. 1 day Busch Gardens, 1 day Jamestowne, 1/2 day Yorktown and then one day either Norfolk or virginia Beach or one day in 1 or 2 of another Hampton Road areas.
 
We stayed in Williamsburg years ago, when our DD was a young teen. My sister took the train down from New England with her two kids and our niece and nephew, all young teens and a ten year old. We drove up from Florida. We stayed at Kingsgate in a small one bedroom. My sister and all the kids stayed at Powhatan and we had a fun trip.
Took the kids to Colonial Williamsburg, Ghost Tour, Busch Gardens and Waterpark too!
They still talk about the trip 20 years Later!
Have a great time!
We stayed in August!
Silentg
 
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