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21 DAY COUNTRY MUSIC TOUR FAN FAIR JUNE & OCTOBER 2010 LAS VEGAS- BRANSON- NASHVILLE-MEMPHIS-MONTGOMERY & NEW ORLEANS
21 Days

Departure Dates

2010 Departures
1st JUNE 2010
04  October 2010

Escorted By Geoff Sampson 
Celebrity Escort Country Music Recording Star Greg Semmler
13 nights hotel with private facilities
Las Vegas(3) Branson(5) Nashville(5)  
Full schedule of sightseeing as shown
All transfers throughout the itinerary
All entrance fees to sightseeing venues
4 day CMA pass for Nashville(lower level) 
Porterage of one (1) suitcase
All hotel taxes and service charges
All Breakfasts.
1 Lunch show.
1 Specialty Dinner & show
Travel Pack ( including maps and Travel Bag)
Services of a professional WDT escort
Escorted from Australia - subject to numbers

Tickets for the CMA Music Festival are currently on sale. Four-day 
ticket packages are divided into categories corresponding to a 
different level of reserved seating at LP Field. The event continues 
its popular program of offering a discount for fans 12 and younger 
(with the exception of Gold Circle Seating), making the 2009 CMA 
Music Festival your family vacation destination.

The 2010 CMA Music Festival will take place Thursday through Sunday, 
June 10-13, in Downtown Nashville.

4-day CMA Music Festival ticket includes all of these great events 
and activities:

VAULT" Concert Stage at LP Field - Country's top stars rock 
Nashville's LP Field four hot nights in a row 

Daily Concerts at Riverfront Park - showcases Country's many flavors 
in a lively, intimate outdoor seating 

Chevy" Music Stage - Music and interactive displays take over the 
Sommet Center plaza 
Fan Fair® Hall featuring Acoustic Corner - Fans meet the stars for 
autographs and photos in the Nashville Convention Center. Plus fun 
exhibits! 

Fun Zone - Popular exhibits, exciting giveaways, freebies and more 

Chevy" Sports Zone - Celebrities face off in special sporting events 

Family Zone - Wholesome fun with inflatables, arts & crafts, games, 
hands-on activities, product sampling and more 

Parade & Block Party - The Festival launches with a rockin' party 
Downtown on Wednesday 

CMA Music Festival After Hours" - Late-night entertainment abounds 
after the NIGHTLY CONCERTS end 

Free Shuttle Service - Hitch a ride between venue sites in Downtown 
Nashville 

Collectible Program Book, Lapel Pin and More!

Las Vegas Branson Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede Nashville Tennessee 4 day/night CMA pass in Nashville General Jackson Showboat (optional) Opry Mills Shopping Centre, Ryman Auditorium, Wild Horse Saloon, Country Music Hall of Fame

Fares from Brisbane, Sydney Melbourne
Twin:    $8395
Triple:  $7895
Single:  $10695

INCLUDED - Taxes, fuel levy & gratuity for driver 
& guide.

From Adelaide ADD $250 & Perth ADD $500

Early Bird Savings & Discounts
Deposit $1600 per person by 1 December 2009  Save 
$1300 per person. 
Seniors/ Probus Members     Save $100 per person 

JUNE 2010
Tuesday 01:  Australia - Los Angeles
Depart Home Port & arrive Los Angeles. Continue on to 
Las Vegas by air. Transfer to Best Western Mardi Gras 
Hotel & Casino 
            
Wednesday 02:   Las Vegas
Day free

Thursday 03:   Las Vegas
Day free

Friday 04:     Branson  Missouri
Transfer to Airport for flight to Little Rock, 
Arkansas. Transfer to Branson. 
Dutton Inn  5 nights.

Saturday 05:  Branson Missouri
Morning free . Afternoon Island Fire and Buffet (BL)

Sunday 06:     Branson
Visit Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede.  (BD)

Monday 07:     Branson
Four shows daily - Andy Williams or Mickey Gilley - 
your choice.    (B)

Tuesday 08: Branson
Day free to take in more shows
 
Wednesday 09: Branson - Missouri  - Nashville 
Tennessee
Transfer by Shuttle to Nashville - Tennessee.
Radisson Hotel at Opryland ( 5 Nights)     (B)

Thursday 10: Nashville - Tennessee
City tour of Nashville taking in Centennial Park ,
The Parthenon, & passing such landmarks as the Ryman 
Theatre & the Country Music Hall of Fame. Afternoon & 
evening free to use your CMA Pass    (B)

Friday 11: Nashville - Tennessee
Day free.  A chance to visit Opry Mills Shopping 
Centre, Broadway Bars and Honky Tonks & use your CMA 
Pass   (B)

Saturday 12:  Nashville - Tennessee
Today visit the Ernest Tubbs Record shop or Lawrence 
Brothers on Broadway or use your CMA Pass.

Sunday 13:  Nashville - Tennessee
Day free for personal sightseeing or shopping or use 
your CMA Pass.
Tonight enjoy an optional fabulous dinner cruise & 
show on board the General Jackson Showboat.   (B)

Monday 14: Memphis  (B)
Leaving Nashville we stop at Loretta Lynn's Ranch and 
Kitchen and travel on to Casey Jones Village for 
lunch (own expense). After lunch we travel  
on to Memphis with time to take a carriage ride 
(own expense) around Memphis and to see the famous 
Peabody Ducks.(2 nights)
Holiday Inn Select

Tuesday  15: Memphis   (B)
Home of Elvis Presley, Memphis holds a special 
mystique as we visit  "Graceland",  and  Beale 
Street We will also visit the Martin Luther King 
Museum and the Peabody Hotel, home of the famous 
ducks.

Wednesday  16:  Montgomery    (B)
Today we travel to Tupelo,birthplace of Elvis Presley 
& inspect the "Shotgun" house where he was born. 
Travel on to Montgomery to visit the Hank Williams 
Museum.
Wingate By Windham Hotel

Thursday  17: New Orleans  (B)
Leaving Montgomery we travel today to Louisiana 
passing through Mobile and Biloxi to  
New Orleans. Cross over Lake Pontchartrain and 
pass by the beautiful old mansions on the way to our 
hotel.
Quality Inn Maison St. Charles (2 nights)

Friday 18:  New Orleans (B)
Morning visit to Oak Alley Plantation. Take a tour of 
the Mansion and perhaps try a Mint Julep (lunch own 
expense) before returning to New Orleans. 
Quality Inn Maison St. Charles 
            
Saturday 19: New Orleans - Los Angeles (B)
Transfer to the airport for your flight from 
New Orleans  to Los Angeles & join Air New Zealand 
for travel back to Australia. Late evening departure 
by air for home. 
Depart Los Angeles on Air New Zealand flight for Home 
Port.

Sunday 18: Dateline
Cross the International Dateline

Monday 19: Home 
After completion of Customs and Immigration 
formalities - own arrangements for tranfer 
to your home port.