New Year's Eve Elegance Pigeon Forge

Today we travel into the Great Smoky Mountains of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Upon arrival, we’ll enjoy an exclusive private lunch on the Titanic’s third deck with either John Joslyn or Mary Kellogg-Joslyn, the owners of the Titanic Museum. A character from the Titanic Museum’s cast will mingle with us, sharing stories of the RMS Titanic, a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912, after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, UK, to New York City, US. We’ll be equipped with an audio device that will take us on a journey surrounded by more than 400 artifacts directly from the ship. Our tour allows us to experience what it must have been like to walk the hallways, parlors, cabins and Grand Staircase of the Titanic. We check into our hotel to rest and prepare for our New Years Eve Celebration. Tonight, we take our seats at the Smoky Mountain Opry for their spectacular Christmas show. Comparable to a Broadway show, this is a fantastic production with a manger scene, flying angels, ice skaters on stage, a rare white lion and much more that will amaze you. We’ll watch a live feed of the Times Square ball drop in New York City, as we ring in the New Year, complete with party favors, a live band and dancing. (L)

This morning is yours to sleep in, take a relaxing walk or just enjoy the company of your friends. We’ll depart our hotel mid morning en route to Asheville, NC. Here, we enjoy a lavish New Year’s Day brunch at the elegant Grove Park Inn. You’ll have an opportunity to wander through this historic inn with roaring fi replaces, beautiful mountain scenery and the hotel stylishly decorated for the Christmas season. We continue home, arriving early this evening. (BR)